City students flock to farming at Wilmington College
Urban youths enroll in Wilmington College agriculture, tripling department size over three years. Dr. Gerald Karr notes many newcomers lack farming roots but gain practical skills, considering junior partnership to ease land costs and expand careers beyond traditional farming.
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Andy Lippman
Wilmington, Ohio
Paree
Wilmington College
Agriculture Department
Department
Gerald Karr
Karr
Wilmington
Grandpas
State to convert Columbus prison unit to intake center
Ohio prison officials say the Columbus Correctional Medical Center will become a prisoner intake facility with overpopulation at Chillicothe prompting the move. Work may start in early April with new arrivals delayed until June or later, as reception inmates undergo five weeks of evaluation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penal System
Chillicothe
On This Date 1976 March 28
Historic notes mark 1939 Madrid fell to Franco ending the Spanish Civil War. Raphael born 1483 in Urbino and George I born 1660. Constantinople renamed Istanbul in 1930. WWII raid at St Nazaire in 1942. V rockets attacks against Britain ended in 1945. United States actions against Japan referenced.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Raphael
Urbino
George I of
Constantinople
Istanbul
St Nazaire
Germany
Britain
United States
Global memory notes drift through a 1964-1969 timeline
A compact recap of past events and anniversaries highlights a 1964 Alaska earthquake tsunamis hitting Crescent City and other distant incidents. It marks birthdays for Virginia Knauer and Alfred Lunt, a Franklin quote, and a Bicentennial note about George Washington visiting Boston as British forces withdrew.
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Cebu Island
Philippines
Alaska
Crescent City
Calif
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
India
Indira Gandhi
U.S
West Pakistan
Dacca
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Rijeka
Yugoslavia
Virginia Knauer
Alfred Lunt
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Boston
Council
Andrew Eliot
Bunch of Grapes Tavern
Rock star Bowie pleads innocent to marijuana charge
In Rochester, New York, rock icon David Bowie and two band members pleaded innocent to possessing half a pound of marijuana. Judge Alphones L Cassetti set bail at 2000 dollars each and scheduled a preliminary hearing for April 20.
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Rochester
N.Y
David Bowie
Alphones’ L Cassetti
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Henderson
Central Ave
Lincoln School
Verity Py
Rome
Bankamerica AM
Rock Star
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