New Port for Naval Base C O Rear Admiral Johnston Jr
Rear Admiral Johnston Jr received orders February 2 to relieve Rear Admiral Douglas Plate as commander of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla 10 this month while continuing as Newport Naval Base commander until relieved. The relief date for the Naval Base is uncertain but likely in summer. Johnston has led the Newport base since January 1966.
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New Plays Open in Rhode Island Theaters
Oscar Wilde drama Years of the Locust opens under Adrian Hall at Trinity Square Playhouse then moves back to The Importance of Being Earnest at Rhode Island School of Design Theatre. Norman Holland delivers world premiere at Playhouse for four weeks ending March. High school audiences return as Earnest resumes after Locust closes March 2.
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Rhode Island Population Shrinks Amid Outward Migration
A Brown University study finds Rhode Island’s growth rate is among the lowest in New England and below the national average since 1910. A US Census provisional 1967 estimate puts Rhode Island at 900000 total, 875000 civilian, with an expected annual out-migration of 50000.
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