Cotton Export Prospects Dim for U S Cotton Trade
Agriculture official Dewey L. Pritchard cites sustained shift to man made fibers and rising foreign output as the main cause for dimming U S cotton export prospects in the 1970s. He notes world use rose little while man made fiber output surged, cutting U S share from 70 percent to 51 percent.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Dewey L. Pritchard
Foreign Agricultural Service
Pritchard
Thruway bans Albany drivers after defect checks
The New York State Thruway Authority says about 5,000 vehicles have been denied entry since spot checks began three years ago. More than 100,000 vehicles were inspected, with 4.1 percent deemed unsafe. Common defects included worn tires faulty directional signals and dead brake lights.
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Albany, N.Y
N.Y. State Thruway
Rescue Hope Fades After Blast Sinks Badger State Crew Abandons Ship
Waves and wind hindered search for 20 crewmen from the munitions ship Badger State after an explosion tore a hole in its left side 1,500 miles northwest of Hawaii. Four bodies sighted, four rescued, rest unfound as planes from Midway Island patrol the 120 square mile search area.
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Badger State
Hawaii
Navy
Vietnam
Charles Wilson
Yokohama
Japan
Flying Dragon
Air Force
Coast Guard
Midway Island
da Nang
South Vietnam
Bangor
Seattle
Wash
Met To Open Season Tonight With Aida
The Metropolitan Opera opens its 1969-70 season tonight with Leontyne Price starring in Aida. The season begins 15 weeks late due to a labor dispute that kept the house dark. Negotiations between the Met and unions were settled 15 days ago.
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New York
Leontyne Price
Aida
Metropolitan Opera Tonight
Met
Christmas Free-For-All Under Investigation
A melee at Curley’s Grill in Langley last Christmas night left Ft. Gordon soldier Joseph Griffith wounded in the thigh by a .38 pistol. Julian Dixon and Charlie Couch were beaten and treated for head injuries. Investigators Deputy Bob Johnson Hastings Boyd and Burdette Weathersbee are reviewing the case with no charges yet filed.
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Ft. Gordon
Aiken County
Bob Johnson
Joseph Griffith
Fort Gordon
Griffith
Rutland Drive crossing safety debated in Aiken rail study
Aiken officials study Rutland Drive crossing dangers as five of twelve buses bypass safety patrols and a large freight train trains through daily. Officials consider flagmen, signals, or improved visibility while a 1953 city agreement on costs remains disputed. Aiken traffic at Rutland Drive totals about 1650 daily with four to six past car train crashes in 12 years involving collisions with engines.
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Rutland Drive
Southern Railway Company
Aiken
Columbia
Aiken Industries
South Carolina Highway Department
Park Avenue
E.C. Cushman
Cushman
Columbia Supply Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles Jones
Savannah River
Railroad
Remembering the turbulent decade of the sixties
Richard Blystone surveys the 1960s recalling landmark moments in politics space and culture. From powers and Khrushchev to Kennedy and King to Vietnam and gun control, the era's events shaped a generation amid riots and reform.
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Associated Press
Vatican
Detroit
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
New York
Kremlin
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Camelot
Maj
Gherman Titov
America
Mercury
Virgil Grissom
Alan Shepard
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Fla
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