No One's Playing These Days The Men Of Blue Eye
In Blue Eye Missouri affluence sent men away from marble playing as tourism and farming interests pull workers from the game. The town once boasted eight marble courts within five miles with ring men and taws. now few play, arthritis and time pressures cited, though a shell of the tradition lingers as locals recall the sport’s vanished heyday.
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Blue Eye
Cut Butler
Springfield
Missouri
Arkansas
Butler
Table Rock Lake
Paul Morris
Morris
Hearings urged on plans for U A Capitol
Senator Robert F Kennedy urged public hearings on extending the west front of the U S Capitol. He called for impartial experts to testify and criticized approval without adequate aesthetic or historic consideration. Senator A Willis Robertson and 14 others sponsor an independent cost study of restoring the original west front walls. Robertson said unused office space exists and the space argument is preposterous.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
U. S. Capitol
New York Democrat
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Robertson
Capitol
Peace Corps Aims to Modernize India's Farming Methods
Indian agriculture faces low yields and high losses from rats, pests, and poor storage. Peace Corps volunteers from the United States will train villagers in better farming, feeding, and storage, while promoting nutrition and family planning communications to curb population growth.
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Peace Corps
India
Ashabranner
National Seashore Area Draws Growing Visitor Traffic
Since the creation of a National Seashore Recreational Area from Ocracoke North to Whalebone Junction, visitors have flocked in increasing numbers to the land's end along the eastern seacoast.
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Ocracoke
N.C
Whalebone Junction
Service members affective: Holweger home on leave and others
Aviation Machinist Mark Holweger of Franklin returns home on leave from the USS Enterprise before resuming duty at Oceana Virginia. The Enterprise completed an eight month South China Seas tour supporting Viet Cong air missions. Marine Lance Cpl Albert Huffer, from Franklin, reports to Viet Nam duty with the Third Battalion Fourth Marine Regiment Third Marine Division. Coast Guard Cadet Roger Mowery joins New London training, to be commissioned ensign in Coast Guard in 1968. Aide Donald Baker Jr. completes artillery training at Fort Sill Oklahoma. The Salvation Army notes homes and hospitals for unwed mothers in the United States.
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Mark Holweger
John Holweger
Franklin
Enterprise
Seventh Fleet
Oceana
South China Seas
Albert E. Huffer
Young St
Viet Nam
Fourth Marine Regiment
Third Marine Division
Coast Guard
Roger D. Mowery
Margaret A. Mowery
Brentwood St
Academy
New London
Conn
Donald L. Baker Sr
Army Artillery and Missile School
Fort Sill
Oklo
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AAA
Butler County Auto Club
High ST
Hamilton, Ohio
N. Verity
Middletown
Ohio
U.A. Capitol
Ruth
Sam Boone
Sahipur
New Delhi
Jab
Tacoma
Wash
Dave Wilson
Havre
Mont
Charles Schad
Pasadena
Calif
United States
Assam
Jack
Hood Vaughn
Brent Ashabranner
Germantown Rd
Central Ave
The
Salvation Army
Army Pvt
Donald L. Baker
ALUE
State Farm
Bob Detmer
State Farm Mutual Automot'serurene Company
Bloomingtog
Ilnedg
AAA & Mobil Travel Guide
N. Verity Parkway
Reed -Klopp
Adrian Pearsall
Lot
MieTown Center
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