Retain famous train names revived by Amtrak
The Amtrak era brings back famed names such as Panama Limited Hiawatha North Coast Hiawatha City of San Francisco Denver Zephyr Merchants Limited James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington along with new titles Floridian Turbo Yankee Clipper and Morning and Afternoon Executive as it aims to attract riders while nostalgia meets modern service.
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Amtrak
National Railrad Passenger Corp
Chicago
New Orleans
Panama Limited
Panama Canal
Hiawatha
Milwaukee Railroad
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Spokane
Wash
North Coast Limited
North Coast Hiawatha
San Francisco
Denver
Denver Zephyr
Merchants Limited
New
James Whitcomb Riley
New York Central
Newport News
Florida
New York
Understanding National Weather Service Winter Weather Watches
The National Weather Service uses watches to flag potential severe winter storm situations and to alert the public to possible threats. Watches precede warnings when storm conditions are uncertain, giving time to plan, with warnings issued only when there is high certainty of hazardous weather.
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National Weather Service
Weather
Sabre Leads Push For Minnesota Photo Driver License
Rep. Harvey B. Sabre of Adams is a principal author of Minnesota’s new Photo Driver License law. Minnesota becomes the 23rd state to require photos for licenses, offering tamper proof credentials aiding law enforcement. Four year issue cycles will place new applicants and early expiring licenses first in the program. Sabre is noted for his education work in the legislature.
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Minnesota
Harvey B. Sabre
Adams
Sabre
Cold Showers Criticized By Heart Specialist
A heart specialist at the University of Chicago warns cold showers after exercise can trigger heart attacks. Dr. Rod erick W. Childers explains rapid body changes raise heart workload and blood pressure, noting Scandinavia’s high coronary death rates but offering a consolation that surviving confirms heart fitness.
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Roderick W. Childers
Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Division of Biological Sciences
Pritzker School of Medicine
University of Chicago
Childers
Scandinavian Countries
Lindsay urges higher mass transit aid at national Mayors meeting
New York Mayor John Lindsay argues before the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Atlanta that Congress should raise the five year mass transit appropriation from 3.1 to 5 billion dollars. He notes current highway spending and cites national budget contrasts as context for his proposal against Nixon Administration plans.
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U.S. Conference of Mayors
Atlanta
New York
John Lindsay
Congress
Nixon
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch
Turn Back the Clock Christmas Toy Drive in Austin
Local fire department prepares more than 1,000 reconditioned toys for underprivileged children in Austin and nearby communities. Also reported theft of about 16 gallons of gasoline from the Ahlgren and Schwamm garage south of Austin on Hwy 218 with pumps damaged and fuel stolen.
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Austin
Ahlgren and Schwamm
Hwy. 218
Bangla Desh Mission Office Emerges in New York
A small Bangla Desh Mission office on Manhattan's East 38th Street embodies the movement's struggle for recognition. The 10 by 15 foot room represents hopes of 75 million people, as workers explain Bangla Desh's push for official acceptance amid decades of oppression.
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Tom Tiede
United Nations
NEA
Manhattan
East 38Th Street
United States
Bangla Desh
East Pakistan
Powerful dock workers press for release of US POWs
In a wartime stance the International Longshoremen's Association leaders threaten to block trade routes if Hanoi withholds POW letters. Victor Riesel profiles Ted Gleason and Johnny Bowers urging Moscow and Beijing to press North Vietnam for prisoner releases or at least Geneva Convention decency. Trade talks with Kissinger, Stans, and Butz could falter if demands aren’t met.
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New York
Hanoi
Moscow
Peking
U.S
North Vietnam
Ted Gleason
Johnny Bowers
Great Lakes
East and Gulf Coast
Maurice Stans
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Washington
Today in History and Trade Unrest Across U S West Coast
A mosaic of events from 1934 to 1971 includes Japan renouncing the Washington naval treaty, Becket’s murder, Texas statehood, and gas-lit White House. The 1970s notes cover ILA dock union pressure, boycotts of Soviet and Red China cargo, and leaders like Johnny Bowers pushing resolutions on prisoner releases as West Coast longshoremen resist Soviet shipping.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
Britain
Thomas Becket
Canterbury
England
Andrew Johnson
Raleigh
N.C
Texas
White House
London
Belgian Bulge
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Lyndon B. Johnson
Iets
ILA
Harry Bridges
Moscow
Peking
Gleason
Teddy
New York Harbor
Andrew Gibson
Johnny Bowers
Manhattan
West Side
Johnny
Aflcio Port Council of
New York
ILA Executive Council
Bowers
S. S. Batory
Bangla Desh Crisis and Prisoner Dilemma Highlighted at Sessions
The piece covers ILA and wartime protests over POWs linked to a broader debate on halting Chinese and Russian freighters until prisoners are released. It also profiles Bangla Desh envoy Abu Sayed Chowdhury detailing East Pakistan’s struggle, independence, and the 1971 crackdown by West Pakistan.
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Indian Subcontinent
Supreme Court
West Pakistan
East Pakistan
Bangla Desh
India
Chowdhury
Pakistan
West
Parliament
Yaha Kahn
Sayed
Boost exports urged as antidote to trade weakness
Washington experts urge President Nixon to shift from restricting imports to expanding exports. They cite a 1950–70 export boom creating millions of U.S. jobs, warn of rising imports, and forecast a division of high tech labor among nations. They foresee gains from foreign investments offsetting any trade deficit.
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Washington
Nea
Nixon
U.S
Lawrence Krause
Brookings Institution
West Germany
Japan
Europe
Soviet Union
Germany
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Shaw
Myrle Larson
Cub Pack
Eugene Heimer
St. Augustine
David Thompson
Marion College
Marion
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Desh
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National Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Hemingway
Bill Steinberg
American Radio Assn
Afl-Cio
Winston Churchill
Bruce Biossat
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