Youth survey ponders time travel to the 1800s and beyond
Nancy Gilbert reports on a survey of several hundred youths who prefer living in the present despite imagining a time machine. Teens from across the country name eras they would like to inhabit from the 1800s plantation life to Renaissance and Revolutionary periods, while about 20 percent opt to go back to earlier times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Wells
Vietnam
Tim Seawell
Kirkland
Wash
Shafer
Storrs
Conn
John Cooper
Kalamazoo
Mich
Nina
Barb Savage
LeSeur, Minn
Tim Robbins
Spokane
Tim
Brinton
Boulder
Colo
Lynda Miller
Lansing
Kenny. Richters
State College
Fragmentary remark on slavery and era of Alexander the Great
A brief, unclear quote contrasts a modern view with life as a slave in the era of Alexander the Great, suggesting little appeal in that condition. The text presents a hypothetical comparison without specifying persons or events.
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Alexander the Great
Reward Offered To Find Checks In Detroit
The Bankers Dispatch Corp of Michigan offers 300 dollars for recovering a package of 3.4 million dollars in non negotiable canceled checks left on a sidewalk by a driver. The checks are on microfilm and copying costs could run into tens of thousands. The incident is described as an oversight.
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Detroit
Bankers Dispatch Corp
Michigan
Tom Crowley, Jr
Bankers Dispatch
Crowley
Price of Calls Over 506 Miles Reduced by Bell
Long distance station calls over 506 miles were cut on Thursday the 23rd rate cut in Bell System history. The 7 am to 5 pm weekday daytime rate drops five to ten cents for the first three minutes, with an estimated nationwide yearly saving of about 20 million dollars and 200 thousand for Iowa customers. The reduction follows a FCC order and is the fourth interstate cut since 1963.
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Northwestern Bell
Steve Raps
Iowa
Federal Communications Commissions
Woman Treated for Personal Safety Related Wrist Wound
Janet M. Sheridan, 27, of 1226 First Street NW, was treated at St. Luke's Hospital Tuesday evening for a wrist cut described by police as personal safety related. She was brought by ambulance at about 8:38 p.m. and released after treatment.
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Janet M. Sheridan
First Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Nancy Gilbert Gilbert
Youth Research, Inc
Annie Sade
St. Lewisburg, Pa
Mary
Elaa
No-Frost Food Center
Rm Fera
NEES
Lee
2Nd Ave
MR. & Mrs
Coleman
Hollywood
ACE Furniture Mart
44Th St
Mt. Vernon Avenue 5.E
Bell
Ic.r
Thomas G. Zuber
Ellis Blvd
Woodburn Sound
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