Arson Blamed in Fourth Liner Fire in Six Days
PORT EVERGLADES FLA UPI A series of four fires aboard the retired liner Queen Elizabeth over six days is ruled arson. Fire chiefs say the acts may reflect harassment rather than intent to cause major damage. Polygraph tests to crew and staff are planned.
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First TV prof Harvey E White retires from UC Berkeley
Berkeley California June reporting notes Harvey E White the first professor to teach nationally on television retires at the end of the academic year after 39 years at the University of California He taught the nations favorite physics course and led the world’s largest class in 1958 part of NBC TV Continental Classroom He has earned a Peabody Award and other honors.
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Russians By Michael Johnson
Moscow reports a bustling black market scene where many young Russians seek to buy from Western visitors. Summer brings peak activity as sellers roam central Moscow stocking inventory for winter, often turning friendly talks into barter or sale with foreigners.
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Moscow market thrives on Western goods amid shortages
Stocking books and magazines on sex or politics tops summer demand while Western-made items fly off the Moscow market. High prices fetch sunglasses, cigarets, shoes, pens, cosmetics, rings, ties, cufflinks, jazz records, radios, liquor, car parts, women's underwear, flight bags, and Western money. A Russian hawk at spotting a foreigner, with good shoes as a giveaway, drives the illicit trade in durable goods and apparel.
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Moscow
Underground Money and Black Market Trade in Moscow
The article describes a large underground market in Moscow where foreigners buy and sell currency and banned literature. It notes high profit, risky operations, and severe penalties including imprisonment or death for large scale money changing and smuggling activities.
Ex-Convicts Run Greenwich Village Shop for Rehab
In Greenwich Village The Fortune Store opened in a basement space featuring ex-convict workers and prison numbered denim shirts. The shop, run with The Fortune Society, aims to train felons in retail skills and sell their handcrafted goods. Items include jewelry by a 20 year veteran jail inmate and leather handbags by another former inmate.
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Brooklyn man aids prison craft store debut
A Brooklyn man who spent 18 years in a Georgia prison crocheted dresses for a Manhattan Rehabilitation Center. The store features items from inmates and supporters, including Columbia Records donations of Johnny Cash albums, Dr. Karl Menninger’s 100 copies of The Crime of Punishment, and other prison-themed books. Police offered a supportive note, with a beat officer suggesting a light at night to deter burglars.
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Local Talent Fails To Fool Finns
In Kuopio four stripteasers never arrived from the East so a nightclub owner used four local girls billed as the Eastern exotics. Customers cried foul as some recognized the locals. The owner was fined 100 marks for false advertising.
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Finland
UPL
Dentists Busy On New Recruits Say Recruits Need Dental Care
In New York the American Dental Association reports that the average military recruit requires eight to nine hours of dental treatment. The finding highlights the dental care burden on new enlistees as of the current recruiting cycle.
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