Problems Remain In Northeast Thailand Despite Reforms
Reports from Bangkok describe real improvement in northeastern Thailand due to government measures against guerrillas. Yet shortcomings linger, including officials underestimating rural peasants, limited village self help, and difficulty attracting educated youth to rural posts. Doctors oppose mobile teams preferring centralized offices, corruption cited, but progress cited in roads, market access, and agricultural education.
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Bangkok
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Altar in Mexico City Cathedral Fire Damages 16th Century Art
A blaze in Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral damaged the Altar del Perdón and other gold-covered art. Authorities said the fire confined to the nave section, with limited damage and no immediate crisis predicted for 1967. Experts noted potential broader implications for historical works if fires recur.
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Putnam Introduced Havana Cigars to American Colonies
General Israel Putnam, famed for Revolutionary War leadership, served with British forces in the 1762 occupation of Havana. He later returned to Connecticut with a large Havana cigar supply, boosting the cigar's prestige in the colonies.
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Nuclear blast simulator tube nears completion near Fredericksburg
The United States Naval Weapons Laboratory nears a巨 half mile long nuclear blast shock tube along the Rappahannock River 25 miles east of Fredericksburg Virginia. The Cenical Shock Tube air blast simulator tests effects on ships engines shelters and equipment using a 264 foot detonation chamber and 1000 pounds of explosive per shot with tests set for later this year.
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TV TeleScope review notes golf star Crosby TV network
Cynthia Lowry reports on Crosby and celebrity amateurs struggling in a golf telecast with erratic camera work. final rounds planned live weather permitting. NBC airs a Thoroughbred biography during coverage. CBS delays an essay for Polish film. ABC plans London Laughs for summer.
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Lynda Bird Johnson Stays in San Francisco Suite
Lynda Bird Johnson remains in a $150-a-day Fairmont Tower presidential suite on the rd floor while on a business writing assignment for a national women's magazine. A Secret Service agent blocks the hallway during the stay.
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Lynda Bird ‘Johnson
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Fairmont Tower
Israeli Biologist Predicts Cancer Decline Within a Decade
In Montreal AP reports the head of a Canadian cancer research institute predicts discoveries in cancer biology could reduce cancer rates by about 75 percent in the next decade. Berenblum told the Canadian Society of the Weismann Institute about these hopeful advances.
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Society of the Weismann 'Institute
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