Pitcairn Island Faces Free Fall in Population
Pitcairn Island’s population has fallen to 56, its lowest in a century, prompting Tom Christian to urge former residents on Norfolk Island New Zealand and Australia to return. The Pacific Islands Monthly notes shipping and earning a living are hard, but the island remains crime free. Independence from Britain is floated as a possible future by the Committee of 244.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Pacific Islands Monthly
PIM
Pitcairn
Tom Christian
Tonga
William Bligh
Tahiti
Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Bligh
Clark Gable
Christian
Trevor Howard
Marlon Brando
Norfolk Island
Coral Sea
Australia
the Monthly
Committee of 244
Britain
France To Be U.S. Rival For Contract
Washington reports the United States faces a stiff international contest to sell Japan at least one billion dollars’ worth of jet fighters. Defense officials say Japan seeks 100 to 125 new fighters to replace aging warplanes, with France emerging as a principal rival.
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Washington
United States
Japan
U.S
France
Counterfeiting Charges Face Area Residents
Eight persons from Greensboro and Reidsville face December federal court trials on charges of participating in transactions involving 400 counterfeit twenty dollar bills. Indictments issued last week by a U S grand jury were sealed until arrests.
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Greensboro
Reidsville
U.S. Middle District Court
George Kerner Glaspie Jr
Fred Lindsey Lee
Roger Dan Harris
Shirley Collins King
Henry Donsalow Rambeaut Jr
Roy Timothy Roberts
Joe Henry Chatman
Joe Willie. McArthur
Colorado Lt Gov Brown recalls Alabama kindness easing 32 year racial memories
POINT CLEAR Ala AP The Colorado lieutenant governor George L Brown says a cordial Alabama reception this week erased 32 years of memories of racial mistreatment during World War II He recalled being chained and branded K after a 1943 plane crash in Alabama while an aviation cadet at Tuskegee Air Base He described rescue attempts and lengthy injuries and said his bitterness faded as he met hospitable people at the conference Brown a native of Lawrence Kansas and former Denver Post journalist led a dramatic unscheduled speech that moved fellow lieutenant governors to their feet He was elected lieutenant governor last year after directing Denver Urban Coalition
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Point Clear
Ala
Colorado
Alabama
Brown
Tus
Lawrence
Kan
Denver Post
Sinatra cites Beatles love song as perhaps greatest of era
Frank Sinatra in Saratoga Springs says the Beatles song Something may be the greatest love song written in the last half century. He labeled it a timeless tune and praised the songwriting and performance.
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Saratoga Springs, N.Y
Frank Sinatra
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