National Lampoon recalls 135000 copies over Chappaquiddick faux ad
National Lampoon agrees to recall 135,000 unsold copies of a special edition with a false Volkswagen ad mocking Sen. Edward Kennedy's 1969 Chappaquiddick accident. Volkswagen drops a $30 million damage suit. the recall targets November 15 and includes destroying printing plates and issuing an editorial apology.
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New York
National Lampoon
Volkswagen
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Volkswagen of America, Inc
Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Martha’s Vineyard
Massachusetts
Satiirical
Baid
Teddy
Volks
United States
Canada
Old Orchard Beach VFW Post 7997 Meets on Sunday
Old Orchard Memorial VFW Post 7997 convened at the Post home with Commander Joseph Lenkowski presiding. Awards from department and national HQ included Voice of Democracy Buddy Poppy and Community Service. Melvin Marshall and Joseph Lenkowski received Personalawards. An annual turkey shoot is planned for Nov 17
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Memorial
VFW
Post
Joseph Lenkowski
Department
Voice of Democracy
Buddy Poppy
Melvin Marshall
Dwight McLeod
Togus
House Committee
Richard McKee
Bosphorus Bridge Opens Linking Two Continents
The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul opens as a European Asian link. Officials say it is the first bridge across the strait in 2,400 years. Fahri Koruturk leads 70 nations and half a million people across the $34 million span as spectators cheer.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bosphorus Bridge
United States
Europe
Asia
Bosphorus Strait
Fahri Koruturk
Continents
Koruturk
Crosses and Crowds Mark Veiled Day of Turkey Tributes
Thousands joined a bridge ceremony after Turkey's fiftieth anniversary observance, amid religious and military leaders including Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrius I. The event was noted alongside two classified want ads.
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Turkey
Demetrius I
Pupils Collect Caps To Reach One Million
Oak Park Elementary School pupils led by Linda Potteiger aim to reach one million bottle caps to measure the meaning of the number. After 18 months they tally over 400000 and worry about storage as space runs out. The project blends math with global trade trivia from the United States to Canada.
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Landscale
Nathan Fry
Steven Boone
Jay Harrison
Randy Darrow
Nadia Clara
Bott
Oak Park
Linda Potteiger
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Saco
Berton K. Braley
Lewis G. Brock
Charles R. Cote Lawrence T. Dolby
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Paul E. Reny
Harry A. Warren
J. Edward Whelan
Citizens For
Arthur Huot
Treas
Ea & Green
Foster’s
Metrogold All Beef
Sunshine Hydrox
Maple Leap Creamery Pound
Pillsbury
Robin Hood
Florida
Danny Kaye
Caps
Eurail
Barbra Streisand
CBS
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Huntington
Saratoga
Malaga
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Singer Company
Maine Builders Co
Alfred
O. B
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Paul
Subaru
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Moosehead
China
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