Pack Rat saves 164 year old undelivered letter found in Peru
Dear Abby readers share postal oddities and long delays. A 164 year old letter dated July 8 1800 found in Arequipa Peru illustrates enduring mail mysteries. Other items recount a Valentine taking decades to arrive from Idaho to Connecticut and a 1907 Atlantic City to Steelton Pa postcard arriving 80 years late.
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California
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East Haven
Conn
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Patriot-News
Joseph Gabner
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World Bridge Contest Draws 85,000 Players in 94 Countries
The third Epson Worldwide Bridge Contest on June 3 attracted about 85,000 players across 2,500 sites in 94 countries using an instant scoring format. Winners were two Pennsylvania players Jan Horwitz and Barbara Norante. A notable deal features Henry Baer of Dallas attempting a risky four spades sacrifice, ending in an above-average 200-point score after precise play.
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Thomas compares singing and acting as coin flip career
Philip Michael Thomas describes his dual career as a coin flip between Miami Vice acting and music. He notes he pursued music first and recently visited Atlanta offices of Warner Bros Elektra Atlantic Records to discuss distributing his second album Somebody.
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Evening TV Highlights and Cast List
Tonight features Alice in Wonderland part one with Natalie Gregory chasing a white rabbit. The Boss and Matlock air with a pool challenge and a high‑stakes murder case. Moonlighting explores fatherhood as Maddie’s dad arrives. The Lost Boys follows vampire threats in California. Mad Avenue shows advertising execs juggling work and life. thirtysomething has a house-sitting twist affecting Ellyn Janey.
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Corey Haim
California
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Princess Beatrice Named For York Royalties Beatrice Beatrice
The Duke and Duchess of York announce 2 week old daughter Beatrice Elizabeth Mary to be known as Her Royal Highness The Princess Beatrice of York. The Sun reports Annabel was initial favorite but the queen vetoed it as too yuppie and suggested Beatrice.
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Birthday celebration for Harold Reid at Indiana State Fair
Statler Brothers bassist Harold Reid turned 49 as 6,500 guests filled the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. During the Sunday night show the band announced the birthday inviting fans to bombard him with cakes flowers balloons and gifts as they followed with songs including Hello Mary Lou.
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Mary Lou
Stones mull 1989 reunion says Jagger
Former Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger mentions plans for a reunion in 1989. He spoke at London's Heathrow Airport while en route to Australia from New York and emphasized the element of such a reunion would be pleasure. The band's last album was Dirty Work in 1985.
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Helen Hayes Hospitalized Over Irregular Heartbeat
Actress Helen Hayes, 87, was hospitalized in Grand Junction Colorado with an irregular heartbeat after falling ill while visiting her son James MacArthur at Crested Butte. Doctors were assessing whether she suffered a heart attack or altitude sickness. Hayes has won Tony Oscars and an Emmy and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1981.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Grand Junction
Colo
MacArthur
Crested Butte
Dan Tullius
Film Stars Sing On Screen in Edwardsville
The lineup lists Clint Eastwood Robert DeNiro Jayne Mansfield Roger Moore Walter Brennan Farrah Fawcett and David McCallum performing songs such as Cowboy Wedding Song Diary of a Taxi Driver and You with Charles Feldman noted in Edwardsville Illinois context.
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Robert DeNiro
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Jayne Mansfield
Roger Moore
Walter Brennan
Mama
Farrah Fawcett
David McCallum
Charles Feldman
Edwardsville, Ill
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