Half-Fare Air Rates Urged for Over-65s by Airlines
The piece argues airlines should extend half-fare travel to retirees and older people, citing Hawaii’s lifetime 65 plus discount as a model. It notes inter-island flights, standby seating, and limited holiday exclusions, plus broader discounts on drugs and services for seniors. It also discusses administrative challenges and potential revenue gains from expanded elderly travel.
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Hawaii
Hawaiian
Aloha Airlines
Havaiian Airlines
Honolulu
Molokai
Nawaii and
Civil Aeronautics Board
Oahu
Sentori
Los Angeles
Detroit
Lansing
Mich
Seattle
Terre Haute
Ind
Cleveland
San Bernardino
Calif
Continental Airlines
Biafra War Refugee Child Starves in Nigerian Camp
Ula a six year old Ibo refugee near the fighting zone in Owerri suffers severe malnutrition. She is bloated and frail, unable to keep nourishment, among thousands of children in makeshift camps enduring mosquito bites heavy rains and machine gun noise.
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Dennis Boyle
Associated Press
Owerri
Nigeria
Ula
Streamlining Airports With Single Identity Cards
Montreal interview with Knut Hammarskjold of the IATA argues international aviation promotes global integration. He favors a universal identity card, onboard passenger processing, and a single border system to replace multiple checks as jumbo jets expand to 950 passengers and beyond.
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Montreal
Knut Hammarskjold
International Air Transport Association
Hammarskjold
TATA
Norway
Sweden
Customs and Immigration
North America
Starvation Threatens Ibo Children in Biafra Crisis
Doctors warn a generation of Ibo children faces early death from widespread starvation and protein deficiency. Refugees flood forward areas as Nigeria combats limited medical facilities, transportation woes, and a rebel zone in Biafra. Field commanders fear mass deaths if Biafrans do not surrender.
Senate Defies Budget Cuts to Sentinel Missile Program
The Senate rejected attempts to block Sentinel antiballistic missile funds in defense appropriations, voting 45 to 24 to maintain the program. Cooper's closed session sought classified questions as supporters say Sentinel forms the first stage of a broader shield, with total scale potentially reaching tens of billions.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Sentinel
United States
Soviet Union
John Sherman Cooper
Clark
Pennsylvania
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Cooper
John 0. Pastore
DRL
Defense
Clark Clifford
Pentagon
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy Probe Finds Submarine Steel Meets Standards
The Navy announced a nine month review of submarine steel inspection practices after concerns raised by a steel testing firm. Ultrasonic checks on more than 40 submarines found no defective plates and no link to USS Thresher or USS Scorpion losses. The HY80 hull steel is deemed safe under government supervised inspections.
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Thresher
Scorpion
Washington
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Navy
Naval Ship Systems Command
Raymond G. Perelman
Penn Galvanizing Co
Philadelphia
Perelman
Electric Boat
U.S
Mills
Agnew Grants Stay Of Execution For Brown
Gov. Spiro T. Agnew grants a stay of execution to Johnnie Brown in Baltimore. The stay lasts until a new warrant is issued. Brown, 53, has been on death row for over nine years for the murder of Henry Stephens in Salisbury. A psychiatric exam was requested by Brown’s attorney amid concerns over his sanity.
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Annapolis
Spiro T. Agnew
Johnnie Brown
Maryland Penitentiary
Baltimore
Brown
Henry T. Stephens
Salisbury
Stephens
Governor’s Office
Agnew
H. Russell Smovee
Talbot County Circuit Court
Johnson signs conservation bills creating Redwood and North Cascades parks
President Johnson signed four conservation bills at an East Room ceremony. One establishes Redwood National Park in California spanning 36 000 acres to protect the redwood forests. Another creates North Cascades National Park in Washington covering 1.2 million acres. The president praised the action as a landmark achievement of the 90th Congress.
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Washington
Johnson
Redwood National Park
California
Redwood Park
Redwood
Lady Bird
North Cascades National Park
Pacific Northwest
Daktari Returns for Fourth CBS Season on CBS
AP TV writer notes Daktari resumes on CBS for a fourth season moving to Wednesdays. New cast includes Jertn Moran as the vet's ward. In the episode Dr. Marsh Tracy tests territorial imperatives at a water hole prompting Clarence the cross eyed lion to withdraw before lions raid the study center.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW 7 York
St * Clarence
Judy
Intelligent Chimp
Dadah Rip
Jertn Moran
Marsh Tracy
Africa
Clarence
Cross Eyed Lion
Dr. Tracy
Nitrogen Essential for Soil Fertility and Yields
Nitrogen is essential to soil fertility and crop yields in adequately watered regions. Yield outcomes depend more on soil nitrogen than on other minerals, reflecting its key role in plant growth and productivity.
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Tom Department Stores
New Fashion
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Woolco
Garmtaar
Frederick Shopping Center
Schley Ave
Penn
Defenses Contract Administration
Quality Cleurance
Snag
Eester
Canada
Maryland Court of Appeals
Monogram
Hiltner
Patrick
Ames Roelke
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