History Today Marks Great Northern Track Completion
On this date in 1893 the last spike was driven to complete the Great Northern Railroad at the Cascade Mountains east-west junction. Ten years ago a Senate Internal Security subcommittee questioned New York newspaper men about Communist affiliation charges. Five years ago voters began a three-day referendum on Charles De Gaulle's Algeria reform program. One year ago Pope Paul VI set September 14 for opening the final Ecumenical Council session.
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Great Northern Railroad
Cascade Mountains
Senate Internal Security
New York
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Paul VI
Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Havana teens smuggle rock records amid Cuban music ban
In Havana, a 14 year old refugee explains teenagers smuggle black market rock records into Cuba. Prices can reach $40 per album as youths navigate government censorship while keeping identities hidden.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Insurance Dividends For Gis
The Veterans Administration announced that GI life insurance dividends will be paid on policy anniversary dates this year. About 4.606 million veterans will receive a total of 224.2 million dollars, with average payments of 47.50 for WWII veterans under national service life insurance and 73.75 for WWI veterans with government life insurance. No dividends are paid to Korean War veterans this year.
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Veterans Administration
U.S
New Yorker Cheerful Under Temporary Adversity
HAL BOYLE describes New Yorkers coping with a subway and bus strike. He notes spontaneous neighborliness during the disruption, the Mayor Lindsay leading by example, and mixed views on Quill and City Hall. If the strike lasts, frustrations rise across cabbies, pedestrians, shoppers, and workers.
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New York
Big City
New Yorker
John V. Lindsay
City Hall
Mike Quill
Transport Workers Union
Lindsay
Quill
St. Michael
Auto Industry Sets Multiple Records in 1965
DETROIT AP reports the auto industry surpassed nine million units in 1965, with a final output of 9,335,560 cars, about 1.4 million above the 1955 record and 20 percent higher than 1964. A record fourth quarter of 2,627,258 cars helped push the total to new heights.
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Detroit
Automotive News
U.S
Dividend payments to veterans total 15.2 million
About 206000 World War I veterans will share 15.2 million in dividends. The first 154000 payments are to be issued this week and the rest follow.
Chanute Tribune Briefs: Jan 5 1966 Page 10
Community news brief from Chanute Kansas highlights events and notices. Includes local happenings, upcoming meetings, and brief reports relevant to residents on January 5, 1966.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Women drivers and fatal wrecks mystery
A quiet probe into why road disasters seem to claim more men than women. The column questions gender stereotypes while noting statistics on traffic fatalities and safety concerns.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
South Korea
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Iil
Evans
East Main Chanute
Associated Press
Peter Fan
Peter Pan Ice Cream Stores
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South Santa Fe
Lansing, Mich
Goshen Ind. College
Harold C. Good
East Lansing
Boston
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
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Connecticut
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Conn
Springfield
Hartford
Columbia University
William Black
Columbia
Augusta
Maine
John H. Reed
Columbus
Ohio
Robert E. Sweeney
Atlanta, Ga
Methodist Church Board of Education
Washington
Hal Boyle
Brooklyn Bridge
Bronx
Queens
Hans Flower
Dale Steinman
HSA
Xmas Savings
Chanute
Home & Farm Loans
Lincoln & Walnut
First National Bank OF Chanute
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First National of
First National
Federal Depeat Insurance Corporaon
East 1St
Lincoln
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Chanute Discount CO
Chanute Mit
S. Evergreen
Riverside
North Evergreen
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