Poacher Explains Alligator Gator Poaching Lure
A seasoned swamp outlaw details why gator poaching flourishes in Florida. He recalls eyeing a glowing gator in fog, describes killing methods, profits from hides, and the network of buyers in Miami and northwest Florida. He notes weak state laws and a federal bill to criminalize cross state hides.
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Ben Funk
Associated Press
Miami (Ap
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Miami
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Everglades
Florida Game Commission
Treatment Of Ray To Be Same As Others
James Earl Ray will spend about six weeks in a nine by six foot prison cell as he enters a maximum security unit in Nashville. He will then be assigned a prison job and treated like other inmates while serving a 99 year term for the King assassination. The move places him near William Garvin Allen, a Black Power convict, in the same secured section. Ray’s prior Memphis confinement featured constant surveillance and an always-on lighted cell block.
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Martin Luther King Jr
State Penitentiary
Lake Russell
Ray
William Garvin Allen
Nashville
Allen
King
Memphis
Shelby County
William Morris, Jr
Morris
London
Man Uses Car Truck Snowshoes While Meter Reading
Kalispell, Mont AP reports Jan Tallada, meter reader for Pacific Power and Light, has been seen traveling by car, pickup, rowboat, and snowshoes on the job in the Flathead Lake area. The article also notes Napalm development by Harvard scientists with U.S. Army in 1942 and its wartime impact.
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Kalispell, Mont
Cape Bojador marked turning point in early exploration
The World Almanac notes Cape Bojador on Africa's Atlantic coast as Europe s southern limit until 1434 when Gil Bannes a Portuguese captain sailed beyond it and returned Although little details exist the voyage opened the way for Diaz and Da Gama leading to later famous expeditions
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Cape Bojador
Africa
Spanish Sahara
Canary Islands
Gil Bannes
Prince Henry the Navigator
Portugal
Cape
Diaz and da Gama
Store of Nails Revealed in Perthshire Excavation
An expedition in Perthshire Scotland during 1961 uncovered a cache of nearly seven tons of nails abandoned by the Romans between A D 87 and 90. The find sheds light on Roman supply habits and metal usage in the period.
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Perthshire
Scotland
Arch of Titus in Rome Marches Through History
Arch of Titus, Rome, erected by Domitian in A D 81 to commemorate Titus’s capture of Jerusalem, stood as a triumphal monument and was rebuilt in 1822, reflecting its enduring cultural significance.
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Rome
Titus
Domitian
Jerusalem
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