Missionary recalls Kenya independence and growth
Daily staff writer Robert Stansell profiles Vera Martin a veteran missionary on furlough who worked a decade in Kenya including leading a hospital near Kisumu She notes Kenya gained independence on December 12 1963 under Jomo Kenyatta and discusses land policy education health and living conditions in the country with its dry climate and equatorial location.
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Robert Stansell
Vera Martin
Decatur
Kenya
Africa
Miss Martin
Jomo Kenyatta
Desegregation Spreads as Deep South Schools Open
Desegregation proceeds in three Deep South communities. Jackson Mississippi reports 43 Negro first graders enrolled in eight formerly white elementary schools, Biloxi begins under court orders, Greensburg Louisiana also desegregates. Security patrols monitored 38 elementary schools as registration totals lag behind expectations.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Biloxi
Greensburg
Kirby Walker
Jackson City
Ordrs
Drought Threatens U S Crops Across Rural Regions
Washington AP report notes spreading drought endangers corn sorghum soybeans cotton and sugar beets with milk output affected. Emergency aid extends grazing rights to 617 counties in 26 states and may push milk prices higher in 13 metropolitan markets across eight states.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Ilinois
Arkansas
Kentucky
Texas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Level of Great Lakes Dropping
The Great Lakes region faces multi million-dollar shortages as water levels fall to record lows since 1860. Subnormal precipitation since 1960 has raised shipping costs and harmed property values, wildlife, and fishing. The Army Corps of Engineers predicts levels will stay low through 1965, except Lake Superior.
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Midwest
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Female cigar smoker defies delegate norms at national meeting
Rosemary O'Brien of Chicago arrived in Boston to attend the Cigar Smokers of America convention as an unwanted female delegate. She describes smoking up to ten cigars daily and says many women now take up cigar smoking while men react with disbelief.
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Kisimu
Miss Martin
James Calogero
Boston
Rosemary O'Brien
Miss O’brien
O’brien
Kenmore Aviain
Chicago
The
Cigar Smokers of America
Nan Im
Miss O Brien
Ino
Limestone Dairy Maid Named At Athens City Hall
Dianna Lambert, a 16 year old East Limestone High junior, was selected Limestone County Dairy Maid from seven contestants at City Hall. Her first alternate is Carol Curtis of Ardmore High. Lambert will represent Limestone at the September 15 district contest in Cullman County Fair.
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Athens
Dianna Lambert
East Limestone High School
Limestone County Dairy Maid
City Hall
Carol Curtis
Ardmore High
Bob Curtis
Lambert
Limestone County
Cullman County
Mamona Banta
Athens Bible School
Anita Smith
Clements High
Southern Regional Christian Family Movement Convention Opens
Catholic couples from Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Tennessee Georgia and Florida attend the three day meeting at Spring Hill College as the Southern Regional Convention of the Christian Family Movement opens.
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Mobile
Christian Family Movement
Spring Hill College
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Impeachment Process for Supreme Court Justices
The sole method to remove a Supreme Court justice is by impeachment. Initiation occurs in the House of Representatives, with removal or trial in the Senate as the subsequent step.
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Supreme Court of the United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Handy Household Hints From Heloise 1964
A collection of practical tips including sewing two crib sheets together to prevent baby from slipping headfirst, using a plastic bowl cover as a beater shield to avoid splashes, dishwasher cleaning for crystal prisms and chandeliers, repurposing shrunken draperies into cafe curtains, making soap pockets from sponge for easy use, shaping hamburger meat rolls for easy portioning, and decorating divinity candy for sale.
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Heloise
Harriet Wilson
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