Kuwait booming on oil wealth reshapes nation and life
Kuwait, the oil rich state at the head of the Persian Gulf, bursts with new buildings and luxury as oil revenue lifts per capita income to the world’s highest. The government funds free education and medical care, water distillation, and vast land purchases while traffic accidents rise and prohibition spurs alcohol smuggling and cross border drinking.
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Roy Elsoyan
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
United States
Burgan
Basra
Iraq
Beirut
Sound volume rise seen as health hazard research warning
Los Angeles physicist Vern Knudsen warns that rising noise levels threaten health over 30 years. He notes jet aircraft and subway noise reach 155 to 160 decibels while ordinary settings from churches to offices have lower thresholds. He urges quieter living and ear protection to prevent damage.
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Vern O. Knudsen
Knudsen
University of California At
Los Angeles
Marshall Sees Civil Rights Policy Clash With War Debate
In a Washington interview, U.S. Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall rejects linking civil rights to King’s antiwar stance. He urges focus on new civil rights laws and notes the impact of white flight on integration. He predicts a new hot summer as King expands foreign policy activity.
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Marshall
King
Vietnam
Stokely Carmichael
Ralph J
Circuit Court of Appeals
The
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
Johnson
Ramsay Y Clark
Clark
U.S
Racial Crisis Sparks Fears of Summer Violence
AP report cites Rev. Coffin and Dr King warning that urban riots and Marches may grow this summer. Key cities such as Cleveland and Los Angeles are labeled powder-kegs while leaders urge action on jobs housing and education to avert renewed violence.
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Don McKeen
A. Ga
Nashville
Louisville
Sloane Coffin
Yale Uni
Coffin
Martin Luther King
Ted
Dr. King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Cleveland
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Area
New York
Newark
N.J
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Nestor
Weston
Mitchell
Ingly
Floyd B. McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Robert Green
Michigan State University
King
Congress
Green
Beard is Kaput at MacMurray College Auction
A group of MacMurray College students donated 178 to shave the three year old beard of Bill Weber a 21 year old senior from Erie Illinois at a charity fund raising auction.
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Jacksonville, Ill
MacMurray College
Bill Weber
Erie
III
World's glaciers cover vast earth area
Glaciers occupy 5.8 million square miles or 10 percent of the earth surface, an expanse nearly as large as South America.
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South America
Card of Thanks and Notices in Local Column
The notice thanks friends for condolences after the death of Joyce Felicia Headen, signed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Meaden and family. Also listed are lost and found notices for an English letter in Cedarwood, a lost item in Cherokee Hill Northwood, and a found small spotted dog near Trindale Ball Park. A personals item promotes B N Tonic and includes a political-sounding note about Joseph Stalin’s daughter and American patriotism.
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Joyce Felicia Headen
Robert T. Meaden
Trindale Ball Park
Local trades advertise landscaping and home services
Classified notes list providers for grading seeding rock topsoil and driveway gravel. Includes C E Abbott Bobby Dixon J B Hil & Sons and J J White with phone numbers for grading septic tank service painting remodeling and home building. Archdale TV and radio service also appears with contact details.
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Bobby Dixon
THE
Yard Boys
Hil & Sons
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