Women Turn Hats to Aid Family in Brazilian Town
In Serrinha, Paraiba, drought devastated sugar industry forcing men out of work. Women, 700 strong, weave straw hats to support 1 300 families, selling about 20 cents each. Hats provide a livelihood amid limited local services.
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Rio
DE Janeiro
UPI
Serrinha
Serrinha Jis
Brazil
Paraiba
Maria Silva
Alice Ferreira
Antonio
U.S
Piani
Local Marriage Licenses and Divorces Listed in Vital Statistics
The county issues marriage licenses to Dwayne Alton Keller and Randall Marie Champion of San Francisco on December 27 1967 and others including Theodore Days of Santa Rosa with Barbara Holbrook Ukiah and John Knott Willits with Janice Redwine Covelo all issued December 22 1967. Divorces filed include Josephson versus Josephson DePriest versus DePriest Kirkwood versus Kirkwood Wagnon versus Wagnon Elkins versus Elkins among couples with cruelty charges and prior marriage details.
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Dwayne Alton Keller
Randall Marie Champion
San Francisco
Herbert
Louis ‘Johnson Jr
U. S.’Army
Karen
Kay Meier
Willits
Thomas, Theodore
Days
Santa Rosa
Barbara
Jean Holbrook
Ukiah
Gordon
Frederick Knott
Frederick Knott, 35, Willits, and Janice Louise Redwine
Covelo
David Joseph Fratus
Kathy Marie Aderholt
Fort Bragg
Richard Bhir. Livingston
Hazel Marie New
Redwood Valley
Thomas Edson Brown
Manchester
Irene Mary Pellascio
Point Arena
Robert C. Josephson
Helvi S. Josephson
Oscar DeWitt DePriest
Rhea M. DePriest
Martina DePriest
Virginia City
Nev
Rose Marie Kirkwood
Thomas Wallace Kirkwood
Reno
Faith Evelyn Wagnon
Marion H. Wagnon
Carson City
Neda Sharon Elkins
Jack Leroy Elkins
Government proposes 12 new auto safety standards
Washington API report notes 12 proposed standards covering head rests and an anti theft warning device. Eight affect 1969 models and four apply to 1970 models. Proposals limit protruding ornaments to less than half an inch from the car surface unless securely anchored.
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Washington
API
National Highway Safety Bureau
Cubnapper Tells Police How He Freed Young Tiger
Orville Jeffers, 19, a farm worker in San Francisco, describes climbing a cage at the zoo to free Jimmy the tiger cub on December 9. He recounts feeding the cub and traveling to California before selling the animal to a farm, where Jimmy died soon after. Jeffers also faces jail on an unrelated robbery charge.
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Cubnapper
Young Tiger
San Francisco
Ten E
Jim
Jimmy
California
San Francisco Zoo
Jeffers
World's smallest elevator found in Palmolive Building tower
The Palmolive Building in Chicago houses the world’s smallest elevator in the slender tower supporting the beacon atop the landmark.
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Chicago
Prisoners Earn Flub Stubs From Western Airlines
Two Wyoming State Penitentiary inmates filed a claim after loss of luggage tags on a San Diego to Cheyenne flight led Western Airlines staff to discover marijuana. They expect flub stubs, redeemable for a dollar each, at the Denver office when freed in 18 months to five years. The note also briefly mentions 19th century African tribes using electric catfish for treatments.
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Rawlins
Wyo
UPI
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Western Airlines
San Diego
Cheyenne
Bill Grant
Denver
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Massachusetts
Armour
Lakeport
Rane
Rochoster
U.S.D.A
Vrossrit
USDA
Manor House
Capetown
South Africa
New York
Janer
N.B.C
Vienna
Lipton
Glass Town House
Sea Trader
Safeway New Year’s Hors D'Oeuvre Suggestions
Marcon
Ecuador
Lucerne
Seuss
Tybo
Gruyere
Othe
Kavlana
Florida
Galileo
Packago
Hubbard
Marblehead
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