Lawmakers Outmaneuver British Radio Pirates
AP reports Britain's government tightened rules on pirate radio with the Marine Broadcasting Offenses Act, banning Britons from running or funding pirate stations. Caroline North and Radio London planned to operate outside territorial waters, while other pirates ceased. BBC moves to launch a national pop service as pirates face arrest.
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London
Britain
British Broadcasting Company
England
Senten
Isle of Man
Manx Isle
Manx
Commonwealth
United Nations
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Caroline Pirates
Europe
United States
Carolines
Caroline
Robbie Dale
Boy Sells Boa Constrictor After Feeding Woes
Philadelphia AP reports 15 year old Joseph Zeuglin once gave a pet shop $10 and two tropical fish for a boa constrictor and three months later decided to sell the snake for $10 and no fish. He explained he did not like feeding it live mice.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Zeuglin
Joseph
This Day in History August 17 highlights
On August 17 in history events include 1940 Germany blockade of Britain announced, 1786 Davey Crockett born, 1807 Fulton’s Clermont first Hudson River run, 1863 bombardment at Charleston Harbor, 1940 Wendell Willkie Republican candidate nomination, 1945 de Gaulle commutes Petain death sentence, 1948 Alger Hiss denial before HUAC, plus past decade and year-ago notes on UAW wage demands, ceasefire in New Guinea, and Johnson Latin American integration proposal.
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Germany
Britain
Davey Crockett
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
New York
Albuny
Charleston
Wendell Willkie
France
Charles de Gaulle
Marshal Henri, Petain
Alger Hiss
House Committee On UnAmerican
United Auto Workers Union
New Guiana
Johnson
Shell Stations Distribute Hurricane Information Charts
Shell Oil Co service stations in the Baytown area distribute free hurricane information tracking charts. The charts feature a Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea map with longitude and latitude lines for plotting hurricane progress, general hurricane data, safety rules, and a data table to record timely weather updates from the U.S. Weather Bureau.
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Shell Oil Co
Baytown
Gulf of Mexico -Carrbbean Seas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Monkey Business Keeps Deputies Busy at Drive-In
Six Salt Lake County deputies spent several hours rounding up five monkeys and a baboon that escaped from their cage in the theater playground area. The incident occurred at a local Salt Lake City drive-in theater bringing a unusual scene to the public area.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Sheriff's Deputies
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Caroline South
Glassgrow
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Rigger
Swift
U.S
Uss
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Leo
Shank
Body Housekeeping
Kroger
Country Club
Danela
Owens
Necho
Turkey
Blackhawk
Ail Meat
Wien Link Sausages
Rath
Braunsch
Ats
Iweiger Roth
a-Lh
Toth. Pha
Snow Valley
Kroger Co
Is Louryn
Oleg Soko
Arkhangelsk
U.S.S.R
THE
Associated Press
Shell Stations
Suibus
Japan
Laredo
Bendix
Vas
Els
Sizzler
Tefien
Sizzle
Prici
Ait Western Auto
Compa
West Texas Ave
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