Starling Plague Began With 60 Pairs Of Birds
Washington AP reports that a Shakespeare admirer released 60 pairs of starlings in New York's Central Park in 1890 to populate America with birds from his plays. Now the population exceeds 500 million, provoking farmer protests as starlings threaten fruit crops and contaminate cattle feed. Estimated annual agricultural losses reach 40 to 50 million dollars. Government efforts include building cleaning costs and new electric shocks on some federal buildings. A sterilizing chemical is under field tests, but large use is years away.
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Rv W. Jovynes Macfarlan
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Dykstra
Washington
Willard
Federal
New York
Florida
Greece
Robert Quillen
U.S
William Howard Taft
Elbert Hubbard
United States
We Get By With a Woman’s Escape Plan
Duffey recounts a tense escape with Gail after a murder scene. They drive through back routes to avoid pursuit, plan to use different cars, and hide in Charlton’s apartment while Gail reveals a dramatic disguise including a wig and tailored clothing. The couple discuss Jack’s secretive real estate and foreign car ventures as they prepare to stay hidden.
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Gail
Mesa
Scottsville Boulevard
Town
Charlton
Jack
Maggie
Vegas
Chet
Cannard
Standards Set For Seat Belts in Illinois Cars
Illinois sets seat belt standards for 1965 model cars under 1963 law requiring two front belts. Belts must meet 5 000 pound strength, pass periodic tests, and sellers provide department certificates. Regulations cover buckle release, load testing, abrasion and corrosion resistance, with education emphasized by director Joseph E. Ragen.
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Springfield
Illinois
Joseph E. Ragen
Illinois Public Safety Department
Ragen
Bar Dairy and Chains Bar Price Fixing Case
The FTC bars Adams Dairy Company of Blue Springs Missouri and three supermarket chains Kroger Safeway and Great Atlantic & Pacific from conspiring to fix dairy prices. The agreements admit violation of the law and apply to Missouri and parts of Kansas Illinois and Kentucky. Adams allegedly guaranteed the chains a fixed profit margin and coerced competitors to maintain the same prices.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Missouri
Adams _ Dairy Company
Blue Springs
The
Kroger Co
Cincinnati
Safeway Stores Inc
Oakland
Calif
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
New York
Adams
Kansas
Iinois
Kentucky
Chevrolet Van 1963 Low Cab with 292 Engine
Used 1963 Chevrolet van with low cab, 292 engine, 4 speed transmission, two speed axle, heavy springs, 16 foot steel box reinforced with plywood, full rear bumper with ply step. Less than 6,000 actual miles. Call Lear-Siegler Inc Centria Illinois 532-4713, ask for Bryan Houser.
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Chevrolet
Call Lear-Siegler, Inc
Centratia
Ilinois
Byan Houser
Nestle to Build Multimillion Dollar Chocolate Factory Near Burlington
Nestle Co announced plans to construct a multimillion dollar chocolate factory on a 40 acre site near Burlington Wisconsin. The plant will have more than 200000 square feet of production space and include an office building a water pumping station and several warehouses.
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Chocolate Factory
Burlington, Wis
Wisconsin
The
Nestle Co
Viking Mine Closes. Workers Moved to Airline Mine
Peabody Coal Co said 200 laid off workers from the Viking mine will be transferred to the Airline mine near Dugger. Viking, site of a March 2 1961 explosion that killed 22 miners, is closing immediately for economic and safety reasons.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Peabody Coal Co
Viking
Dugger
Jeff Shepherd
Siestas Shut Down Greek Radio In Afternoon
A collection of unrelated aphorisms and trivia with a leading note about Greece and siestas shutting down radio in the afternoon. It contrasts with various dated quotes and general facts about American life, work, and culture. The piece weaves now and then a mention of Greece and afternoon quiet periods into a string of observations.
Prisoner Steers Patrol Car After Breakdown
Wichita police detectives were returning from Kansas City when their car broke down. Several motorists were startled to see the handcuffed prisoner in the driver's seat steering the vehicle while officers pushed the car.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita
Kansas City
Maccabees Patrol Guard Jews Face Police Aid Talks
New York AP Rabbi Samuel Schrage says the Maccabees civilian radio car patrol may disband only with adequate police protection and possible absorption into the police auxiliary. The group, four radio cars, operates to deter crime in Crown Heights after mugging and rape incidents.
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New York
Brooklyn
Maccabees
Samuel Schrage
Crown Heights
Michael J. Murphy
Schrage
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Men plead innocent then guilty over moonshine still
In West Liberty Kentucky two men initially pleaded innocent to possessing a moonshine still claiming they stumbled upon it while squirrel hunting and even produced a dog to prove it. While the jury returned an innocent verdict, a game warden later obtained warrants for off season squirrel hunting. They pleaded guilty and paid $25 fines.
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West Liberty
Joe Freytag
Billy Collins
Minister recalls girl left hanging after church ride
J R McAfee, a retired Methodist minister in Louisville recalls a young girl riding to church who became suspended with her dress caught in the saddle. He warned teenagers to look away to avoid embarrassment, joking of risking blindness as a larger boy covered one eye.
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Louisville
J. R. McAfee
Billings Church Bell Tower Becomes Massive Birdbath
In Billings the First Congregational Church bell tower fills with rain, creating a large improvised birdbath. Birds flock to the soaked ledge as showers leave a damp landmark in the city.
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Billings
First Congregational Church
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William Zinzilieta
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Linkon
Bull Shoals Lake
Mark & Beulah
Bull Shoals, Ark
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Athisfam
Wieners
Axwell House Coffee
Keystone Cops
W. C. McGregor
Mt. Vernon
Emmerson
Dr. McGregor
M. D
Aldine St
Chicago
Ullnots
Joe Martin
Insurance Agency
Sip
We Bankers Association
Roger
Ron Aissie, Mgr
U.S. Royal
U.s.royal
Centralia
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Salem
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