Leningraders Savor Long Summer Days
In Leningrad, the white nights around the summer solstice bring nearly round the clock daylight. Residents enjoy Neva beaches, canal rowing, and Nevsky Prospekt strolls as teens celebrate graduation under trees near Peter the Great’s statue. The city empties for dawn’s early light, then refills with sun hungry crowds as southward travel nears.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Seward
Alaska
Neva
Hermitage Museum
Griboyedov Canal
Nevsky Prospekt
Leningrad State University
Sistor
Peter the Great
Army engineers start design for 2.5 mile Clinton Lake road
The U S Army Corps of Engineers began design studies for a 2.5 mile road around Clinton Lake to ease area transportation. Bids for construction are planned for next year after completion of design and right of way acquisition. The segment links Douglas County Road 1029 to Lone Star Road, shortening the Clinton to Highway 59 route and could start in the 1974 construction season.
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Cliffton Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Douglas County
Clinton
Lone Star
Clinton Blacktop
Clinton Dam
Corps
Oklahoma Prison Riot Ends After Two Day Conflagration
The Oklahoma State Prison riot concluded Sunday morning as inmates left cell blocks after hostages were released. Fires destroyed aging buildings, injuring few. over 1,000 National Guardsmen and police aided the response, with more than 1,750 inmates moved to safety and awaiting housing and security plans.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Prison
Highway Patrol
National Guardsmen
Sam Johnston
National
David Hall
Ilaly
Johnston
Hall
Park Anderson
USDA Office Still Unstaffed in Lawrence
James Mathis, chief staff officer for the Lawrence animal and plant inspection office, reports the USDA unit remains unfunded with 24 inspectors and eight local secretaries yet to be staffed. He notes temporary help from Dallas and Washington offices and says the situation is unchanged amid delays from Washington D.C.
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James Mathis
Lawrence Animal and Plant Inspection Office
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mathis
Dallas
Washington
USDA
Washington D.C
Lawrence
Jamboree Opens at Farragut State Park Idaho
Bob Hope will open the 1973 National Scout Jamboree West at Farragut State Park Idaho on August 1 with Mark Spitz to close a week later. About 30,000 scouts will attend from Korea Taiwan and Tokyo plus a Hope Idaho boy sailing across Pend Oreille Lake. The theme is Growing Together and scouts will stay in 15 campsites from Aug 1 to 8.
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Farragut State Park
Idaho
Bob Hope
Mark Spitz
Korea
Taiwan
Tokyo
Hope
Pend Oreille Lake
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Stice
T. W. Higginson
Noland
Agency
Life Home Owners Health
Mass
Brownie Kerns
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Stringown
McAlester City
Pittsburg County
C.C
Queen Deianesee Ft Suppuilas
Weisny Juram Walker & Sons Uimied
Canada
Wiram Walker Importers Inc
Detroit
Mich
Hk , Fung
Federal Deposit Insurance ‘Corporation
CAPRA
Dupqeit Insurance Corpora
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Eudora
Kansas
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