Maimed Viet Children Are Given New Limbs
Saigon dispatch details a National Rehabilitation Institute program delivering affordable artificial limbs to 10 to 14 day recoverees and others maimed by land mines and shellfire. The facility, aided by U S and international donors, runs an assembly line producing 500 limbs monthly with 70 to 100 patients attending open clinics.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
John Wells
Vietnam
National Rehabilitation Institute
Wells
University of Oklahoma
U.S
Juan Monres
U.S. Air Force
Detroit
Nguyen Huu Vi
Oklahoma
Howard Rusk
New York
President Johnson
U.S. Agency For International Development
World Rehabilitation Fund
Juan Monros
Monros
United States
York Striking Workers Dump Trash clog York Streets
In York Pennsylvania garbage piled high after city sanitation workers walked out over wage disputes. Mayor Snyder refused a raise citing budget limits and a 1947 law banning municipal employee strikes. Sanitation officials kept the landfill open for residents to haul waste during the walkout.
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York, Pa
York
Continental Square
York National Bank
John L. Snyder
Pennsylvania
Snyder
Harrisburg
Sanitation Department
Virgin Islands ends farming subsidies drive
In Christansted Virgin Islands Governor Ralph Paiewonsky rejects new farming subsidies as the territory plans to realign agriculture. The sugar sector has largely vanished due to low prices and high wages, with land sales and possible shifts to cattle or food crops. Export crops like cotton and winter produce are under consideration to serve the U.S. market, amid water shortages and other limits.
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Christiansted
Virgin Islands
U S S
Ralph Paiewonsky
Vigin Islands
Caribbean
St Croix
American Virgin Islands
U.S Mainland
Puerto Rico
U S
York garbage piles grow as political winds blow
The quote highlights Snyder's defiance of public opinion and commitment to following the law despite controversy. It notes a 24-mile round trip discouraging homeowners and implies ongoing public frustration as garbage piles mount in York.
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Snyder
York
St Croix and Virgin Islands Sugar Industry Notes
The Virgin Islands contrast arable land with a small internal market and high labor costs. St Croix spans 23 by five miles with under a fifth cultivated, while St Thomas and St John are terrain rich in tourism potential. Tourism dominates earnings, labor shortage persists, and the sugar sector relied on nearby imports.
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U.S
St. Croix
St. Thomas
St. John
Islands
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