Eight month old Freddie Garcia III swims to safety test glory
In Los Alamitos California eight month old Freddie Garcia III became the youngest to pass Greta Anderson's water safety beginner's test. He floated paddled and surfaced with help from his father and Miss Anderson who crowned him with an Olympic gold medal during the playful, record setting lesson.
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Los Alamitos
Calif
UPI
Frederick Garcia III
Freddie
Red Cross
Greta Andersen
Miss Anderson
Last Railway Post Office Closes Transit era in US mail
Washington UPI reports the final railway post office run ends as about 60 clerks retire from the last RPO between New York and Washington. The Postal Service ends 113 years of sorting mail aboard trains, leaving veterans to adapt to stationary centers or retirement.
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Washington
UPI
Ed Barksdale
Barksdale
Railway Post Office
Postal Service
RPO
New York
Albert McClellan
Trains Magazine
Lincoln Journal action lines and AP service history note
The page lists contact lines for information and notices at the Lincoln Journal with addresses and rates. It discusses the decline of railroad post office routes from 1500 in the 1940s to 262 in 1961 and 10 in 1971, noting the New York Washington APO as the last of its kind in 1972.
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Lincoln
Lincolln
Chicago
Clinton
Iowa
New York-Washington
America
APO
Contacts with greats fun for career extra
Paul MacWilliams spent most of 58 years around Hollywood sets as an extra. He recalls steady work in the 50s with Errol Flynn and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., low pay for background roles, occasional stunts, and the constant casting routine, while cherishing autographs and memories from stars.
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Mike Goodkind
Los Angeles
Paul MacWilliams
Hollywood
Errol Flynn
MacWilliams
Flynn
Efrem Zimbalist Jr
Sunset Strip
FBI
Screen Extras Guild
Screen Actors Guild
Frank Sinatra
Linda Darnell
Zimbalist
Huey Newton Seeks California Return Amid Murder Charge
Huey Newton says he was framed by the CIA and will return to California to prove his innocence in a murder case. He was released from a Toronto jail after immigration detention following arrival from Cuba.
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Huey Newton
Central Intelligence Agency
California
Newton
Toronto
Cuba
UPI
Ted Patrick
Patrick
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Weybridge
England
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Stefano
Lincoln Journal
The
Journal-Star Printing CO
Action Line
Nebraska
Kansas
Lancaster Co
Carrier Day
Associated Press
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Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Mace Williams
Paul McWilliams
Madison
Wis
Archie Simonson
Simonson
Rights
Loretta Lynn
Universal Studios
David Skepner
R. Peter Straus
Voice of America
Bob Dylan
Sarah
Amy Carter
George
Washington University
Cheri Latimer
Freddie Fields
Hendric
Bos
Jane Nebraska
Miller & Paine
Lincoln Center
Gateway
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