Swamp Bred Frog Leaps To Fame At Twain Contest
Corrosion the six inch swamp frog won the 40th annual frog jumping contest in Angels Camp. Owned by Leonard Hall of Concord the four year old leaped 18 feet 0.5 inches beating 500 competitors. Hall trained the frog and claimed tickling aided its leap while the event riffs on The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
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Angels Camp
Calif
Corrosion
Bakersfield
Leonard Hall
Concord
Hall
Gitchee
Twain
Calaveras County
Saigon Defenders Honored for Battle on Southern Edge
In Saigon, Lt. Gen. Bruce Palmer Jr. awarded 24 Silver Stars to the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division troops for their defense of Saigon's southern edge eight days after the clash. Six Silver Stars were given posthumously, including 2nd Lt. Frederick R. Casper of Madison, Wisconsin, killed in action.
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Saigon
Bruce Palmer Jr
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Frederick R. Casper
Madison
Wis
Ecumenism Does Well In Emergency In Forest City
In Forest City Iowa a Catholic priest seeks an altar boy for a 45 minute wedding of Nancy Anderson and Charles Garcia. He finds a boy on church steps and recruits him for the ceremony. The boy reveals his name Danny Gangstead and says his father leads the Lutheran church across the street.
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Forest City
Iowa
E. W. Lechtenberg
St. James Catholic Church
Nancy Anderson
Charles Garcia
Danny Gangstead
U S Troop Costs In City Riots Near 5 4 Million
The Defense Department tallies nearly 5.4 million dollars spent deploying about 35 890 federal troops and National Guardsmen to Washington Baltimore and Chicago after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr s assassination plus 22 074 in standby and 2 108 600 for airlift costs, with riot totals by city breakdowns and implications for future civil disturbances.
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Washington
Martin Luther King
Defense Department
Federal Treasury
Federal
Pentagon
Baltimore
Chicago
Ft. Carson
Colo
Ft. Sill
Okia
IRS Fills Judge Jury Role On Tax Appeals
The Internal Revenue Service defends its appeal system as fair for taxpayers who dispute audits or tax bills. A taxpayer can seek a conference with a district conferee, then a regional appellate conferee, and finally a Tax Court petition within 90 days if unhappy with the appellate ruling.
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IRS
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Lester R. Uretz
U.S
Tax Court
Role of Social Security Benefits Are Cited
Milwaukee AP report quotes Wilbur J. Cohen noting Social Security benefits keep 10 million people out of poverty. He says lifting minimum benefits to 70 dollars per person and 105 dollars per couple could move about a further million elderly Americans above the poverty line. Cohen cites about 30 percent of the nation’s elderly in poverty.
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Milwaukee
Wilbur J. Cohen
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Cohen
Salmon earbones reveal age through concentric rings
A salmon's age can be determined by counting yearly growth layers in its earbone, with each ring representing one year. This method parallels a tree’s annual growth rings for age estimation.
Presidential Candidate Election Recognition Set for Dec 19
The official recognition of a presidential candidate will occur after December 19. This marks formal eligibility and anticipated transition steps for campaign supporters and party officials.
Cross Country Flight Across Instrument
Puzzle lists across and down clues with multiple thematic words. Some items reference musical terms chemical names and nautical terms. Answers include common nouns and names fitting a standard crossword style.
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