Parish Picnic Raid Targets Gambling Priest
A parish picnic was raided around 10 15 p m and a priest was held for gambling. Wheels of fortune were in operation and beer donated could bring a fine of 50 to 300 dollars or up to one year in county jail or both. State Attorney General Richard Turner said a newsman tipped him off and he requested the Bureau of Criminal Investigation review the matter.
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Richard Turner
Turner
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Clayton County
Gerald
Dollar Value Fluctuations Across Markets
The dollar rose slightly against the franc on the Paris free market to 5.33 or 5.04 francs, marking about a 3.9 percent devaluation. It held firm at 5.6130 to 5.5150 francs on the commercial market, while in Zurich it opened near 3.9850 to 3.9975 francs, and in Tokyo closed at 338.55 yen, a 6.33 percent yen revaluation from Monday.
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London
Paris
Zurich
Tokyo
Antibusing Rally Promotes Freedom Schools in Michigan
A Madison Junior High School antibusing rally followed a two mile protest march. Organizers announced plans for Freedom Schools to educate children away from public schools. The event drew an estimated crowd of six to ten thousand.
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Freedom
Madison Junior High
Psychologist Urges Antiaggression Drug to Curb Violence
Washington AP report notes Harvard and City University of New York professors Clark and Pribram debating a psychological pill or brain intervention to curb aggression. The pair argue over whether social ills stem from the animal brain or societal conditions and discuss drug trials and ethical implications.
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Kelman
Harvard ‘University
Ethel Tobach
American Museum of Natural History
Clark
City University of New York
Pribram
Eee
Feria City
Allies urged to attack bias in foreign and Pentagon ranks
Defense Secretary Laird plans to press NATO allies and U S military chiefs to curb racial discrimination. He seeks recommendations from NAACP leaders and faces questions about appointing a black leader, amid concerns over limited authority and available candidates.
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Helmut Schmidt
NATO
Laird
Army
Air Force
Navy
Military Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Pentagon
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Nathaniel Jones
NAACP
Bender
Funeral for Former Iowa Senator Slated Thursday
Former Iowa senator Hickenlooper, 75, will be buried in Cedar Rapids after burial services in Washington. He served Linn County as state representative, lieutenant governor, and long time on the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy. His death followed an illness linked to abnormal dilation, revealed after his body was found in Shelter Island, New York.
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Washington
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Shelter Island
N.Y
Henry F. Holthusen
Linn County
SS Bee Sapeee
Congress
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
First Modern Olympiad in Athens Draws Nine Nations
The 1896 Athens Games marked the birth of the modern Olympic movement with nine participating nations. The 1944 Tokyo Games were planned but not held, with limited or no participation due to wartime disruption.
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Athens
Greece
Tokyo
Ant Winter Sleep and Longevity of Queen Ants
Many ants hibernate underground during winter. Worker ants may live up to seven years, while queen ants can live as long as fifteen years.
Obligatory Surnames Edict From King Edward V
In 1463 King Edward V required a family name for all subjects. The decree aimed to standardize identity across regions and records, affecting administration and local affairs.
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Edward V of
England
West German Air Crash Toll Climbs To 20
A West German charter air liner crashed while attempting an emergency landing on the Kiel Hamburg autobahn near Bad Oldesloe. The death toll rose to at least 20 with 98 survivors of whom about 40 were hospitalized. The BAC jet carrying 115 passengers bound for Malaga struck a bridge and burst into flames. A witness described the plane skidding under a bridge with wings breaking off.
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Hamburg
Germany
Bad Oldesloe
Pan International Airlines
Malaga
Peter Karsten
Leedey Woman Killed In Crash
A 67 year old Leedey woman Mrs Gertrude Alma Dowling died when her car collided with another vehicle north of Hammond in Custer County Her husband Jed Dowling was hospitalized and the other driver was injured The death marked the twelfth traffic fatality in Oklahoma's Labor Day holiday period.
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Leedey
Hammon
Custer County
Gertrude Alma Dowling
Jed
Dowling
Oklahoma
Funeral notices from Apache and Walters Oklahoma
Death notices report the passing of CWO Ret Arthur D. Johnson 65 of San Antonio Texas a Kerrville native with 26 years Army service. Also listed are Anita Jewell Spotted Crow 39 of Binger and Wilson Simmons 88 of Walters with funeral details and survivors.
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Ward
CWO
Arthur D. Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
Kerrville
Wewoka
Johnson
Fort Sill
Ruth
Dorothea Snedker
Arizona City
Ariz
Delta Holmes
Campo, Colo
O. T
Wyandotte
Clarence
Glen
Bert
Lawton
Anita Jewell Spotted Cros
Binger
Mulkahay Methodist Indian Church
Apache
Steve Chibitty
Richards Spur Methodist
Army Sargent Mil ton Rowe dies after illness in Fort Sill
Services for Sgt Milton Rowe who died Monday morning at Reynolds Army Hospital Fort Sill follow an extended illness. Born Aug 31 1922 in Poquoson Virginia he served in Germany in World War II and Vietnam earning the Purple Heart Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal. He was married to Mary Mahoney in 1946 and survived by his wife two daughters Linda Susan Debra Jean and Michael his mother and other relatives.
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Ruth Simmons
Clara Permansu
Walters
Elton
Geronimo
Sgt. Rowe
Reynolds Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Poquoson
Germany
Vietnam
Sgt
Rowe
Mary Mahoney
York, Va
Linda Susan
Debra Jean
Michael
Dolan Rowe
Becker Funeral Home
Milton
Buddy) Hendrickson
Lake
Blytheville Air Force Base
Arkansas
Lawton High School
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Kenneth Lowmiller
Robert D. Hendrickson
Whitman Air Force Base
Walter McGough
Dallas
Roy
Lawton
Lester Hendrickson
DeKalb
Flossie Pickwell
Marshall, Ark
First US Patent Granted to Samuel Winslow in 1641
Britannica notes Samuel Winslow of Massachusetts received the first United States patent in 1641 for a new method of making salt. The record highlights early American innovation and patent origin.
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United States
Samuel Winslow
Massachusetts
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Beer dominance in U S alcohol consumption noted
Encyclopaedia Britannica estimates beer makes about 49 percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States, indicating beer's leading share in national drinking habits.
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United States
Encyclodia Britanni
Aquarium Show Winners Listed
A list of blue ribbon winners from the aquarium show includes Gene Pate Ana bantids Barbara Wood Bettas and others in categories by fish type. Special awards went to Jack Roberts Timmy Joern Ernest Lowden and several others for variety like largest fish smallest display best live bearer and reserve grand champion.
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Gene Pate
Barbara Wood
Jack Roberts
Jerry Joern
Carol German
Robert Betts
Joseph Wood
Jerry Ake
Kenneth Siler
Carol
Truman Pettijohn
Timmy Joern
Ernest Lowden
Fire brigade in London answered 84538 calls in 1970
The London fire brigade responded to 84 538 calls in 1970, up by 9 070 from 1969, highlighting rising demand for emergency services.
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London Fire Brigade
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Wilson Simmons
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Buddy Hendrickson
la Sill
LA Sill Milk CO
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