Oldest Maryland ferry still steers Oxford Bellevue link
Capt William Benson runs the Tred Avon ferry, a 56 foot vessel serving Oxford and Bellevue since 1938. The one man operation carries about 12 000 vehicles and 45 000 to 50 000 passengers yearly. Rides cost 1 dollar per car and driver, 15 cents for pedestrians.
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Oxford
William Benson
Benson
Elizabeth Skinner
Bellevue
Secene Wis
Tred Avon
Staten Island
Tred Avon River
Branding Elephants With Numbers Backs Kruger Study
In Kruger National Park South Africa elephants receive cold branding marks on ears and hips to enable tracking and study of migration. The 8,821 elephants in the park are being numbered to aid conservation efforts and population monitoring. The method is considered humane and aims to improve identification over older schemes.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Kruger National Parker
National Parks Board
Kruger Park
Parks Board
New Hampshire Restores Lead in Presidential Primary
Concord New Hampshire Gov Walter Peterson signed a law shifting the state's presidential primary from the second Tuesday in March to the first Tuesday in March 1972. The move aims to respond to a Florida law that set its primary date on the second Tuesday in March.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Walter Peterson
Granite State
Florida
Former Pueblo Officer to Speak at Front Royal
Lt. Commander Stephen R. Harris, aboard the USS Pueblo when seized in 1968, will speak at Front Royal Bible Church on Sunday July 18 at 11 am. He will discuss faith sustaining the Pueblo crew during imprisonment and their daily reports to COM MOLDFLT. Harris, born in Melrose Massachusetts and Harvard graduate, later served as intelligence officer aboard several ships and is now with the Navy in Washington DC. He coauthored My Anchor Held with James C Hefley, published in 1970.
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Stephen R. Harris
Uss Pueblo
North Korea
Front Royal
Harris
Melrose, Mass
Harvard
Navy
the Pueblo
Office
Chief of Naval Operations
Washington, D.C
Bethesda
Fourth Presbyterian Church
James C. Hefley
South Africa to buy steel to ease shortage
South Africa plans to purchase about 225000 tons of steel, mainly from Japan, to relieve a shortage while Iscor continues steel exports. Iscor says short term fluctuations strain plant capacity and exports help keep a foothold in the market. Negotiations for 75000 tons of wire rod and 150000 tons of steel products are under way in Japan, with orders for 60000 tons of heavy plates and galvanized sheets. The deal is valued at over 28 million dollars.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Japan
Iron and Steel Corp
Iscor
Aontract
London Metal Bulletin
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Nery NG
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Monmouth College
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S. Africa
Wards
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