Frustration Plagues Former Teamster Boss
SEATTLE AP Dave Beck, longtime Teamsters figure, voices bafflement over Jimmy Hoffa's death and says the man who led the union after Hoffa's 1957 tenure has likely been killed. Beck defends the Teamsters while marking his own fall from power, wealth built on union days, and legal battles, yet remains active as a speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Dave Beck
The
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
Beck
International Teamsters Union
Jimmy
H E
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
U.S. Senate
McNeil Island
Tacoma
Dave Beck Jr
Ford
Ite House
Puppet Show at McArthur Library Brightens Christmas Eve
McArthur Library Biddeford on Main Street hosted a Christmas Eve puppet show at 10 a.m. in the children's room. Jackie Kent and a 50-puppet troupe perform familiar tales and an original script The Shoe the Horn and the String while crafts and a program wrap up the holiday activity for young patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur Library
Main Street
Biddeford
Jackie Ent
Christiana Fokken
Anne Chisholm
Kent
Danny
Mahoney Junior High School
Portland
Kents
USO
Maine
Puppeteers of America
New England Guild of Puppetry
Hansel and Gretel
the Goats
Danny Kent
Hansel
Gretel
Jackie Kent
Friend
Quebec Attack 200 Years Old Unearths Revolutionary Saga
The piece recounts Benedict Arnold and Montgomery leading 1,000 plus colonial troops on an overland 1775 expedition from Maine to Quebec. It covers harsh marching conditions, skirmishes, Montgomery's death, Arnold's stubborn defense, and the lifting of the siege by May 5 after manpower dwindled and enlistments ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
U.S
Congress
Dennis Montgomery
Prospect Hill
Cambridge
Mass
Quebec
Canada
George Washington
Boston
Maine
Great Lakes
Benedict Arnold
Richard Montgomery
Montreal
Batteaux
Arnold
Kennebec River
Traverese
Dead River
Lake Megantic
Chaudiere River
Plains of Abraham
St. Lawrence River
Virginia
Pennsylvannia
Itow
Robert Dixon
John Henry
Lancaster
Dixon
Montgomery
St. Jean
Henry
Senter
David Wooster
John Thomas
Broadway in 1975 The Year of Theater and Change
New York AP tallies the 1975 theatrical year noting Broadway highlights with A Chorus Line The Wiz and Chicago as top musicals, Equus winning critics and Tony awards, Sea Scape earning the Pulitzer, and Ellen Burstyn John Kani and Winston Ntshona among major winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
The
Wiz
Chicago
England
Peter Shaffer
Critics Circle
Edward Albee
Ellen Burstyn
Tony
Winston Ntshona
John Kani
Pearl Bailey
U.S
United Nations
Angela Lansbury
John Collum
Joseph Papp
Lincoln Center
Times Square Beachhead
Actors Equity
Supreme Court
Chattanooga
Tenn
Society of
Stage Directors and Choreographers
National Endowment For the Humanities
Royal Shakespeare Company
Kennedy Center
League of New York Theaters
Liza Minnelli
Gwen Verdon
Beee
Pasadena
Calif
Goodman Drama School
Stamford
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Teamsters Union
Kennebunkport
John Ewing
Electrolux
J. Durfee
Prince of Peace
Main ST
FDIC
Percy
Eve
OL Martens
Liggett- Rexall
Atau
Biddeford-Saco
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