Early Motorists Pushed On Despite Vanishing Roads
Washington special recounts the 1903 cross country drive of Col. H Nelson Jackson in a two cylinder Winton. fuel costs and rough roads battered the journey from San Francisco to New York over 63 days. road hazards and early motoring hardships are described with period detail.
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Washington
United States
Col. H. Nelson Jackson
San Francisco
New York
Jackson
Man
Paw
New Hampshire
Roosevelt Campobello home closed by international red tape
Campobello Island residents and tourists face daily refusals as the 34 room Roosevelt summer home remains shut to the public amid regulatory wrangling. Hammer brothers donated the site to Canada and the United States as a shared shrine, with talks of a joint commission and congressional action needed to transfer ownership.
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Campobello Island
N.B
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eastport
Maine
Hammer Brothers
New York
John Roosevelt
Kennedy
Lester Pearson
Hyannis Port
Mass
Roosevelt
F.D.F
United States
Canada
Scotland
Victor Hammer
Associated Press
Hammer
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Washington
National Park Department
Harlan Wood
Udall
Wood
Milton Townsend
Hammers
Seven-Mile Island
New Brunswick
U.S
Japanese Chasing Whales In Atlantic Near Brazil
In Cabo Frio Brazil the Fumi Maru 12 harpoons and hauls multiple whales from a 130 ton load after a day of hunting in South Atlantic waters. Skipper Katsumi Yoshizaki recounts a 60-ton fin whale chase and a seven year North Pole background. The two 473 ton vessels operate May to October, averaging 3.6 whales daily.
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Cabo Frio
Brazil
South Atlantic
Katsumi Yoshizaki
Yoshizaki
North Pole
Taiyo Fishing Co
Book Banning Grows in U S Says Librarian
Social Science Librarian Robert Lockard of the University of Oregon says book bans are rising across the United States under moral and political pressures. He notes classics and renowned authors appear on banned lists while local officials remove titles citing religious or societal concerns. Historical cases cited include a 1961 Wisconsin teacher jailed for The Stranger and Pendleton Oregon actions against Brave New World and East of Eden.
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Eugene, Ore
UPI
United States
University of Oregon
Robert Lockard
Lockard
Wisconsin
Albert Camas
Pendleton
Ore
Aldous Huxley
John Steinbeck
Steinbeck
Caligula
France
Rome
Portugal
Right wing groups push bans on books they deem communist
Lockard notes a trend of right wing groups attempting to bar works like Arthurian legend collections and Defoe era satires. They seek bans or, failing that, suppression or forced removal of titles they label communistic or subversive.
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Roger Ascham
Daniel DeFoe
Lockard
Kennedy Leads GOP Hopefuls in Gallup 1964 Poll
A Princeton NJ report summarizes a Gallup poll showing Kennedy defeating three Republican contenders Goldwater Rockefeller and Romney in hypothetical 1964 matches Kennedy leads with 60 to 34 over Goldwater 63 to 30 over Rockefeller and 59 to 33 over Romney Undecided ranges 6 to 8.
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Princeton
N.J
Gallup
Kennedy
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Romney
John Kennedy
Rockefeller Kennedy
Romney Kennedy
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Vermont Bank and Trust Company
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Vermont Bank and Trust CO
Mamoee Federal Clpolit Insurance Corporation
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Chester
International
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Johnson Oil Co
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Main St
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GOP
Jack Nelson
Gene Roberts
Chicago Sun Times
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Johnny
First National Stores
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Equip., Inc
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Saratoga Raceway
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