Hancock Smog Strangles Hancock Orchards in Frost Fight
In Hancock, a late spring smog from orchard heaters blankets the town as night cold snaps chill budding apple and peach trees. Fire chiefs report dense soot drifting into homes and clothing, with residents and workers affected while growers consider cleaner heating like gas or propane to cut smoke.
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Hancocks
Hanju
Hepburn
Hancock
Ned Hepburn
G. L. Locher
Lynn Palmer
Locher
Jim
Ward
Palmer
Hepburn Orchards
Watfordsburg Rd
Main St
Fairview
Potomac
Rt. 40
Nelson Webber
Pecker
Rairwew
James Myers Sr
Webber
Columbia Gas Co
Galen Punk
B52s Hit Enemy Targets Near Saigon In 1968 Clash
U S B52 bombers raided targets within 26 miles of Saigon as Viet Cong prepared a second major offensive of 1968. Police searched outs and vehicles entering the city for arms while fighting and smaller clashes continued around the capital.
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George Esper
Saigon
A Shau
Ben Cat
U. S
South
Vietnam
National Police
Sinithe
Nguyen van Loc
U.S
25Th Infantry Division
Salvation Army Councils Set For Weekend in Hagerstown
The Maryland and northern West Virginia Salvation Army division will hold its annual Young Peoples Councils on April 27-28 at South Potomac Street Junior High School in Hagerstown. Col. Ernest Pickering, field secretary for 15 states and Mexico, will speak. Lt. Col. Walter Swyres and Baltimore divisional HQ staff will supervise. About 350 delegates are expected.
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Maryland
Northern West Virginia
Salvation Army
Hagerstown
South Potontac St. Junior High School
Ernest Pickering
States
Mexico
Walter Swyres
Baltimore
Telephone contract talks remain closely guarded
Washington AP reports negotiations for Bell System contracts show a nationwide strike underway with 140,000 operators and related workers in 15 states on strike and 23,000 installers voting on joining. Talks focus on a new three year contract with fringe benefits and working conditions amid expanded expirations between May 1 and May 15.
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Washington
Sonnel
Telement
Afl-Cio
Bell System
Wort Floatere Onerica
Bell Telephone System
Wererh Bagel Uy
Bell
Detroit Mayor denounces AP report as misleading
Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh challenges an AP story on the city's antipoverty program. He promises a detailed report to congressmen and Michigan lawmakers to counter alleged distortions, citing figures from a quarterly report that 53,283 participants represented services during Oct Dec 1967.
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Detroit
Jerome FP. Cavanagh
Associated Press
Dick Barnes
Gaylord Shaw
Washington
Cavanagh
Michigan
Dispatch
Richard Simmons
Agebey
Wmi
Prayer for comfort and healing from Worcester church leader
A Worcester Massachusetts message from Joe Tom Tate, president of Advent Christ.: Jacrat Conference, asks eternal God to speak to hearts, ease loneliness and anxiety, bear burdens, and grant healing. A brief prayer in Jesus name ends the plea for spiritual and physical solace.
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God
Jesus
Joe Tom Tate
Worchester
Mass
Advent Christ
Jacrat Conference
Dockworkers Protest Colored Immigrants in London
Thousands of London dock workers walked out in a protest against colored immigrants. Friction with religious leaders and leftist organizers marked the march to Parliament as ships and port operations halted across Tilbury and the River groups.
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London
Britain
Tilbury
Far East
Australia
Royal Group
Ray And Galt Two Persons The FBI Isn't Talking
FBI officials discuss discrepancies in the appearance and habits of James Earl Ray alias Eric Starve Galt, the man linked to Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. They maintain Ray and Galt are the same person, though witnesses and reports note differing ages and a possible two-person theory persists amid a nationwide search entering its fourth week.
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Washington
Aft
FBI
James Earl Ray
Eric Starve Galt
Martin, Luther King Jr
Ray
Galt
King
Ernest
Tennessee
Memphis T
Atlanta
Missouri
Birmingham
Memphis
Tor
Russians Launch Cosmos 219 Satellite Amid Space Activity
MOSCOW AP The Soviet Union announced the launch of Cosmos 219, the third unmanned satellite in days, circling Earth at 134 to 1097 miles. Officials gave no mission details, saying the craft carried out space research while fueling speculation of a broader Soviet space display.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Market Makes Slight Gains
NEW YORK AP Early Friday trading showed the stock market inching higher with about 120 issues ahead on the New York Stock Exchange. The composite index for roughly 1,200 common stocks rose slightly while blue chips lagged. M G M gained around 2 points as RCA and U S Smelting added about a point. General Motors barely rose as Chrysler added, Ford and American Motors eased.
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NEW York
Frida
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
M-G-M
RCA
U. S
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Crowell-Collier
Union Carbide
International Paper
du Pont
Pheins Dodge
Kero
Penn Central
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Ned
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Lone
Rown
Nes
Imme Kolary
Hoy Scouts
Tome
Orchardis
Hue
Hawahan
Las Vegas
Honolulu
San Francisco
Braakfacts
Treveke
Hagerstown Travel Center, Inc
Patomae Sr
Ray and Galt
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Missouri State Penitentiary
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Rome
Kan
Jewelers
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Egrors
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