Overseas employment options and civil service guidance
The piece discusses spring waves of questions about overseas work, noting scarce clearinghouses and offering leads to funded listings, U S Civil Service Commission exams for overseas posts, and potential Peace Corps or Red Cross placements. It mentions the June 30 1967 report listing 200 432 civil service employees abroad, mostly with military or Information Service ties and the State Department.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Civil Service
Information Service
State Dept
American Red Cross
National Airlines jet hijacked with 59 aboard
A National Airlines jet from San Francisco to Tampa with 59 people aboard including seven crew was hijacked four minutes from Tampa. The plane turned toward Cuba and radio contact was lost at 11 32 am. It was tracked by radar 10 miles off the Cuban coast as authorities sought details. The incident fits a pattern following Fidel Castro’s Cuba takeover. A prior hijack attempt involved a larger jet returning to Miami after a passenger disembarked in Havana.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
Boatman
San Francisco
Tampa
Cuba
National
Las Vegas
Houston
New Orleans
Fidel Castro
SS Lines
Rhodes
Havana
Fulbright Demands Talks Before Johnson Votes on Vietnam Troop Buildup
Senate power critic Fulbright presses for congressional consultation before a final White House decision on sending more U.S. troops to Vietnam. Secretary Rusk says Hanoi shows no peace interest and indicates Johnson has not yet decided on escalation.
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Sen
Fulbright
Johnson
Washington
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
Sen. J. W. Fulae
Congress
Vietnam
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Oo Nana
Arkansas
Kiln Options in High Point Area for Ceramics
A reader asks about kilns nearby. One lead exists at Seen Lane 1442 River Rd with contact 885-2319, run by Helen and husband Richard, offering ceramics with selectable color blends.
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High Point
P.H
River Rd
Helen
Richard
Writer's Yearbook 68 offers 500 markets for writers
In Parker's Newstand the Writer's Yearbook 68 priced at $1.25 lists 500 markets for articles stories and books with analytic book addresses freelance rates and who to contact Allan Drury is noted for the novice writer. A Snoopy cartoon warns that submissions may not fit current needs.
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Writer's Yearbook
Allan Drury
Snoopy
Charlie Brown
First Primary New Hampshire Casts Votes Today
Voters in Concord New Hampshire cast ballots in the first presidential primary of the season. Early returns from the White Mountains ski country show Richard Nixon leading with eight Republican votes and eight for Nixon with four write ins for Nelson Rockefeller.
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Concord
N.H
White Mountains
McCarthy
Nixon
Watervile Vella
D-N.y
Johnson
New York
Nelson A. Rock
Rockefeller
Mercov
Hugh Gregg
New Hampshire
Tornado Watch Declared Across Several Southern States
The Weather Bureau issued a tornado watch for parts of northeast Georgia northwest South Carolina west and central North Carolina and south central Virginia. The threat of two isolated tornadoes exists from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. est with severe thunderstorms large hail and damaging winds likely. The greatest risk lies along a line from Athens Georgia to north of Raleigh North Carolina.
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Kansas City
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Athens
Raleigh, N.C
Rusk Maintains Cool Under Senate Vietnam Testimony
Secretary of State Dean Rusk remained calm during six hours before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as heated questions about Vietnam policy were raised by senator J. W. Fulbright and others. He extended his appearance to the next day amid demands to finish testimony and amid ongoing questions about U.S. actions after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mairman JW. Fulbright
Dan J. W
Rusk
Fulbright
Ane
Vietnam
Byer
Wayne — Dore
Morse
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Lurleen Faces New Operation
Doctors planned to operate on Gov. Lurleen Wallace again to drain a localized abscess in the abdomen. The operation was set for around noon with a further report to follow. Her general condition remains about the same as yesterday after three cancer surgeries in two years.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Massive Snow Storm Paralyses Plains Oklahoma and Surrounding Regions
A severe late winter snow storm swept the southern plains and Mississippi Valley, bringing 8 inch snowdrifts and 40 to 50 mph winds. Four people died in Oklahoma traffic accidents, power outages hit 3,500 Tulsa homes, and many schools were closed or suspended as the system stretched into Texas, New Mexico, Ohio Valley, and Maryland.
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Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Eye Ous
Texas
Panhandle-Plains
New Mexico
Oss
Ohio Valley
Maryland
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Ohio
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St S. Pos Hospital
Pittsburgh
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Khe Sanh
Julian Kalama
San Lorenzo
Lurleen
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