Fairbanks Winter Tales From a Newcomer’s Lens
Jane Hubly Boller II describes Fairbanks Alaska as a city of extreme temperature variance for its size. She explains long nights with hours of darkness, ice fog, and habit changes from October to February, notes near constant subzero temps, and previews spring melt, daylight gains, and upcoming events in March through summer.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
United States
Cedar Rapids
Anchorage
Jane Hubly Boller
the Gazette
Max Boller
U.S. Army
John D. Hubly
Blake
Bassett Army Hospital
Fort Wainwright
Gross Bill Aims to Cut Federal Spending Three-Page H R 144
Washington notes from UPI summarize a three-page bill costing 13.50 per page to print, H R 144 sponsored by Rep H R Gross Iowa Republican, aimed at reducing federal outlays. The item sits among odd Capitol items and trivia from the 90th Congress.
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Washington
UPI
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Johnsons new aid budget evokes bikini phrasing
A high official called the aid plan a bikini type budget with only essential details toward a foreign aid package. Congress is expected to face trouble as officials seek to prevent a topless budget. Washington police probe a theft of a garbage truck during the recent snow storm.
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Johnson
Congress
Washington
Cuba to vaccinate infants with Soviet oral polio vaccine
Havana Radio reports Cuban infants from birth to two years will receive Soviet made oral polio vaccine at local headquar ters of the committees for defense of the revolution.
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Miami
Havana
Committees For Defense of the Revolution
Thousands sleep on New Delhi sidewalks despite shelters
New Delhi faces a winter housing crisis with about 12 000 people living on sidewalks and 4 deaths during a recent cold spell. City shelters could house 5 000 but far fewer used them, while police push sleepers to shelters. Residents cite fears of disease, dirty blankets, and lack of funds for upkeep as barriers, though some value the round‑the‑clock access and social contact shelters provide.
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New Delhi
India
Ramu
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Chicago
Loyes
Mt. McKinley
Jane and
Andrew Boller
Second Avenue
Crazy World of
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Ivan L. Bennett, Jr
Executive Branch
Office of Science and Technology
Richard J. Herrnstein
Willl
Harvard University
THE
Atomic Energy Commission
Palio Campaign
Joe McGowan, Jr
DU Pont
Mangers
Cogswell
Jos
Smulekoff
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