Good Things Happen in America Too
A cross country AP survey highlights small, hopeful acts after President Nixon's inaugural address. Examples include a zoo worker supplying free cotton candy to 20 hospitalized children, fundraising for kidney transplant operations, and residents aiding families in need in Arkansas and Illinois. A campus rescue in Delaware and citizenly actions in several cities are noted, ending with a Napoleon quote about bad news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
America
Nixon
Phillip Massinger
Portland
Ore
Yoke Leim
Frederick County Fire Depts Report 1968 Calls
Frederick County firemen tallied 388 calls in 1968 from seven departments. Shawnee led with 144 total, Clearbrook 60, Round Hill 56, Stephens City 40, Gainesboro 37, Middletown 29, and Gore 13. County totals include 333 actual fires, 108 grass or brush, 73 house, 62 vehicle, 28 chimney, 31 other buildings, 31 miscellaneous fires. In the 30 days before the meeting, 45 calls were answered.
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Frederick County
Shawnee
Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Company
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Middletown Firemen
Gore Firemen
Round Hill
Clearbrook
Middletown
Gore
Paid Pilot for Flight To Cuba
Alben Truitt claims he paid a pilot to fly him to Cuba aboard a chartered private plane. Pilot Charles Z Oliveros denies Truitt flew voluntarily, while Truitt says he paid an extra 58 dollars for the Cuba trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Truitt
Montreal
Alben Truitt
United States
Key West
Fla
Charles Z. Oliveros
Printed Pattern 4917 and a Cuba hijacking tale
A fragmented article blends sewing pattern details with a hijacking case involving Truitt. It notes pattern 4917 sizes and yardage amid a narrative of Truitt guiding a pilot toward Cuba to gather material, threatening with a device, and facing Cuban detention, deportation, and later legal actions in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Truitt
Cuba
Oliveros
U.S
Key West
United States
Montreal Gazette
Minimum Farm Wage Increases Saturday in Virginia
The Virginia farm wage rises from 1.15 to 1.30 per hour for covered farm employment, with posters mailed to employers. It applies to large farming operations using 500 or more man days in a calendar quarter, excludes some piecework earners, and prohibits under 16 employment during school hours except by a parent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert F. Ferguson, Jr
U. S. Labor Department
Mr. Ferguson
Secretary of Labor
Actress Thelma Ritter Stricken By Heart Attack
Veteran character actress Thelma Ritter Moran aged 68 suffered a heart attack at 5 15 p m Monday at her home in Forest Hills Garden Queens and was taken to Queens General Hospital where she was listed in critical condition.
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New York
Thelma Ritter
Forest Hills Garden
Queens
Thelma Ritter Moran
Queens General Hospital
Hope Undergoes Eye Treatment for Hemorrhage
Bob Hope, 65, will undergo photocoagulation today for a recurring eye hemorrhage he suffered Sunday night. He is resting comfortably at the University of California Medical Center and has canceled engagements for 10 days.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Bob Hope
University of California Medical ‘Center
Hope
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Leukemia
Yoe T. Liem
Zoo
Ken Lewis
Sioux Falls
8.D
Karen Parker
Karen
Little Rock
Ark
Ney
Brenda Shuffield Andry
Arkansas
Brenda
A. J. Shuffield
Philadelphia
Peter Jaskel
Villanova University
Delaware River
Jaskel
Washington
Henry Breul
Parents of Hippies
St. Louis
Bernadean Edwards
Albuquerque, N
Mex
Vv. Williams
Truch J
San Diego
Hans Aldershot
Salt Lake City
William Olsen
Olsen
Hagerstown
Arthur H. Katz
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Little Nam
Save the Children
Qui Nhon
Saigon
Nam
Florence E. Jones
Kington
England
Miss Jones
Alben Barkley
Canada
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
N.Y
Pixies
By Wohl
Wan
Len Maroind
WHPC
Federal Building
North 8Th Street
Shenandoah
National Winchester
Virginia
F.d.1.c
Life Insurance
USS
Great Lakes Insurance Company
Elgin, Ill
Commonwealth of Virginia
Interstate 81
Route 50 East Monthru
FBI
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