Nuclear site repurposed as Jackson Heights High School
Holton Kansas AP report details the dedication of Jackson Heights High School on a 27 acre site that housed a former Atlas missile base. The 120 ton blast door now serves as a ceiling while the underground complex becomes classrooms and facilities for a consolidated district.
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Holton
Kan
Robert Docking
Jackson Heights High School
Here
Topeka
Kansas Unified School District No. 335
Frank Rosser
London Ends Month Minus Smog Fog and Fog Clear Air Progress
London ends November with clear skies and sun after centuries of pea soup fogs. The 1956 Clean Air Act reduces coal usage and smokestack emissions, cutting household smoke and industrial fumes to about a fifth of 1956 levels. The 1952 smog disaster that killed about 4,000 spurred stricter air rules.
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London
Workshop Set For Engineers In Columbia Two Day Session
Chief industrial engineers from eight southeastern states New York California and West Germany will attend the South eastern Regional Industry Executive workshop in the Baker Building Southern Bell Conference Room The event aims for informal roundtable discussions and brainstorming on Proper Utilization of Engineers with delegates from SCEGO Reynolds Metals Burlington Industries Aerojet General and other firms including the University of South Carolina and Savannah River Plant
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Columbia
South Carolina
Picasso Studio Sale Sparks Paris Art Clash
Paris plans to buy and preserve the Cubist era studio known as the Bateau La Voir where Picasso and friends worked, arguing the purchase prevents night clubs and cheap galleries from profiteering. Eight artists fear eviction as the building goes to auction and the city edges toward a single bid to claim the entire property.
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Paris
Pablo Picasso
Vietnam
Armand Laurence
Laurence
Sarcelles
Presbyterian Church Elects Six New Elders in Aiken
The First Presbyterian Church of Aiken elected six new elders to join its 16 member session. Elected were Rufus H. Gaddy Jr., Robert G. Garvin, Robert K. Weaver, John W. Weems, John W. Wilson, and Hastings Wyman.
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First Presbyterian Church
Aiken
Rufus H. Gaddy Jr
Robert G. Garvin
Robert K. Weaver
John W. Weems
John W. Wilson
Hastings Wyman
The
Presbyterian Church
Bank Debits Improve South Carolina Economy in October
Wachovia Bank reports the South Carolina Business Index reaching 192.4 in October up 0.4 from September and 8.8 higher than October 1968. Bank debits rose 8 percent to 2.17 billion, supporting modest gains in nonagricultural employment and farm market receipts, with mortgage closings totaling 17.7 million.
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South Carolina
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
N.A
Wachovia
Camera Club Plans Europe Slide Tour Meeting
The Aiken Camera Club will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Civic Room of the South Carolina National Bank Building. Jack and Berta Lacher present a color slide tour highlighting Germany Austria Switzerland and France from a vacation. Public invited to attend.
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Aiken Camera Club
South Carolina National Bank
Europe
Jack and
Berta Lach
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
France
Controversial Catholic Mass Goes Into Effect in Italy
In Italy the new Roman Catholic Mass approved by Pope Paul VI took effect in all churches on Sunday. Leaflets in St. Peter’s Square denounced the liturgy as a betrayal, urging Catholics to mourn the “death of the Holy Mass” and highlighting opposition from Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci of the Roman Curia.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Italy
St. Peter's Square
Roman Curia
Alfredo Ottaviani
Antonio Bacci
Cal
International Committee For the Defense of Christian Civilization
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SCEGO
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Southern Bell
Thomas F. Jones
University of South Carolina
John S. Kinzey
Reynolds Metals Company
W. I. English
Burlington Industries
Don L. Ledbetter
Aerojet General
Norman R. Buddine
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Norman S. Pliner
Beaunit Fibers
N. L. Stampley
Mississippi Power & Light Company
Capt. A. R. Marshall
USN
S. E. Div
Naval Facility Engineering Command
R. Dewey Rinehart
Martin Marietta Corporation
H. N. Sellers
Celanese Fibers Company
L. D. Chipman
Western Electric Company
K. W. French
Savannah River Plant
I. DuPont de Nemour and Company, Inc
Clinton Perkins Jr
Commercial
Mary
Martha Moseley
C. M. Shackelford
C. P. Dillard
Martha
Levels Baptist Church
Picasso
Paris’ Art Colony
Kees van Dongen
Juan Gris
S.C
Elliotts Gifts ‘N Things
Kalmia Plaza
Camera Club
York N.E
Columbia Rd
North Side
Tom Enula
International Associates
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Western Auto
Kalmia Shopping Plaza
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