Illinois speeds up car registration mailings by zip code
Springfield Secretary of State Paul Powell's system sorts pre printed passenger car registration applications by zip code using automatic data processing. Postmaster William E. McElroy praises rapid sort and direct dispatch to trains and trucks, enabling four week handling of four million pieces and saving taxpayers by avoiding piece by piece handling. About 250 000 applications are mailed daily and all will be finished by week’s end.
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Paul Powell
Illinois
William E. McElroy
Powell
McElroy
William FE. McElroy
Richard Shumaker
Automobile Division
McCarthy Visits Injured Protesters in Conrad Hilton Hotel
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, shaken, visited hotel rooms housing victims from antiwar protests at his Chicago headquarters. He consoled a bleeding nurse and spoke of the convention’s impact as he urged unity and questioned Humphrey’s nomination prospects. He earlier offered to support Edward Kennedy to deny Humphrey the nomination.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Conrad Hilton
William Davidson
Fellows
Edward M. Kennedy
Humphrey
Minority rise at City University freshmen from 12 to 20 percent
New York AP reports Chancellor Albert H. Bowker says the share of Negro and Puerto Rican freshmen at City University climbs this fall to 20 percent and is projected to reach 26 percent by 1969.
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City University
Chan
Cellor
Albert H. Bowker
Monkey For Space Flight Cleared For March Launch
A 15 pound Macaque has completed four weeks in a 57 inch capsule and is cleared for space flight next March. The monkey emerged in excellent health after the biosatellite test at UC Los Angeles. The capsule will launch March 27 from Cape Kennedy Florida to study confinement and weightlessness for future astronauts.
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Los Angeles
Cape Kennedy
Fla
University of California At Los Angeles
Space Laboratories
Tombstone Named By Prospector After Tombstone Warning
In 1877 a prospector named Tombstone after a warning that all he would find was his tombstone. He later made one of the richest silver discoveries on record but did not profit from it.
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Secret Service
Minnesotan
Democratic Party
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tombstone
Ariz
Truck Too Big Delays Nelson Fire Station Work
The Nelson British Columbia fire department waited two years for a new fire truck built to its specs but it arrived two inches too large for the station. A department spokesman said the wall must be removed to fit the vehicle, delaying use of the truck.
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Nelson
British Columbia
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