Emperor Haile Selassie Yacht Sparks U S Funding Debate
The House Appropriations subcommittee questions the cost and purpose of the Ethiopian emperor's yacht, a converted seaplane tender gifted by the United States. Testimony notes the ship is used for training and preventing smuggling, with critics calling it an extravagant, highfalutin craft amid tight budgets.
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Emperor Haile Selassie
Congress
United States
U. S
Defense Department
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Otto Passman
Pentagon
Adm
T. C. Heinz
Navy
Heinz
Rep
Garner Shriver
Ethiopia
U.S
Appropriations Subcommittee
Passman
New England Backcountry Sells Its Quaintness To Tourists
An editor notes New England autumn colors luring visitors to Lake Winnipesaukee and the upper Connecticut Valley. He marvels at antique bed-warmers and other curios sold in curio shops, praising the region's charm amid shifting industry and tourism.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Bethel
New England
New York Adirondacks
Lake Winnipesaukee
Connecticut
New York
Boston
Indiana
Iowa
New
America
Deerfield
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead Notice
Biddeford Saco Journal details editorial staff and contact numbers including publisher managing editor and department lines. Subscription rates payable in advance list one month two dollars sixty, six months fifteen fifty, one year thirty one dollars. Associated Press member. local news republication rights noted.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Marie Paul Casavant
P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Maine
Chief Justice Warren A Baseball and Sports Fan
Washington's leading sports aficionado, Chief Justice Earl Warren, is famous for following baseball and football. He picked the Red Sox to win the pennant, enjoys hunting with his three sons, and notes the need for faster pitching in baseball. He recalls past boxing eras and reflects on prize fighting skepticism.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Supreme Court
The
United States
Bart Cavanaugh
Sacramento
California
Cavanaugh
Earl Wrren
Boston Red Sox
Warren
Maury Wills
Harvard Law Review
Los Angeles Dodgers
Strangler Louis
Sonny Liston
Cassius Clay
Alameda County
Cal
Primo Carnera
Godfrey
Carnera
Oakland
Belittled Jokes and Jabs From Washington Row
A column mixes political humor and trivia from Washington. A Senate aide shows a class photo and reveals an adopted child. The piece ridicules planners and jokes about war figures and time zones with brief quips from various lawmakers.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Senate
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Nixon presses Reagan to skip 1968 primaries
Nixon forces press Reagan to stay out of Wisconsin primary and curb rising southern support. Backers seek to limit Reagan as a potential divisive factor while pressing top Republicans to back Nixon and delay a national bid. Percy avoids tests, signaling favored son status remains local.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Wisconsin
Richard Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Illinois
Charles Percy
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Percy
Reagan
Milwaukee
South
Columbia
S.C
Nebraska
Oregon
Paul Harvey Warns Against Labor Strife Push Toward Fascism
Paul Harvey argues that union leadership and strikes threaten constitutional rights and threaten a movement toward a fascist federal authority. He cites Gallup polls showing public support for 21 day strike limits and criticizes Supreme Court rulings on penalties for nonstriking workers. He warns that forced government mediation could erode American capitalism and expand a corporate state.
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Gallup
White House
Jenk Jones
Vision and resourcefulness urged for modern times by Dr Gresham
Dr Perry E Gresham president of Bethany College West Virginia urges three minutes a day of study and prayer to gain vision and ingenuity. He warns knowledge has doubled eight times this century and one must learn eight times faster or risk ignorance and disaster. He cites Romans 12 6 and calls on all to use God given gifts to shape trends for good.
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Perry E. Gresham
Bethany College
West Virginia
Dr. Gresham
Conscience and World Series Shaving Jokes
Harold Coffin jokes about a wife guiding a husband away from watching the World Series, noting players rarely get hurt but many shave close to every inning. He ponders timing and commercials in championship baseball and the idea of an electric razor avid viewer.
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America
Jim Wright
Texas
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota Twins
First U S Hungarian Color Movie Plans Coproduction
Endre Bohem the U S film producer and writer will coproduce with Hungarian filmmakers a new color version of Ferenc Molnar The Boys of Pal Street The project aims to be the first U S Hungarian color co production and filming is set to begin next April with three British children in lead roles.
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Budapest
U.S
Endre Bohem
Ferenc Molnar
Pal Street
Zoltan Fabry
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