Truck Driver Seeks Higher Truck Speed Limit in Virginia
Richmond driver Paul C. Shores with 2000 fellow drivers backs 50 mph overall limit and tougher drunk driving laws. He will plead before Arlington committee while a state wide truck stop boycott begins, citing unfair enforcement of 45 mph for trucks. The protest includes fuel stops and radar concerns.
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Richmond
Virginia
Arlington
Paul C. Shores
Philadelphia
New York
W. A. Winslow
Asheboro
N.C
Winslow
U.S. 1
Shores
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Greensboro
Father Of 10 Children Kills Self in Atlanta Suburb
Al bert Wiles 60 a retired carpenter shot his wife wounding her then killed himself with a shotgun at his College Park home after an argument over breakfast and milk his daughter 14 and two older sons 27 and 25 were involved in the incident and the family fled to a neighbor's house as a neighbor reported a shotgun blast minutes later
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Atlanta
W. K. Perry
Albert Wiles
College Park
Wiles
Perry
Hawaii Peak Might Be World’s Rainiest Spot
A climatology note suggests Mount Waialeale in Hawaii may hold the record for the world's highest average annual rainfall, around 489 inches, based on historic measurements.
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Hawaii
Mount Wailaleale
GOP Platform Advice Outlines Flexible Yet Cautious Path
Architects of the 1960 GOP platform urge flexibility in welcoming change while opposing vast new federal programs and deficit spending. Reports push hard on national security human rights and economic progress ahead of the 1976 anniversary.
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Jack Bell Washington
Republican Committee On Program and Progress
Charles H. Percy
Chicago
Washington
Elephant Helps In Rescue Work
Minnie the elephant at Tulsa Zoo aided flood relief as trainer Robert McDonald steered her to a stranded vehicle. She freed the vehicle from flood waters and returned to high ground.
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Tulsa
Okla
Minnie
Mohawk Zoo
Robert McDonald
Methodists Rally Draws Up To 12000 To Raleigh Coliseum
Buses from eastern North Carolina converge on Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh for a large Methodist evangelistic rally. The event kicks a year long drive for 100000 recruits for Christ in the state with Gov. Hodges and church leaders attending. Anderson urges lay members to recruit two converts in three months. A 2000 voice choir directed by Glenn Draper provides music.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Reynolds Coliseum
Christ
Gov. Hodges
Paul N. Garber
W. Angie Smith
General Board of Evangelism
Harry Denman
General Board
Thomas A. Carruth
Prayer Ooe
The
Methodist
Patent for collapsible baby carriage from Formosa police duo
Formosa AP reports a patent granted for a collapsible baby carriage that folds into a handbag. Invented by two police officers Yang Pa-fu and Oun yang Shu, the contraption weighs 5% pounds.
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Taipei
Formosa
Yang Pa-fu
Ounyang Shu
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