Long Land Sea Journey Planned by Three Girls
Three European women plan a 45000 mile land and sea trip through 18 countries in a bid to prove women can endure feats like men. Alexandra Youngson Isobel Turner and Marianna Kruger leave Newport in a modified Gipsy Rover, aiming for Glasgow next summer then continue via Panama to Buenos Aires and Cape Town before touring Europe home.
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Kilmarnock
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Schweinfurt
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Six Indicted in $1 Million Counterfeiting Ring
A federal grand jury indicted six Cubans and a Puerto Rican in New York on a $1 million counterfeiting ring that allegedly funded anti Castro activities. Ringleader Sergio Castro, former Batista era Cuban official Jesus Gonzalez Caria, and others planned to print and distribute $100, $50, and $20 bills. Counterfeit notes surfaced in Baltimore during the World Series and later in Miami and New York. About $427,000 in fake bills were seized in March from two apartments.
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New York
Jesus Gonzalez Caria
Congress
Severino Perez Carril
Meyer
Castanera
Baltimore
Miami
Barriers Between Generations Classes Highlight Church Research
Montreat North Carolina AP report says church researcher Lyle E. Schaller linked gaps between generations and social classes to church outreach failures. He notes a 30 percent drop in child baptisms as national birth rates fall 13 percent, signaling churches miss young adults forming families.
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Montreat
N.C
Lyle E. Schaller
Cleveland
National Ministers Conference
Mary Garden Estate Worth 5832 Dollars Noted
Aberdeen Scotland AP reports opera star Mary Garden died January 3 at age 92 in an Aberdeen nursing home. Her estate valued at 2083 pounds equals 5832 dollars.
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Mary Garden
Aberdeen
Scotland
Mary Gorden
Miss Garden
Cedar Creek Meeting Tonight at Altoona High Gym
A Cedar Creek Watershed educational meeting will be held at Altoona High School gymnasium at 8 p.m. Roy M. Davis from the Soil Conservation Service in Emporia will discuss watershed development and answer questions. The Cedar Creek watershed has been selected for planning and a work plan discussion is planned. Ice cream and cookies will be served by the Cedar Creek Watershed board.
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Cedar Creek
Altoona High School
Roy M. Davis
Soil Conservation Service
Emporia
Davis
Cedar Creek Watershed Board of Directors
San Francisco Limousine Firm Settles 33-Year-Old Debt
Gray Line president says Kelly's Stables served Countess Natalie Herzogen of Mecklenburg in 1934 during a San Francisco visit. The estate of the German countess paid $1250 to settle the 33-year-old account after Gray Line had purchased Kelly's Stables.
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San Francisco
Jack Cohen
Gray Line
Kelly
Natalie Herzogen
Mecklenberg
Contess
Germany
The
Gravy Line
Two-Day Curfew Lifted in Wichita
Youthful Negro volunteers patrolled key intersections after Mayor Claence Vollmer lifted a two day curfew aimed at reducing violence in Wichita's northeast. Police Chief Eugene Pond noted the curfew's timing and praised youth cooperation while weapons remain banned. Gov. Docking expressed satisfaction with the decision.
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Wichita
Kan
Claence Vollmer
Eugene Pond
Minnesota
Pond
Col
Charles Prowse
Soviet trawler skipper released after three days in jail
Anchorage Alaska AP Daniel Barokin a Soviet trawler skipper was released to a Soviet Embassy official Monday after three days in jail while awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges of violating U S territorial fishing waters. His trawler was seized by the Coast Guard after a three mile chase north of Akutan Island within the 12 mile limit.
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Anchorage
Akutan Island
Aleutians
Coast Guard
Iowa freshman withhold payment over birth control pill policy
Joel Whitaker, a 20 year old University of Iowa freshman, says he will not pay his bill after the student health service refused to prescribe birth control pills for his fiancée. He cites a policy against providing pills to unmarried women by Dr. Pauline Moore, a university physician.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Joel Whitaker
Mondev
Pauline Moore
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