Naming Mountains Possible At Little Known U S Agency
Reston Virginia AP reports the Board of Geographic Names handles requests to name or rename features. It notes limits on names and cites examples from controversial toponymy including Nellies Nipple becoming College Peak and Brassiere Hills. The board also changes offensive names such as Jap Creek to Japanese Creek and Chink Gulch to Chinese Gulch. To propose a name, provide location, description, naming reason, and the honoree.
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Board of Geographic Names
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Maidenfarm
Oregon
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Virginia
Indiana
North Carolina
Lester Dingham
California
Alaska
Greaser
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Polack
Lawton Philharmonic to Launch Phon-A-Thon for 15th Season
The Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra under Gene C. Smith begins a Phon-A-Thon to raise season tickets for 1976-77. Volunteers will call potential members to sell the season featuring Doc Severinsen, Dallas Ballet Company, Gary Graffman, Thomas Carey, and a Porgy and Bess concert with Cameron Singers. Mary Ann Meyers chairs the event at the Public Service Building. Tickets cost 16 11 6 dollars and can be bought by phone or mail.
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Gene C. Smith
Philharmonic Society
Doc Severinsen
Johnny Carson
Dallas Ballet Company
Gary Graffman
New York City
Thomas Carey
University of Oklahoma Music
Porgy and Bess
Cameron Singers
Boyd Fees
Mary Ann Meyers
Public Service Building
Lawton Philharmonic Society
P.O
Lawton
Okla
Peru Expands Campaign Against Subversives
The military government imposes a nationwide state of emergency and a 1 am to 5 am Lima curfew. Police arrest hundreds under emergency provisions as authorities target communists and extremists amid ongoing struggle to stabilize the economy and production.
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Lima
Peru
Interior Ministry
National Engineering University
Francisco Morales Bermudez
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