First U.S. Riverbank Erosion Engineer Takes On 1,000 Mile Beat
Kenner C. Rice Jr the first fulltime riverbank erosion engineer in the United States oversees a thousand mile Potomac and Rappahannock shoreline across six Northern Neck counties. This pilot project seeks long term erosion control methods while advising property owners on effective practices. He cites rapid erosion and rising water threatening homes and notes removing driftwood pilings as an immediate preventative step.
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Warsaw
Kenner C. Rice Jr
Rice
Potomac
Rappahannock
Neck
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Virginia
United States
U.S
Northern Neck Planning Commission
Northern Neck Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Side County
Westmoreland
Richmond
Lancasterer
Northumberland
Essex
Middlesex
4 Lane Road Five Years Away From State Board Told
Frederick County officials were told of plans for a future four lane highway from Route 50 east at Route 81 to the Clarke County line, spanning 5.4 miles. J. E. Yeatts, highway location engineer, said construction is about five years off and stressed advance planning. He noted no funds are available now and urged public access to tentative maps to aid rights of way planning. He added a bypass from Route 50 to Route 81 North is nearing plans for right of way, while a southern route lacks funding.
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Rt. 50
Rt. 81
Clarke County
J. E. Yeatts
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
IRS Computer Rejections Slip Up Local Official
Little Rock Arkansas AP The Internal Revenue Service computers show no favorites as Emmet E Cook Jr assistant director of the regional IRS office had his income tax return rejected for a wrong Social Security number.
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Little Rock
Ark
Emmet E. Cook Jr
IRS
TB Testing and Contact Checks Promote Public Health
The article explains TB is a reportable disease to the Health Department regardless of treatment location. It describes confidentiality of patient names, the role of nurses, and how positive and negative reports are handled, including a request process to obtain a copy of negative reports from the TB and Health Association of Northern Virginia.
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Health Department
Amnmg
TB and Health Association of Northern Virginia
P.O. Box
Front Royal
Johnson cites peaceful Viet Nam path with reforms prerequisite
President Johnson tells the Canadian Club that a peaceful solution in Viet Nam requires reforms across political, social, religious, and economic life and warns that victory will not be purely military. Senator Ribicoff in Atlanta adds that if talks occur the Viet Cong must be included for any solution.
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Cans
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Johnson
U.S
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Atlanta
Ancient Greek heroes praised by Homeric poets
In Homeric poems the heroes are lauded like gods and even minor figures appear as if divinely chosen. The text notes how admired these heroes are among ancient Greeks and hints at a 620 reference.
Creek paratrooper saves pilot from crashing plane
State Trooper Jack B. Rose bailed from a small plane about to crash near Route 31 three miles west of Clyde New York. He landed unharmed in a creek after leaping sans parachute as the aircraft struck trees and cables. Rose, 24, is assigned to the state substation at nearby Newark.
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Clyde, N.Y
Jack B. Rose
Route 31
Wayne County
Rose
Creek
Raft
Newrk
Duel Challenge Between Imbert and Bosch in Dominican Republic
Gen Antonio Imbert one of Trujillo's assassins calls ex-President Juan Bosch to a duel either with weapons or words. Imbert, who helped exile Bosch in 1963, published the challenge in El Caribe. Bosch declined comment as he camps for the June presidential race.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Imbert
Rafael Trujillo
Juan Bosch
Imbert
Bosch
el Caribe
anti-Bosch
Pedro Maria Pimentel
Pimentel
Tmbert
Trujillo
Luis Amiam Tio
Ides of March in Rome Sees American Tourist Leave Peach Blossoms
On the Ides of March in Rome an American tourist Mary Pozzini from Stillwater Minnesota left peach blossoms at Julius Caesar statue near the Roman Forum. Romans usually pay tribute on March 15 when Caesar was stabbed. Pozzini, 25, a teacher, was among the first to place flowers.
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Rome
Julius Caesar
Caesar
Mary Pozzini
Stillwater
Minn
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John C. Godrick
Fredericksburg
Free Lance-Star
SCS
Army Corps of Engineers
Mark Beauchamp
Gastonia
N.C
Beauchamp
Ket
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Lee
Perry Engineering
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