Hunger crisis amid global prosperity signals famine risk
A five part series begins with William L. Ryan outlining looming famine risks as population grows and food supply lags. FAO data show billions face hunger with India China and Egypt among at risk regions, while wealthier nations fear consequences of inaction.
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William L. Ryan
North Atlantic
New York
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Raymond Ewell
State University of New York
Buffalo
India
Pakistan
China
Indonesia
Iran
Turkey
Egypt
Brazil
Asia
Africa
Latin America
FAO
Binay Ranjan Sen
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Japan
Near East
Israel
Central America
Caribbean
South America
Australia-New Zealand
North America
Johnson
U.S
Ruby Trial Date Set for Sanity Hearing in Oswald Case
Dist. Judge Joe B. Brown scheduled March 29 for a sanity trial of condemned killer Jack Ruby. The hearing followed a defense motion to comply with Texas Court of Criminal Appeals orders. Ruby appeared well, in a dark blue suit, after the murder verdict in 1964.
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Tom Johnson
Dallas
Tex
Joe B. Brown
Jack Ruby
Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Worldly inequality and violent allure in the south
The text contrasts rising wealth in northern regions with persistent poverty in the south. It warns that frustrated southern peoples face temptations toward quick violent fixes, including influence from communist witch doctors, and notes a sequence ending with Death control.
Con Airliners Reach Pact With Machinists Union
American and Continental can companies reach a 13 month retroactive contract with the Machinists Union covering 5 000 workers in 38 cities. The deal provides a 10 cent hourly wage rise plus 3 cents in increments across job classes. A strike with United Steelworkers continues at 70 other plants involving about 32 000 workers.
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San Diego
Calif
American
Continental Can
Machinists
Can
United Steelworkers Union
Notice of Probate for Elmer Nations Estate in Hempstead County
In Hempstead County Arkansas the probate court appoints Ena Thelma Nations executrix of Elmer Leonard Nations deceased. The will dated August 3 1957 was admitted to probate March 1 1965. Creditors and interested persons must file claims within six months from first publication March 2 1965.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Elmer Leonard Nations
R.F.D
Hope
Ena Thelma Nations
Executrix
New Math 5 Plus 5 Is Not Always 10
Editor notes challenge the idea that five plus five equals ten. Katie Mueller describes three years of teaching the new math system and explains how it changes arithmetic concepts.
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U.S. Agriculture Department
Katie Mueller
Associated Press
Understanding number bases and place value explained
The piece describes how bases such as 7 and 10 work for counting sheep as units and groups. It explains addition in base 7, where 4 plus 4 carries to 1 with a remainder of 1, yielding 31 in base 7. It also notes that two plus two equals 10 in base 2 and 11 in base 3.
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Martinsburg
IBM
W. Va
Internal Revenue Service
National Computer Center
Southeastern
Mid- Atlantic
IRS
Fatally Shot Man Found in Little Rock Car
Police found Joseph H. Gray, 33, of Little Rock fatally wounded in his car Saturday. He was shot four times and died later at a Little Rock hospital.
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Little Rock
Joseph H. Gray
Gray
Temperature of Mercury’s sunny side tops 700 degrees
Astronomers estimate Mercury’s sunlit surface reaches over 700 degrees Fahrenheit. The measurement highlights extreme daytime heat on the planet closest to the Sun.
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Mercury
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Lao
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