Alabama couple sails 18,000 miles in 31-foot boat
John and Rosemary DeShazo, a Birmingham dentist and his wife with no sea experience, undertook an 18,000-mile voyage in the 31-foot ketch Whiffit, launching in Hong Kong in 1970 and finishing on the Black Warrior River. They made a mid ocean dental house call on St Helena, funded by a $10,000 boat build and a $5,000 trip budget, navigating from Australia to Africa, Brazil, Florida, and Alabama with 200 miles off course early on and long non stop legs across the Indian Ocean.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
John DeShaze
Rossna
St. Helena
John
Hong Kong
Rosemary
Whilfit
Australia
Africa
Brazil
Florida
Mobilé
Mobile
DeSharos
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Tropics
Japan
U.S. Air Force
Black Warrior River
Veterans Day Observances Highlight Hub City Activities
Lubbock and area residents resume normal life after Veterans Day ceremonies and patriotic events. Floral tributes mark graves while 21 gun salutes and flag-raising ceremonies occur at several schools and joint ROTC performances. Local offices bank services and postal routes operate on holiday hours.
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Lubbock
American Legion George S. Berry
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Atkins Junior High School
Air Force
Army
South Plains Mall
Alderson Junior High School
Lubbock High
Evans Junior High
Banks Neyes and
Is Loan Associations
Japan Struggles To Keep Yen Price From Rising
The yen value stays weak as Japan buys dollars to hold the currency down, affecting American prices for Japanese autos cameras and electronics. Analysts expect a possible 5 to 10 percent revaluation but the government aims to delay until spring.
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Japan
United States
U.S
Sony Co
Tokyo
Language Lecturer Dr Tiha Bangs to Speak in Slaton
Dr Tiha E Bangs acting director of communicative disorders at UT Houston will speak at Slaton Thursday and at a Texas South Plains Speech and Hearing luncheon Friday She has taught at University of Houston 1951 1963 and Houston Center for 20 years Her talks include Language Development and Home Language to teachers and the public
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Tiha E. Bangs
Igraduate School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Texas At Houston
Lubbock County
Texas South Plains Speech and Hearing Association
West Ward
Slaton
Texas State Teachers Association
Hillcrest Country Club
Bangs
Cooper To Stop Ambulance Runs In Kermit County
Cooper Funeral Home owner D L Cooper told Kermit City Council he will terminate ambulance service for Kermit and Winkler County on December 15 due to lack of qualified assistants. He cited needing about $18 000 yearly to operate a fully equipped ambulance, leaving Maples Funeral Home of Kermit to serve the city and county.
NATO Eyes European Security Talks and Force Reductions
The North Atlantic Council discussed preparatory talks for a European security conference in Helsinki on Nov 22 and exploratory sessions on mutual force reductions in Geneva next January. Western allies proposed measures like advance notification of maneuvers and greater East West exchanges. Moscow sought a renunciation of force and better credit terms.
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Brussels
Atlantic Council
Helsinki
Finland
United States
Canada
Geneva
West Germany
Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Norway
Denmark
France
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Council
Armnbassadors
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Council
Europe
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Striking Men Die In Clash With Police In Karachi
In Landi Karachi 28 police injured some seriously during a three hour battle with striking workers. Reports say 2 to 7 workers killed as 3,000 strikers and locals attacked a police patrol with stones and gunfire. Central Labor Minister Hamid urged workers to return to 300 factories and warned of strong measures to restore peace.
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Karachi
UPI
Landi
Mohammed Hamif
Weekend share of 1971 US vehicle deaths nears forty
About 40 percent of auto accident deaths and injuries in the United States in 1971 occurred on weekends. This finding highlights the higher risk period for roadway incidents during Saturdays and Sundays.
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United States
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Goseca Livingston Hearing Aid Center
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