Today in History highlights notable events on Oct 18
A compact edition lists key anniversaries: Alaska’s formal US possession in 1867 with the Russian flag lowered, De Soto fighting in Alabama in 1540, the Mason Dixon boundary in 1767, Morse’s telegraph cable in 1842, the first NY Chicago direct line in 1892, Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1944, Alec Douglas-Home becoming UK PM in 1963, Pakistan’s Imail Ibrahim Choruncher as PM, Gro myko meeting Kennedy on Berlin, and a 1967-era note of NYC fire deaths.
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Associated Press
United States
Alaska
Henando de Soto
Alabama
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Samuel F.B. Morse
New York Harbor
the Battery
Governors Island
New York
Chicago
Czechoslovakia
Alec Douglas- Home
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Imail Ibrahim Chrunchfer
Pakistan
Andrei A. Gromyko
John F. Kennedy
White House
Berlin
UN Day Speaker to Address Columbus Weekend Festival
Sir Alexander MacFarquhar, director of the United Nations Office of Personnel, is set to speak in Columbus during a weekend festival for United Nations Day. The observance will be officially marked next Tuesday.
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Columbus, Ohio
Alexander MacFarquhar
United Nations Office of Personnel
Village bids sought for new police patrol car in Springboro Ohio
Notice states Springboro Village will accept bids for a police patrol automobile and equipment. Bids due by noon November 11 1967 at the Municipal Building. specifications available from Village Clerk or Chief of Police.
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Springboro
Ohio
Robert Zech
Omo
State OF Ohio
Ralph Cottie
Dorothy Cottie
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Joseph T. Kiep
Catherine A. Day
Vincent A. Sesson
Electronic machine teaches music theory to many at once
Toronto AP reports the Royal Conservatory of Music developed a multiple student keyboard that lets a teacher monitor a dozen students. Lights indicate correct notes as each key is pressed, guiding pupils through theory while some keyboards mimic flute or harpsichord sounds. Prices run about eight to nine thousand dollars, with Canada awaiting similar devices.
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Toronto
David Ouchterlony
Royal Conservatory
School of Music
United States
England
France
Italy
Quebec
Ouchterlony
United
Ouchtersony
Conservatory
Allen
Timogan Co
Allentown
Eaton Memorial Church
Six firms charged with fixing brass fittings prices
A federal grand jury charged Central Brass Manufacturing Co of Cleveland and five others with illegally fixing prices on brass plumbing fittings. The indictment alleges secret meetings near Cologne and price agreements among the firms. A defense spokesman noted a plane crash in Pittsburgh and a safe ejection, while unrelated remarks reference aircraft and geography.
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Washington
Central Brass Manufacturing Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Cologne
Defense Minis
Chicago
Miami Beach
Try
Europe
Germany Loses 73rd F104G Starfighter in Crash
AP reports West Germany's air and naval forces have lost their 73rd F104G Starfighter since 1961. An investigation is underway into Friday's crash and the cause remains undisclosed.
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BOM
Germany
Armed Forces
Frn
Day
Air Force
Navy
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Levey & Levey
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Alte
Swift's Premium
Miami
Charmin
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U.S. No
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Brown
Nancy Martin
Gane
Carton
Stokely's Finest
Campbell
Reg
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Angel Food
Zestee
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