Government seeks sale of 18 missile silos with living quarters
General Services Administration plans to offer up to 18 surplus missile silos across the United States, some with underground living quarters and elevators. The disposal, totaling about 1.5 billion dollars, aims to maximize return while managing a large inventory of varied surplus government property as officials discuss potential civilian uses, including housing juvenile delinquents and fallout shelters.
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W. Joynes Macfarlan
GSA
Howard Greenberg
Greenberg
Walter C. Moreland
Defense Department
Armed Services ‘Committees of Congress
Moreland
Mie
Spokane
Moses Lake
Wash
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pauline
Kan
Lincoln
Neb
Salina
Ile
Altus
Okla
Dyess
Tex
Plattsburgh
Gorillas Watch TV At Bronx Zoo
At the Bronx Zoo, four Congo-origin gorillas Pili-Pili Sumaili Mambo and Oka watch kiddy cartoons on a 16 inch TV. Curator Joseph A. Davis Jr says the program helps alleviate boredom and keeps the apes calmer despite initial pacing and bickering.
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New York
Bronx
Zoo
Joseph A. Davis Jr
Pearson Barks at U.S. Southeast Asia Aid Plan
Sen James Pearson argues against large foreign aid to underdeveloped nations saying a decade of aid shows little success and questions Laos Thailand and South Vietnam can absorb $89 million in an American backed regional plan. He warns we cannot buy peace with dollars.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Senate
Southeast Asia
Pearson
Laos
Thailand
South Viet Nam
Rome entered by US and British forces in 1944 parade
The passage notes June 4 1965 as a Today in History entry highlighting the 1944 Rome invasion by U S fifth and British eighth armies, with troops mostly on the outskirts until the next day, plus references to electrocution in New York 1888 Ford 1896 Ramsay MacDonald 1929 Churchill 1940 Roosevelt Stalin 1943 Ulbricht 1955 Castro 1960 and the Shah 1959.
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Gays Micum
U.S
Rome
New York State
Henry Ford
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Winston Churchill
Dunkerque
Peru tops world as leading fishermen on robust anchoveta catch
Peru emerges as the world’s leading fishing nation after catching a record 6,901,300 tons of fish last year, aided by the abundant anchoveta supply. Global catches totaled 46.6 million tons. Peru’s surge highlights its dominant role in maritime fisheries.
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Peru
Afrikaner Heritage Traced to Few Early Settlers
South Africa's Afrikaners descend mainly from a handful of European immigrants. About one million people carry family names tied to only 40 original settlers, highlighting a concentrated lineage that shaped much of the population.
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South Africa
Telephone Trucks Rolling Through Kansas Big 1965 Project
Southwestern Bell plans a $26 million one year program in Kansas with over ten million miles driven by their motor fleet. Hundreds of projects will boost employment, add 1,275 Kansas supplier jobs, and expand local, long distance, and microwave networks.
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Southwestern Bell
Kansas Motor
Kansas
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