60 Years Ago She Refused To Get a Horse
West Covina California remembers Alice Ramsey who in 1909 drove a Maxwell across the United States to prove women could handle long road trips. Her ride took 41 days and 3 800 miles, with top speed of 42 mph, through gumbo roads and showers, a landmark for female drivers and mobility.
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West Covina
Calif
United States
Alice Ramsey
Maxwell
Lincoln Center
New York City
Maxwell Conahout
John John
New Jersey
Jersey
Maxwell Desler
Iowa
Doughty Maxwell
San Francisco
Military Briefs Highlight Navy and Army Deployments
RANDOLPH HAMLET USN son of Mrs Bertha Harniet Route 1 Warrenville serves aboard USS Robert H McCord which joined NATO Peace Keeper exercises in the Atlantic Airman Apprentice Rouse listed. WEST JENKINS JR and RUFUS JENKINS USN sons of Mr and Mrs Roosevelt Jenkins Sr Route 2 Salley graduated Avia tion Mechanical Fundamentals School Memphis TN. NARVIN D Gahis USN husband of Sarah D Parker of Jackson serves with Patrol Squadron Forty at Moffett Field CA. Pfc Francis W Aucoin 24 a 1966 North Augusta High School graduate assigned to 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Pfc John W Runnels 23 son Wes and Mrs Wesley Runnels Route 5 Aiken wife Deloris, assigned as intelligence analyst with 25th Infantry Division near Cu Chi, Vietnam.
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Randolph Hamlet
Usn
Bertha B. Harniet
Route 1
Warrenville
Robert H. McCord
Atlantic
Rouse
West Jenkins JR
Rufus Jenkins
Roosevelt Jenkins Sr
Route 2
Salley
Aviation Mechanical Fundamentals
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Francis W. Aucoin
North Augusta High School
25Th Infantry Division
Vietnam
John W. Runnels
Wesley Runnels
Deloris
Route 5
Aiken
25Th Infantry
Cu Chi
Germany reports 100th F104 crash tale fuels air force toll
AP notes the 100th F104 Starfighter crash in West Germany since 1961 with pilot ejection successful near Memmingen. The era has produced 54 pilot deaths and about 100 million dollars in hardware losses, amid ongoing debate over the warplane known as a flying coffin.
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Bom
Germany
Memmingen
West Germany
Polar Circle
Norway
Utilities Face Rising Demand and Construction Delays
New York based Exchange magazine reports that U S electric utilities struggle to meet growing power demand due to long construction times for nuclear and steam plants. Delays stretch to seven years for nuclear and four for coal plants, with environmental concern and regulatory hurdles cited as major barriers.
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New York
Exchange Magazine
The
New York Stock Exchange
Porcupine Armed With 30000 Quills
A porcupine is equipped with about 30 000 quills from above its eyes to the tail. Each quill carries 20 to 30 barbs, giving it a formidable defensive set.
Quality feeder pigs pay off with top grades
County agents report graded feeder pig sales in South Carolina have generated $134,328 since 1967 at Saluda and Florence. Pigs averaged 60.5 pounds, 29.26 cents per pound, with 63 percent grading One or Two. Lower grades cost farmers $3.99 to $71 per pig and up to $718 per sow annually. Ackerman urges investing in better breeding stock and slight cost increases for top quality boars.
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Alread
Carl Ackerman
S. C
Feder
Clemson Extension Service
Ackerman
John Wise
Saluda
Florence
Commons
Carl
Swine production outlook in Corn Belt could boost SC prices
U S Department of Agriculture data show a five percent cutback in hogs and pigs in 10 Corn Belt states, potentially lifting national prices. South Carolina pig crop is rising, with 1969 projections at 727 000 head, 8 ½ percent above last year, and a 7 percent rise in sows farrowing June through November 1969.
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Corn
S. C
Clemson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
Carl Ackerman
Ackerman
South Carolina
National Archives to record Rhodesia's pioneer era
Prime Minister Ian Smith announced the National Archives will interview living Rhodesia pioneers to compile a record of the early days. He notes white settlement began in 1890 after explorers and missionaries visited from the 1850s.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
National Archives
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Charles Met
ADDEN
Associated Press
Los Iageles
Narvin D. Gahis
W. G. Gahis
Second St
Sarah D. Parker
Jackson
Moffett Field
Sardinia
Arizona
North
Baltic
Mediterranean
Defense Ministry
Johannes Steinhoff
Luftwaffe
Ian
Cotton Market News
Frank C. Bouknight
Columbia Classing Office
Columbia
Aiken County
M. K. Kneece
R. C. Smalley
Asken Standard
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