Tangier Island labeled as world’s safest place by locals
On Tangier Island Virginia Ray Crockett 70 runs the Double Sixes store and hosts late night dominoes with watermen and visitors The island prides its safety with no liquor allowed and a tight knit community yet faces erosion rising fuel delivery challenges and outmigration led by a chief police officer who never had to draw his gun The island’s history traces to Captain John Smith and its remaining residents mostly work as watermen or in related trades.
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Tangier Island
UPI
Ray Crockett
Chesapeake Bay
John Smith
Crockett
King Street
Jamestown
Tangier
Smith
John Crockett
Parks
Robert
Chief Crockett
West Ridge
William Hunt, Jr
Hampton
Stuart Lehmann
Washington
Lehmann
Northwestern Prof No Extermination Hoax Sparks Campus Storm
Northwestern University associate professor Arthur Butz facing campus uproar over his book The Hoax of the Twentieth Century which claims the Nazi extermination of Jews was a Zionist hoax. Faculty, students, and Hillel members denounce the text while defending free speech.
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Evanston, Ill
UPI
Northwestern University
Arthur Butz
England
University
Butz
Tie
Raymond Mack
Archbishop Fuary Defends Capital Punishment Debate
Archdiocese leader Francis Furey defends executions, calling protesters an unholy clamor as he argues murder justifies life loss. He condemns abortion and urges swift justice to fit crimes, contrasting with Westward pioneer life. A Florida boa constrictor story follows.
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San Antonio
Texas
UPI
Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
Utah
Francis Furey
Furey
Birth of President William McKinley in Niles Ohio
On this date in 1843 the fifth American President William McKinley was born in Niles Ohio confirming his birthplace and birth year in a concise historical note.
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William McKinley
Niles
Ohio
Life Investors Building Opens for Group Tours
The five story Life Investors building in Cedar Rapids opens to group tours featuring the computer center and employee recreation facilities. The $3.6 million complex houses Life Investors subsidiaries and Health Management Services which operates over 4.5 million in computer equipment and links to 125 hospitals in 23 states. Contact Nita Long at 398 8664 to schedule a visit.
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Life Investors, Inc
Theron Thomsen
Cedar Rapids
Life Investors
Life Investors Insurance Co. of America
Forbes Magazine
Health Management Services
HMS
Thomson
Burroughs Corp
Burroughs
Charlotte, N.C
American Equity Investment Trust
USP Real Estate Investment Trust
American Insurance and Industrial Fund, Inc
LI. Thomson
Nita Long
AWOL Marine Returns for Dental Visit
Pfc. Lonnie Sparhawk 19 of Paramount California was arrested at the Camp Pendleton base clinic while in a dentist chair. He had been on AWOL since June but kept all his dental appointments, delaying discovery by investigators.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
UPI
Pfc
Lonnie Sparhawk
Paramount
Marine Corps
Sparhawk
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