Today In History Highlights Jan 21 1969
On this date 1954 the Nautilus the first atomic powered submarine was launched at Groton Connecticut. Also notable events include Panama City founded in 1519 and the beheading of Louis XVI in 1793.
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Associated Press
Groton
Conn
Panama City
Louis XVI
France
Stonewall Jackson
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
U.S. Senate
V. 1
Lenin
New York
State Department
Alger Hiss
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Soviet Union
Cuba
Khrushchev
South Vietnam
Gas well completions outpace 1968 pace in Texas
AUSTIN AP Gas well completions are running ahead of 1968 while oil-well drilling lags. The Railroad Commission says 79 gas wells were completed last week, 143 for the year, vs 110 and 207 oil wells to date. 23 gas basin discoveries, 11 in District 2 and 12 in District 4, plus eight wildcat oil wells. 259 wells plugged, including 135 dry holes.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Mona
Farm assets at start of 1968 rise over 1967
The Agriculture Department reports farm assets on U S farms at January 1 1968 totaling 283 5 billion, up 13 7 billion from 1967. Real estate was 193 7 billion with livestock machinery crops and deposits cited, and equity held by farm proprietors stood at 233 1 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
Southern Plains
Northern Plains
Mountain
Delta
Mississippi
Oklahoma
New Jersey
USSR Effort To Impress Gets Bigger And Bigger
Moscow reports say Soviet superlatives have diminishing returns as prestige projects grow. Examples include the 4000-room Rossiya hotel where guests get lost, a restaurant atop the Os-tankino TV tower yielding little view, and an AN22 plane once touted as the largest though never used. Intourist notes Soviet firsts and the mass scale of everything from architecture to travel.
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Moscow
Rossiya
Ostankino Television
Paris
Garden Ring
Intourist
Black Sea
Soviet Union
The Origin of Pumpernickel Name Debated
The World Almanac notes two stories for the bread name. One claims Napoleon named it after feeding his horse Nicole during a respite, while another cites a German baker named Pumpernickel as the source.
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Napoleon
Nicole
Tent Dwellers In Saudi Arabia Live In Tents
Copyright 1968 notes that despite vast natural gas reserves and Saudi Arabia producing 15 percent of world crude oil, half of the Saudi population still lives in tents per the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Saudi Arabia
Encyclopaedia Hritannica
Trinity University Net Worth Report Confusing History
Trinity University, once a small Presbyterian college in Tehuacana Texas, faced initial fundraising struggles of $25,000 at its 18th century founding. Now relocated to San Antonio with about 2,500 students it claims a net worth near $60 million.
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Trinity University
San Antonio
Tehuacana
Tex
University
Poisonous touch trees and health advisory councils
The quiz asks if any trees are poisonous to touch. The answer states no large trees are poisonous to touch. coral sumac in the Florida Keys is noted as a good-sized tree with smooth red bark that is very poisonous to touch. It also asks if there is a federal board of health in the United States, answered with no. Congress has authorized advisory councils to the U.S. Public Health Service.
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Florida Keys
Federal Board of Health
United States
Congress
U.S. Public Health Service
Chronometer inventor wins 20000 pound prize
In 1744 the English Parliament offered 20000 pounds to the discoverer of a method to determine longitude within 30 miles after a six week sea voyage. It was awarded to John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer, per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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John Harrison
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Local Crown Distributing seeks merchandise distributor
National firm seeks a local representative to sell fast moving merchandise in retail outlets. Part time or full time work available with inventory funding from 750 to 3000 dollars. For interview write to Crown Distributing Company P O Box 39206 Dallas Texas 85235 and include a phone number.
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Crown Distributing Company
P.O. Box
Dallas
Texas
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GE. Itu
Art Sanson
Wiig
Ial
Eek and
Meek
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Cary Grant
Ralph Heimdchl
HI and
Lois
Mort Wolker
Dik Browne
MR. Abernathy
Beetle Bailey
JONES + BEY
By Jones and Ridgeway
Abernathy
By Mor Woker
Barney Google
Snuffy Smith
BY Fred Lassiel
Nefertit
BY Y. T. Hamk
Philip R. Clarke
Poe
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Great Lakes
Clarke
U.S. Steel
Ussr
Appelt Electric CO
Friedrich
Bayway Drive
Baytown
Wren
Scarborough Drugs
N. Main
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