Popcorn Lady keeps family Model T legend alive in Cambridge
Dorothy Rich runs the green Model T popcorn truck a Cambridge landmark with roots going back to 1905. She inherited the business from her father Albert Rich who toured fairs and circuses selling popcorn and hot dogs. The truck, a 1925 Cretors steam engine setup, draws crowds with its plate glass windows and nickel-plated copper fixtures. Dorothy works after a day job, maintains the rig, and aims to keep the tradition alive for summers to come.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Dorothy Rich
Dorothy
Camae
Rich
Albert Rich
Main
Park Streets
Albert
Lovejoy Plow Co
Noble and Wood
Hoosick Falls
D&h
Cretors
Chicago
Albany
Troy
Florida
Horace Maxwell
Coila
Vermont colleges face growth curb as birth decline bites
UVM officials cite a 30 percent birth-rate drop over 15 years and a no-growth policy adopted two years ago to avert crowding. Interim President Wayne Patterson warned of short-term overcrowding with no new housing, predicting up to 500 small colleges may close by the early 1990s due to declining school-age populations.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
UVM
Wayne Patterson
House
Senate
Massachusetts
Patterson
Castleton State College
RPI Scientist Seeks Space Crystal Growth Edge
In New York a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute chemistry professor Dr Heribert Wiedemeier and colleagues prepare a crystal growth experiment for the Apollo mission. He hopes near weightless conditions will yield purer crystals with potential benefits for the communications industry, with up to 70000 dollars in government funding.
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Troy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Heribert A. Wiedemeier
Wiedemeier
RPI
Outer
Space
Earth
Clyde Beatty Circus Cancelled by Berkshire Floods
In Pittsfield Wahconah Park expected two performances were canceled as heavy rains caused the Housatonic River to overflow, flooding the site where the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus planned its big top. Nearly 3,000 advance tickets were sold. no reschedule date set. Mayor Dobelle weighs reorganizing the city solicitor’s office to ease a legal backlog with a combination of part time and full time positions and terms.
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Pittsfield
Wahconah Park
Housatonic
Vincent J. Herbert
Herbert
Evan S. Dobelle
Dobelle
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