Tracks and trash reveal changing rail era and enduring memory
The narrator walks along abandoned railroad track beds, noting debris and found objects. Veteran car inspector Martin Lydon recalls shifts from coal to diesel power, longer cars, and new signaling tech while reflecting on lost practices. Amid the decay, a memory of kite-flying with siblings near a Bull Durham barn endures.
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Easter Island
Martin Lydon
Railroad
Horides
Michael Ortega
Ralphie
Eddie Roos
Michael
Napa
Boys Club Art Exhibit Slated at Olive Hyde
Fremont art works by Boys Club of Fremont members will be shown at Olive Hyde Art Center from tomorrow through Saturday. Some pieces will enter a regional Boys Club of America contest in San Leandro, per executive director Tonald W. Terry. Artists include Mark Bywater, Mark Mortimer, Gregg Blake, Kenny Bettencourt, Deane Marshall, Tim Sowersmith, Mike Banter, Glen Lenhart, and Al Buchanan.
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Fremont
Boys’ Club of Fremont
Olive Hyde Art Center
Boys' Club of America
San Leandro
Boys’ Club
Tonald W. Terry
Mark Bywater
Mark Mortimer
Bath
Gregg Blake
Axl Kenny Bettencourt
Deane Marshall
Tim Sowersmith
Mike Banter
Glen Lenhart
al Buchanan
Nitrosamine in processed meats raises health concerns
government tests found nitrosamine traces in eight processed meat samples including dried beef bacon cured pork and ham. Levels ranged from 1 to 106 parts per billion with uncertain human tolerance and unclear formation conditions. Officials urged continued research before drawing conclusions.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Iran
Philadelphia
Police memorial statue moved inside Chicago police HQ
Workmen installed Chicago's 9,000 pound statue of a policeman inside police headquarters yesterday. Erected in 1887 to honor seven officers from the Haymarket riot, it had been bombed in 1969 and 1970. Guarded 24 hours daily since January at an $88,000 yearly cost, the city relocated it to reduce costs and prevent further incidents.
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Chicago
Haymarket Square
Missing tanker link discovered near Gulf search
Coast Guard crews recovered a life ring bearing the name A. Fogg and a wooden door from the tanker A. Fogg, missing with 39 aboard after departing Freeport. A search spanning coastal Gulf waters, planes, and vessels intensified after a smoke plume was sighted, with limited clues since Wednesday.
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Galveston
Tex
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Dave Cipra
Cipra
Valiant
Fogg
Freeport
Houston
Space Agency
Gulf
West Virginia
McGovern Targets Vietnam Architects in Farm Address
Senator George McGovern labeled Nixon Muskie Humphrey and Jackson as architects of the Vietnam program while in Illinois for a farm focus speech. Senator Muskie defended his antiwar stance and urged settlement, as both vie for March 20 primary delegates and influence in the Democratic national convention.
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Springfield
TM Upd
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
Muskie
Hionphrey
Jackson
Edmund Muskle
Maine
Hubert B
Humphrey
Minnesota
Son
Henry Jackson
Washington
Ilinois
Eastern Ilinois University
Charleston
Fed
U. S
McGavern
Eugene McCarthy
Wis
McCarthy
Pakistan urges aid for non Bengalis in East Pakistan crisis
Pakistan's foreign office summoned ambassadors from Britain West Germany the Soviet Union and Nordic countries to urge recognition nations to speed immigration and settlement for non Bengali Muslims in East Pakistan. The move accompanies reports of attacks on non Bengalis as security forces hunt anti Bengali factions in Dacca Mirpur and Mohammedpur where hundreds of thousands of Biharis face distress and starvation as Red Cross aids struggle to reach them.
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Tslamadad
UPS
Pakistan
Bangladesh
East Pakistan
Foreign Office
Britain
West Germany
Soviet Union
Bangla
Desh
Nely
Galis
Dacca
Aknsely Saar
Mirpur
Mohammedpur
Hod Cross
Marapata
Am International Red Cross
British meeting to save Antarctic seals
The British Foreign Office said a London meeting of 32 signed Antarctic treaty nations is about protecting Antarctic seals and not opening the continent to seal hunters. The one week session opened Thursday with aims to limit hunting to avoid harming breeding cycles, amid interest from several countries in expanding hunting.
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Wps
Foreign Office
Lonton
U.S
Path
Boston
International Society For the Protection of Animals
SPA
ISMA
Antarctic
Ing
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Norway
Belgium
France
Australia
New Zealand
Chile
Argentina
South Africa
Industry meet dubbed annual frat dance
Senator Harris charged the White House industry conference next week will be an annual fraternity dance for America's corporate elite because it excludes labor unions consumers and environmentalists He urged inviting labor leaders consumer advocates and reform voices including Ralph Nader AFL CIO and Nicholas Johnson An estimated 1590 delegates expected to attend the three day event starting Monday
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Washington
Fred R. Harris
White House
America
Harris
James D. Hadgson
Chase
Ralph Nader
Sierra Lun
Afl-Cio
Nicholas Johnson
Federal Communications Commission
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Bihar
Subcontinent
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