Waterborne Freight Sets A New Record
Waterborne commerce reached a 1968 record of 1,383,000,000 tons, up 3.5 percent from 1967, with ton miles totaling 287 billion. Gulf Coast, Atlantic, Great Lakes, and other routes all contributed, as final national totals and port details will be published in later volumes.
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Galveston
U.S
Franklin B. Moon
U.S. Army Engineer District
Great Lakes
Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River
Antilles
Great Lakes System
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Hawaii
U. S
Army Engineer District
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New Orleans
Roman road network fuels empire by 400 AD
World Almanac notes Romans built over 50,000 miles of roads from 400 B.C. to A.D. 400 to speed troops and supplies. The Appian Way began in 312 B.C. and stretched 366 miles from Rome to Brindisi, still usable into the late antique period.
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B.C
A.D
Rome
Brindisi
AP Luncheon Speaker Rogers to address AP luncheon
Secretary of State William P. Rogers will address the Associated Press annual luncheon in New York on April 21 before about 1 500 newspaper radio and television executives at the Waldorf Astoria. Paul Miller AP president and Gannett head notes Rogers, a Nixon confidant and former Eisenhower attorney general, will discuss AP's future plans including centralized editing regional news systems and new communications technology to speed major stories to members. Ann Wheeler wife of Havana correspondent John Fenton Wheeler will speak, recounting life as a Cuba housewife. Six directors will be elected to the 18 member AP Board and the annual report will be presented.
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New York
William P. Rogers
Associated Press
Paul Miller
The
News Service
Rogers
Nixon
Waldorf- Astoria
Eisenhower
Miller
Gannett Newspapers
News Cooperative
AP News and Communications
Ann Wheeler
John Fenton Wheeler
Havana
Cuba
Basin Street credited as cradle of jazz in New Orleans
Basin Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans is cited by some as the birthplace of jazz after early experiments with a special musical form.
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Basin Street
New Orleans
State Senate approves 50 member Governor's Committee on Human Relations
The Texas Senate passed S.B. 307 by Sen. Chet Brooks to create a 50 member Governor's Committee on Human Relations. If the House approves, governors appointees will be unpaid but travel expenses reimbursed. The panel must represent all regions and races and work to study problems of human relations for recommendations to state government.
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Sen. Brooks
Gov. Smith
Brooks
Texas farmers to plant record sorghum and cotton acres
The Agriculture Department estimates Texas farmers will plant 7.31 million acres of sorghum and 5.0 million acres of cotton this year. Other crops rise include soybeans to 43 million acres and corn potential at 64.8 million acres, with wheat totals and changes noted amid overall acreage shifts across grains and vegetables.
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Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
Paper Weddings Backed by Nevada Church Leader
Carson City Nevada AP The Nevada Council of Churches president supports a bill allowing marriages by signing a paper. Clergymen testified to end the ceremony driven wedding industry, claiming a $60 million annual business and up to $100000 for nonclergymen. Last year 90000 weddings in Nevada with 5000 in churches. George Flint questions clergy jealousy over church weddings.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada Council of Churches
Don Winne
Nevada
George Flint
State Wedding Chapel Association
Bill
Pistol Shrimp Snap Mechanism Described
A description of pistol shrimps notes they are small crustaceans with a large snapping claw. The claw acts as a snapping device, functioning as a defensive or offensive tool in their behavior and interactions.
Burns Credited for Auld Lang Syne Still Dense Debate
The source discusses whether Robert Burns authored the lyrics to the familiar song And Lang Syne. It notes Burns is commonly given credit for writing the words, though the claim that he took down the verses from an elderly singer is questioned. The piece traces attribution and traditional accounts.
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Robert Burns
Burns
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