Souvenir Thieves Target Grave Markers Across America
The piece laments rising vandalism as souvenir hunters chip away at grave stones and statues of heroes in Deadwood and other sites. It warns that cherished landmarks from Grand Canyon to national parks face gradual erasure as tourism's darker side harms heritage.
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United States
Wild Bill Hickok
Deadwood
S.D
Sam Bass
William Bonney
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Planned Chaos and Flexible Hours Transform 1970s Work
A decade of experimentation cites four day and three day weeks and radical choose-your-own hours. One plant uses 12 hour days with eight chosen by employees, boosting output and morale. The method suits individuals who work better at different times, aiding working mothers and those with outside duties.
The Gum Industry Sways U S Sales and Sentiment
The chewing gum trade in the United States handles about 571 million dollars in retail sales and appeals to roughly 200 million pounds of chicle. Americans have chewed gum for a century as popularity has surged by 160 percent in ten years. Gum is seen as a nervous habit, a smoking substitute, or an addiction by some, yet the harm remains unclear as the outlook grows more elastic.
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United States
Nixon Honors Stennis as Gunman Wounds Senator
President Nixon thanked Sen John C Stennis for pivotal help on defense and Vietnam peace as he traveled to Meridian Mississippi to dedicate a 9.8 million Navy Technical Training Center named for the Mississippi Democrat. Stennis was shot in Washington during a holdup and was reported fighting for his life after surgery at Walter Reed.
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Sen
John C. Stennis
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Nixon
White House
United States
Senate
John Stennis
Saigon
Mississippi
Stennis
Armed Services Committee
Meridian
Miss
Navy
Congress
China
Russia
Greece a key base as 6th Fleet expands reach in Mediterranean
Henry J. Taylor reports Piraeus grows into a modernized base for the U.S. 6th Fleet, with 12 Greek installations and rising reliance amid turmoil in Italy and the wider Mediterranean. He notes NATO stakes, Turkey’s fragility, Cyprus under UN oversight, Soviet moves in Latakia and Baniyas, and Qaddafi’s Libya shaping regional power dynamics.
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Piraeus
Greece
Athens
U.S
Office of Naval Intelligence
Naval Operations
Elmo R. Zunwalt
Nixon Warned of Those Around Him in White House Circle
Factional tensions within the Nixon White House are detailed by multiple former officials and associates. Melvin Laird and Henry Kissinger are cited among strongest critics who warned Nixon about trusted aides and the power dynamics shaping policy decisions.
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Nixon
Largent family notes and local sports results
Mr and Mrs Largent of Star Files attended Hollins College Parents Day for daughter Anne Kerr. Pfc Kemal D Nurn recently performed French horn in Army concerts in Phoenix and Yuma Arizona. Berryville Town Council did not vote on daylight saving time while the Chamber of Commerce approved DST 27 to 24. Stephens City High School defeated Berryville 9 to 1 to take first place in the Frederick Clarke Baseball League.
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F.L. Largent, Jr
Parents Day
Hollins College
Anne Kerr
Pfc
Kemal D. Nurn
Army
Phoenix
Yuma
Arizona
Berryville
Chamber of Commerce
Stephens City High School
Daily Meditation on Practice in Prayer
The piece argues that frequent prayer builds readiness for crisis, comparing infrequent prayer to a man combing his hair only once a year. It urges consistent belief in God's constant readiness to help and cautions against hoping to pray effectively only during emergencies.
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By Ray Cromley
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