Expo 67 Montreal World’s Fair preview and pricing
A brief, playful overview of Expo 67 in Montreal from April 28 to October 27, noting passport pricing, French phrases for readers, and warnings that Canada expects about 6 million American visitors. It highlights Montreal as the Paris of the New World, Jean Drapeau’s optimism, and a projected loss of about 80 million dollars offset by goodwill and urban improvements.
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Montreal
Paris
New World
M. le
Jean Drapeau
Canada
St. Lawrence River
Inside Abby Add Yerrs Classified
Absent complete sentence data. Readable items include comics and classifieds such as Dennis and Editorials. The fragment mentions areas like Princeton Society and Sports LR with unclear context or dates.
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Abby
Dennis
Golren
Graham
Princeton Society
Repatriates Find Joy In Freedom
In New Orleans 88 Americans and relatives, first airlifted from Cuba with Castro’s consent, express joy at freedom as 880 Americans and 1 820 kin are allowed to leave. A second plane arrives. families recount months of waiting and hardships while State Department negotiations continue. Raul Lopez, an immigrant accountant, describes leaving work and valuing individual rights over a collective system.
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Cuba
U.S
Fidel Castro
United States
U.S. State Department
Castro
Merida
New Orleans
State Department
Raul Lopez
Los Angeles
Lopez
de Cuba
North Vietnam lauds China fifth nuclear test
President Ho Chi Minh said China's fifth nuclear blast was a great encouragement to Vietnam and other nations fighting U S aggression. Hanoi radio quoted officials praising China's leadership and advances in nuclear weapons as a step toward world peace and a hydrogen bomb capability.
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Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
China
U.S
Mao Tse-tung
National Assembly
Truong Chinh
Pham van Dong
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Vietnam Workers (Communist) Party
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Tsetung
Snow Drops Virginia Liquor Sales Ahead of Christmas
Virginia ABC Board figures show a sharp drop in Christmas Eve liquor sales by about 26.5 percent from the prior year due to a statewide snowstorm. The six days before Christmas totaled roughly 6.58 million dollars versus 7.05 million last year, while Christmas Eve sales were about 1.55 million compared with 2.11 million the previous year.
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Richmond
Virginia Abc Board
Court Declares All Schools Must Integrate Next Fall
Court orders school integration by fall facing possible contempt for noncompliance. Mrs Powell declines to testify on Powell staff payroll questions risking contempt citation and loss of a $20 500 yearly position.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
House Administration
Wayne L. Hays
Dohio
Pow
Five New Prison Breaks Hit Britain in 1966 Alert
Five new escapes Thursday pushed Britain's 1966 jailbreak total to 698 with hopes of topping 700 by year end. The Home Office tightens controls as authorities review open and closed prisons and inspect officers after a rash of holiday departures.
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London
Britain
Home Office
Dartmoor
Devon
Home Office Prisons Department
Miss Buchanan County Pageant Crowns 1967 Winner in Grundy
The Miss Buchanan County contest in Grundy Virginia will crown a winner and runners-up at Grundy High Friday night. Sheryl Baldwin of Hurley currently holds Miss Buchanan County and will crown the new titleholder after dresses swimsuits and a talent exhibition. The winner advances to the Miss Virginia Pageant next summer.
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Buchanan County
Grundy
Virginia
Sheryl Baldwin
Hurley
Interact Club
Grundy Junior Woman's Club
George Pyle
Guy Bushnell
Marion
Pyle
Bushnell
Miss Virginia
Bitter cold and icy hazards across Bluefield area
Temperatures swung from 22 degrees above freezing to 20 degrees at night in the Bluefield region with icy patches on major highways and sidewalks. FAA readings at Mercer County Airport showed 42 high and 20 low with a trace Thursday. a high pressure system may ease conditions by Friday night.
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Bluefield
Federal Aviation Agency
Mercer County
FAA
Gulf of Mexico
Virginia
West Virginia
AMC To Close Plants Ten Days In January
AMC will shut its Milwaukee and Kenosha plants for ten working days starting Jan. 9 to align production with demand. Starting Jan. 23 output will shift to a single daily shift, with car production trimmed from 1,600 to 1,100 per day and about 4,100 of 18,000 workers laid off indefinitely. Chrysler Ford and GM had announced January cutbacks.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
AMC
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
William Luneburg
AMC Group
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Boy Hurt In Sleigh Mishap Near Bluefield
A 12 year old Mercer County boy, John Frank Perkins of Rt 3 Bluefield, was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium after a noon sleighing mishap. He suffered internal injuries and was described in fair condition after surgery. He was riding near his home when he swerved to avoid a dog and went under a parked car.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
John Frank Perkins
Rt. 3
Ted J. Perkins
Vietnam
Mrs
Newton Church
Sandlick Road
Turnpike Travelers To Get Free Coffee
West Virginia Turnpike motorists will receive free coffee on New Year’s Eve from 10 p m Saturday to 7 a m Sunday at Glass House restaurants. Interstate Hosts Inc operators said the gesture marks the sixth year of the holiday free coffee for travelers on the turnpike.
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Charleston
Interstate Hosts, Inc
Glass House
Turnpike
Court Rules Desegregation Standards Set by HEW
A federal appeals court upheld HEW desegregation guidelines as the legal standard for public schools in the South. The Fifth Circuit said tokenism ends, orders that all grades be open to Negroes next fall, and stressed uniform application of a pilot decree across Jefferson County and Fairfield Alabama and Bessemer, plus Caddo and Bossier parishes in Louisiana.
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New Orleans
South
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Louisiana
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Bessemer
Alabama
Caddo
Bossier
Jackson
Claiborne
Detroit Homeowners Rights Ordinance Declared Unconstitutional
A Wayne County Circuit Court judge struck down Detroit’s homeowners rights ordinance for excessive vagueness. The 23 page ruling held the policy misleading and not meeting due process standards. The measure, adopted in September 1964, tied to an open occupancy battle, was opposed by critics.
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Detroit
John M. Wise
Wayne
Wise
Vietnamese Longshoremen Strike Amid Harbor Replacement Tensions
Vietnamese Labor Confederation in Saigon calls a 12 hour general strike to oppose replacement by American troops at a new 50 million harbor facility. About 5,000 longshoremen已有 on strike as air and ground operations continue in nearby coastal zones with ongoing U S action against Viet Cong supply lines.
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Vietnamese Labor Confederation
Saigon
United
Binh Thuan
Phan Thiet
U.S
Mekong River
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