Oldest Student Mary Walker Turns 117 This Spring
Mary Walker born into slavery in Alabama around 1849 will be certified as America's oldest student at a city birthday event in Chattanooga. She began literacy study in a Chattanooga program in 1964 after years of farm life and motherhood, now learning reading writing and arithmetic with a class of adults aged 60 to over 70.
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Jay Bowles
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mary Walker
Bullock County
Ala
Mother Walker
America
U.S
Harold Howe
Walker
Kelley
Huge marijuana seizure triggers new arrests across cities
U S Attorney John Quinn said arrests in Los Angeles and Detroit stem from a Hatch seizure of marijuana valued over 150000 dollars dated Dec 18. The probe targets a smuggling ring with international links, pursuing about 200 pounds smuggled into the United States since Oct 1. Samuel Weinstein and Diana Case were taken in LA, Jerry Stein was arrested in Detroit, with Charles Rosenfeld held as a material witness after Hatch arrest.
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Albuquerque
Los Angeles
Detroit
Hatch
New York City
U.S
John Quinn
Quinn
United States
Samuel Weinstein
Sidney Lee
Diana Louise Case
Samantha Lee
Jerry Stein
Protecision Engineering Co
Charles F. Rosenfeld
Tiajuana
Mexico
Truck Kills Workman at I 40 Construction Site
A 28 year old State Highway Department employee Herman Sandoval of Gallup was killed when a dump truck backed over him at an Interstate 40 construction site 1.7 miles northeast of Gallup. James Profit of Lowdermilk Construction Co backed the truck and did not see Sandoval. It’s not known if the accident will count on the state traffic toll since it occurred at an industrial site.
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Gallup
State Highway Department
Herman Sandoval
James Profit
Lowdermilk Construction Co
Sandoval
New pickle plant on Isleta Reservation to open
A new pickle processing plant on the Isleta Indian Reservation 15 miles south of Albuquerque will be dedicated this month. C S Packing Co Inc has signed a contract with Isleta Pueblo giving the Indians priority in providing labor and supplying cucumbers.
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Albuquerque
Isleta Indian Reservation
C&s Packing Co. Inc
Isleta Pueblo
Secrecy lift reveals 11 U.S. fliers killed in Laos
The Defense Department says air operations over Laos in the past two years killed 11 American fliers and left fewer than 20 crewmen missing or detained. The tally follows years of secrecy and comes as Sen. John Stennis warns on U.S. readiness if Vietnam-scale conflict arises.
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Washington
Laos
U.S
Defense Department
Pentagon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
United States
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Armed Services Preparedness
Budget Angles Tourist Industry Faces Payroll Tax
Britain's 1966-67 budget by James Callaghan introduces a payroll tax on service industries including hotels and tourism and a subsidy for private manufacturers. The tax funds are set at 3.50 per week per payroll man and half that for women and youths, while auto workers gain a 1.05 weekly subsidy. Stock markets responded positively amid changes.
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Colin Frost
London
Britain
James Callaghan
House of Commons
Callaghan
Stock Exchange
Pharmacy Breakin at Lowell's Pharmacy Under Investigation
Artesia police investigate a Tuesday morning break in at Lowell's Pharmacy in the Medical Center on Washington. Intruders gained entry by breaking a window into the office area and $50 was taken from the cash register.
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Artesia
Lowell
Washington
Red China says Mao very well denies illness rumors
The Peking foreign ministry dismissed Western speculation about Mao Tse tung’s health as nonsense and malicious rumors. It said Mao is very well and resting in central China away from the capital, with no public appearances.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Peking
Foreign Ministry
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Kyodo
West
Kyoto
Tadao Saito
New York
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Moscow
Johnson
Washington
Nkrumah
Science prodigy Salb gains equal standing with scientists
At 19, Jesse M. Salb, a college dropout, delivered a paper to the American Society for Microbiology with senior mentor Dr. Philip I. Marcus. Salb began a lab as a preschooler in Monsey and now works as a senior research assistant, fielding tough questions from researchers and balancing a lab‑driven life with missed ordinary experiences.
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Stratford C. Jones
Los Angeles
Jesse M. Salb
Salb
American Society For Microbiology
Philip I. Marcus
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York City
Marcus
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Betty Jane Ely
San Diego
Calif
UPI
Helen Kelley
Mrs. Kelley
Workman
Budget Angels Tourist Industry
Monsey
Rockland County
Seymour and
Ethel Salb
Schlitz
Winnah
Alabama
George Wallace
Sears
Bicycle Sale
Spaceliner
Sears and
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