Florida Trip Report by Louis Graves in 1973 column
Louis Graves writes from Key Largo with notes on Florida weather and travel routes. He describes St. Augustine sights including Fountain of Youth and a planetarium, plus Disney World experiences and the Magic Kingdom traffic controls. He reports gas availability and prices around 40 cents per gallon, with stations closing early or limited supplies during travel.
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Key Largo
Fla
Florida
Arkansas
Georgia-Florida
Valdosta
Sunshine State
Graves
Larry Renards
Ponce de Leon
Spain
USA
Christopher Columbus
San Salvador
St. Augustine
de Leon
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom
Casteon Airlines
Monsanto Chemical
America
Immunization drive mobilizes across Southwest Arkansas
Mrs. Betty Bumpers outlined a seven county effort to immunize children aged six months to 11 years, aiming to reach 83 percent of state youngsters. The plan calls for 10 000 volunteers, National Guard support, and September 8 9 clinics offering polio rubella measles diphtheria tetanus and pertussis immunizations.
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Betty Bumpers
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
Hempstead County
Crit Stewart Jr
Bill Watson
Hope
Howard
LaFayette
Little River
Miller
Nevada
Hempstead
Sevier
Bumpers
State Health Department
Jonesboro
National Guard
County Extension Service
Bill Lawson
Martha Mitchell Secret Hideaway Said To Be In The South
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP Martha Mitchell may have a secret hideaway in the South but friends here will not disclose the location. Mrs Ray West a close friend says she promised Martha not to reveal where she is. Mitchell said she is staying at an undisclosed location in the South while her husband John N Mitchell completes his Watergate Committee testimony.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Martha Mitchell
Martha
Ray West
Mrs. Mitchell
Nixon to be hospitalized for viral pneumonia
President Nixon, 60, was admitted to Bethesda Naval Hospital with viral pneumonia and is expected to remain hospitalized at least a week. White House aides said he will work at the hospital while resting. doctors described rest and comfort as the main treatment with no complications anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Maryland
Walter R. Tkach
Air Force
Tkach
Indictments name 30 in sored Tennessee Walking Horse case
Federal grand juries indict 30 trainers exhibitors and owners over sored horses shown at the Cotton Carnival Horse Show May 1972. Soring violates the 1970 Horse Protection Act and involves irritating the fore legs to force a prancing gait using boots and chemical irritants. Indictments name multiple individuals across Tennessee and neighboring states with penalties up to six months in prison and a 2000 dollar fine per count.
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Memphis, Tenn
Tennessee
Jackie McConnell
Argentine leaders quit to clear Peron return to power
President Hector J. Campora and Vice President Vicente Solano Lima resigned in Buenos Aires to enable new elections likely to bring Juan D. Peron back. Congress to approve. Peronism factions split, but election open to all parties with Peron Balxin ticket favored. Raul Lastiri to act as provisional president. Campora met Peron before resignation.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hector J. Campora
Juan D. Peron
Campora
Vicente Solano Lima
Congress
Peron
Peronism
Ricardo Balxin
Radical Civic Union
Raul Lastiri
Chamber of Deputies
Jose Lopez Rega
Goodby
City considers garbage incineration plan at board meeting
City Directors received an administration report on garbage disposal using an incinerator for about 125 tons weekly. The plan blends proposed trash collection and disposal methods with potential cost impacts and mentions alternatives like recycling and composting, noting incineration advances.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Louis Graves
The
Nashville News
Star
Louis
Elliott Richardson
U.S
Miss Arkansas
Richardson
Sarah Butler
Arkansas Public Health Department
Runyon Deere
Arkansas Medical Cooperative Service
Nell Balkman
Arkansas League of Nursing
Ion City Tenn
Odell McConnell
Union City
Ted Baier
Rutherford, Tenn
Vearl P. Starnes
Jackson, Tenn
James OD. McConnell
Rives
Tenn
Charles Massey
Clarksville
John R. Lindahl
Nashville, Tenn
Neil Robinson
Cordova
Bruce Payne
Olive Branch
Miss
J.R. Knudson
Herman, Mo
Ray Gilmer
Germantown
Charles H. Dennis Sr
Memphis
Frank Parnell
Newbern
Russell Pate
Collierville
Brenda Bramlett
Oxford
J. D. Faulkner
Kennett, Mo
Mrs. Flo Barr
Dallas
Tex
Albert Lee Rowland
Shelbyville
Victor Wulff
Vienna
Tex Smith
Alabaster
Ala
James D. Foster
Birmingham
John L. Haynes
Pell City
Joe Webb
Searcy
Arthur Tonsmeire
Mobile
Verd Walker
Uconcord
Calif
D. L. ‘‘Petie’ Warren
Denver, Tenn
Jan Small
Benton, Ky
John J. Borum
Ashland City
Ann Branson
Madisonville
Dr. J. D. Connell
Dyersburg
City Hall
By Gerald Keith Hope
Texarkana
Thor Heyerdahl
Morocco
South America
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