Rice Burning Over Cambodia Conflicts With Refugee Aid
The column claims U S troops burn captured rice intended to feed Vietnamese refugees amid a July 1 withdrawal deadline. It notes only about 40 tons a day reach refugees versus 1,800 tons that can cross, risking 900 tons of food destruction while exposure of Haiphong port remains a focal point for North Vietnamese supply and potential future bombing.
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Washington
Cambodia
U.S
Whitten
Haiphong
North Vietnam
In Our Opinion on Car Quality and Recalls
A 1960s opinion piece argues 50-50 odds of defect-free cars based on recalls totaling 8.7 million by 1966 and 43.3 percent faulty since, with costs passed to buyers. It laments domestic shoddiness versus foreign quality, warns of deadly defects, and links high horsepower marketing to safety issues and 50,000 annual highway deaths.
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Detroit
Uncle Sam
Govern
Better Man Than Bishop on a Bahama sail and dockside aid
The narrator recounts a voyage from Palm Beach to West End aboard a 36-foot fiberglass Hattaras named Kenyo. Amid steering failures and engine overheat, the crew limp across the Gulf Stream and dock where Bahamian Joe Cartwright aids, then helps transport the narrator’s father to Miami for treatment after a heart failure. Cartwright’s selfless acts contrast with the narrator’s guilt and gratitude.
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Palm Beach
West End
Grand Bahama
Joe
Grass Roots Opinion from New Holstein
A reader in New Holstein, Wisconsin argues taxes fund many projects and that Americans should value freedom. He compares U.S. taxation and liberty to life under communism and notes the high tax burden as part of daily life. He asserts preferring USA taxation to losing freedom in Russia or under communism.
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New Holstein
Wisc
USA
Russia
Memorial Day Activities Pause Amid Citywide Slowdown
In Corry Mead Park events pause at 3 30 Tuesday afternoon as Foster E Davis and Horton J Davis of Aver Agency near J Paul Pisor oversee workers in Exputions. Lillian Zalmeck, daughter of Mr and Mrs A Zalmeck, earns a BS at Indiana College and will teach in Oil City High School next year. State Highway approves two contracts for Est Columbus avenue improvements and a new Hare Creek bridge with work slated to begin next week. New York reports two large stock market studies nearing completion by the SEC and University of Pennsylvania with results expected to stir financial circles. Findings address big block trades and institutional investing impact amid volatility.
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Lillian Zalmeck
A. Zalmeck
Indiana College
Zalmeck
Oil Ciy
State Highway Department
William’d. Heffernan
Dunkirk
Columbus Avenue
Hare Creek
New York
Congress
Securities and Exchange
Commission Group
University of Pennnsylvania
Study Block Trading Grows as Institutions Lead Volume
The New York Stock Exchange logs a 37 percent rise in block volume in 1969, with an average of a big block crossing ticker once every four minutes. Institutions account for about 95 percent of block trades, and funding flows from mutual funds pensions and other entities drive most activity. The SEC study funded $875,000 examines institution funding and company ownership relationships, while Wharton funds research into mutual funds and economy friendly investments. Both seek preliminary findings with confidentiality pending Congress release.
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New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
New York ‘Stock Exchange
SEC
Irwin Friend
Wharton School of Finance
20Th Century Fund
Friend
Congress
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Gisburn
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Somalia
South Vietnam
Red River Delta
Aome
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Kellya
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Wally Lehman
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Kenlyo
Indian Cay
Frank
Wally
Kelly
Marina
Joe Cartwright
Jack Tar Hotel
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Cartwright
Pop
Dr. Richter
Little Jesus
Miami
Dad
Big John
Owens Glass Company
Jackson Hospital
Grass Roots Opinion
Corry
Mead Park
Foster E. Davis
Horton J. Davis
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J. Paul Pisor
John Cunniff
A.m. Oy
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