Viet Nam Buildup Brings Boom and Bust Across Regions
A UPI survey finds the Viet Nam buildup boosts jobs and business near bases like Delaware County Pennsylvania and St Louis area firms such as McDonnell while hurting others such as Columbus Georgia and Fort Hood adjacent Killeen Texas. The report notes varied effects from 9,000 new Delaware County jobs to stalled commerce in Columbus and rising housing demand in St Louis and San Antonio.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
Philadelp
Chamber of Commerce
Ed McFall
Columbus
1St Cavalry
Fort Benning
Joliet
Ill
William J. Roth
Viet Nam
Johnson
Congress
St. Louis
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Leonard Adams
McDonnell
Jack Sullivan
George Vossbrink
St. Louis County
Monsanto Chemical
Ford
Elmer C. Carlisle
Real Estate Board of
Metropolitan St. Louis
Grand Island
Neb
Charles Wieser
Killeen
Tex
Fort Hood
Armored
Ted C. Connell
Ft. Jackson
Colum
Bia
Fort Gordon
Augusta
Broad Street
San Antonio
America
San Antonio Express-News
Castro Calls for Beer Less, Books More in Cuba
Fidel Castro told a May Day crowd in Havana that communism closed brothels and urged beer drinkers to cut consumption and read more, predicting beer will cost more than books. He criticized Johnson and McCloskey, led a Central Committee parade, and framed reforms as productivity boosts.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Revolutionary Square
Johnson
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
State Department
Robert McCloskey
Communist Party
Central Committee
Whisky Rebellion Fueled by Seven Cent Tax on Spirits
America faced a historic Whisky Rebellion in the 1790s after Congress imposed a seven cent per gallon federal excise tax on distilled spirits, sparking widespread protest and resistance across the frontier states.
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America
Pulitzer Prizes awarded to six journalists and two papers
The 1966 Pulitzer Prizes honor six individuals and two newspapers for investigative reporting civil rights coverage and war reporting from Viet Nam. Awards span journalism letters and music with Columbia University drama prize not awarded.
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New York
UPI
Viet Nam
Columbia University
United Press International
Kyoichi Sawada
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Haynes Johnson
The
Washington Evening Star
Selma
Ala
Los Angeles Times
Watts
John Frasca
Tampa
Fla
Tribune
Robert Lasch
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Don Wright
Miami News
Boston Globe
Francis X. Morrissey
Pulitzer Prizes In Letters
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
John F. Kennedy
Schlesinger
Leslie Bassett
University of Michigan
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Roy L Harless Democrat for Constable Shady Spring
Campaign notice for Roy L Harless running as a Democrat for constable in Shady Spring district. Highlights party affiliation and electoral candidacy in a local political advertisement.
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Shady Spring District
Pol
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