Five surviving Letts sextuplets spend very good night
Five surviving Letts sextuplets spent a very good night and are in fine condition at University College Hospital London. They have a better than 50 percent chance of survival, say hospital officials. Father John Letis, 26, wandered to the incubator room to view the infants, while mother Rosemary, 28, called them beautiful and had conceived after fertility drug treatment. The five are Cara Dawn Sharon Marie Joanne Gary John and Tanya, replacing the original Letts labels. The sixth baby was born dead after a seven week prematurity.
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London
University College Hospital
John Letis
Rosemary
Stennis plan faces Southern resistance in school mix stance
In Washington UPI reports Senator John Stennis met unexpected opposition from some Southern colleagues to his plan to slow school integration by accelerating it in the North. Deep South senators including Sam Ervin voiced misgivings as the Senate prepared to vote on the Whitten amendments linking a $20.3 billion HEW bill to limits on federal aid tied to school busing and assignment plans.
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William B. Mead
Washington
UPI
John Stennis
Sone
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Dixie
Senate
Stennis
Whitten
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
Wealth
Education
HEW
House
THEW
Supreme Court
She Ortes
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Corn harvest at cleanup stage in Nebraska
Nebraska’s corn harvest has entered the cleanup stage with only four percent remaining, but high moisture and kernel damage in late harvests threaten the grain. Snow, ground cover, and rising temperatures raise mold risk while drying facilities run at capacity. new wheat and rye crops stay in good condition with adequate soil moisture and delayed dormancy due to heat.
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Lincoln
UPI
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Wheat farmers warned of cutworms next spring
OGALLALA NEB UP I Western Nebraska wheat growers were told they should expect a severe Pale western cutworm infestation next spring. Jon L Sullivan of Wallace chairman of the association public relations committee warned that wide western Nebraska could see very severe damage to the wheat crop unless central control methods are followed. Erv Friede of McCook association president said a county level meeting will be held early next year to inform local growers about the problem. Friede added that wheat growers must better tell their story to the consumer.
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Ogallala
UPI
Nebraska
Western Nebraska Wheat Growers Association Board of Directors
Jon L. Sullivan
Wallace
Erv Friede
McCook
Association
Friede
Tough letdown for stamp savers
In Poulton le Fylde England Keith Baxendale and his wife saved 400 stamp books worth about a half million trading stamps for a Canary Islands vacation. The catalog change blocked the trip as BOAC does not fly there. A firm spokesman said they will consider a workaround.
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Poulton LE Fylde
England
UPN
Keith Baxendale
Canary Islands
Baxendale
Canaries
British Overseas Airways Corporation
BOAC
Charges filed in Grand Island shooting
A charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm was filed in Hall County Court against Durand Ross, 65, Grand Island, after an early Saturday morning shooting at a Grand Island home left William Keck Jr, 25, wounded in the abdomen and hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Ross posted a $1,000 bond as Judge Edward Dixon set December 20 for a preliminary hearing. Keck suffered gunshot wounds.
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Grand Island
UPI
Durand Ross
William Keck Jr
Ross
Edward Dixon
Islington Town Council Prints Voting In Striking Mistranslation
The London Islington Town Council boasted leaflets printed in many languages for voting instructions. One language was omitted Bengali, spoken by more than two thousand Pakistanis in the community, highlighting a linguistic oversight.
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Town Council London
UPI
London
Islington
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