Big Superhighway Program Could Stretch to 1990
Senate testimony indicates the 41,000 mile interstate system may not finish until 1990, extending beyond the 1972 plan. Officials cite pay as you go funding and a larger cost estimate, with potential delays unless funds rise or costs fall.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Lucius D. Clay
Commerce Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Federal
Bertram D. Tallamy
Tallarmy
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Subcommittee
Bandit Steals Kiss After Hold-Up at Service Station
In Corpus Christi Texas a young gunman robbed Mrs Robert Guerrero at a service station where she worked. He flashed a pistol and demanded cash then ordered her outside and kissed her before fleeing. She believes the amount taken was about 30 dollars.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Robert Guerero
Guerrero
Norwood Man Dies Of Crash Injuries
Arthur Bayless 22 of Norwood Ohio died in Wytheville Hospital from injuries from a single car crash on U S 52 about 13 miles south of Wytheville. Police said he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and the car left the highway and struck a large boulder.
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Wytheville
Arthur Bayless
Norwood
Ohio
Wytheville Hospital
U. S. 52
Here
Bayless
Authors Wanted by a New York Publisher
One of the nation’s largest book publishers seeks manuscripts of all types fiction non fiction poetry with special attention to new writers. If ready for publication send for booklet NRS5 it’s free Wanlace Press 2008 Michigan Ave Chicago 4 Main Office New York Adv.
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New York
N. Y
Wanlace Press
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Adv
Connecticut teens fail on 63 inch rocket launch at Chincoteague
Four Wallingford high school students and Lt. Cdr. Joseph Bell witnessed a 63 inch rocket ignition in Virginia that smoked but stayed on its stand. A diaphragm separating igniter from main propellant failed causing intense heat that melted launch braces. the team doused the rocket with water and assessed the malfunction.
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Chincoteague
Connecticut
Cdr
Joseph Bell
New Haven
Charles Swenberg
William Bayne
Neill Buckley
David Gay
Wallingford
Conn
Father Reunited With Daughter Dies By His Own Hand
In Kalamazoo Michigan Donn Munson a 38 year old paper mill engineer killed himself after a family reunion with his daughter Angela Sulivan Munson aged 24. Coroner Ralph G Cook ruled death by own action. His widow Minnie Munson said she knew of no reason for the act while noting his happiness since the reunion. The couple had been separated during World War II and Munson returned from France with the third army. The daughter was born in England and spent years in and out of orphanages before adoption in Australia.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Kalamazoo
Ralph G. Cook
Donn Munson
Minnie Munson
Angela Sullivan Munson
England
Australia
Munson
France
London
United States
Munsons
Grass Brings Oil to Demonstration Farm in Saskatchewan
The 1946 project funded by the Federal Agriculture Department acquired southern Saskatchewan land hit by quackgrass to create an oil producing demonstration plot. The farm reportedly now hosts four producing oil wells.
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Regina
Sask
Federal Agriculture Department
Saskatchewan
Asa
Organizing By Unions Faces Tough Years Ahead
Norman Walker reports AFL-CIO experts warn unions will struggle as 1960s demographics shift. A flood of younger workers and older women entering the labor force heightens apathy and hostility to unionism, with Meany urging renewed organizing efforts amid changing industry patterns toward the South and West.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Peter Henle
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Federation
Izing
Henle
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Big Herd Sale Set This Week
Springfield Ohio reports a major cattle herd dispersal at Do-Je-Rae farm owned by Albert E Payne. An estimated 300 to 350 Aberdeen Angus cattle bulls cows and calves will be auctioned at 10 am Wednesday. Herd value ranges from 100000 for slaughter to 500000 for breeding. The farm lies 444 miles south of Springfield on Ohio 72.
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Springfield
Ohio
Albert E. Payne Payne
Escape and coping through entertainment
The author notes that using movies or crafts as an escape during difficult times is a form of self-punishment rather than a solution, emphasizing that this coping method remains realistic yet insufficient.
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