They're Always Moving On Editor's Note
Linda OBrien and her husband Dennis travel Iowa with the state transportation crews. Since 1975 they have moved 24 times, living in motels with kitchenette facilities and packing in 30 minutes. Linda handles cooking, sewing, reading, and scrapbooks while navigating isolation, pests, and shifting homes.
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Linda O'Brien
Postville
Maxine DeGarmo
Linda O’brien
Linda
Dennis
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
St. Olaf
Amerigo Vespucci Named America's Namesake Myth
Florence hosts a bicentennial mood as stories about Amerigo Vespucci surface. Historians split on his true role while crediting Waldseemuller with naming America, Mercator confirming the term, and Vespucci dying in 1512. The piece notes his voyages and geographic contributions.
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Florence
Italy
America
Amerigo Vespucci
U.S
Amerigo
Christopher Columbus
Samuel Eliot Morison
Morison
The
Immortals
Inventor Freeman Sees Bright Future For Young Inventors
79 year old Harry Freeman, inventor of nearly 100 items, argues youth will create better ways. He cites the mercury switch, a large hamburger maker, and ship spillage alarms among his ideas. Freeman praises ongoing research, asks patent reform, and says colleges should teach patent pathways.
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Burrillville, R.1
UPI
Harry Freeman
Freeman
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy
U.S
Only Marketing Is Positive
In a downturn a Gould Inc executive told a Chicago Conference Board marketing conference that only marketing can take offensive contingency measures with positive results such as boosting export sales and promoting inventory reduction. He contrasted other operations like manufacturing and purchasing which tend to defensive cuts and layoffs. Apollo 14 launched for the moon with a crew of three astronauts.
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Linda
Dennis
New York
Chicago
Conference Board
Conway G. Ivy
Gould, Inc
Art as Foundation of Faith Guides Oomoto Pilgrimage
Japanese Shinto sect Oomoto the Great Origin concludes a three year international pilgrimage after displaying its art at Grace Cathedral San Francisco. The tour visited 13 cities including Paris London Rotterdam Ghent New York and Boston. On display were ceramics and calligraphy by Onisaburo Deguchi and daughter Naohi who leads the sects 3 million followers in Japan. Kyotaro Deguchi notes the art rooted faith and says God the creator is the greatest artist of all times. The mission also fosters ecumenical dialogue through exchanges of rites.
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UPI
Oomoto
Grace Cathedral
Oomotu
Paris
London
Rotterdam
Ghent
New York
Boston
Onisaburo Deguchi
Naohi
Japan
Kyotaro Deguchi
God
Deguchi
North Carolina Leads 1776 Continental Congress Delegates
North Carolina became the first state to send delegates who voted for independence at the Continental Congress. The milestone marks the state’s early role in the push for American independence.
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North Carolina
Citizen Band Radio Use Booming in U S
The article notes 17 1 million CB transmitter receivers in the United States per National Geographic Society and forecasts FCC plans to double frequency ranges. CB radios reach 10 to 30 miles and are popular for business, personal use, chit chat, and traffic tips from truckers during fuel shortages.
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America
United States
National Geographic Society
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Liberty Bell Ordered in 1751 for Pennsylvanias Jubilee
The Liberty Bell was ordered by the provincial council in 1751 for the 1701 Charter of Privileges Golden Jubilee. It proclaimed American independence at the 1776 Declaration reading in Philadelphia and was hidden from the British 1777–78 in Allentown. Its inscription comes from Leviticus proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants.
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Allentown
The
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