Pravda Demands End To Expensive Official Banquets
Pravda exposes costly official banquets in a Moscow article, detailing a $332 kindergarten party funded by a hydroelectric company staff in Mary near the Iranian border. It notes falsified expenses and urges strict control of public money from drivers to plant leaders, calling the state treasury an inanimate target needing protection.
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Moscow
Mary
Pravada
Soviet Communinist Party
Pravda
Government predicts up to 140 billion in spending
Austin AP report outlines experts’ view that the current fiscal year may total 130 billion and the next year could reach 140 billion in speculative terms. Revenues are seen around 117 billion, implying a potential 13 billion deficit if spending hits 150 billion and the economy remains tight.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Viet Nam
Congress
Rescued Seaman Survives Morrell Disaster at Sea
Dennis Hale survived the Morrell sinking after 34 hours adrift in Lake Huron. Twelve crewmen died, sixteen were missing as the freighter split during a storm. Hale, rescued near shore, spoke of fear, faith, and survival as a priest gave him last rites. His wife, Bertha, and four children live in Ashtabula Ohio.
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Harbor Beach
Mich
Dennis Hale
Daniel J. Morrell
Great Lakes
Bertha
Hale
Morrell
Lake Huron
Coast Guard
Heliopter
Cornelius McEchin
Decors
Ashtabula
Ohio
Morrells
Washington Monument funds aid sought by US marshals
The World Almanac notes US deputy marshals who ran the 1840 and 1850 censuses could solicit public donations for the Washington Monument. Donors received lithographs of the monument or George Washington. Construction began in 1848 and finished in 1884.
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Washington Monument
George Washington
Young Italians Help To Restore Florence Culture
Florence volunteers from Italy and abroad join teens in rebuilding the city’s museums and libraries after the flood. Students from Germany, England, the United States and others work side by side, moving mud soaked books to drying sheds amid strong odors. Judith Hosner and Joanne Newman, both 21, stayed to help after nearly returning home, driven by passion to save Florence’s historic culture.
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Florence
Italy
Germany
England
United States
Fim
Judith Hosner
Joanne M Newman
Judith
Glencoe
Ill
Joanne
Rome
The wreck of the Memphis by Captain Edward L. Beach
The Memphis, a grand U S Navy battle cruiser, was demolished in 1916 in a famed naval tragedy. Beach recounts the ship’s story, its commander and his father, and the court martial that ended a distinguished career in swift, precise prose.
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Memphis
Edward L. Beach
United States Navy
Beach
School Calendar Highlights and Holiday Breaks
Calendar shows Christmas holidays from Dec 22 to Jan 2 with Jan 3 as first day of classes. Second session begins Jan 23. Faculty meetings on Jan 2 and Mar 31 at 2 45 pm. Easter holidays Mar 24, 27 and 28. San Jacinto Day May 21. Last day of classes May 25. May 26 faculty work day.
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San Jacinto
Common Market May Up Cost Of Britain's Food
London reports that joining the European Common Market could raise British food prices by 10 to 14 percent over several years due to higher farm prices and grain costs. Beef butter and imports may rise while fruit and vegetables could fall in price. Public debate centers on wage, tax, and immigration adjustments, devaluation prospects, and the impact on Britain’s economy and global standing.
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London
Britain
Farmers’ Union
Europe
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Mrs. Hale
Nterprise
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Thomas Lee
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lee Guinness
Jiffies
Leisure Footwear
By Enro
xfort-Shire
Abet Oye Vane
Damon
Gregorys
Texas
Freuen Theatre
The
Bluebonnet
Gregory
P.M
Brunson Theatre
Orson
Campus
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