Levitt Plans Primary Employment Towns for New Communities
William J. Levitt proposes fully self contained towns with about 50 000 residents to provide primary employment and day to day needs. He warns against mere developments around megacities and cites expansion potential to larger cities.
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Donald Evans
New York
Nana
William J. Levitt
America
Levittown
N. Y
P.E.T
Levitt and Sons
Levitt
Thvitational Telephone and Tele‘anh Corp
Long Island
G.i.’S
National Home Improvement Council, Inc
American Home Magazine
Richard M. Wasserman
Puerto Rico
France
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Florida
Illinois
Fortune Magazine
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
United States
General Mercer Investment Co. advertisement
Box 192 Bluefield West Virginia promotes over the counter securities dealing with West Virginia stocks. The note mentions women sold and traded and provides contact number 425-8738 under the banner WARRENIZING.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Coalwood School Fire Investigated
A minor fire of undetermined origin in the locked supply room at Coalwood Junior High School is under investigation by the McDowell County Board of Education. Fire crews from Welch and Saeger responded, with the fire extinguished by Coalwood football players and coach. Arson is being considered as a possibility.
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Coalwood Junior High
McDowell County Board of Education
Welch and Saeger
Coalwood
Super Stethoscope Built For Airplanes
Bendix built system combines a flight recorder and digital computer to monitor all essential aircraft functions for deterioration or fatigue. Signs of stress are relayed to the pilot who alerts ground crews for quick repairs aboard.
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Teterboro
N.J
West Virginia Delegates Split on Vietnam Peace Plank
West Virginia delegates at the Democratic National Convention split along Humphrey and McCarthy lines over the Vietnam peace plank. The majority backed the official report supporting a negotiated Paris peace, while eight supported the minority calling for an unconditional bombing halt. Governor Hulett Smith endorsed the majority, Senate candidate Ken Hechler suggested broader minority support, and Sen. Jennings Randolph later backed Humphrey, saying he can win in November.
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Chicago
West Virginia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minority Report
North Vietnam
Richard W. Barnes
Wellsburg
Eugene J. McCarthy
Barnes
McCarthy
Robert J. Burke
Wheeling
Burke
Jerome A. Burke
Alan B. Mollohan
Paul J Kaufman
Virgil E. Matthews
John M. McGuire
Ken Hechler
Hulett C. Smith
Humphrey
Paris
Vietnam
Hechler
Jennings Randolph
White House
Randolph
Niagara Falls Slide Tears Rock 185000 Tons at Prospect Point
In 1954 a massive slide at Prospect Point on the American side of Niagara Falls detached about 185000 tons of rock and earth, altering the shoreline and prompting emergency measures and ongoing rockfall monitoring.
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Prospect Point
Niagara Falls
Shortage Found in Shepherd College Audit
A legislative audit of Shepherd College for 1965 to 1967 reveals a net shortage of 2752.11 dollars after missing funds in six accounts. The report cites mishandling by business manager William Agee and possible prior knowledge by college leaders, with 3100 dollars traced to student-named payees.
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Shepherd College
Charleston
Wayne Myers
Selby Long
Legislative Auditor’s Office
William R. Agee
Oliver S. Ikenberry
Agee
Ikenberry
Godwin Surrenders Virginia Delegation to Humphrey
Virginia Governor Mills E Godwin releases the states 54 delegates from any nomination obligation confirming support for Hubert H Humphrey. The move coincides with similar steps by Louisiana and New Jersey governors, boosting Humphreys drive to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Chicago
Mills E. Godwin
Virginia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Godwin
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Humphrey
Associated Press
Commander Emerson Burned In Mekong Delta Helicopter Crash
Col. Henry Emerson commander of the U S 9th Infantry Division 1st Brigade suffered third degree burns to his right arm when his helicopter was shot down about 12 miles southwest of Saigon in the Mekong Delta Two other Americans aboard were killed Emerson was hospitalized at Long Binh and listed in good condition The crash occurred at about 600 feet altitude after a 50 caliber volley The tail rotor froze as the aircraft descended Pilot and door gunner escaped while another pilot and gunner were killed Col Ira Hunt chief of staff of the 9th Division helped free Emerson and out of the wreckage Emersons parents live in Milford Pennsylvania
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Saigon
Henry Emerson
U. S. 9Th Infantry Division
Mekong Delta
Emerson
Long Binh
South Vietnam
Col
Ira
Jim) Hunt
McLean
9Th Division
Hunt
Milford, Pa
Wrecker Trucks in Versailles Promote Punning Slogan
A Versailles Kentucky wrecker service displays a truck slogan Our Business Is Picking Up highlighting a humorous marketing line. The AP report notes the pun as part of local roadside advertising.
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Versailles
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