Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Names Explained by Readers
Inquiries explain ocean name origins. Atlantic linked to Atlantis. Magellan named Pacific after long calm voyage. Other notes cover Strait names, island renamings, Magellan’s deeds, losses, and his death. Also discussed road speed limits, building exits, and state fines distribution to a county school fund.
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Strait
Magellan
South America
Cape of
Eleven Thousand Virgins
Pacific
Ladrones
Marianas
Guam
St. Lazarus
Philippines
Raleigh
Guilford
Trinidad Mutiny Ends As Hostages Released In Tobago
Mutiny at Trinidad army HQ ended when rebels freed about 30 hostages and surrendered weapons. Six U S Navy ships remained off the islands under a government appeal to leave. Col Joffre Serrette now commands, with investigations into the mutiny underway amid a state of emergency and riots downtown.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Army
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Washington
U.S
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Tobago
Tony May
Joffre Serrette
Tetron Bay
May
Daylight Time Changes Across Nation This Weekend
Sundown shifts later as clocks jump one hour after 2 a.m. on switch day. Michigan Arizona and Hawaii opt out of daylight saving time for year round standard time. Six months hence, on Oct 25, standard time returns and the lost hour is regained.
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Michigan
Arizona
Hawaii
Blackmun Gets Broad Support From 8th Circuit Judges
The Senate Judiciary Committee hears Judge Harry A. Blackmun's nomination to the Supreme Court amid broad backing from 8th Circuit colleagues. No opposition testimony is requested as the Rochester judge begins hearings, with most questioning expected on Blackmun himself.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harry A. Blackmun
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Rochester
South Carolina
G. Harrold Carswell
Florida
Senate
Blackmun
Appeals Court
Judiciary Committee
Martin D. van Oosterhout
Sioux City
Iowa
Court of Appeals of
8Th Circuit
Chinese Satellite Launches Song Praising Mao
China announces its first manmade satellite in orbit with a 381 pound payload that plays The East Is Red in praise of Chairman Mao. NORAD confirms the craft orbits every 114 minutes passing over New York Honolulu and San Francisco among other cities.
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Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Peking
Globe
NORAD
U.S
New York
Honolulu
San Francisco
Peking Radio
New China
Hsinhua
Moscow
Sai
Mao
China
Enemy Attacks Expected On Pacification Efforts Near Dak Seang Camp
Saigon reports intelligence predicts a renewed North Vietnamese and Viet Cong drive within two weeks to disrupt pacification and Vietnamization. The siege at Dak Seang Special Forces camp near Laos border persisted since April 1 with limited action, while an American helicopter was shot down injuring two.
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Saigon
Dak Seang
Laotias
No Threat Seen In Launch By Red China
Pentagon scientists say China s first space launch may be a step toward reconnaissance satellite capability but does not prove active ICBM or space booster capability. Officials say the satellite is likely a simple 381 pound payload with potential scientific experiments.
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Washington
Pentagon
China
Defense Department
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Daniel Z. Henkin
Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George P. Miller
D-Calif
House Space Committee
Miller
Air Force
United States
Roll Calls Honor Soviet Hero in Tamanskaya Division
In the Tamanskaya Division near Moscow, Jr. Sgt. Yosif Yosifovich Laar is commemorated daily. though he died heroically in 1943 holding a machine gun, his name and memory fill six barracks with a shrine like a red banner and a wall portrait. The unit, a motorized rifle division with draftees aged 18 to 20, reflects a cross section from 15 republics amid Russification policies.
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Moscow
Tamanskaya Division
Yosif Yosifovich Laar
Laar
Soviet Union
Eastern Front
6Th Company
Alabino
Minsk
Sgt
Red Army
Tamanskaya
Vardia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pras
Ford
R. J
The
Atlantic
Jost Island
Atlantis
Ferdinand Magellan
Computer’s Choice
Fairfield Road
Surrett Drive
Main Street
Main
Fairfield
K.C
A. Fairfield Road
S. Main St
S. Main
Fraley Road
Randolph County Line
Coconut Grove
Ringling Bros
State Insurance Department
Kern Church
North Carolina
William F. Nicholson
Associated Press
Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
France
Japan
U.S. Defense Department
U.S. North American Air
Gon
London
Taipei
Hong Kong
Hartford, Conn
Vismattock Teriites
Phnom Penh
Dak Sean
Randolph
Editorial
el Rat
Fred S. Hoffman
By Holger Jensen
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Siberia
Kremlin
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