Couple recounts 40 days alone on South Pacific island
Bruce Johnson and Shari Quam described a Robinson Crusoe like life living on a rock island three miles by five near Suva. They survived on coconuts and crabs with occasional fish and built a lean-to and signaling fire to attract a copra boat for rescue. Both required medical treatment after their return to Suva.
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Honolulu
UPI
South Pacific
Bruce Johnson
Shari Quam
Los Angeles
Samoa
Suva
Iji
Miss Quam
Johnson
Tahiti
Shari
Austin UHF Station Seeks FCC Favor Over Cable Aligned With Johnson Family
FCC documents show KHFI TV in Austin asking Commissioner Lee to push expedited action on UHF cases and CATV disputes. KHFI seeks to block out distant programs carried by Capital Cable Co, owned by the Johnson family, while KHFI negotiates NBC affiliation and KVET TV prepares to launch.
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Washington
Austin, Tex
Johnson
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Khfi—Tv
Southwest Republic Corp
Johnson TV
Arthur Scheiner
Khfi— TV
Robert E. Lee
Scheiner
Lee
Khi—Tv
Capital Cable Co
Austin
Capital
Khfiuhf
Ktbc-Tv
Khfi-Tv
Kvet-Tv
NBC
ABC
Harry M. Plotkin
Plotkin
Arthur
Rosel H. Hyde
Commission
Henry Geller
Sol. Schildhouse
Khfitv
Texas Broadcasting Co
Johnson Family
Capital Cable
Texas Broadcasting, Co
Ktbc-Am-Fm-Tv
Texas Broadcasting
Austin Reports Rise in FluLike Cases
Austin health officials report a sharp rise in flu like cases after physician survey shows more than 200 cases this week. The count has doubled over the past two weeks though no lab confirmed influenza yet. The Texas Health Department notes mild respiratory illness in Rio Grande Valley and an influenza like virus in Dallas Fort Worth.
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Austin
Ben Primer
Primer
van Tipton
Texas Health Department
Dallas
Tipton
Rio Grande Valley
Dallas-Fort Worth
Nuclear Plants Forecast Big Rise in U S Power Supply
Washington AP reports the Atomic Energy Commission chief Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg projects nuclear plants will supply about 25 percent of U S electricity by end of 1980, up from under 1 percent. He cites utilities going nuclear and 15 operable plants with 21 under construction, plus peaceful uses and defense research.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
U.S
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
Seaborg
Commission
Department of Defense
United States
Poe
AEC
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tennessee
1967 election year politics open with uncertain path
Washington report surveys 1967 political developments focusing on Johnson’s Vietnam war handling, race issues, and economy. It notes candidates Nixon, Rockefeller, Romney, Reagan, Kennedy, McCarthy, Humphrey and Wallace jockeying for position as 1968 approaches.
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Washington
Johnson
Nixon
Rockefeller
Romney
Reagan
Kennedy
McCarthy
Humphrey
Wallace
Alabama
U.S
Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Richard M. Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Miami Beach
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dropped Word Could Upset Vehicle Law
The Texas motor vehicle law faces a challenge over a word in the 1965 revision. A DPS attorney argues the null and void clause applies only to the amendatory act, not the entire law.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas
A of Public Safety
Norman Suarez
DPS
Suarez
Mauritania Foreign Minister Ends Soviet Visit
Mauritania’s Foreign Minister Mamadou Birane Mamadou returned home after a five day trip to the Soviet Union. He met with Premier Kosygin and Foreign Minister Gromyko and signed a cultural and scientific cooperation pact.
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Moscow
UPI
Vane Birane Mamadou
Mauritania
Soviet Union
Mamadou
Alexeii Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
Texans prepare for 1968 voter surge amid deadlines
Texas election experts foresee at least 4 million qualified voters with potential to reach 4.5 million or more before the January 31 deadline. The Commit tee for Better Voter Participation coordinates a broad liberal coalition including PASO AFL-CIO and Farm ers Union to mobilize registrations. Door to door canvassing expands across major cities as organizers stress stamps and mailings while legal rulings limit direct mailing of applications.
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David Anderson Austin
Tex
UPI
Latana Lambert
Committee For Better
al Allison
Republican Party of Texas
John L. Hill
Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Allison
Democratic National Committee
State Democratic Executive Committee
Pers
Committee For
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Liberal Democratic
Texas Afl-Cio
The
Political Association of Spanish- Speaking Organizations
PASO
East Texas Voters League
Texas Liberal Democrats
Farmers Union
Austin
Lambert
Dallas
Houston
Fort Worth
Waco
Lubbock
Beaumont
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Lyndon TV
Shirley
San Francisco
Paul N. McTemple Black
Closkey
Dove
Michigan
George Romney
Detroit
South Vietnam
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Superior
Bob North Texas
Mati
American Bank OF Commerce
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