Goodbye to Venice Gondoliers as Motor Boats Overtake
Venice faces a decline in gondoliers as motor boats dominate waterways. Earnings remain low and seasonal, with 400 remaining from a past 10 000. Young workers prefer less strenuous, higher paying jobs in Milan Turin and England.
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Venice
Italy
Cooperative Gondolieri
Daniele Manin
Gondoliers
Main Street
Grand Canal
Milan
Turin
England
Queen of the Adriatic
Occupation Fits His Address In Ohio Footville Tale
MAUMEE Ohio AP a podiatrist Robert Purdy lives in Maumee and received a letter misaddressed to a Wisconsin town named Footville prompting amusement about whether an occupation fits a residence.
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Maumee
Ohio
Footville
Robert Purdy
Wisconsin
Argentine wine maker to produce 670 million gallons in 1977
Buenos Aires AP reports Argentina, the world's fifth largest producer, will yield 670 million gallons of wine in 1977. The expansion highlights the nation's growing wine industry and export potential.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Neutron Bomb Test Reported in Nevada Desert
Federal officials confirm an underground neutron bomb test occurred at the Nevada Test Site 70 miles north of Las Vegas. Officials say the small underground explosion would not harm people above ground and radiation would dissipate quickly, allowing friendly troops to advance after the blast.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Nevada Desert
Donald Kerr
Nevada
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
Nevada Test Site
United States
Have Wheels Will Travel Sisters logged 138000 miles in motor home
Three sisters in their seventies criss cross the United States in a Travco motor home. They have logged 138000 miles in travel from Brown City Michigan area with reports from the Travco Co. headquarters.
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Brown City, Mich
United States
Travco Co
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Cedar Rapids
Local Arborist
Wolverton Tree Care Company
Gary D. Wolverton
Wilson Ave. S.W
Ladies’ Bulova
Marquise
Onyx
Smulekoff’s Fine Jewelry and Gift Department
Smulekoff
Armstrong
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