Turbotrain testing boosts potential for fast long distance rail
Montreal reports show world air traffic up with a 14 percent rise in passenger miles and 27 percent growth in freight. A Canadian turbine powered 120 mph turbotrain undergoes heavy testing, aiming for service next autumn, potentially easing airport congestion. Toronto and U.S. rail freight gains noted as passenger service lags.
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International Civil Aviation Organization
United States
Canada
Titanic Salvage Firm Plans Deep Sea Retrieval
A new English company, Titanic Salvage, announced plans to raise the wreck of the Titanic, resting about 430 miles southeast of Newfoundland since 1912. The project, expected to take about a year, will attract wide interest due to the disaster's lasting intrigue and loss of over 1500 lives.
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Newfoundland
England
Titanic Salvage
Middletown Diary Notes Canal Rehab Prospects
James L. Roney chairs Middletown Chamber of Commerce meeting in Delaware Ohio with 330 representatives from barge canal groups along the old Miami Erie Canal right of way. They urge rehabilitation to create a Cincinnati Toledo link, claim water transport savings and regional economic benefits amid calls for preliminary government surveys.
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James L. Roney
Middletown
Roney
Cincinnati
Toledo
Midwest
Iun
Dayton
Troy
Piqua
Sidney
B. F. Welty
U. S
Ohio
Posey News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Fragmentary text notes Ohio events and local notes with scattered proper nouns. Details are unclear due to illegible OCR.
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Posey
Po Cress
Ohio
Nixon picks Carswell for Supreme Court vacancy
In a reaction to the Haynsworth defeat, President Nixon appoints George Carswell to the Supreme Court. The choice, seen as least controversial, prompts debate over political influence, merit, and the process of selecting high court justices.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr
Haynsworth
George Carswell
America
High Court
United States
Carswell
Georgia
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Florida
Senate
Supreme Court of the
Congress
Racial tension simmers in U S high schools says Alsop
Joseph Alsop reports a nationwide upward trend of simmering racial conflict in many integrated high schools. He cites drug problems and interracial violence, notes police presence in cities like New York and Chicago, and calls for a high school by high school census to gauge the scope. He highlights federal concern and a meeting led by Commissioner James Allen to seek federal leadership.
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Office of Education
James Allen
U. S
John Naisbitt
Urban Research Corp
University of Chicago
Mark Chesler
Institute For Social Research
Wisconsin University
New York
Chicago
Allen
Justice Department
Johnson's view on Humphrey Salt Lake City speech
John P Roche argues postmortems on campaigns keep private. He notes Johnson cites Humphrey's Salt Lake City speech as a turning point but judges it as music not words, while Thieu and Diem aligned with Nixon regardless. The piece weighs political timing, momentum, and the bomber cease fire debate.
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Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Humphrey
Salt Lake City
Humphrey
Saigon
Nixon
Thieu
Richard Nixon
White House
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
Bul Diem
United States
Claire Chennault
Diem
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