Newspaper Mail Woes and Southern Green Fields Progress
Reports show postal service neglect angering publishers as subscribers urge congress action. South leaders, including Hugh MacRae, praised progress turning winter fields green with hay, pasture, and crops, yet rural areas still lag behind. In Saigon and Haiphong, Communist attacks persist while U S. forces pursue victory. Johnson riot report paperback sales surge with bulk orders as Bantam books notes high demand. Navy pays 6922 dollars for highway damage caused by a destroyer tender ramming the Columbia River route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh MacRae
Wilmington
Winstons
Salem
N.C
City
Sentinel
Jackrabbits Create Landing Hazards at Salt Lake Airport
In Salt Lake City, AP reports a growing jackrabbit colony at the city airport alarms pilots. Airport manager Joe Bergin says the rabbits attract eagles and dogs, increasing risks during landings and takeoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Joe Bergin
Cotton Farm May Receive Federal Payments For Reducing Cotton
The Agriculture Department said that any cotton producing farm whether privately or publicly owned could reduce its production in 1966 and 1967 and receive federal payments. A state prison farm in Lincoln County Arkansas has been paid under the program, which encouraged underplanting to curtail production and dispose of a cotton surplus. Records of payments are kept at the county level. The program is voluntary but offers price support eligibility to participating farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Washington
Otto Ri Seidel
Salt Lake City Tribune
Shreveport
Agriculture Department
Department
Lincoln County
Ark
Students Rebel in Poland at Warsaw University
In Warsaw thousands of students protested on campus demanding reinstatement of two expelled peers after a crackdown on a play protest. Militiamen failed to disperse the rally for two hours until Prorector Zygmunt Rybicki promised a frank, sincere meeting next week to calm the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Warsaw University
Zygmunt Rybick
Rybick
Rybicki
Deaf Zion church serves silent ministry near busy Miami airport
At Opa-Locka Airport noise from landings drowns prayers, so a Lutheran pastor converts the abandoned Trinity Deaf Zion into a deaf worship center. Pastor Busby leads evening services with sign language to 40 parishioners, while continuing missions to five children, 35 deaf patients, and 95 students in Florida facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murray
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Waller
Busby
Florida
Opa-Locka
Trinity Deaf Zion
Harry F. Laduke
27Th Avenue
Lagukre
Tampa
Pensacola
Pastor Busby
North Florida
Sunland Training Center
Marianna
Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital
Florida School For the Deal
Jonesboro Sun to Issue Sunday Edition Starting April 7
The Jonesboro Sun will launch a Sunday morning edition beginning April 7, discontinuing its Saturday edition. The paper now publishes on weekdays and Saturday. Home delivery price rises from $1.50 to $1.65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas News
Associated Press
Jonesboro, Ark
Jonesboro Sun
Sun
Death of Former House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr
Hollywood Florida AP reports former House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr died at 83 from peritonitis due to a ruptured appendix. He collapsed at relatives' home in Fort Lauderdale and was pronounced dead at Hollywood Memorial Hospital. His body was returned to Massachusetts for funeral services and burial in North Attleboro.
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Hollywood
Fla
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Broward County
Martin
Hollywood Memorial Hospital
Fort Lauderdale
Massachusetts
North Attleboro
Firebombs Hit White Stores and Homes in Gainesville
Firebombs were hurled into two white owned stores in Gainesville's Negro district early today. Another device was found in a car backseat and a vacant house burned, police say deliberately set. Since Jan. 3 ten firebomb incidents have been reported, most in Negro areas, with two attacks on white city officials' homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
Gilnasville
Monroe benefit offers wild hog feast for Everglades
In Monroe Station Florida a weekend benefit features alligator wrestling and a turkey shoot to raise funds for Everglades conservation. The dress code is casual and the menu includes 90,000 pounds of wild hog swamp cabbage black-eyed peas and other delicacies. Proceeds support conservation efforts in the Everglades.
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Torward
The
Everglades
All Bodies Recovered From Mine
The Calumet incident ends as 21 miners are confirmed dead after a cavern collapse at the salt mine. Sixteen bodies found in a tunnel 3,000 feet from the shaft, five more located hours later. Cargill Inc. owns the mine and cooperated with investigators. Local officials note ventilation and fire controls recommended earlier by the Bureau of Mines.
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Vernon A Guidry JR
Calumet
Offla
Cargill, Inc
Federal Bureau of Mines
H. A. Schreengost
Indianapolis
Ind
A. M. Evados
Dallas
Minneapolis
Pearch
Cargill
Jim Bowe
Raymond R. Ashby
Ken‘tucky
Thay
Ashby
Clayton
U S Sells Gold to Britain in Fourth Quarter
The Treasury reports $771.2 million in U S gold sales to the United Kingdom in Q4 last year, with Algeria buying $149.6 million. The data show speculative buying after the British pound devaluation, and 1987 Britain sales hit $878.5 million for the year, highest since 1958.
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Washington
Treasury Department
U.S
United Kingdom
Algeria
London
United States
Treasury
Britain
Canada
Italy
Iraq
Surinam
Peru
Greece
One Thing for Sure Girl Scout Program Produces Fine Citizens
Mary Artta-Laster presents a feature urging adults to bridge gaps with youth through the Girl Scout program. It highlights family influence, values, and the March 10 Girl Scout Week, noting how scouting teaches cooperation, leadership, and responsible citizenship. Contact Mrs. Gall Sinyard or Mrs. Howard Jackson for joining.
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Dew
Ilfa
Elizabeth Sheehy
Corry High paddlings draw wide commendations
CORRY Pa AP The superintendent of Corry High School reports 70 students paddled for playing hooky has drawn many commendations He says he is pleased and surprised a Philadelphia lawyer even wrote to congratulate him Elsen says truancy has dropped off sharply and many people think such measures should be used more often
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Corry
Corry High School
Jim Vary
Ray Elsen
Philadelphia
Elsen
Election in House Being Pondered
Politicians ponder two possible deadlocks if no presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes. A Wallace third party could deny 270 votes, sending the contest to the House where one vote per state and party control decide. Senate party balance could trigger a vice presidency contest, risking a split between offices.
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Willard H. Mobley
Associated Press
Washington
House
White House
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Loulsiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Demoocrat
Senate
Chamber
Russell Baker
New York Times
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Baker
Kennedy
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
John V. Lindsay
New York
Half of Town is Not There
GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS Colo AP confusion in 1390 places town hall post office and other facilities outside the corporate limits. The 250 resident community near Colorado Springs plans new maps to correct incorporation errors from 1490. About half residents live outside the town’s current bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
Colorado Springs
Malcum Cons
Army Appoints Rosson To Lead Northern Vietnam Command
US Army names Lt. Gen. Rosson commander of Provisional Corps Vietnam to run Khe Sanh region and northern provinces near the DMZ. The move shifts Army influence into the North and places Cushman under staff changes as Abrams returns to Saigon. Westmoreland defends Marine leadership amid northern command reshuffle.
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Robert Tuckman
Wester Saigon
Ct. Gan
William B. Rosser
South Vietnam
Marine Corpe Do Matin
Provisioneal Corps
Vietnam
Rosson
Khe Sanh
U.S
Hua
Quang Tri
William C. Westmoreland
Ant Hia
Saigon
Northorn
1St Corps
Westmoreland
Rachael. E. Cushman
Westmoreant
Creighton W. Abcaina
Phu Bai
Hue
Macy
Military Assistance Command
Abrams
North
Kossan
Provisional Corps
Army
Navy
Air Force
Cushman
Youth Killed in Wreck Near Fort Smith
A Fort Smith teen Jerry Ree, 17, died in a two vehicle crash about six miles west of the city on Arkansas 545. Lewe and Brandy, both of Fort Smith, were seriously injured. Investigators said the youths were en route to Little Rock to see Fort Smith Northside play in the Class AAA state basketball tournament. The car, driven by Sewell, hit a dump truck driven by 27 year old David Todd of Little Rock when the truck turned left in front of it.
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Little Rock
Jerry Ree
Fort Smith
Here
Arkans
Bhi Lewe
Richard Brandy
Fort Smith Northside
Sewell
David Todd
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