Raw Potato Triggered Seizure Highlights Food-Defense Efforts
U S inspectors at ports and entry points seized over half a million items in a year as part of the Agriculture Department program to prevent pests and diseases. A potato atop a car antenna in Eagle Pass was confiscated as a potential hazard while other finds included foreign pests in baggage and cargo and avocados from a Miami bassinet containing an infant.
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Washington
Eagle Pass
Tex
Agriculture Department
U.S
New York
Miami
Latin America
Jet Age Travel Funds Spark Junketing Debate
Rep. H. R. Gross charged House junketers collected $19 daily by taking $50 in two countries on a worldwide trip. Lawmakers moved to bar such practices while defending congressional travel as valuable, amid criticism of a planned postal subcommittee trip to Europe and Vietnam for mechanized post offices and military mail delivery.
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Washington
H. R. Gross
Iowa
House
House Labor Subcommittee
Gross
Europe
Vietnam
Subcommittee
Arnold Olsen
D-Mont
Pentagon
Today in History December 1 1967 events recap
On this date 1918 the Serbs Croats and Slovenes formed a single nation Yugoslavia. Ten years ago Cape Canaveral announced US would try to orbit its first earth satellite within days. Five years ago Nehru rejected China cease fire talks over border dispute. One year ago Kosygin arrived in Paris for talks with de Gaulle.
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Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Jawaharlal Nehru
China
Draft Notice Sent to 74 Carthage Man in Monett Area
Redmond Granzow, 74, of Monett Missouri, received a selective service registration notice. He says he plans to ignore the notice.
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Carthage
Redmond Granzow
Selective Service Board
Granzow
Monett, Mo
Notice of Executrix appointment in Gardner estate Kansas
In Neosho County Probate Court Helen Gardner appointed executrix of William E. Gardner deceased November 22 1967 with letters testamentary issued. Creditors must file demands within nine months of first publication. ASHLEY, Chanute attorney, Gough probate judge seal. Remainder includes second notice of hearing on final settlement for Hallenberg estate with December 20 1967 deadline.
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Chanute Tribune
Neosho County
Kansas
William E. Gardner
Helen Gardner
Probate
Nee M. Hallenberg
State OF Kansas
Frances M. Hallenberg
Roscoe M. Hallenberg
Pearl Hallenberg
Erie
Henshall & Pennington
South Forest Street
Chanute
Kansas jobless rate edges up in week end Nov 4
The Kansas Employment Security Division reports 1.1 percent of unemployment among workers covered by unemployment compensation for the week ending November 4. This compares to 1.0 percent the prior week and 0.9 percent a year ago.
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Topeka
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