Technical Feats Answer To Worth Of World's Fair
New York debates the value of world expositions from 1851 to 1964. Highlights include the Crystal Palace prototype, Bell’s telephone, Edison’s phonograph, the linotype, the Ferris wheel, and early television. The piece notes the 1939 and 1964 fairs predicting space and fusion power, yet warns the fair may lag behind future tech.
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Thomas Edison
Mary
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White City
Linotype
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du Pont
Wilmington
Del
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Man
Sparky
General Electric
Earth
H. G. Wells
West Virginia Democrats seek Kennedy substitute for dinner
West Virginia Democrats look for a replacement top speaker for a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner after Sen Edward M Kennedy was sidelined by a private plane crash in Southampton Massachusetts. The event is a major annual fundraising highlight for the state party.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Southamption
Mass
Moving Country About 36 Million Americans Move Each Year
A nationwide trend shows about 36 million Americans relocate annually. The shifts reflect housing markets job changes and personal reasons driving mobility across regions and cities.
Bishops Urged to Caution on Prayer Amendment Push
The National Catholic Welfare Conference warns bishops and parishes to be cautious as proposed constitutional amendments to permit school prayers loom in Congress. The NCWC view notes First Amendment benefits to religion and frames the issue within evolving religious liberty and church state law.
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Washington
USS
National Catholic Welfare Conference
U.S
House Judiciary Committee
Frank J. Becker
R-N.y
Fulton J. Sheen
George E. Reed
Reed
Supreme Court
Becker
Poles in Pairs Explain Magnetic Breakage
Poles of a magnet occur in pairs. When a magnet is broken in two new poles form near the break so each fragment contains one positive and one negative pole.
Five Die in State Mishaps Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least five people died in state mishaps over the weekend. Fatalities include William G. Carley 20 on the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley in a head on crash with a tractor trailer. Stanton Leonard McNeil Jr. 18 of Rich Creek died when his car rolled over near Peterstown. Anna Dukas 60 of Wellsburg died in a two car collision on West Virginia 6 near Wellsburg. Two others were injured. Lyle Gene Shumate 14 of Rumble died after disappearing while swimming in Coal River near Ashford.
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William G. Carley
Maine
Mich
West Virginia
Beckley
Carley
Air Force
Orlando
Fla
Wellsburg
W.va
Harold Stoyhouse
Kenneth Martindale
Lyle Gene Shumate
Rumble
Boone County
Coal River
Ashford
Science Changing Many Of Fancies Into Truths
Philip Love argues that many accepted beliefs are overturned by new findings. He cites space progress, debt limits, fat and cholesterol myths, dietary compounds, aging, tooth decay risks, automation stress, and redhead temper stereotypes, urging readers to question conventional wisdom.
Sellers Denies Retirement Plans
London reports Peter Sellers denies retirement while recovering from a heart attack and says he may take offers but will wait for his doctor to decide when to resume work.
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London
Peter Sellers
Sellers
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