World Adds Nations as New States Reach 147 Count
Associated Press report notes 147 independent nations by latest tally, with new entries like Bangladesh, Belize, Sri Lanka renamed from Ceylon, and future independence for the Bahamas. Postwar era spawns nation-states, shrinking empires as boundaries redraw.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Monwealth
Bahama Islands
Bahamas
British Honduras
London
Sri Lanka
India
Ceylon
Africa
Republic of the Congo
Zaire
Bangladesh
Family of Nations
Pakistan
Antarctica
Nixon preps inaugural and Union speeches in Florida
President Nixon concentrates on finalizing his inaugural and State of the Union addresses at the Florida White House assisted by Raymond K. Price and H. R. Haldeman. Calls included talks with Don Shula and George Allen as Nixon plans to return to Washington soon. Elvis Presley draws a massive Japanese audience with a Honolulu telecast watched by 37.8 percent of sets on air.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Florida White House
Raymond K. Price
H.R. Haldeman
White House
Haldeman
Don Shula
Miami Dolphins
George Allen
Washington Redskins
Washington
Tokyo
Elvis Presley
Nippon
NTV
Honolulu
Ash Fork students build full size airplane for sale
In Ash Fork Arizona high school pupils aim higher than last year when they built and sold a two bedroom house. Five seniors and juniors work on a full size fabric covered two seat plane with an 80 horsepower engine. Superintendent Bill Roark says the project teaches survival and keeps students off welfare. The FAA and Lloyd Bush supervise. The plane is valued at about $2
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Ash Fork
Ariz
Arizona
Bill Roark
Lloyd Bush
Bash
Federal Aviation Administration
Roark
Peter Bowers
Seattle
Wash
Rotary talk on alcoholism by Robin Moore in Hope
Mrs Robin Moore community development specialist of the Red River Regional Council spoke at the Hope Rotary Club Friday January 32 at Town and Country. She described alcoholism as a public health issue and a progressive but treatable illness. She noted that many treatments target skid row drinkers and that alcohol abuse spans all professions and neighborhoods.
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Paul Klipsch
Robin Moore
Red River
Hope Rotary Club
Council On Alcoholism
Arkansas
Bring us together Nixon did girl says
Vicki Lynne Cole of Carey Ohio recalls President Nixon uniting the nation with her hand lettered Bring Us Together poster which inspired the 1968 inaugural theme. She notes Nixon’s trips to China and Russia helped quell tensions and says she will watch this year’s ceremony at home with her family.
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Ann Blackman
Associated Press
Washington
Vicki Lynne Cole
Ohio
Nixon
Vicki
Carey
Future Voters
China
Russia
George McGovern
Deshler
Cesar Chavez Turns Grape Boycott Into Social Pride
Cesar Chavez, head of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, mobilizes a national boycott of grapes and lettuces to improve farmworker conditions. The soft spoken leader rallies supporters at Stanford and defends nonviolence, while his movement grows from Delano roots to a national force with tens of thousands of signatures and ongoing campaigns.
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Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
UFWOC
Chavez
Kansas
Idaho
Arizona
California
Moandas Gandhi
Sar Chavez
National Farm Workers Association
United States
Cesar Is
Delano
San Joaquin Valley
Tehachapi Mountains
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Bill Wray
Palo Alto
Calif
NEA
New York
Kansas City
Boston
Phoenix
San Francisco
Alfresco
Stanford University
Academia
Cesar
Ce-sar
Cesar Estrada Chavez
UCLA
Joan Baez
Blevins High School
Clyde Davis Phota
Lila Jones Scautting
Vera Nell Folsom Wiggins
Bobbye Raleigh Feathers
Billy Campbell
Franklin Worthey
Janette Rineheart Roberts
Lara Jean Worthey Porterfield
Frances Davis Patterson
Bobby Jo Jackson
William
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