Stand In Line For Government Services
A narrator vents about endless lines in dealing with government agencies from draft registration to license renewals. He recalls missteps and delays, asks if founding figures would accept such queues, and notes a letter demanding another visit to correct an error, prompting talk of contacting a congressman.
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Founding Fathers
Ben Franklin
Bat
Draft Board
Vietnam
Ave
Paul Revere
John Paul Jones
Teddy Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Imported Shoes Give U.S. Workers The Boot
In Maine Bass closures and mass imports erode domestic shoe jobs. Bass shifted to retail and imported 60 percent of footwear as U.S. factories closed from 1970 to 1984. Bass and other firms face competition, while some Maine producers stay American made. Don Breingan and peers lose plant work as imports surge.
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G.H. Bass
Maine
Falmouth
Don Breiigan
Bangor
G.H. Bass & Co
Breingan
New England
Bass
Wilton
George Henry Bass
South Korea
Taiwan
Brazil
Richard Bourret
Fawn Evenson
Footwear Trade Action Coalition
U.S
Alfred Eckes
International Trade Commission
Washington
Reagan
ITC
Chesebrough-Ponds Inc
Connecticut
Bourret
Sebago Shoe Co
Dexter, Red Wing
Westbrook
Bridgton
Sebago
Daniel Wellehan
Wellehan
Don Breingan
Old Town
Breiigan
Encore Shoe Corp
Rochester
N.H
Encore
Zodiac U
Far East
Jay
Rumford
Berlin
Eckes
America
Birthdays and anniversary notes for Guggenheim Kipling and Monitor
On December 30 figures include John Simon Guggenheim born 1867 in Philadelphia and founder of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation established in 1925 and Rudyard Kipling born 1865 in Bombay who died in London in 1936. Also noted is the sinking of the Monitor on December 30, 1862 off Cape Hatteras during a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Guggenheim
Philadelphia
Penn
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Rudyard Kipling
Bombay
India
London
Merrimack
Cape Hatteras
Chase
Jewel of the Nile delivers rompy adventure and laughs
Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas star as Joan Wilder and Jack Colton, a duo whose luxury yacht life leads to Africa where they confront Omar and the Jewel of the Nile. Danny DeVito adds comic relief as the sidekick. The film blends humor with globe hopping action and ends with a wedding and a sunset sail. It plays at the Cinema Theater in Aiken.
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Joan Wilder
Kathleen Turner
Jack Colton
Michael Douglas
Ms. Turner
Joan
Douglas
Danny DeVito
Roy Rogers
Gabby Hayes
Jack
Spiros
National Geographic
Omar
Jewel
Aiken
Lighting Out May Soon Mean Lights Out
Energy User News reports an ultrasonic personnel sensor for lighting control that covers up to 1,000 square feet and can save around 50 percent on lighting costs. The unit turns lights on when people are present and off within a minute of movement stopping, with an air turbulence adjustment for HVAC effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Texas
Energy User News
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewis Grizzard
Ollice
AP News
Tom Mooney
Associated Press
Africa
Villian Omar
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