Britain Moves Toward Metric System by 1975
Britain will adopt the metric system by end of 1975 to align with Europe. A metrication board will advise the changeover, with no compulsory powers or compensation, and costs borne locally. The plan starts in 1971 alongside decimal currency.
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London
Britain
Europe
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
House of Commons
Benn
European Common Market
European Free Trade Association
Today in History July 26 highlights across eras
July 26 marks Liberia becoming a republic in 1847, Fr Ticonderoga abandoned in 1759, the Post Office created in 1775, Eva Peron’s death in 1952, Fidel Castro’s Cuba raid in 1953, Elizabeth II naming Charles Prince of Wales, Skopje quake death toll, Pope Paul’s Turkey visit end.
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Liberia
Africa
Fr. Ticonderoga
Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin
America
Argentina
Eva Peron
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Santiago
Britain
Elizbeth II
Prince of Wales
Prince Charles
Skopje
Pope Paul
Turkey
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Regional forecast notes for Snyder and counties across Northwest North Central Northeast and Coastal Texas. Warm to hot with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms mainly in central and southern zones. Overnight lows mid 60s to mid 70s. Highs Saturday range from mid 80s to low 100s, southeasts winds 8 to 18 knots offshore.
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Texas
The
Pecos
Terrorist Attacks Strike Saigon Press, City Damaged
Viet Cong militants bomb Saigon Chinese papers A Chau Van Quoc and Kien Quoc in Cholon. Four attackers two girls triggered a 60 pound charge injuring no one. The blast follows previous attacks and amid rising fear of a major offensive. US 101st Airborne reported 13 dead, 27 wounded in a 14 hour fight northwest of Saigon as helicopters and air support aided the effort.
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Saigon
Asian Daily News
Cholon
Kien Quoc
A Chau
Orer
Ctes
U.S. 1011St Airborne Division
Race Violence Shocks Chicago Suburb Maywood Riot
In Maywood 25 people were arrested after clashes sparked by NAACP meeting disputes over a swimming pool. Police used tear gas as about 300 youths marched to the village hall causing property damage and injuries. A dusk to dawn curfew was set with reinforcements mobilized.
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Chicago
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Maywood
NAACP
Village Board
Grady Rivers
Berner Kellough
Sid Bennett
Fluvanna Queen Sandra Stansell crowns Farm Bureau queen
Sandra Stansell 18 of Fluvanna was crowned Queen of the Scurry County Farm Bureau at the Scurry County Coliseum. Runner up Connie Sterling 18 of Snyder will participate in the District 6 Queen Contest. Other contestants included Linda Daugherty Susie Rasco Sue Smith Carole Sterling and June Stansell.
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Sandra Stansell
Scurry County
Sandra
James Stansell
Fluvanna
Sandra Ward
Fluvanna High School
Key Brothers Implement Co
West Texas State
H. L
Hub) King of
Brownfield
Texas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
The
Connie Sterling
Howard Sterling
Route 1
Snyder
Snyder Drapery
Big Spring
Howard County Junior College
State Farm Bureau
Connie
Midwest Electric
Washington, D. C
AEA
Texas Tech
Linda Daugherty
Susie Rasco
Sue Smith
Carole Sterling
June Stansell
Texans Hear Polio Expert Urgent Immunization Appeal
Texas Health Department issued an urgent polio alert reporting 16 confirmed paralytic polio cases in the state this year. All victims were unvaccinated children. nine were under one year old. Texas accounts for 55 percent of national paralytic polio cases, with a peak incidence through early autumn and a call for immediate immunization up to age 21.
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Austin
State Health Department
Texas
Health Department
Harrison County
Marshall
Reds Vow To Hold Pueblo In North Korea Standoff
North Korea repeated that the Pueblo crew of 82 will not be returned without a US apology and a pledge to never commit such crimes again. A government memo claims the ship intruded into North Korean waters on January 23 and that Pyongyang acted in self defense by seizing it.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United States
Pyongyang
U.S
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Pressure Dividing Czech Leaders?
AP reports Prague leaders face mounting pressure from the Soviet Politburo as talks loom. The party presidium ousted Lt. Gen. Vaclav Prehlik and scrapped his political department, fueling alarms among liberal intelligentsia about bending to foreign pressure while advocating a united defense of reform.
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Associated Press
Prague
Communist Party
Vaclav Prchlik
Prchlik
Kremlin
Tear gas used to break up youths near Garfield High
AP reports Seattle police deployed tear gas Thursday night to disperse 50 to 75 disorderly youths gathered across from Garfield High School in Seattle. A panel truck was set on fire earlier. August Budnick, 57, escaped after being threatened by two men but uninjured as firefighters removed the burning vehicle.
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Seattle
Garfield High School
August Budnick
Budnick
Cleveland Enforces Slums Curfew After Riots
National Guardsmen and white police reimposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Cleveland's Negro slums after Tuesday shootings left 10 dead in the East Side. Twenty seven curfew violators and four other arrests followed looting and arson. Firebombs and looting damaged stores, with East Side losses estimated at 15 million dollars by the Insurance Board executive.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Carl Stokes
Harvard-Lee
East Side
Joseph C. Boggins
Insurance Board of
Stokes
Benjamin Weiss
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