Area Men In Service Updates From Ft Hood And More
David R. Owens of Jesup Georgia receives a late November promotion to corporal with the 1st Armored Division at Ft Hood. Robert D. Ball of Falkville Alabama serves aboard USS Atka in Deepfreeze 1964 Antarctic operations. Pvt Lonnie F. Pack of Athens Alabama completed an eight week Army cooking course at Ft Leonard Wood after enlisting last July.
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FT. Hood
Tex
David R. Owens
Jacquelyn
Broad St
Jessup
1St Armored Division
Cpl. Owens
6Th Artillery
Lawrence Owens
Athens 2
Clements High School
FT. Leonard Wood
Lonnie F. Pack
Lonnie D. Pack
Athens 8
Ft. Gordon
West Limestone High School
British Telephone Calls Drop In Price and Changes
London reports a shift from four to three pence for local calls while introducing a new coin system. The piece notes moving button A higher to prevent misdialing and jokes about the British habit of saying Finch Meadowes before answering. It contrasts U S practices with Britain’s coinage tests and a safer dial setup.
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London
United States
Pocket Books
Keen Smell Could Doom Insects, Aid Pesticide Shift
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department scientists study insects’ keen sense of smell to develop attractants and traps as safer pest control. They highlight successes like eradicating the Mediterranean fruit fly over 1,000 square miles in Florida and eliminating oriental fruit fly on Rota using male annihilation with methyl eugenol.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Earth
Agricultural Research Service
Florida
Rota
Pacific
Guam
Italian mayor adds town clock duties in Lomellina
Mayor Alessandro Moletta of Zeme Lomellina takes on winding the town clock after veteran clock winder Giuseppe Llandro retires at 52. The mayor expressed enthusiasm for the new responsibility.
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Mortara
Italy
Alessandro Moletta
Zeme Lomellina
Giuseppe Llandro
Gafford concept aims at regenerative life support for space
The proposal outlines recovering 90 percent of potable water and reusing it, plus a 50 percent onboard safety reserve of drinking water. It also suggests a method to recover oxygen from carbon dioxide and envisions breaking CO2 into oxygen and carbon. A 50 percent oxygen reserve is included. Although full system regeneration isn’t yet feasible, studying it could advance critical life support issues for future Mars missions or space stations.
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Gafford
Mars
Manned Orbital Space Station
Holiday Gift Specials Across Home Furnishings
A catalog of gift items including a Admiral clock radio platform rocker a multi colored tree lamp a bookcase with sliding doors an electric blanket a modern sofa bed a pole lamp a Eureka cleaner and polisher a full length door mirror an electric sewing machine venetian mirrors and more. Each item touted as perfect for mom dad or the whole family with emphasis on quality and long lasting design.
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Harry L. Brandon
Roger E. T. St. John
Washington, D. C
St. John
Brandon
U.S. Army Missile Command
Dorothy Brandon
Missile Command
William Graham
U.S. Army
USS
ATKA
Robert D. Ball
USN
John L. Ball
Falkville 2
Antarctic
Mersey Chantinas
Coe Rco
Knox
the Hatter
With A
By Jim Becker
ffinch-Meadowes
England
Ovid A. Martin
Pecaryn
Buschs Kredi Dwelers - Opticians
Avenue 5S
Ealles
Holly Street
Krogers
2Nd Ave
Wonderland
A. Admiral
H. Eureka
J. Eureka
K. Eureka
Ld SZ
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