Common Glory Season Planned 1973 Drama at William and Mary
Jamestown Corp approves 26th season of The Common Glory to be staged at Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre on the William and Mary campus from June 18 to August 25 with nightly performances except Sundays. Auditions for 75 cast members set for March 24. Del Lewis A. McMurran Jr. reports 1972 season drew 45,162 attendees over 60 performances. James R. Sullivan named to Colonial National Historical Park board.
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Lake Matoaka
William Andary
del. Lewis A. McMurran Jr
Newport News
Corporation
James R. Sullivan
Colonial National Historical Park
James W. Carson
Rain Triggers Major Cairo Suburb Housing Collapse
Al Ahram reports an unusual one inch rainfall caused the collapse of about 2,000 houses in a Cairo suburb with no casualties listed.
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Cairo
al Ahram
First successful long playing records demonstrated in 1948
The World Almanac recalls the June 21, 1948 public demonstration at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, of 12 inch vinylite discs by Columbia Records in Bridgeport Connecticut. The records played at 33 1/3 rpm and were nonbreakable.
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United States
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Columbia Records
Bridgeport
Conn
Marion Father Wins Big Suit In Farmington Fire
William Salerno was awarded 81 500 by a Marion County circuit court jury over the 1968 Manchin Furniture Store fire that killed his wife Jane and son Michael. The suit argued the store violated fire code by lacking second and third floor fire escapes.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Farmington
Marion County
William Salerno
Jane
Michael
Manchin
Salernos
Salerno
Ex Apollo Commander Cernan Leads Astronaut Corps
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Eugene A Cernan former Apollo 17 commander is described as the corps cheerleader. The Navy captain and space veteran reflects on Apollo 10 and 11 flights and shares views on Earth seen from the moon.
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Proviso High School
Maywood
Andrew G. Cernan
Geologist Schmitt to fly to moon on Apollo 17 mission
Apollo 17 will include geologist Harrison H. Schmitt as lunar module pilot becoming the first scientist astronaut to go into space. The Santa Rita, New Mexico native grew up in Silver City and previously led lunar field geological methods for the U S Geological Survey.
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Schmitt
Santa Rita
N.M
Spaceman’s Corps
Space
New Mexico
Silver City
Harrison A. Schmitt
U.S. Geological Survey
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J. L. Fitzwater
Jim Baldwin
Richlands
Matoaka
Samuel Harold Rutledge
Baldwin
Jim Boyd
Mercer County
Sheriffs’ Department
Dee Wilson
Williamsburg
Jamestown Corp
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Marion
Apollo
Cernan
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
O’hare
Chicago
Purdue
Navy
Miramar
Calif
Naval Air Station
U.S. Naval Post Graduate School
Monterey
Thomas Stafford
Stafford
John Young
Moon
Young
America
Earth
Io Bank Americard
Deatons
Stepp Flowers, Inc
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Teleflora
F.T.D
Bankamericard
Usasll
Steven “ Candies
NEW Graha
Virginia Ave
Bluefield, Va
CORE
Evans
Atanadyve J
Evasis
Gou
Black & Decker
Black & Brass
Evans Products Company
Princeton Ave
Tennessee
Southern Basement Waterproofing Co
Thorn Street
Princeton
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