Thanksgiving’s Rise Through Hale to a National Holiday
New York based report notes Sarah Josepha Hale’s pivotal push turning Thanksgiving into a national holiday. It recounts early celebrations from 1621 and official moves by Presidents Washington and Roosevelt, along with Congress maintaining Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November.
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Sarah Josepha Hale
America
Roosevelt
Congress
Important Jobs Still Go to Men
Washington AP reports that despite progress toward equal treatment, surveys of colleges show women hold few top roles in academia. The piece traces efforts by reformers like Mrs Hale, notes 1850 gains in the North, and cites Lincoln's 1863 proclamation for a national Thanksgiving harvest festival, with women leading about 9 percent of professors.
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Hale
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Nuclear Plant Draws Criticism And a Lawsuit
A Lincoln Massachusetts stockholder filed a 300 million dollar federal suit against three Florida Power & Light officials seeking to halt the Turkey Point plant construction. The complaint accuses violation of anti pollution laws and alleges mis management over the cooling canal and nuclear generators. The suit highlights concerns Biscayne Bay will be harmed by hot water discharge.
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Lincoln
Mass
Florida Power & Light Co
Abigail Starr Avery
Board of Health
Florida Power & Jight
Avery
Turkey Point
Miami
Biscayne Bay
Stuart
Water Commission
North
Florida Power and Light stockholders cited in suit claim
Mrs. Avery stated she filed the suit on behalf of Florida Power and Light stockholders. The action centers on corporate governance and the duties of the utility's leaders amid ongoing conservation concerns.
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Avery
Florida Power & Light
Women Do Not Think When They Work Says Prince Philip
London AP reports Prince Philip told industrialists that women excel in repetitive production line work because they can dissociate mind from hands. He contrasted with men who think about what they do, noting women avoid distraction while working. Danny meets Linda’s two young friends living together. not married. Danny Thomas in Make Room For Granddaddy airs Wednesday at 7 PM on KCRG Channel 8 in color.
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Danny Thomas
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Channel 8
Family's Thanksgiving Menu Will Lack Meat This Year
POSTVILLE The Be Gare family discusses Thanksgiving dinner and debates what meat to serve. A humorous exchange with the kids reveals confusion over animal sources and ends with choosing a meatless, money saving celebration that still feels thankful.
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Postville
Thanksgiving ice cream pie with almond meringue crust
A Cedar Rapids Gazette dessert feature presents a frozen ice cream pie recipe with a meringue crust and vanilla ice cream filling. It guides whipping egg whites with sugar, folding in nuts, baking the crust, softening ice cream, assembling, chilling, and serving with a warm brown sugar sauce. It notes flavor variations using rum brandy or peppermint ice cream and invites reader questions to Chuck Flynn.
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Cedar Rapids
Jowa
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