City slips harm on Todd letter a warning mix up
The Register declined to alter a Post-Herald report on the city clean-up drive after J C Todd of 311 Allen Ave was listed with others to receive a warning letter. Officials say a neighbor inspired the listing, and the letter was later deemed unnecessary as Todd’s property is clean. The paper kept the story to expose potential misuse of city lists.
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Get Set For The Saucer Season
The Perseid meteor show ers arrive each August for around two days starting August 10. Up to 50 meteors strike hourly as sky dust scatters below. UFO reports pop up nationwide from Oklahoma to Valensole amid scientific doubt about jokes and green men. Six scientists pressed Congress on space study funding. A Colorado study wrapped April 30 with staff dispute. final NAS report due September. Dr. Edward A. Condon led the project. Next month may reveal more about flying saucers or space visitors.
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Valensole
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House Committee
Con Space and Astronautics
University of Colorado
National Academy of Sciences
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Cal Tech Adopts Firm Drug Rules To Educate Students
NEA Washington correspondent notes colleges tighten drug policy by teaching medical and legal harms of marijuana and other illegal substances. Cal Tech distributes a booklet urging students to obey laws, forbids on campus manufacture or handling of drugs, and imposes penalties up to dismissal for violations. The policy also involves reporting to authorities and removing violators from student housing when needed. A campus-wide education program will accompany enforcement.
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Fortis Humor Survives Senate Hearing Oddities
A UPI dispatch from Washington notes Justice Abe Fortas kept his humor through Senate Judiciary questioning. The piece also covers postal service quips, a Soft on crime jab at the Johnson era, UFO talk with Carl Sagan and J Allen Hynek, plus a naming change by the Interior Department and a light President Jolson joke.
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UPI
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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William Scherle
Rela
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Washington
Carl Sagan
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Outer
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Northwestern
Non-Profit Housing Firms Cautioned To Keep Sponsor Control
Rev. Richard L. Fullerton, a housing project consultant, argues churches and charitable groups must retain control of church sponsored non profit housing for retirees. He cites bidding rules, cost savings, and a $10,263 unit in Nashville versus $16,000 market rates, and notes opposition to a new federal housing law.
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UPI
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Richard L. Fullerton
Fullerton
Atlaanta
Orlando
Pia
Tabides All
Miami Beach
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Trevecca Navarede College
Nashville
Tenn
Lansing
Mich
General Motors Technical Institute
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Kansas City
Italian Dominance Of Papacy Likely To Continue
Vatican City reports that Pope Paul is likely to maintain Italian influence over papal elections. Liberals, unhappy with the birth control stance, doubt a non Italian pope could emerge soon due to age and potential cardinalate reshuffles. Possibilities from Holland Belgium Germany and France are deemed unlikely if a vote happened today.
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UPI
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Italy
Beckley official 50 years ago seeks re election
W H Cooper, prominent Beckley figure and former county court member, announced his candidacy for re election. The piece notes his public service and mentions two of his sons in U S military service, one in France, amid broader commentary on politics and church influence.
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Beckley
Uncle Sam
France
Germany
No Man's Land
Papal Neutrality and Historic Popes Across Nations
Pope John XXIII described the papacy as supranational neutrality. Since Adrian VI, a Dutch pope from Utrecht served in 1522–23, invoking questions about Malian reactions to a pope viewed as a mere nominal bishop of Rome.
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Rome
First national political convention origins traced in 19th century
The article surveys early national conventions from the Anti Masonic 1841 event to the Democratic and Republican turnouts. It notes Jackson era caucuses and the shift to conventions, with key dates like 1841 and 1835, and cites Philadelphia 1890 as the first Republican gathering. It discusses the evolution of party procedure and public expectations.
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Chicago
Andrew Wdackson
Balliemore
Jackson
William Wiet
Thearty
Democratic Republican Party
Nun Ankhnore
Martin van Buren
Old Vickery
van Buren
Vat Waren
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Prayer For Today in a North Dakota church
A short prayer passage addressed to God the Father asks for grace sufficient for all things and strength made perfect in weakness. The text ends with an Amen and bears signatures from Jon WH Hansen and Davenjart Moraylon Moraylon Church, suggesting a local church publication from North Dakota.
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Jesus
Jon WH
Do.hansen
Davenjart
N. Dak
Ontionn Moraylon Charch
Nixon Strategy in GOP Primaries Described by Associates
A Nixon campaign narrative portrays him as a moderate center peacemaker who could unite rival GOP factions. He is framed as the tolerable compromise, appealing to both the right and center while aiming to hold Rockefeller and Reagan at balance in delegate politics.
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Sitami Beach
NEA
Richard Nixon
New Gallup
Nelson Rockefeller
Tere Wan
Rockefeller
Nixon
Rackediller
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Ronald Reagan
Hackefeller
Reagan
Baery Goldwater
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