Oakland Bike Pool Prompts Local Officials
The Oakland city government has added men’s and women’s bicycles to its motor pool for official trips. The bikes come from unclaimed police department bicycles, cost negligible, and have won enthusiastic support from officials. Residents hope Winchester and others will adopt the plan.
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Winchester
Front Royal
Berryville
Oakland
Calif
Stewart Bell, Jr
Cameron St
Jim Swiger
Smithfield
Mr. Seldon
Clucking a Storm: Egg Production Rises in U S Hens
The Agriculture Department reports 5.9 billion eggs laid in July, down one percent from last year while the hen population drops three percent. By August 1 production reaches 62.3 eggs per 100 birds per day, up from 60.9, boosting yield per unit.
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Agriculture Department
Oceans Too Secretarial Jobs Open to Women Only
A Charlotte job seeker faced widespread rejection for secretary posts despite four years of college and 60 wpm typing. Rejections came from 60 firms that would not interview a man, even as vacancies existed. The male applicant was a newsman, unseen until now.
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Charlotte
N.C
Dropping In Reports Shift College Admissions This Year
Enrollment applications on many campuses are down for fall term with thousands of freshman vacancies. Schools accelerate recruitment and some discuss permanent changes such as allowing high school dropouts to enroll if they can do the work, challenging the 12 year requirement.
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Pennsylvania
How Are Things in Tallahassee and Other Places
James J. Kilpatrick reflects on two weeks on the road covering 12 000 miles from Miami to Los Angeles. He notes no single national mood exists, only a mix of hope despair anxiety and humor as people speak from their own small worlds.
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Miami
Los Angeles
Playboy
South
Tallahassee
Chicago
Woodville
Rappahannock County
Eugene McCarthy
Jefferson
Higher Education Faces Slow Enrollment and Surplus Seats
A U S News & World Report overview notes about 300 000 unused college places as campuses reopen. It predicts a decade of stabilizing enrollments with private colleges most at risk, while public four year and two year schools face mixed prospects and shifting budgets.
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National Association of College Admissions Counselors
NACAC
Western Interstate Commission For Higher Education
Paul C. Reinert
Association of American Colleges
Reinert
U.S. News & World Report
Rebellious Guerrillas Call Civilians to Bar Algiers Roads
The Star Files reports that rebels in Algiers urged unarmed civilians to block roads to hinder motorized troops advancing from western Algeria. Fire Inspector Gocenour warns residents to avoid outdoor fires amid severe drought.
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Algiers
Algeria
William N. Gocenour
Prices and effort shape life in daily meditation
The piece argues that life’s worth comes from effort in all areas including health character and wealth. It parallels Jacob’s night wrestling with a divine being to show that real victory requires self renewal and disciplined striving.
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Jacob
Living-as-usual spirit guides 85 year old Irish mother
HAL BOYLE profiles Margaret Gavaghan Boyle nearing 85 in Kansas City. A self taught observer, she keeps busy with daily tasks, guards family routines, and debates life after death. Her thoughts reveal a wary pragmatism and calm resilience.
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Kansas City
Heaven
Margaret Gavaghan Boyle
County Mayo
Ireland
Hell
Earth
Margaret Boyle
Mecca
The
Kansas City Star and Times
Dolores
Don Newton
How's Your IQ Quiz Prompts Dictionary of Questions
A scanned quiz item lists ten questions testing general knowledge. It includes topics from government franking privilege to Bible authorship, geography, chess, and lumber behavior, with instruction to turn to page 2 for corrections and a day-by-day scoring scale.
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New York
Singapore
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
U.S
Denmark
William Sidney Porter
Gold Coast
Africa
Ivory Coast
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Golgotha
Nazareth
Boyle
Irving Wallace
JoAnn Pugh
Walter Ezra Patterson, Jr
Redland Methodist Church
Whitacre
Truman
United States
Byrd
Charles F. Sarle
Special Farm Statistics
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Commercial and Savings Bank
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Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
Mother
Shay
Prince
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