Five Year Plan Promises Progress In Soviet Living Standards
The editorial notes Premier Kosygin presents a new five year plan at the 24th Communist Party Congress promising higher spending on agriculture and consumer goods. Heavy industry still dominates investment at 70 percent, but housing food and clothing gains are promised as climate patterns are noted but the July thaw remains expected on schedule.
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Kosygin
Communist Party Congress
Soviet Union
America
United States
Sahara's Sea of Sand Reveals Hidden Desert Life and Strains
A vivid tour of the Algerian Sahara describes ergs and rock plateaus, oases near Laghouat, and the Mzab Valley. It contrasts Berber life with current Boumedienne oil-nationalization pressures on foreign investors, linking past and present in one desert.
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U.S
Sahara
Gobi Desert
Algerian Sahara
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Quarsenis
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Laghouat
Algiers
Djelfa
Bogahris
Sahara Depression
Boumedienne
LA Delegation to Vientiane Offers to Swap for POWs
A Los Angeles delegation heads to Vientiane Laos to volunteer for a man to man exchange with North Vietnamese captors to release American prisoners. The group, mostly middle aged and with families, faces slim odds but aids a global effort to reach captors with humanitarian intent.
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Los Angeles
Vientiane
Laos
Notable guests for Virginia horticultural festival luncheon
Mrs. J. Douglas Butler chairs the Ladies Luncheon of the Virginia Horticultural Society Auxiliary with Olympic champion Shelley Mann as guest speaker. Grand Marshal Gene Barry visits, and local winners receive Health Center lighters. Larrick wins WJEJ Tourney. Army display planned for Handley High School May Day events. Governor Tuck to speak on WRVA about the Apple Blossom Festival.
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Virginia Horticultural Society
Shelley Mann
United States
Gene Barry
Henry T. Goode, Jr
Charles Minghini
Teddy Hepner
Richard Buncutter
Handley High School
Tuck
WRVA
Richmond
Daily Meditation on Truth and Old Foundations
The piece argues there is no new truth, only old truths rediscovered. It suggests enduring ideas survive by fitting new discoveries to established concepts and cites Jan Struthers on anchoring the future with a past image. It notes great thinkers build on prior truths and pursue links to evidence.
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Jan Struthers
Meaning in a world of riches and loss
The quotation contrasts spiritual gain with material loss from I Timothy 6 6 7 and contrasts two views of the world through Arthur Schopenhauer’s commentary. It reflects on contentment, value, and the search for meaning beyond wealth.
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I Timothy
Arthur Schopenhauer
Memory Genius Scoring Quiz Questions and History Trivia
A set of ten questions with scoring guidance for a 100 question daily quiz. Topics include geography optics history insects and notable events. Questions cover zero longitude position Great Commoner Mohammed Haymarket riots location and conversions between yards and feet.
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Jesus
Mohammed
U.S
Haymarket
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