Heloise tips and a CONARC powder keg near Woolnough
Readers share clever home hacks from cool beverages to measuring tricks and curtain adjustments. An AP dispatch reports Continental Army Command commander atop a powder keg after live Civil War shells were found beneath CONARC offices, prompting explosives teams to remove and study them.
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Continental Army Command
James K. Woolnough
Conarc Command
Yorktown Naval Weapons Depot
Northwestern Doubles Campus by Filling 74 Acres of Lake Michigan
Northwestern University expanded its campus by reclaiming 74 acres of Lake Michigan water, effectively enlarging the university's footprint. The project marks a significant expansion in university property and development near Chicago.
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Northwestern University
Lake Michigan
Unemployment Edges Up In Texas May Figures
The Texas Employment Commission reported May unemployment rose modestly as 124000 Texans sought work, 3 percent of the labor force, the lowest May rate since 1953. May jobless total and 1947 statistics reference. The commission forecast May-July nonfarm employment to gain about 2.7 percent of the labor force.
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U S Tractors Gave Soviets Early Boost
Agricultural historian Dr. Dana Dalrymple reports in Agricultural History that the United States supplied the Soviet Union with 86 377 farm tractors from 1924 to 1933. These tractors accounted for 94.2 percent of all imported Soviet tractors and aided socialist agriculture development.
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UPI
United States
Soviet Union
Univerisity of
California
Dana Dalrymple
Figures Show More Tourists In Greece
Figures from the National Tourist Organization show 24,080 independent arrivals in Greece in February, up 13 percent from February 1966. January 1967 foreign exchange earnings reached 6,041,000 dollars, up 49.7 percent from January 1966, with total earnings 6,041,000 dollars and 4,034,000 dollars cited for comparison.
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UPI
Greece
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