Private-Enterprise Red Tape in DC Grows From Chair Saga
Washington report mocks private-enterprise delays as a couple battles a furniture purchase. Mr X struggles through store procedure to buy a chair priced at 99 dollars, finally winning after contacting the store president. The chair arrives gift-wrapped with owners’ names. Do not ash cigarettes on it.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Washington
Georgetown
Mrs. X
Mr. xX
Mr. Y
Mr. X
Mr. Z
Lowell
Massachusetts
Red Chinese Using Congo as Base for Revolution
AP Special Correspondent details how Brazzaville hosts a communist-influenced network aiding insurgents in Leopoldville and neighboring Congo. The National Council for Liberation of the Congo issues updates while Lumumba’s legacy and foreign interference from Brazzaville and Burundi fuel tensions.
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French Congo
Peking
Central
West Africa
Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Congo
Leopoldville
Leopoldville Congo
Stanleyville
People’s Liberation Army
Central Africa
Ers
National Council For Liberation of the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Moise Tshombe
China
Brazzaville Congo
Burundi
Water Levels Low in Great Lakes Region
The Great Lakes area faces record low water levels due to subnormal precipitation since 1960. Lakes Michigan and Huron hit their deepest since 1860 while Ontario and Erie near 30 year lows, raising shipping costs and harming wildlife, beaches, and docks amid forecasts of further declines to 1965.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Midwest
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lake Superior
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Lakes
Ontario
Erie
Albert J. Meserow
Great Lakes Commission
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D.C
William L. Ryan
Congos
Angola
Great Lakes Region
Capital
Crestview
Egiay Lane
Coastal Coastal Industries, Inc
Conn. Ave
Washington, D. C
Wilde Acres
Winchester
White Plains Marton
Waldorf
U S. 301
Jimmy
Shenandoah Farms
Kern Motor CO
Chevrolet
Valiant
Kernmotor Co
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