Dawn breaks over China on a challenging rail journey
UPI describes a 450 mile overnight ride from Changsha to Canton with fares for soft and hard seats, limited air conditioning, and strict Chinese protocol. The writer notes the Cultural Revolution’s impact on leadership, the sensory contrast between hotels and trains, and a return to Hong Kong as culture shifts from Suzie Wong imagery to a newer China.
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China
Changsha
Hunan
Canton
UPI
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Suzie Wong Orient
Island hopping to Micronesia shows tourism potential
Air Mike conducts twice weekly flights from Honolulu to Kwajalein Majuro Ponape Truk Guam bypassing Midway due to favorable winds. The article notes Micronesia’s reliance on imports, limited exports, and hopes tourism and marine resources will drive up to 100 million annually, with continued emphasis on agriculture amid typhoon risk.
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Guam
Kwajalein
Majuro
Ponape
Truk
Midway
Micronesia
Air Mike
Theat
Continental Airlines
Edward Johnston
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Hawaii
Islands
Continental Air Micronesia
Koror
Saipan
Johnston
Tinian
Marriages Licenses Issued in Lompoc for Four Couples
Marriage licenses granted in Lompoc include Gene Allen Jones and Carol Jean Richardson. James Francis Organ and Donna Mae Locke. Arthur Robert Wishard Jr and Ann Marie Selph. Carroll John Melbye and Betty Ann Abbott.
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Lompoc
Gene Allen Jones
Third St
Carol Jean Richardson
Paxton, Ill
James Francis Organ
Sacramento
Donna Mae Locke
E. Cherry Ave
Arthur Robert Wishard, Jr
Ann Marie Selph
Fourth St. Lompoc
Carroll John Melbye
E. College Ave
Betty Ann Abbott
North F St
On demand publishing reshapes college textbook market
New York UPI reports the rise of on demand publishing as traditional hardcover and many paperback textbooks fade. Firms like MSS Information Corp along with Xerox IBM and Simon & Schuster offer short-run, custom made texts printed by photo offset, often six by nine inches, from photographed articles. royalties are paid to original authors. The piece also notes historical presidential unopposed candidacies in 1820 and 1792.
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New York
UPI
A As
Say Mare
Susan Strausberg
MSS Information Corp
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Korea
Hungnam
Pyongyang
Chunchone
Seoul
Kangnunge
Taegue
South Korea
North Korea
Moscow
Peking
Wilburg. Landrey
South China
Lompoc Music
Northside Center
SELMER/BUNDY Band
NEA
Air Micronesia
Honolulu
Father Hacker
Island
Dominic P. Kenda
Palau
Kenda
Yokwe Yuk Women’s Club
Pacific
Far Pacific
Caribbean
Llide
James Monroe
George Washington
Hugh Davies Lom
East Main
Santa Maria
Mr. Paintman
Walno
Ani Mey
Home Decorating Center
Stree Lompoc Plaza
Miamun
V.A
Flight Service Inc
H’’ Street
Lompoc Recor
Vandenberg Village
Mission Hills
Chicken Little
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