Stamps Celebrate Israel’s 20th Independence Anniversary
Stamps issued to mark Israel’s 20th anniversary include a two stamp Independence Day set with 15 and 80 agorot values showing immigrants and a growing family, a 55 agorot stamp with rifles and helmet, a 40 agorot olive branch and sword symbol, and a 60 agorot stamp honoring the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Also, a 25th anniversary Warsaw Ghetto memorial stamp depicts a rifle-wielding youth. Territory of Christmas Island stamps feature Indian Ocean fish. Australian currency will switch to Australian dollars in May 1968.
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Syd Kronish
Israel
Israel Philatelic Agency
America
Warsaw
Christmas Island
Indian Ocean
China marks 90th anniversary stamps with two new sets
The Republic of China unveils two stamp sets to honor the 90th anniversary, per World Wide Philatelic Agency. A Taipei Formosa exhibition features these issues with a geese motif signaling mail accuracy and a six stamp Ancient Chinese Art Treasures set from the Palace Museum in Taipei.
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Republic of China
World Wide Philatelic Agency
Taipei
Formosa
China Mail
Palace Museum
Back Bay Narcotics Raids Nab 11 Men and 5 Women
Police arrested eleven men and five women in two Back Bay narcotics raids and a Logan International stakeout. Chelsea suspects William Flynn George Macomber and John Burke were seized on arrival from New York with 150 heroin packets valued at 1500. At 289 Marlboro Street six men and one woman faced narcotics charges after officers found 10000 dollars worth of amphetamines and hashish. At 110 Gainesboro Street four women and two men were arrested after a small narcotics cache was found on the third floor.
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Associated Press
Boston
Back Bay
Logan International Airport
Chelsea
Logan
New York
William M. Flynn
George M. Macomber
John L. Burke
Marlboro St
Gainesboro St
Vicious Explosion Damages Thunderbird Diner Route 1
A violent blast and ensuing fire heavily damaged the Thunderbird Diner on Route 1 in Saugus. Fire Chief Thomas Nolan said the explosion blew out a back wall and all windows. five firefighters were briefly overcome by smoke. The blaze is considered suspicious and under investigation. the diner had been shuttered for repairs after a prior suspicious fire.
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Saugus
Mass
Route 1
Thomas Nolan
Nolan
Two Vietnam War heroes receive Medal of Honor
President Johnson at the White House decorated Capt. Robert F. Foley of Belmont Massachusetts and Sgt. F. Baker of Moline with the Medal of Honor. The 32nd and 33rd recipients, both from Company A 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry, distinguished themselves on November 5 1966 near Quan Dac Thieng northwest of Saigon. Foley, a former Belmont High School basketball star, rescued several men and destroyed enemy emplacements despite wounds. Baker killed four snipers and knocked out bunkers while under fire.
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Washington
Johnson
Agame
White House
Robert F. Foley
Belmont
Mass
F. Baker
Moline
27Th Infantry Brigade
Quan Dac Thieng
Saigon
Foley
Sgt. Baker
Home repair Q and A on drainage and cabinet mounting
Readers ask about filling ground hollows near foundations with topsoil to ensure proper drainage and about removing and refinishing dented wood. Answers advise sloping ground away from the foundation, using four inches of topsoil, and adding extra wall studs under a heavy cabinet.
Miniskirt Ban At Rhode Island Campus Dinners
URI officials condemn excessively short skirts at campus dining halls after notices label culottes as taboo at dinner. The item mentions a sect in western New York and Pennsylvania, with Moss Miller directing a structure for Menno Herschberger. Women of the sect prepared and served a large farm meal for workers at noon.
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Kingston
R.I
University of Rhode Island
New York
Col
Pennsylvania
Tuesay
Moss Miller
Menno Herschberger
Amish men build barn to replace fire-destroyed home
About 200 bearded Amishmen in East Randolph New York worked between dawn and dusk in one day to construct a barn for a fellow brother after a blaze destroyed his residence. They wore traditional attire and long hair as they completed the project.
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East Randolph
N.Y
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