Expo 67 Expo Losses Cast a Long Shadow on Montreal
Pierre Dupuy, Expo 67 commissioner general, forecasts a deficit of at least 138 million dollars despite the planned 380 million dollar expenditure and 242 million in projected income. Canada aims for a landmark world fair, with safety and traffic plans, sound monitoring, and crowd control to ensure a smooth, if costly, event.
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Montreal
NEA
Pierre Dupuy
Canada
Dupuy
France
Canadian Corporation
Ambassador Dupuy
New York
Robert Moses
Flushing Meadows
Life or Death Questions Driving in the Drinking Society
An NAACP era style examination of drunken driving poses a public safety dilemma. The piece discusses what blood alcohol levels impair driving, federal highway funding ties, and proposed legal standards for chemical tests and implied consent. It cites Kenneth A. Rouse and cites Supreme Court precedent on intoxication testing.
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Chicago
NEA
United States
Kenneth A. Rouse
Kemper Insurance Group
National Highway Safety Agency
Rouse
Uniform Vehicle Code
Lisbon to turn Beaks House into India museums site
The 16th century House of the Beaks in Lisbon will be rebuilt as the Museum of the Portuguese State of India after mayor Gen Branca Borges plans to expel tenants ending a five year dispute. The facade remains from Casa dos Bi cos, earthquake debris aside, with history tied to Goa Daman and Diu.
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Lisbon
India
Branca Borges
Goa
Damao
Dio
Amalia Rodrigues
Portugal
Lourdes
Moslem Holy Words Cure for Children
In Madras India Hindu mothers seek relief for sick children by having Moslems recite verses from the Koran and blow on the child. The scene shows Hindu women at mosques asking for spiritual aid while government hospitals provide medical treatment. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims remain, despite acts of faith and reverence at mosques.
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Madras
India
Subcontinent
South India
Riot Suppression Echoed by Indian Press
The Indian press minimizes communal riots in Bombay related trouble and All India Radio is told not to report Hindu Muslim clashes. The government seeks to portray secular harmony to avoid wider retaliation across villages and regions. Meanwhile a domestic baking tip suggests serving muffins immediately after baking.
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Bombay
All India Radio
Swedish Army Recruits Grow Taller Again
Swedish military authorities report that recruits born in 1963 1964 and 1965 average 5 feet 10 inches, about an inch shorter than the previous decade. New draftees reach up to 5 feet 11 inches, nearing earlier standards.
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Stockholm
Some Kentuckians Work in Poverty
FRANKFORT Ky W Fif ten per cent of the state em ployes in Kentucky receive an nual salaries of less than $3 000 which has been set as the fed eral poverty level Two thirds of state workers are paid less than 10 a week while about one half of one per cent make more than 15 000 a year.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
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Bureau of International Exhibitions
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Upper Volta
North America
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Driving In the Drinking Society
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert H. Reeder
Northwestern University Traffic Institue
Midtown
Austin
Dad
Corfam
FBI
Bunker Hill
Texas
Fonneys
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Austin (Minn
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Towncraft
Penn-Prest
Mom
Penn
Fortres
Dacron
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