Athenians Wrote Gods Not Editors In Ancient Ostracism
In notes from the Agora excavations, Bill Hillman reports on how ancient Athenians sent curses to the underworld gods on lead sheets. The piece explains ostracism as a political tool after the 5th century B C, detailing how ballots were used to exile rivals and the eventual decline of the practice.
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Agora
ASCS
Plato
Socrates
Homer A. Thompson
Institute of Advanced
Princeton
Typhon
Babarphorbobaborb
Borphabi
Bill Oris
Eugene Vanderpool
Themistocles
Aristides
Pericles
Ousted Petrillo Backer Faces Defeat in LA Musicians Local
In Los Angeles Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians the president John Te Green was ousted by a 1535 to 51 vote in a mass meeting attended by about 2200 members. The move targets Petrillo’s influence amid reports of unrest in New York. Cecil Read leads the local as acting president.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
Local 47
John Te Green
Petrillo
New York
Bill Gross
Union
Cecil Read
Te Green
AFM
Te Groen
Read
Martin Berman
Paul Nero
Rudyard Kipling tale dramatized on MGM Parade TV
Kipling's Captains Courageous is adapted for the first time on television. MGM Parade airs Wednesday on Channel 9 at 7 30 p m with the dramatization featuring seafaring adventure and nautical exploits.
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Rudyard Kipling
MGM
Channel 9
Appointment of Administrator for Frank L. Conley Estate
Harold R. Curoe named Administrator of the Frank L. Conley estate in Linn County Iowa on March 5 1956. He urges all creditors to pay promptly and those with claims to file them with the Linn County District Court clerk through his attorney Alan E. Kean.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Frank L. Conley
Iowa
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Hint N. Y
Harold R. Curoe
Alan E. Kean, Attorney
Home Office of the Woodmen of the World
Woodmen
Woodcraft
Virgil E. Sandry
30Th Street
Cedar Rapids
Life Insurance Society
Farnam Street
Omaha
Nebraska
Eer Eet
Reenter Enwes
Jach
Sale—Enam
SteelBlinds
Tonelle
Cimara
Joox Importen
Excelon
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