Today In History Highlights For December Twenty First
On this date in 1620 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Massachusetts. 1804 Benjamin Disraeli born in London. 1898 radium discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie. 1942 British bomb Munich. 1943 British capture Ortona Italy. 1953 Mossadegh convicted in Iran. 1968 era notes de Gaulle elected 1958. 1968 Johnson forms arms policy committee. 1967 Washkansky dies after heart transplant.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
Mass
Benjamin Disraeli
London
Pierre and
Marie Curie
Munich
Ortona
Italy
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iran
Sha
Charles de Gaulle
Republic
Johnson
Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
First Synthetic Grain Triticale Nears Commercial Release
The University of Manitoba research team plans to release Triticale for general production in 1970. The cross of durum wheat and rye yields heads up to twice as large with higher protein content. It reproduces in the field true to type and has been tested in puffed, flaked, and baked forms including bread and whisky.
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Winnipeg
Man
University of Manitoba
Astrological Forecast for Estrellita and Personal Signs
A Sunday focus on harmony in personal relations with family friends and coworkers. Tomorrow birthday year ahead favorable finances travel and romance shown with scattered peak periods January May June September November and December. job and creative paths highlighted across multiple months.
Fortune-telling puzzle game based on name letters
The puzzle instructs counting letters in a first name, adjusting by subtracting four if six or more or adding three if fewer, to get a key number. Start at the rectangle’s upper left, check every key number left to right, then read the hidden message from the letters under checked figures. 12-21 King Features Syndicate, Inc. 1068. World rights reserved.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
U.S. Exchanges Bass And Trout For Red Pike
The United States received over 1000 young Amur pike from the Soviet Union in exchange for newly hatched striped bass and 50 000 steelhead trout eggs. It is described as the largest fish and fish egg trade between the two nations. The Amur pike, sent to Pennsylvania, can reach up to 40 inches and 35 pounds.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
North America
U.S.S.R
Amur
Pennsylvania
Amur River
China
The
Coal shipments up in New York area 1968 outlook
Industry sources expect 1968 bituminous coal shipments to rise about 5 percent from 534 million tons in 1967. The main gain is anticipated from the electric utility market which now accounts for over half total demand.
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New York
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