Careful plant selection pays dividends later
Extension bulletin advises considering hardiness zone, site size, transplant ease, and disease resistance before buying woody plants. It warns against oversized choices, suggests container or balled plants to ease transplant shock, and recommends buying from reliable sources, checking botanical names, and comparing with references. It notes Maine zones 3 to 6 and mentions the New England Spring Flower Show at Suffolk Downs.
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Maine
New England
Suffolk Downs Race Track
Boston
Extension group meets West Kennebunk church event
The Alewive Afternoon Extension group gathered Tuesday at the West Kennebunk Methodist Church. Guest speaker Mrs. Arthur Jack was introduced by Mrs. Clifton Schaefer and presented a talk with slides from trips to Puerto Rico and St. Thomas.
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West Kennebunk
Alewive
West Kennebunk Methodist Church
Arthur Jack
Clifton Schaefer
Jack
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Benjamin Franklin the sole signer of four key U S documents
Benjamin Franklin stands as the only man to sign the Declaration of Independence the Treaty of Peace the Treaty of Alliance and the Constitution of the United States, a unique record of his enduring influence across early American governance.
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Benjamin Franklin
United States
New commerce secretary C R Smith vows focus on jobs
The Associated Press reports C R Smith, former American Airlines chair, sworn in as commerce secretary at 68, promising job creation for hard core unemployment as President Johnson notes humps to move the nation forward. Also, Justice Department backs limiting master car key production to curb auto theft and crime costs in testimony to a House panel.
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Associated Press
Washington
C. R. Smith
Smith
American Airlines
India
China
C.R
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
America
Justice Department
Department
Richard L. Braun
Braun
House
Housing goals judged unlikely by officials and church group
Robert C. Weaver says it is highly improbable that the presidents six million low cost housing goal in ten years can be met while the riot commission urged five years. The United States Catholic Conference will present its recommendations on riot commission problems to the nation’s bishops in St Louis at an April meeting.
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Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Urban Development
Riot Commission
Johnson
Commission of Civil Disorders
United States Catholic Conference
Church
J Hierarchy
St. Louis
Quote recalls Joseph W. Martin after long political career
The former Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin died Wednesday. He was a longtime Republican power whose half century in politics featured notable setbacks and enduring successes remembered in his philosophy that you cannot win them all yet you can forget losses when thinking of wins.
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Joseph W. Martin
Doctors for Vietnam Chicago volunteer physicians drive recruiting
DOCTORS FOR VIETNAM CHICAGO AP Volunteer Physicians for Vietnam a AMA program seeks more physicians to join. Since inception 249 years ago 361 physicians have served in civilian provincial hospitals in South Vietnam. Sixteen volunteers completed a second two month tour and five returned for at least one year. Charles H Moseley AMA director said at least 300 volunteers are needed in 1968. Volunteers receive free transport housing ten dollar daily allowance and a $50000 insurance policy.
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Doctors For
Vietnam
Chicago
Physicians For
American Medical Association
South Vietnam
Charles H. Moseley
AMA
Millionaire Senators List Spurs Wealth Gossip Across States
A compiled look at U S senators and spouses deemed millionaires based on local sources and biographical records. Names include B Everett Jordan of North Carolina with multiple firm roles, Missouri’s Edward Long and Stuart Symington, New Mexico’s Clinton Anderson, Pennsylvania’s Joseph Clark, Georgia’s Herman Talmadge, and others.
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B. Everett Jordan
Dn.c
Jordan
Sellers Manufacturing Co
Jordan Spinning Co
Royal Cotton Mill Co
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Winston-Salem
Missouri
Edward V. Long
Stuart Symington
Symington
Emerson ‘Electric Co
St. Louis
Long
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate Aeronautical and Space Committee
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Talmadge
James C
Eastland
Mississippi planter and lawyer Eastland questioned wealth
A Mississippi planter and lawyer, reputed to own vast Delta land, is described as possibly not a millionaire. An aide noted uncertainty about Eastland’s net worth. In unrelated AP copy, Daybreek reports South Africa weighing life books to store citizens vital statistics for easier document access.
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Mississippi Delta
Eastland
Johannesburg
Daybreek
Daybreak
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