Festival queen turns oil digger
EVANGELINE La. Suzette Dietz an 18 year old Cotton Festival Queen has joined an oilfield crew at Superior Oil Co earning 5 52 an hour She digs ditches levels foundations shovels oyster shells and dirt and even paints machinery She jokes about being called Sam by coworkers while adjusting to life outdoors with four men on the crew
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline
UPI
Suzette Dietz
Miss Dietz
Suzette
Sam
Winery reproduces colonial wines in Ingwood New Jersey
A Wall Street broker and a Philadelphia chemist launched B&B Vineyards in Hunterdon County to produce colonial era wine styles. The 10 acre winery uses blackberry elderberry apple fruit wines and mead, aiming to sell to tourists at historic sites during the 1976 Bicentennial. They quit their jobs in 1973 and planted vineyards to bear first grapes next year.
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Ingwood
N.J
UPI
Tenacre
Wall Street
Philadelphia
New Jersey
George Washington
Delaware
Robert Bodine Jr
John Boyd
University of Pennsylvania
Hunterdon County
Hunterdon
Washington
Trenton
Boyd
Bodine
Canada
New York State
Flemington
Granary Burying Ground Tales of Patriots and Pranks
In Boston Granary Burying Ground legends persist with Samuel Adams and John Hancock memorials, flimsy markers, and a maze of old stones from 1660. Dali faces firing over pro Franco remarks while Tremont Street overlooks these graves.
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Boston
UPI
Samuel Adams
Commonwealth
Adams
John Hancock
New England
Harriet Cabot
Bostonian Society
Mary Goose
Mary
Elizabeva
Hancock
Boston Common
Tremont Street
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
Ben
Josiah Franklin
Abiah
Sons of the Revolution
Minnesota
Technology reshapes the American landscape with mobility
In a UPI feature, John B. Jackson traces how engineering and technology transformed land use from agrarian to a welfare oriented social landscape. He notes dams highways and modern farms, the rise of the interstate system, and the TVA. The piece contrasts individual and collective needs and warns of ecological costs. NEXT WEEK Alan Barth begins a four part look at civil liberties and rights.
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John B. Jackson
United Press International
Boulder Dam
Grand Coulee
Bonneville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Appalachia
Soil Conservation Service
Middle
Far West
Alan Barth
The
Washington Post
Lose the Weight You Hate With ODRINEX Plan
New clinical tests at a major university hospital claim the ODRINEX Plan helps weight loss quickly. The pill supposedly suppresses appetite, letting you eat three meals a day while consuming fewer calories. Safe when directed, it aims to improve appearance and well being with a money back guarantee.
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Dali
Paris
Salvador Dali
Alexander Jodorowsky
Emperor of the Galaxy
Toulouse
France
Franco
Jodorowsky
Elizabeth Neal
Hannah Neal
Vermont
Bennington
Main Street
First Vermont Bank
FDIC
Main ST
Monument Plaza Office
B. F. Skinner
Earth
Rite Aid
LEES
Armstrong
H. Greenberg
X Son
Vermont National
Fienberg
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
State OF Vermont Department OF Employment Security
Vermont Job Service
JOB Service
ST. Albans
North Main Street
ST. Johnsbury
Eastern Avenue
Springfield
White River Junction
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