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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Comparing the aerial photographs with maps of the region made in 1965, the HAC found that the boundaries of the fields being cultivated were the same as they were five years ago. In addition, the fields looked well-established, not as if they were of recent origin...
...trunk railway lines-Britain's biggest convoy since World War II-will bring 6,000,000 checks, statements and credit documents from 14,500 banks throughout the country to London. There they will be converted into the new currency and shipped back to their place of origin. When the banks reopen next Monday, some 25 million accounts will be decimalized and up to date. Government departments, the stock exchange and subway system, as well as most big stores, will go decimal immediately on D Day. Other businesses have 18 months to convert...
Today only about five to ten per cent of cable systems offer live programming of local origin. Most of this programming grew out of such simple fare as filling one or more empty channels with weather reports or ticker tape machines. Today live programming centers around events of local interest: newscasts, school activities, sports, political debates, public hearing, school board meetings, and children's programs...
Witness the case of Mobil Oil Co. A London-based subsidiary, Mobil Marine Services, sent a letter to ships' chandlers, ordering them not to supply Mobil tankers with "any products of Israeli origin, or seeming to have Israeli or Jewish connections." Mobil's caution stems from the fact that the boycott has been intensified of late by the fanatically anti-Israel government of Libya. Whenever a tanker enters a Libyan port, it is searched. If there is anything aboard that has been made or grown in Israel, the owner of the ship is fined or the vessel...
...injured woman, who asked that her name be withheld, was taken to Stillman Infirmary and x-rayed immediately. No broken bones were found, although she said that the doctor had found a separation of undetermined origin in the lower part of her spine. The lower part of her back was severely sprained...