Amtrak Improves Rail Service But Still Long Way To Go
Editor notes a year of Amtrak progress and reports a grim New Orleans to Los Angeles run. Passengers endured stifling heat in poorly functioning air conditioning, dim lights, and crowded conditions, contrasting with past service under Southern Pacific.
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Amtrak
New Orleans
Los Angeles
National Rail Passenger Corp
el Paso
Schear
Dr. Harlin
Sunset
Southern Pacific
Washington
Phoenix
Tucson
Men And Housework Not Best Combination
A humorous look at the clash between liberated women and tidy husbands. The author describes a cooperative spouse who procrastinates cleaning, preferring to finish other tasks first, while a perfectionist husband cleans obsessively from top to bottom, often dumping moved items in the middle of the room.
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Louise Cook
New York
Hoover Denies Indigestion From Columnists
FBI director J Edgar Hoover, 76, denies indigestion from columnists and says he will not retire. He appeared publicly to honor Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, as the American Newspaper Women's Club headliner.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Women’s Club
Hoover
Jack Anderson
Mitchell
Mrs. Mitchell
Justice Department
Witnesses Set In Hunt Probe
Oklahoma City AP reports the state Senate Insurance Committee opened its probe of Insurance Commissioner Joe B. Hunt with Tulsa witnesses. Judge Robert Simms and attorneys Paul Thieman and Jack Givens testified, tied to the Community National Life receivership case.
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Oklahoma City
State Senate Insurance Committee
Joe B. Hunt
Tulsa
Robert Simms
Paul Thieman
Jack Givens
Simms
Community National Life Insurance Co
Thieman
Givens
Hunt
Senate
John Young
D-Sapulpa
Amtrak's Sunset Limited suffers heat and delays on trip
Passengers endure a hot car as air conditioning fails on the Sunset Limited. Conductor and crew face crowded roomettes and reroutes while Amtrak vows improvements with federal support and railroads still operating trains. Passengers seek refunds as delays ripple to Los Angeles and beyond.
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C.W. Maxwell
T.J. Barnes
Barnes
Amtrak
Southern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lordsburg
N.M
Shear
Harlin
Expensive foe to reverse air pollution costs billions
Brooklyn report says it takes about 20 billion dollars annually to begin reversing air pollution trends. Robert J. Day, chairman of the Northeast Pollution Control Corp, cites incinerator emissions from apartments, schools, and hospitals as key impurities.
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Brooklyn, N.Y
Robert J. Day
Northeast Pollution Control Corp
World Gravity Grand Prix Box Workshop Opens Monthly
A monthly gravity box workshop opens Fridays at 6 30 pm and runs Saturdays from 1 to 6 pm. The event invites participants to explore gravity themed activities and hands on builds in a community space.
Schedule snippet highlights TV lineup and episodes
A compact TV grid lists shows for Tuesday and Wednesday including Julia, Beverly Hillbillies, Mead Saved, Billy Graham, Green Acres, Farm Report, Munsters and Perry Mason. The onscreen notes reference times 6:00 to 9:00 and abbreviations indicating channel or network markers.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Harley Schear
San Francisco
Chuck Harlin
Hub
Beth Hoover
Martha Mitchell
Accu
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Eewee Haewea
Mel
Ania
H. A. Cromwell Jr
Houston
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Fl Paso
Zefo
Hoppy
Alberr
Toys and
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Phillips
Aubrey Chev
Lawton Publishing Co
Bill Wallander
D’ Avenue
Old Wards
Wichita Falls
Okla
Julia
Beverly Hillbillies
Mead
Billy Graham
Green Acres
Farmoe & Ror Ranch Report
R.F.D
Ferm Report
Lucific Rivers
Kangaroo
Lawton
City
General Hospital
Night
Gamer Pyle
Scotty
Mike Douglas
Gilligens Island
Munsters Boone
Perry Mason
ABC News
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