Penny Post Cards Authorized by Congress in 1872
The piece notes that Congress authorized penny post cards in 1872. It lists historical highlights dated June 8 across years, including Roosevelt’s peace notes in 1905 and Berlin wartime events. The item references Pershing in London in 1917, Eisenhower’s Normandy Bayeux capture in 1944, and Khrushchev Tito talks in 1964.
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Associated Press
Theodore Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
N.H
Lord Jeffrey Amherst
Nova Scotia
Thomas Paine
Congress
John J. Pershing
London
Dwight Eisenhower
Bayeux
Normandy
Webb and Knapp
Walnut River Closes Roads After Flooding
ARKANSAS CITY Kan AP flooding on Walnut River closed three roads near Arkansas City on Monday and disrupted Santa Fe passenger service toward Winfield and Arkansas City. Trains from Wichita were detoured via Wellington and Blackwell Oklahoma. Passengers from Winfield and Arkansas City were shuttled to Ponca City to transfer. Freight routes adjusted with Frisco lines feeding Chanute and Kansas City.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Walnut River
Santa Fe
Winfield
Wichita
Wellington
Blackwell
Oklo
Ponvea City
Frisco
Chanute
Kansas City
Tonight on Television Tuesday and Wednesday schedule
A fragmentary TV grid lists nightly lineups with programs such as The Virginian Beverly Hillbillies Gunsmoke and Casablanca. Notable titles include The Tycoon Maverick Petticoat Junction and Our Private Worlds with stars like Cary Grant Nancy Olson Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart.
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Mr. Novack
Zane Grey Theatre
Combat
Joey Bishop
the Louvre
Red Skelton Hour
McHale's Navy
the Tycoon
Maverick
Petticoat Junction
Peyton Place
Doctors/Nurses
Fugitive
Boy From
Oklahoma
Rogers Jr
Nancy Olson
Mr Blending
Cary Grant
the Virginian
Ozzle and Harriet
Beverly Hillbillies
Humphrey Bogart
Aldo Ray
Tab Hunter
Marcel Dalio
Danny Kaye
Sparta
Plastic Soda Straws Used For Jewelry
Brisbane report notes Doug Clifent's solo voyage to trace Captain Bligh’s 1789 mutiny route ended when his 18 foot boat was found delirious and exhausted, four days after leaving Tofua Tonga heading toward Timor. A freighter rescued him after a flare spotted him at sea.
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Brisbane
Australia
Doug Clifent
Bligh
Olifent
Tofua
Tonga Islands
Timor
East Indies
Qlifent
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Palace of Progress
New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Europe
Nikita Khrushchev
Tito
Leningrad
George Kinney
SEARS
Regular Exchange PLC
Exch
N. Main
Garden City, Kane
Garden City Telegram
Young Hobby Club
Cappy Dick
Duckwall
Eaene
Jamaica
Lovelier Hait
Lesthe Aabeesni
Amarisa
Settian
DAN River
Price
DuPont
Great Plains
Aarn
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