Education 1966 Soviet Ship Pushkin Sets Maiden Voyage
A new 20,000 ton Soviet liner the Pushkin will sail on its maiden transatlantic voyage April 13 from Lenin Grad via Helsinki Copenhagen and London to Quebec and Montreal. The vessel marks USSR rise to a major maritime power as Moscow pursues plans to grow from 7 to 20 million tons by 1980, while U.S. shippers face subsidy fights and smuggling concerns in New York. Baltimore hosts a regional meeting April 14 15 to discuss anti smuggling measures with 22 states and officials from New York and Washington.
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Quebec
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State Tax Commission
Louis L. Goldstein
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Washington
Baltimore
Met Closes 39th Street Home With Grand Finale
The Metropolitan Opera closes its 39th Street house after the final Puccini La Bohème performance. The move to Lincoln Center centers on a $45.7 million new theater opening September 1 with Antony and Cleopatra, while a public committee seeks to preserve the old building.
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39Th Street
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39Th St
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Opera House
William Backhouse Astor, Jr
Metropolitan Opera Association
Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company
America
Flag Opera Company
Lincoln Center
Sam
Uel Barber
Puccini
Leopold Stokowski
Agnes de Mille
Isaac Stern
Marian Anderson
Maestro Stokowski
Bug Dust State Epitaph Everybody Else Is Doing It
John Hodell flags a nationwide ferment over unenforced dry laws in Missis sippi and North Carolina and compares them to West Virginia. He argues clubs and officials profit from prohibition’s hypocrisy, enabling illegal liquor trades and gambling, while urging stronger enforcement and legislative action.
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John Hodel
West Virginia
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
North Carolina
Charlotte City
William T. Grist
Charlotte
Dan Moore
Prayer For Today Editorial Prayer
A devotional prayer thanks heaven for home and asks unselfish work to build strong secure homes filled with laughter love and spiritual health. It blesses homes everywhere and seeks moral national strength through daily guidance in Jesus name spoken by Mae E Hunter Nashville missionary editor National Baptist Publishing Board.
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Mae E. Hunter
Nashville
Tenn
National Baptist Publishing Board
Terence Cooper Revealed as New 007 in Casino Royale
Dick Kleiner reports Terence Cooper is the unmasked actor playing 007 in the film version of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale. Feldman kept him under wraps for two years, paying salary while Cooper waited to work, now set to star opposite Peter Sellers Ursula Andress and Orson Welles in a London shoot.
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Charles K. Feldman
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Orson Welles
007
Terry Cooper
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Yugoslavia
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Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
British Isles
Red Party Congress Opens With Calm Boardroom Tone
The 23rd Communist party congress in Moscow closed with no drama or bombast as Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin presented the report. Observers called the mood the calm before the calm, noting Khrushchev’s era is erased from memory and Soviet unity claimed with 86 Communist parties backing the lineup.
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Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikita Khrushchev
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Japan
Editor's Mail Bag Hopes Board Plans Change
A reader from Virginia comments on Bluefield State College changes from a four year teacher education program to a vocational plan amid racial debates. Alumni and West Virginians oppose the action hoping the school remains a four year college. Separate notes discuss Albania New Zealand joining a Soviet boycott and the first party congress insights on economic promises and Western cultural influence.
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Albania
New Zealand
Soviet Union
Moscow
Marx
Lenin
Soviet Propaganda Foes and Costa Rica Fiscal Strains
The Ukrainian Congress voices alarm over anti Soviet broadcasts and religious revival while Moscow hosts critics of Western literature. Costa Rica faces a looming budget deficit, tied to rapid population growth and heavy education and health spending, despite strong growth indicators and foreign investment.
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Moscow
House of Atheism
Intemperance discussed by Socrates and guests in dialogue
In this classic excerpt from the Great Books collection, Socrates sits with the group as libations are offered. Pausanias urges moderation to avoid injury from yesterday's drinking and recovers, while Aristophanes agrees that avoiding hard drinking is wise after being drowned in drink yesterday.
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Socrates
Pausanias
Aristophanes
Home Delivered Carrier Rates Listed
Daily and Sunday per week priced at 1.10 dollars per half month 2.18 dollars per month for daily and Sunday delivery. The notice states fees for home delivered distribution and specifies frequency and payment periods.
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MAIL
Raleigh Bottling Works Purchases Mabscott Warehouse
The Raleigh Bottling Works buys the Ruffner Bros. property at Mabscott, plans a new stone building after razing the old frame structure. A labor shortage hampers full coal production in Raleigh County as nationwide demand for workers rises, with men sought after more than in the last decade.
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Raleigh Register
Raleigh Bottling Works
Mabscott Concern
Ruffner Bros
Mabscott
Raleigh County
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