Wrong numbers plague Cedar Rapids Marion area as Empire prefixes fade
Northwestern Bell manager Mike Clemens explains that Cedar Rapids and Marion face 9000 wrong numbers daily after Empire prefixes were replaced by new prefixes 377 393 395 and others. He notes slips dialing slows calls and advises confirming numbers, using directories, waiting for dial tone, and letting the dial spin back. The article stresses the area’s growth outpaced Empire numbering.
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Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Mike Clemens
Cedar Rapids - Marion
Marion
Clemens
Northwestern Bell
South Africa bans King book in apartheid era clampdown
Pretoria AP reports the book Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr. has been banned in South Africa as part of state censorship during the era. The action targets King a prominent American Negro leader whose writings are deemed subversive by officials. The ban signals intensified control over anti apartheid messaging and civil rights advocacy.
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Pretoria
Martin Luther King, Jr
South Africa
Tourist trips to Antarctica planned by Air New Zealand
An AP report notes Air New Zealand plans to fly American tourists to Antarctica during the 1970 71 southern summer. Officials said the tourists will stay on a ship at McMurdo Sound, aided by an unidentified American company, with Spokesmen from the Intergovernmental Committee. Cuban refugees who arrived in Spain since 1959 are mentioned in a related note.
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New Zealand
Air New Zealand
Madrid
Spain
Intergovernmental Committee
McMurdo Sound
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