Oceanography Vessel To Probe for Treasures
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography 400 foot drilling ship sails June 15 on an 18 month global voyage seeking buried oil clues, manganese nodules, and sediment history. Aboard are 75 scientists and crew. The Glomar Challenger will drill 40 to 60 holes to 2 500 feet in depths up to 20 000 feet in the Atlantic and Pacific.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Melvin N. A. Peterson
National Science Foundation
Peterson
Scripps
Atlantic
Pacific
Ore Jane
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Sigsbee Knolls
Gulf Basin
Atlantic Ocean
Freight Cars Move Through Chicago Switching Districts
About 34 170 freight cars are handled daily by Chicago's switching districts, reflecting the volume of rail traffic and logistical activity in the city.
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Chicago
IDA Said its Work Is Distorted by Students
In Washington the Institute for Defense Analyses faces campus protests as students demand severed ties with IDA. IDA officials say misconceptions misstate its neutral role, its secrecy, and that its scholars come from many sources.
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IDA
Washington
Pentagon
Institute For Defense Analyses
Federal Governrer
Department of Defense
Columbia
Princeton
University of Chicago
Norman L. Christeller
Virginia
Potomac River
Christeller
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Vietnam
TDA
Defense Department
Eesecoanere Institute of Technology
MIT
University of California
California Institute of Technology
Case Institute of Technology
Columbia University
University of Illinois
University of Michigan
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Stanford University
Tulane University
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Merger Voted by Mobile County Teacher Groups
White Mobile Education Association backed the merger by a large margin on Wednesday. The predominantly Negro Mobile County Teachers Association voted unanimously in favor. The merged Mobile city county school system becomes Alabama’s largest with about 2,600 teachers and 75,000 pupils.
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Mobile, Ala
Mobile County Teacher Associations
White
Mobile Education Association
Mobile County Teachers Association
Mobile City County
Alabama
Milk Fire Stopper by Milk Truck Driver
Volunteer firemen rushed to dampen a milk truck engine blaze in Ludlow Pennsylvania. Leroy Harlan quickly handles the flames using six quarts of milk, averting a larger fire.
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Ludlow, Pa
Leroy Harlan
Harlan
Bumper crop of beauties in Miss USA contest
Miami Beach AP reports height trends among 51 Miss USA contestants with 18 at 5 feet 8 inches or taller. Miss Florida at six feet is tallest, Miss Nebraska quips about growing taller, and several ceded comments on men preferring shorter partners while admiring their height.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Alaska
Florida
Nebraska
Linda Dresher
Omaha
Sharon Long
Anchorage
Miss Washington
Dorothy
Didi
Anstett
Kirkland
Reagan Oregon backers push write in for Rocky
Oregon backers for Ronald Reagan mobilize for a write in for Nelson Rockefeller on May 28 while Reagan campaigns in California. Fred Van Natta says volunteers distribute 120000 pieces of literature and 1000 workers, with TV ads and a campaign spend around 85000 dollars in state funds and national help. Nixon supporters contest the spending figures as Oregon efforts expand after Nebraska results.
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Salem
Ore
Ronald Reagan
Oregon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Kkey
Fred Van Nat+ jta
California
Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
van Natta
National
Citizens For Reagan Organization
Nixon
Alan—K. Abner
Ote
Nebraska
Garbo Film Retrospective at Lincoln Center and MoMA
A Greta Garbo film retrospective will be shown by Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art. The program features films long unavailable since release, including The Temptress and As You Desire Me.
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New York
Greta Garbo
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
Museum of Modern Art
Tod
Weizmann Institute Approves 1968 Budget
The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot sets an institute budget of 11.8 million dollars for 1968 69, including 2.7 million dollars allocated for development projects and research.
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Rehovot, Israel
Weizmann Institute of Science
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