Knitted the Flag and Cherry Tree Tales
A pair of grade school quizzes in Syracuse and Detroit prompt playful myths about George Washington. Students name him as a brewmaster of calm, a first president who knitted flags, and a cherry tree cutter with wooden teeth, with varied humorous looks.
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George Washington
Syracuse
N.Y
Hal
Ann
Washington
Lincoln
Andrew
Gregory
Chrysler
Detroit
Kirsten
Poverty Main Occupant on Carolina Back Roads
In Beaufort County South Carolina destitute families face hunger as children go shoeless and worm infestations are found by officials. The federal government has approved a program of free food stamps for impoverished residents in Beaufort and Jasper counties expected to ease the crisis. More than 2 000 families participate in the food relief program.
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Beaufort
S.C
South Carolina
Beaufort County
Jasper County
Senate
Annie Chaplin
Chaplin
Jasper
Beaufort Counties
Weather and Welfare: Damp Miami Valley and Scarce Food Stamps
The forecast calls for mild damp weather in the Miami Valley with a low near 35 and some rain tonight, then a cloudy Sunday with a high around 45. A Senate hearing highlighted hunger as Annie Chaplin, 82, unable to afford eyeglasses, describes days without meals. Roadside slums along Jasper and Beaufort counties reveal dilapidated shacks and a welfare dependent Jimmy Sweetwine living in an old school bus with a meager $50 monthly income.
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Jimmy Sweetwine
Sweetwine
American Forces See Light Losses Amid Tet Cease Fire Breach
Enemy troops attacked two U S bases near Saigon five hours before the Tet cease fire ended. U S losses were six killed and eight wounded while allied forces killed at least 237 more enemy in seven engagements.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
C. Patrick Nugent
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101St Airborne Division
Two ships struck off U S coast near Norfolk
The Swedish freighter Farida leaking and heavily flooded in two holds steered toward Morehead City with nine crew aboard, while eleven were taken by the Pioneer Commander. The Trans Champlain, leaky after boiler failure, was towed to Norfolk. Coastal seas were five foot swells with 20 knot winds.
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New York
South America
Trans Champlain
Hudson Waterways Co
Newport News
Diamond Shoals
Atlantic
Oswald Beatnik Claim Questioned by Widow Marina Porter
Marina Oswald Porter testified in Clay Shaw’s conspiracy trial denying that Lee Harvey Oswald was a bearded beatnik. She said he stayed home by 5 30 p m during their New Orleans stay and that he sometimes spent nights in jail.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Marina Oswald Porter
Oswald
F. Irvin Dymond
Criminal District Court
Dallas
Porter
Perry Raymond Russo
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
Shaw
Kennedy
Marina
Dymond
Cuba
No Serious Injuries After Hotel Fire Routs Guests
Fire at a city hotel sent two guests fleeing their rooms and caused smoke inhalation for two firemen a policeman and a hotel employee who received oxygen at the scene.
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Charles Robert Carter
Washington Court House
Regulations Toughened At Berkeley
Regents at the University of California tightened rules to suspend disruptive students as 2,500 protesters gathered near Berkeley. Police and highway patrol lined University Hall while Gov. Reagan attended, with a fire at a nearby hotel causing $75,000 damage and one arrest for careless fire.
Witness recounts Sirhan planned Kennedy slaying in trial
AP reports in Los Angeles that Sirhan Bishara Sirhan told an associate last April he planned to shoot Senator Robert F. Kennedy and was observed on the scene 48 hours before the murder. Prosecution has called 46 witnesses as it builds a premeditation case.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Alvin Clark
William Blume
Clark
Kennedy
Miriam Davis
Nixon prepares European trip amid last minute NATO split
President Nixon plans two congressional messages on the debt ceiling and Post Office reform as he departs for a European tour via Brussels London Bonn West Berlin Rome Paris and Vatican City. A de Gaulle proposal for a four nation directorate rattles allied unity ahead of his trip.
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Nixon
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Rome
Vatican City
Paul VI
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
North Atlantic
Prosperity Means Narrower Deficit This Month
A report notes households feel better off as spending slows and debts shrink compared with last month, signaling cautious optimism about personal finances amid rising costs.
Britain Refuses Trade of Friendship for European Alliance
London reports Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart says Britain will not trade its close Anglo American ties for a European alliance with Charles de Gaulle. He defends NATO and warns French proposals would threaten British American relations and Western unity amid debate over a European common market.
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Michael Stewart
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Charles de Gaulle
Stewart
Nixon
Europe
de Gaulle
European Common Market
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Fabian Society
Gen. de Gaulle
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