Harpsichord Revival Captivates Rev. Greene in Biddeford
Reverend Edward Greene of Christ Church in Biddeford pursues a harpsichord renaissance. He built a double keyboard harpsichord from a kit, the first of its kind by an amateur on the Eastern Seaboard, drawing a CBS crew. Greene explains the instrument’s lighter, brighter tone and articulating clarity versus the piano, while noting its fragility for error.
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Christ Church
Biddeford
Greene
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Vicarage
Blanchet
France
Zuckermann’s
New York City
Seaboard
CBS
Rev. Greene
Bath
Bowdoin College
Boston
Rev
Green
New York
Inside The Journal Hurricane Carmen Expected To Regain Its Power
The Journal reports Hurricane Carmen is forecast to reintensify as it approaches land. Meteorologists warn residents along affected coasts to monitor the storm’s path and prepare emergency plans.
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Carmen
Health insurance and tax reform top Congress agenda
Democratic leaders push national health insurance and tax revision as the 93rd Congress nears its end. They concede action before the November elections is unlikely, with a reconvened session needed for any bills to reach President Ford. The Senate resumes after Labor Day.
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Congress
Ford
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Russell B. Long
D-La
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Mills
Senate Finance Committee
Howsebil
Nelson
Rockefelier
Miners seek wage rise and safety gains in hard bargaining
United Mine Workers begin industrywide talks with Bituminous Coal Operators Association at the Hay Adams Hotel as 115 000 miners press for higher wages an escalator clause safer mine shutdown rights and broader grievance rules. President Miller met President Ford amid anticipated strike risk.
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United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
Hay-Adams Hotel
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Miller
Walter C. Wallace
The
Operators Association
Ford
White House
Sugar Price Surge Continues Across AP Market Basket
The AP market basket for August shows rising costs in 11 of 13 cities with over 40 percent of items up. Eggs, sugar, pork chops, coffee and peanut butter led gains as the Agriculture Department warns of continued price increases into year end.
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Tex
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Atlanta
Albuquerque
N.M
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Vermont
Gilbert H. Parker
Vermont Agriculture Department
Dwight K. Eddy
Northern New England farmers hurt by long dry summer
Dairy farmers in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont face worsening finances as a dry summer follows a wet spring. Hay and corn yields are down in southern New Hampshire with high grain prices and low milk prices squeezing dairies, while Maine reports strong potatoes but rising costs. Vermont dairy farmers face reduced prices and costly feed even as some regions endure better hay.
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Howard C. Townsend
New Hpshire
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Midwest
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Horace P. Landry
Maine Agricultural Department
Landry
Harlan
University of Maine
University of Vermont
Eddy
Thomas Fairchild
University of New Hampshire
Cooperative Extension Service
Fairchild
Canada
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