First American newspaper precursor Harris’s Publick Occurrences
Benjamin Harris, owner of a Boston coffee and book shop, issued Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestic, on September 25, 1690. Suppressed by the governor for reflections on the king of France and Indian allies, the venture showed early dangers of printing without license in colonial America.
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Benjamin Harris
Boston
Harris
Ches
Canada
France
London
America
Dahomey seeks loan to fund farmer growth plan
President designate Emile Derlin Zinsou outlines a five year program to boost Dahomey’s crops and exports with rural credit, a new peanut oil plant, and manpower development. He cites a $31 million budget gap and hopes France will restore budget aid. Zinsou faces regional tensions after coups and a low turnout in salary elections. He lives in Cotonou with his wife and five children.
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Emile Derlin Zinsou
Dahoimey
Zin ‘Sou
France
Col
Alphonse Alley
Christophe Soglo
Zinsou
Togo
Dahomey
White House
Cotonou
Senegal
Leopold Senghor
Mayor Yorty Considers Third Term Amid Times Opposition
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty says the Los Angeles Times may push him to seek a third four year term if the paper continues its opposition. His term ends next year and he notes he fired harbor commissioners Karl Rundberg and Robert Starr before charges. The Times published his statement with no editorial comment.
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LOS Angeles
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles Times
Yorky
The
Times
Yorty
Karl Rundberg
Robert “Nick” Starr
Six girls born to Thacker family in Poplar Bluff
Robert Thacker, of Poplar Bluff Missouri, reports six girls and no boys in his family. He runs a two column ad noting the event with the line back to the old drawing signed Bob and Peg Thacker. The sixth daughter named Janelizabeth was born Tuesday.
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Poplar Bluff
Robert Thacker
Janelizabeth
Thacker
Daily American Republic
Bob and
Peg Thacker
It Was Worth It Hat Sale Dream Note on Parking Ticket
A Greensboro municipal clerk’s office received a parking ticket with a $1 fine on Tuesday. On the back, a note read Hi It was worth it Got a dream of a hat on sale. The wording implies a casual purchase impulse linked to a hat sale.
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Greensboro
N.C
Municipal County Clerk’s Office
WISHING WELL .4 Ln HEF Puzzle Preview
A small retro puzzle explains a daily fortune method using your first name letter count. If six or more letters subtract four, else add three to form a key number read left to right in the rectangle. Read the message from letters under checked figures.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
National Guard Activated in Akron Riot After Looting
An Akron disturbance prompted Governor Rhodes to activate a 700 man Ohio National Guard unit at 5 a.m. Mayor Ballard requested help as window smashing looting spread from a Negro neighborhood across the city. A 16 year old Negro was shot in the shoulder fleeing a broken store with arrests reported.
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Akron
Ohio
National Guard
Ohio National Guard
James A. Rhodes
John Ballard
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