HemisFair plans emerge in Texas bold expo drive
San Antonio officials embrace HemisFair 1968 set April to October with a 92 acre site near the Alamo and a budget including 7.8 million from local builders 30 million via bonds and 12.5 million in urban renewal funds. Promoter James M Gaines stresses a hemispheric theme and practical exhibits while promises a fun, multi cultural event with permanent structures and a landmark tower.
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Texas
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James M. Gaines
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Bob Moses
Moses
Mount Sinai
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Alamo
American Southwest
Latin America
Nan
Lone Star
White House
American Hemisphere
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Fair
Institute of Living Culture
Connally
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NASA Space Center
Louvre
Anthropological Museum
Mexico City
Williams Seen as Possible Senate Candidate for Michigan
Soapy's Dilemma notes G Mennen Williams, former Michigan governor and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, eyeing Sen. Pat McNamara's seat as McNamara retires after two terms. Williams faces Jerome Cavanagh in a Detroit-area primary, with Johnson’s peace push and African coups shaping his political outlook and duties. Williams’ Africa diplomacy charms persist, though some critics call his stance cautious amid U S policy limits.
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Tananarive
United States
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Dmich
Williams
Detroit
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Johnson
Ghana
Congo
Leopoldville
Dahomey
Upper Volta
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Nigera
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Somalia
Michigan
State Department
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South Africa
Grounded Viet Nam pilot Spey ends flight tour
Capt Jack Spey of Southern Pines North Carolina is grounded from C123 operations in Viet Nam and will return to the United States as an instructor. His defoliation duties kept him at tree top levels, under heavy fire, with 1 750 combat hours and 300 impacts on his craft. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross after a near-sinking mission, praising teamwork with his copilot and noting the C123s are simple reliable aircraft. In Paris King says no Southern city enforces racial discrimination publicly though the battle continues against economic segregation.
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Jack Spey
Southern Pines
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Viet Nam
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Spey
Soe Trang
Associated Press
Paris
Martin Luther King
King
Paris Sports Palace
Harry Belafonte
Insect Secrets Sought for Crop Protection Tech
Agriculture researchers seek insect secrets to defend crops against damage. Night experiments use a sensor emitting red light to attract insects like a white-lined sphingid moth to an electric trap, aiming to emulate natural attraction and improve control methods.
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