Gateway Arch Inches Upward
The Gateway Arch legs rise to within six feet of the planned 630 feet while workers, nets, and braces manage a high risk climb. Officials anticipate a topping out ceremony on Oct. 17 with a July opening for the nation’s tallest monument and a Johnson inauguration.
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ST Louis
Gateway Arch
Gus Budde
National Park Service
National Monument
St. Louisans
Budde
Mississippi Riverfront
Johnson
Beirut City Of Oddities
Beirut presents a mix of eccentricities in daily life from custom license plates to changes in traditional dress, while a dynamic city reveals ancient tombs amid modern glass towers. Censorship remains uneven as forbidden pages sometimes surface in shops and tourism adverts.
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Budde
David Lancashire
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Ex-Career Diplomat Urges End to Political Ambassadors
Former diplomat Henry Serrano Villard urges ending political ambassadorial appointments and cutting foreign service staff by up to a third. He calls for career diplomats’ pay parity with private sector, ruthlessly overhauled red tape, public understanding of the service, and presidential power to run foreign affairs without interference while criticizing Johnson era politicking in ambassador picks.
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Washington
Henry Serrano Villard
U. S
A&a
Villard
Crowell
State Department
Foreign Service
United States
Virginia
Raymond R. Guest
Ireland
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NATO
Johnson
Ralph A. Dungan
Chile
White House
Kennedy
Katharine Elkus White
New Jersey Highway Authority
Garden State Parkway
Denmark
Pet Skunk Hunted in Lindsborg Misfire
In Lin dsborg Kansas AP report Mike Chambers’ pet skunk escaped. His cousin Larry Wegbier 14 chased the animal and threw his coat over it causing him to skip a school dance. Officials note a trash disposal claim from Allen Seed of Keep America Beautiful references freight cars.
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Lindsborg, Kan
Mike Chambers
Mike
Larry Webgier
Larry
Allen Seed
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
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Middletown
Coat Department
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