Alcatraz for rent as private development plans surface
San Francisco eyes Alcatraz Island listed as surplus property with a $1,800 monthly rent for the main building housing 315, no utilities. Texas millionaire Lamar Hunt proposes a 364-foot Apollon tower, space museum, and park, but officials urge restraint while Mortimer Fleishhacker Jr and Herb Caen favor leaving the site largely untouched.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz
Texas
Lamar Hunt
American Football League
H.L. Hunt
Hunt
Bay Area
Mortimer Fleishhacker, Jr
City Planning Commission
Chamber of Horrors
Herb Caen
Isle de Los Alcatraces
Isle of the Pelicans
Senate subcommittee to push consumer warranty protections
Washington reports Senate commerce subcommittee hearings on shoddy merchandise and consumer complaints. A draft bill would establish a federal consumer counsel and an ombudsman system to arbitrate disputes, with a minimum two year warranty and repair or replacement remedy. The drive aims to curb poor quality and costly repair gaps in products like refrigerators.
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Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Consumer Counsel
Subcommittee
New York City
Consumer Subcommittee
Washington
Vietnam
Russia Plans Five Year Push To Modernize Language
Fedor Filin of the Institute of the Russian Language says a five year plan will streamline Russian and standardize its dictionary. A new comprehensive diction ary will replace Dal's 19th century work with about 220,000 entries, while today experts estimate over 500,000 words in use. Dialects spoken by tens of millions add complexity to defining the language.
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Moscow
UPI
Fedor P. Filin
Institute
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Filin
Las Vegas Sun Personnel and Affiliations Notice
The Las Vegas Sun announces its leadership and staff structure including president H M Greenspun and executive editor Bryn Armstrong. It lists departments and offices such as circulation, advertising, and editorial management along with industry memberships and post office classification details.
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Las Vegas Sun, Inc
S. Highland Ave
Las Vegas
Nevada
H M. Greenspun
Ray Germain
Ruthe Deskin
Barbara Greenspun
Haney Womack
Bryn Armstrong
Larrie Schmidt
Tom Odiskin
Gerry Appleby
Burt Bay
Douglas Ritchie
J. L. Dixon, JR
Post Office
Congress
Ward Griffith Co
Chicago
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
United Press International
Nevada State Press Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
California Newspaper Publishers Association
The
Audit Bureau of Circulation
College extension program opens at Kentucky Reformatory
Inmates at Kentucky State Reformatory in LaGrange form the first class of a college extension program. Twenty seven inmates are studying verbs and writing freshmen themes as corrections officials seek funding to continue the effort.
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Frankfort
UPI
Beame
Kentucky State Reformatory
LaGrange
Europeans Have Us Beat In Lengths Of Vacations
New York reports Americans travel abroad and see Europeans with longer holidays. Americans average two to four weeks, while Europeans commonly take three weeks or more. Italians enjoy 29 to 47 days plus holidays. France 32 days. Germany 25 to 37. Belgium 22 to like the Netherlands, workers gain two extra weeks before vacation.
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New York
UPI
United States
Europe
America
Holland
Italy
Germany
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R. C Harrison
B.S
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Ruby
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YX Falm Trituary &Cemetery
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Palm Chapel
Palm Memorial Park
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St. Annes
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lola Johnson
Palm Mortuary
Inglewood
Calif
George Pettifer
Henderson Palm Memorial Park
Pauline Bresher
Amarillo, Texas
Peter Harris
Boston, Massachusetts
Dale Pritchard
Georgetown, Illinois
Jimmie R. Hoffman
Eldorado Springs, Mo
Grace A. Cross
Henderson Services
Kingman, Ariz
Truman
Toby V. Hougon
Prineville, Oregon
Jesse Cosby
Jack Baze
A & P Wholesale Meats
Illinois Packing & Provisions Company
Sahara
Usda Choice Center
Usda Choice
U.S.D.A
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Choice Center
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U.S.D.A. Choice
Farm Best
Edith Menna
FOR Funeral Service
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Belgium
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