Remembering E B White the Wordslinger of The New Yorker
An obituary tribute recalls Elwyn Brooks White as a master of complex prose shaped for simplicity. It notes his influence through The Elements of Style, his Bowery passage craft, and his humane humor tested by Mark Twain. White died at 86 after Alzheimer's disease, leaving a lasting, lucid literary legacy.
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Young defector now 18 and free
Walter Polovchak has reached his 18th birthday and is no longer subject to being forced back to the Soviet Union. He declares he would never return, expressing strong aversion to his homeland after five years in the United States.
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Soviet Union
Was it murder or mercy in a quiet marriage ending
Roswell Gilbert killed his wife Emily after 51 years of marriage, claiming the act was merciful. The jury found the shooting more for his sake than hers, weighing murder versus mercy in this Alaska or U.S. world brief.
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Emily
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Dissidents may be allowed to leave Soviet Union
Der Spiegel reports progress in talks between Washington and Moscow on freeing dissidents Andrei Sakharov and Anatoly Shcharansky with East German mediation. In space news, Rep. Bill Nelson will observe December shuttle flight. NASA says he is on a seven member crew for Columbia's December 20 launch.
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Sioux City girl recalls Mexico City quake ordeal
Sioux City 13 year old Danielle Nava described the Mexico City earthquakes in a first hand account from the shower as the Sept 19 quake struck at 7 18 am. She recalled family fear as buildings collapsed and a stairway failed sending relatives to safety. Her mother flew to find her and after returning to Sioux City Danielle hopes to return to Mexico when it is safe.
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Danielle Nava
Mexico City
City
Danielle
Maria DeLeon
Mexico
Herefords in the sty on an Iowa farm rare hog breed
From Alaska's sparkling scenery to a Norway Iowa farm. Orlan Schulte keeps a rare hog breed on his family farm founded by his grandfather. The feature highlights the unique Herefords in the sty and contrasts with Alaska scenery on leisure pages.
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Alaska
America
Leisure
Orlan Schulte
Norway
Iowa
Orlan
POW camps in Iowa cornfields built in 1943
In fall 1943 the U S government began constructing POW camps to hold enemy Italian German and Japanese soldiers. Two 300 acre camps were set up in Iowa near Algona and near Clarinda. Yesterday 17A.
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Iowa
Algona
Clarinda
Canadian survive Niagara Falls barrel stunt in brave defiance
Canadian diesel mechanic John David Munday 48, who fears water and cannot swim, survived a 7-foot aluminum barrel ride over Horseshoe Falls at 8:55 a.m. He was arrested after the plunge, charged with unlawfully performing a stunt and failing to comply with probation. The 90 minute spin beneath the falls left him bruised and briefly unconscious, with video footage intended for a documentary. He claimed the feat to be unofficial and said he is an ordinary man, not a stuntman.
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