Mountain Artisans Bridges Appalachia Craft to High Fashion
In Charleston West Virginia Back Woods Appalachia sewing circles pivot from quilts to haute couture. Mountain Artisans a nonprofit founded by local volunteers channels native skills into modern apparel with the Rockefeller era home base, expanding into accessories men’s and children’s wear and interior textiles.
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Carol Deegan
Associated Press
Charleston
Wva
Back Woods
Appalachia
New York
Park Avenue
West Virginia
America
W.va
Florette Angel
Angel
Mountain Artisans
Gerad Nuircoc
Mountain Artisans sell quilts as hostess skirts
A group of Harrison County seamstresses shift from quilts to hostess skirts under Mountain Artisans. The program, led by Charleston worker Mrs. Angel, offers designers 60 percent of sale prices and aims to market native crafts through the West Virginia Commerce crafts division. From quilted hostess skirts to a quilted button skirt and jacket ensemble, prices range from affordable to high end.
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Peele Pre
Mrs. Angel
Charleston
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Harrison County
Black Box Aboard 1972 Jupiter Launch
Angeles AP reports a two pound black box will accompany NASA’s 1972 Jupiter fly-by. Designed by Dr Darrell L Judge and Robert Carlson of USC, the instrument will provide the first close up atmospheric analysis, funded by a 750000 grant. It functions like a light meter for planetary data.
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Angeles
Jupiter
University of Southern California
Darrell L. Judge
Robert Carlson
University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jupitter
Judge
Insect-eating plant's trap needs dual trigger
The flytrap native near Wilmington, North Carolina digests prey in five to ten days. Insects touch trigger hairs on the leaves, but two hairs must be touched or one hair twice to activate the mechanism.
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Wilmington
N.C
World Almanac
First woman to cross US drives again for 60th anniversary
Mrs. Alice Ramsey, who in 1909 became the first woman to drive coast to coast, retraced the journey from Covina California to Poughkeepsie New York for a Vassar College class of 1907 reunion. Accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Elliott, she also visited her son in Ogdensburg and daughter in Largo. Ramsey, then Hackensack resident, traveled in a Maxwell capable of 42 mph on that historic trek.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Alice Ramsey
United States
Covina
Calif
Elizabeth Elliott
Ramsey
Vassar College
John R. Ramsey
Ogdensburg
N.Y
R.S. Bruns
Largo
Fla
Hackensack
N.J
South Viet Legislators Probe My Lai Findings
South Vietnamese senators reported inconclusive results from their inquiry into My Lai. Sen. Tran Van Don said they could not confirm a massacre occurred or its extent, pending the trial of an American lieutenant charged with murdering 109 civilians. He led eight lawmakers to the abandoned hamlet to hear civilians and assess claims.
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Quang Ngai
Vietnam
U.S
I My Lai
Tran van Don
My Lai
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Don
Senate
House
Sing Out In Praise Of Sausage
Historical overview traces sausage from ancient sources to modern popularity. References Homer and Atheneus, Roman feasts, medieval origins, and naming from cities. Notes Britain Black Pudding and France White Pudding, with Italy and France as top producers. US tradition includes Philadelphia scrapple and country sausage with regional methods and secret recipes.
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Tom Hoge
Associated Press
Weber
United States
Homer
Odysseus
Athanaeus
Frankfurt
Bolognia
Britain
France
Italy
America
Philadelphia
Chester
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