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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1968
Page
18
Cuba says U S Coast Guard vessels pointed cannons and used a warlike maneuver to block a lifeboat carrying three mutineers fleeing a Cuban ship off the Virginia coast. Radio Havana broadcast the protest calling the action imperialistic aggression and a violation of freedom of the seas.
Nationwide tensions in public education unfold as Pittsburgh prepares a strike by 1,000 teachers while Oklahoma gauges a one day protest. Florida braces for a long walkout amid disputed education funding and San Francisco ponders a renewed strike. Albuquerque reports teachers returning after a week out, and Wellston Missouri faces district-wide salary threats. Maine’s Matinicus Island ends with a stubborn one room schoolman clashing with new hire.
Two Kansas University graduate students Karen Wade and Mary Johanna Thomas offer evening meals to male students at 1.25 dollars per serving from their limited kitchen. With four chairs and two modest dish sets they aim to feed up to nine guests, relying on extra space and pots. They began after spotting a hungry student with TV dinners and plan to run the “restaurant” for fun with some profit in mind.
A collision between the Liberian tanker Mandoil II and the Japanese Suwa haru Maru in dense fog 340 miles off the Columbia River left eight sailors missing. Captain Elias Karavitis suffered serious burns as 32 Greek crewmen, including the captain, were rescued by the Japanese freighter Kure Maru. Coast Guard vessels Modoc and another ship head to the site with a doctor aboard. arrival expected by midnight.
The United States plywood industry produced an estimated 13 billion square feet of plywood in the previous year, reflecting robust output across manufacturers and regions.
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