Six Americans Still Held In Prisons In China
Washington reports six Americans remain imprisoned in China, four civilians including a Roman Catholic bishop and two U.S. airmen captured during Viet Nam missions. Through Red Cross exchanges, families send letters and monthly food parcels. Since 1955, 2,846 parcels have been delivered via Hong Kong and Japan routes.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
China
Vietnam
American Red Cross
Red Cross Society
Red Cross Societies
John Thomas Downey
New Britain
Conn
Department of the Army
Korea
Japan
Victorville
Calif
Gulf of Tonkin
Red Cross
Lowu
Hong Kong
McChord Afb
Washington State
U.S. Air Force
ARC
Still Found Buried Bootlegger’s Still In Toronto
Two telephone cable splicers raised a manhole cover in Toronto and uncovered a fully equipped bootlegger’s still beneath the street. Police secured the site as investigators planned further inspection of the equipment and surrounding area.
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Toronto
Fourth Floor Special Savings at Armstrong Gifts and Domestics
Gilt ideas on the fourth floor offer bargains across a range of home goods. Linen towels with calendar designs, Oster curlers, Oster fondue, TV trays, gift boxed linens, West Bend saucepan, thermal blankets, and Fraser’s stainless serving pieces all show discounted prices.
Paris Subway Tests Fast Regional Express Line
Paris AP reports a fast quiet Blue Train inaugurated a regional express subway system from eastern Paris through a 1.5 mile tunnel to Boissy Saint Leger. It makes nine stops, reaches over 60 mph, and completed the first run in 22 minutes.
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Paris
Boissy-Saint-Leger
Weather Bureau to mark centennial in 1970 celebration
Commerce Secretary Stans announced the U S weather services will observe 100 years on February 9 1870 the date when Congress authorized a national weather service. The first simultaneous observations were made by the army signal service now part of the modern bureau.
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Richard George Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Department of the Army
John Downey
Red Cross
Washington
UPI
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Grant
Congress
National Weather Service
United States
Army Signal Service
Taxi Drivers Sent to Traffic Survival School
Reno AP report states 140 taxi drivers will attend the Reno Traffic Survival School after convictions or violations. Larry Bell of Whittlesea Taxi Co says even good drivers can develop bad habits and must be reminded.
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Reno
Larry Bell
Whittlesea Taxi Co
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Hugh Francis Redmond, Jr
Yonkers
N. Y
Henningsen and Company
New China News Agency
James Edward Walsh
Cumberland
Shanghai
Catholic ‘Welfare Bureau
Walsh
Bishop Walsh
Philip Eldon Smith
Robert J. Flynn
Oak Harbor
Wash
Kwangai Province
Hugh Redmond
Santa
Italy
Citron
B. Oster
Oster Electric Fondue
West Bend
H. Fraser
Weather Bureau 100
Federal Weather Services
U. S. Public Health Service
Armstrongs
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