Mall Walking Goes West Lafayette As Purdue Band Director Promotes Health
Purdue's All-American Marching Band director William Moffit launches mall marching at Tippecanoe Mall Lafayette three times weekly. The healthy workout combines brisk walking with arm movements like conducting, set to public-address march music during 30 minute sessions. Grandmother drives 45 ton excavator for 70th birthday.
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Purdue University
William Moffit
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Lee Johnson
Kate Doyle
Johnson
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Comedy club seeks Koch clone prompts odd ad
A New York comedy club seeks strains of Mayor Koch in a humorous, unnamed solicitation. In Springfield Missouri a Greene County woman asks to be excused from jury duty citing extreme heat and late hours, while in Springfield Illinois detectives report pink walls in the police bureau and plan a color redo.
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Don Kolar
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Don Mitchell
Mitchell
Ancient Egyptian customs survive in modern Cairo celebrations
In Cairo a week-old Ali marks the soboa, a 5,000 year old rite with seven beans, bells, and chants to honor obedience to parents. Elders drive out spirits with salt, while relatives celebrate with sugar almonds and candles. The piece surveys fertility myths and other enduring practices from pre Islamic Egypt.
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Shortages Hit Belgrade Hospitals Amid Crisis
Belgrade clinics face severe medical supply shortages as a financial squeeze cripples the state health service. Patients bring their own soap and other items. hygiene has fallen, and some departments report delays in staff salaries. Inflation soars as Yugoslavia endures its worst economic crisis.
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Belgrade
Vecernje Novosti
the Daily
Yugoslavia
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