Flooding Threatens Anchorage Coastal Areas After Quake
Alaska coastal residents near Homer Spit and English Bay fear tides rising after the March 27 earthquake. High water already neared seasonal peak with three feet to go, threatening homes, canneries, warehouses. Red Cross prepared to open shelters. 9 shelters housing about 900 evacuated. quake damage tallies show 545 homes destroyed and 1246 damaged. 55 dead and 59 missing or presumed dead.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Here
Kenai Peninsula
Kodiak Island
Valdez
Peninsula
Harold Pomeroy
Homer Spit
English Bay
Seldma
Red Cross
Emergency Health Office
Switchmen Return To Their Pests In Roseville
Roseville California RP Strike ends as over 200 switchmen return to work after threatening to fire union officers over a national 11 day postponement. Southern Pacific kept trains moving. federal injunction issued in San Francisco as local union members vote to oust officers.
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Roseville
Calif
Southern Pacific
Roseville Crossroads
Johnson
Northern California
San Francisco
J. Frank Young
Switchmen's Union Local 263
Gastonia Celebrates New All America City Rank
Gastonia NC marks a week long celebration starting Monday for its All-America City designation from Look Magazine and the National Municipal League. A Thursday open air festival at Ashley High School Stadium will feature Betty Johnson George Hamilton IV and the Moonlighters. Governor Terry Sanford delivers the luncheon address with Miss North Carolina Jeanne Swanner attending.
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Gastonia
N.C
Look Magazine
National Municipal League
Ashley High School
Betty Johnson
George Hamilton IV
Moonlighters
Terry Sanford
Jeanne Swanner
North Carolina
Gaston Community College
Tony Lema
Gaston Country Club
Donna Axum
Toynbee on world future as Western lead in a new civilization
Toynbee at 75 envisions a world civilization formed mainly on Western terms, with China and Africa contributing as it grows. He predicts a detente between the United States and the Soviet Union, and a global framework shaped by the West, China, and other rising powers. He cautions against violence and urges patience to preserve humanity.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
United States
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Africa
Benghazi
University of
Libya
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Sudan
United Arab Republic
America
Toynbee
University of London
China
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Tence
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Russia
Churchill
Khrushchev
Sia
Evi
Uni
Toynee
di- Toynbee
Institute of International Af
Will
Winchester School
Balliol
University of Denver College
Oxford
New Mexico States Intelligence Department
British Foreign Office
New Lerwards
College
Sarasota
Fla
Middle East
Brit- Toynbee
Paris
For“J
Rosalind
Gilbert
Murray
Philip
Law
Irence
Gandhi
Einstein
Franklin Roosevelt
Scientists Note Benefits Of Filters On Cigarettes
Research by Drs. Ernest L. Wynder and Dietrich Hoffman suggests granulated activated charcoal filters reduce some cancer-causing elements in tobacco smoke. They report moistened filters improve cilia protection, and that tobacco types and processing affect hazard levels. They caution long term health impact requires ongoing study and monitoring of smokers.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
Chicago
American Association
Cancer Research
Ernest L. Wynder
Dietrich Hoffman
Sloan-Ket
Theytering Institute
New York City
Dr. Wynder
Onj
Inife
Ul Due Ou
Wwity Auucu
Freedom Issue Stirred By Sheik
New Delhi India AP The Lion of Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah calls for independence for Kashmir and urges UN sovereignty His release aimed to ease talks with Pakistan but ministers from both sides yielded only to schedule another conference in Pakistan Violence continued near Punch with exchanges and bombs with no casualties Abdullah advocates uniting Kashmir against India Pakistan to settle the dispute News notes limited likelihood of real shift in policy Nehru seeks integration not secession Britannica notes lack of clear link between Native American and Asian languages
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New Delhi
India
Kashmir
Sheik
Mohammed Abdullah
Nehru
Abdullah
Pakistan
Punch
Indian Defense Ministry
Indian Subcontinent
United Nations
China
New
Delhi
Asia
Old World
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Car Fire Blamed on Backfire at A&P Parking Lot
Firefighters were dispatched to the A P park after a 1948 model car backfired through its carburetor. Operator Wilma Hill identified. Fire damage was slight and confined to the engine compartment. Call reported at 4 30 p m.
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Thomasville
A&p
Wilma Hill
Accidents Kill Five In State
Five people died in North Carolina weekend vehicle crashes across Charlotte Mecklenburg Forsyth Le noir and Guilford counties. Joseph Weeker 28 of Charlotte died when his car hit a tree. Fred Ross 19 of Charlotte lost control on a county road near the Queen City. John Caldwell 23 of Kernersville died when his car hit a pole on a Forsyth rural road. Ralph Tyndall 60 of Pink Hill died when his car overturned on a rural road near Pink Hill. Robert Langford 45 of Greensboro died after being struck by a car on U S 70 near Greensboro.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Joseph R. Weeker
Charlotte
Fred Austen Ross
Mecklenburg County
Queen City
John Caldwell
Kernersville
Forsyth County
Ralph Columbus Tyndall
Pink Hill
Lenoir County
Robert Lea Langford
Rt. 6
Greensboro
U.S. 70
Pines in White Mountains May Be World’s Oldest
Scientists report 4,000 year old pines found in eastern California's White Mountains. Researchers argue these gnarled trees could be the oldest living organisms on Earth, challenging prior records.
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White Mountains
California
Record Set In Parks Attendance 94 Million Visits in 1963
The Interior Department reported 94,092,000 visits to national park system units in 1963, a 64 percent rise from 1962. Blue Ridge Parkway led with 7,233,900 visits, Colonial and Yorktown sites followed with 6,280,800, and Great Smoky Mountains remained top U.S. park with 5,258,700 visits. Western units like Lake Mead and Grand Teton showed strong gains, with Lake Mead at 3,349,600 and Grand Teton at 2,158,800.
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Washington
National Park System
Interior Department
National Capital Parks
Virginia
Maryland
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina
Colonial National Historical Park
Yorktown National Cemetery
Natchez Trace Parkway
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Great Smoky Mountains
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Arizona
Nevada
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
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