Crafts Demonstration Day at Mansion Park-McCullough
A Park-McCullough House event showcases Elfriede Abbe with wood sculpture, Ed Swindlehurst on stained glass, leather work by Judy Mason, early American craft demos by Marian Crawford, calligraphy by Jennifer Brown and Maura Thompson, plus silkscreened quilts by Cynthia Pannucci. Demonstrations run 11 am to 4 pm with games, magic, stories, music, two gift shops, and food. no admission charge. For details call 802-442-2747.
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Elfriede Abbe
Mediterranean
Ed Swindlehurst
Judy Mason
Woodford
Green Mountain Weavers Guild
Jennifer Brown
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Maura Thompson
Castleton State Teachers College
Marian Crawford
America
Ms. Crawford
a +H
Cynthia Pannucci
Peru
Park- McCullough House
David Bort
Gisele Lehovek
Mary Burton-Beinecke
Park-McCullough
New York Ed Dept Urges De Sexing School Texts
Education officials in Albany urge schools to remove gender bias from elementary texts. A newly issued 88 page guide recommends plural forms, avoiding she, replacing man made with humanity, portraying women as active, balancing examples, and revising illustrations to reduce stereotypes.
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Albany, N.Y
UPI
New York State
Education Department
Rochester
Weston Playhouse a Historic Village Theatre
Weston Playhouse sits beside the West River on a lush village green serving as a year round community hub with a restaurant and nightclub. Past stars include Cody Cline who rose to Hollywood and Orson Welles projects, and Jack Straw of Broadway who ran the Weston Inn before a fatal fire ended that era. This summer the inn’s after theatre cabaret and dining options return alongside performances from Weston’s troupe.
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Weston
Weston Playhouse
West River
Franklin Lattimore Cline
Cody
Cline
Playhouse
Trista
Hollywood
Jeanne Crain
Italy
Orson Welles
Fanne Foxe
Tidal Basin
Wilbur Mills
Jack Straw
Weston Inn
Straw
Smiley
Language of the Revolution Fades Yet Lexicon Abides
A UPI piece recalls late 18th century tavern speech at the Catamount Tavern during Yorktown celebrations. It notes how old terms like frowsting and sponging reveal a language in transition as American English diverged from its British roots.
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New York
UPI
Congress
America
England
Catamount
George Washington
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Drowsy drivers split by education levels in NC study
A National Driving Institute survey led by Duke psychiatrist William Erwin polls 1,500 drivers at North Carolina licensing stations. Findings show higher education linked to greater self reported drowsiness behind the wheel, with 3.2 percent among grade school graduates and 84.9 percent among postgraduate degree holders.
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Durham
N.C
National Safety Council
Erwin
Alhough
Willie Nelsons Fourth of July Picnic scaled down in Texas
Willie Nelson, 42, trims his annual Fourth of July Picnic to one day in a central Texas cow pasture. The event will feature about a dozen acts instead of 60, with tickets at $5.50 in advance or $7 at the gate, touted as a strong musical bargain for Texas.
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Liberty Hill
Tex
UPI
Willie Nelson
Texas
Nelson headlines annual Fourth of July Music Picnic in Texas
Willie Nelson and guests prepare for a large scale July Fourth picnic in College Station Texas with six figure promoter efforts. Tickets charter buses and beer packages are offered to music fans from across the state. Nelson notes mixed local reception but optimistic turnout after previous 100000 attendee events. The event promotes heat relief with water and restrooms, while Nelson tours prior Dallas Symphony engagement and new album sales surge nationwide.
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College Station
Tex
Texas
Hofheinz Pavilion
Astrodome
Nelson
Carroll Overton
Austin
San Gabriel
Playboy Magazine
Larry King
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Ban on handguns could save lives in Massachusetts
Harvard Kennedy School analysis says a private handgun ban in Massachusetts might save 55 to 120 lives yearly. It could prevent up to 1,190 handgun injuries and 1,500 armed robberies. Sheriff Buckley opposes exempting pistol clubs, calling it a loophole that would weaken the law.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
John J. Buckley
Harvard
Kennedy School of Government
Buckley
Nader urges FDA action on vinyl chloride in food packaging
Ralph Nader's Health Research Group petitions the FDA to ban vinyl chloride in all food packaging and to recall products in PVC containers. The group cites FDA tests showing vinyl chloride in vegetable oil up to 9000 PPB and warns of cancer risk from various lunch meat and mouthwash packages.
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Washington
UPI
Ralph Nader
Health Research Group
Food and Administration
FDA
Treasury Department
Nader
American Meat Institute
Producer Peery Association
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Dictionary of International Biography
International Directory of Arts
Woodrow Wilson School
Binghamton
N.Y
Cornell University
Hunt Library
Carnegie-Mellon University
Catamount Tavern
Perry
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Flip
Texan
Philippines
Manila
Public Highways Department
Baguio
Kris Kristofferson
Rita Coolidge
Billy Swan
Pointer Sister
Charlie Daniels
Alex Harvey
Doug Sahm
David Allan Coe
Amy
Vermont
Bennington
Main Street
Main St
Rte Ie
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Northside Drive
PETCO
The
Finast
Land O'Lakes
Rutland
Clarendon
Burlington
Barre
Bellows Falls
Sennington
Keene
Nashua
Concord
Claremont
Lebanon
Laconia
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