Monroe Bicentennial Commission Meeting Notes and Donations
The Monroe Bicentennial Commission held monthly meetings since February 19 to coordinate observances through patriotic groups. Donations totaled 185 dollars with further funds from Bicentennial item sales. a November 29 meeting recorded a 224.21 dollar balance to be donated to the Monroe Arts and Activities Center.
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Transit trend near future opens to mass transport dream
Three transit engineers in Washington described futuristic ideas for mass transit by 2000. Concepts include streamlined tubes, personal rapid transit, and computer controlled car directing systems, but experts doubt widespread public adoption and note costly failures in Chicago San Francisco and Washington projects.
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Horoscope clues for a tense day across the zodiac
The daily zodiac forecast warns Aries to avoid family fault finding and enjoy life. Taurus should guard communication to avoid omitting critical points and money fallout. Gemini faces sharp sales pitches while Cancer resists domineering thinking from others. Leo risks prying questions and excess talk. Virgo should avoid overtalk on a delayed project. Libra trips over small issues, Scorpio misreads cues, Sagittarius risks resource loss, Capricorn must focus on one idea.
Today in History December 6 1976 note
On this date in history events span 1847 Lincoln seated as USS Representative from Illinois 1889 Davis dies 1917 Halifax collision 1918 Allied Cologne occupation 1943 Eisenhower to command invasion 1973 Ford sworn VP plus relations with Rhodesia and Bangladesh. Birthday Lou Little aged 83. Massinger and Washington notes.
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Salt dome test probes underground nuke detectability
A Mississippi salt dome was used for a small underground nuclear blast to test detectability. The exercise followed a sequence of 1950s era news blurbs spanning politics and industry from 1946 to 1956.
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