Roman emperors and persimmon puzzles in one column
A reader quiz discusses who ruled during Christ’s crucifixion with notes on Nero and Caesar. The page explains emperor titles and timelines, then moves to a persimmon fruit question about baking quality and frost ripening. A maternity deposit inquiry explains hospital practices and costs, ending with hostel inquiries about North Carolina youth hostels and American Youth Hostels in New York.
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James Michener
Nero
Caesar
L.R. A
Edgar H. Nease
First Methodist Church
Gaius Julius Caesar
Tiberius Claudis Nero Caesar
Tiberius
Michener
Rome
N. C
George A
N. C. Recreation Commission
Raleigh
American Youth Hostels, Inc
W. 8Th St
New York
N. Y
George
Public records and historic meeting house queries explored
A reader questions privacy of draft board records and why access is limited. The exchange notes the old church at City Lake Park built in 1824 later used by various groups and the Deep River Friends Meeting House rebuilt in 1876.
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Draft Board
City Lake Park
Jamestown Friends Meeting House
C. Mendenhall
W. G. Ragsdale Jr
Mendenhall
Deep River
High Point
Richard Mendenhall
Ragsdale
United States denies bombing Soviet ship Turkistan near Haiphong
The Pentagon and State Department reject Soviet charges that U S planes bombed the Turkistan, asserting no aircraft strike occurred. Investigators credit heavy North Vietnamese anti aircraft fire for any damage as the ship remained anchored off Cam Pha during 37 mm and 57 mm anti aircraft fire.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Turkistan
Haiphong
Defense Department
Adm
Ulysses S. G. Sharp Jr
Pacific
State Department
Yuri N. Tcherniakov
Moscow
Vietnam
Pentagon
Air Force
Wait and See: Rusk Pushes Quiet Policy in Near East Crisis
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told congressional leaders a wait and see approach is best in the Near East crisis. He warned war could erupt if Egypt and Israel clash or if Nasser commits wartime acts against U S ships, noting no current U S commitment beyond present involvement.
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Dean Rusk
United States
Near East
Egypt
Israel
Nasser
U. S
Marines Claim Toll Of 372 Viet Cong In Quang Tin Fight
U S Marines report 372 enemy dead in sharp overnight combat in Quang Tin Province as 54 Marines die and 120 are wounded. Union II drive with 5th and 7th Regiments and South Vietnamese troops seeks to clear forces between Da Nang and Chu Lai near Vinh Huey No 2.
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Saigon
U.S
Quang Ting
1St Corps
7Th Marine
da Nang
Chu Lai
U N Sec Council Stalemate Over Gulf of Aqaba Crisis
Israel and Arab states clash in a rare Saturday Security Council session as U S and Egyptian resolutions stall while India proposes a compromise plan. Harold Wilson meets U N officials amid efforts to keep Gulf of Aqaba shipping open. Israel calls for complete noninterference with free passage and likens Egyptian actions to prewar Nazi tactics.
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Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
United States
Aqaba
Mediterranean
United Nations, N. Y
U.N
Middle East
U.N. Security Council
Council
U. S
India
Harold Wilson
Washington
London
Wilson
Uiho
Sauatag Cumagoes
Hans R. Tabor
Denmark
Roger Seydoux
Gideon Rafael
Vatican paper Calls Major Powers to End Middle East Crisis
L Osservatore Romano editorial labels UN inaction as failing to provide the indispensable effort to avert a global threat. It decries rising menace amid East West ideological clash resembling the Vietnam era and warns the crisis grows more menacing with each passing day.
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Vatican City
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
United Nations
Middle East
Practice Makes Perfect Academy selects color girl winner
Midshipman Griffin's company won the year long academy competition granting him the honor of choosing this year's color girl Miss Jerry. He has dated her since April.
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Academy
Midshipman
Griffin
Jerry
John Mark Griffin
Olean
N. Y
Barbara Jerry
Syracuse
U. S. Naval
Johnson rallies New York Democrats to fund campaigns
President Johnson told party stalwarts at a fund raiser that Democrats must keep funding schools cities and health programs and that Republicans will fight them every inch. The event aimed to raise about a million dollars amid protests around the Americana and Waldorf Astoria hotels by Vietnam war demonstrators and a peace parade committee.
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New York
Johnson
New York City
Secret Service
Americana
Wal
dorf-Astoria
Fifth Avenue
88 Killed As Plane Crashes In Pyrenees
PERPIGNAN France AP A chartered British DC4 carrying 88 passengers and crew crashed on Mt Canigou. Police say no survivors. The aircraft broke apart and burned after impact. Most victims believed to be from the north of England.
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Perpignan
France
Pyrenees
Mt. Canigou
London
Air Ferry, Ltd
Lyons Tours
Lttd
Spain
Costa Brava
England
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W. A. Lawsy
High Point Memorial
City Memorial
Thomasville
T. H. Greene
H.M.L. A
Vance Proctor
Exec
N. C. Hereford Cattle Assn
Drew Pearson
Haifa
Rusk
Barratt O’hara
Dtll
O'Hara
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Israelis
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Secretary of State
Hays
Humphrey
Vinh Huey No. 2
Rafael
Danzig
The
World Assembly
Chapel Hill
Editorial
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