Mayor Washington Demands Return of Morocco Rug
Chicago Mayor Harold Washington has pressed former mayor Jane Byrne to return a red Moroccan rug he says was a city gift. Byrne claims it was a personal gift to her and has offered to return other city lithographs instead.
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Jay McMullen
Santa Cruz
Calif
Gary Brayton
Santa Cruz County
Tina Maria Wilson
Katherine Charles
Ms. Wilson
Charles
Tina Wilson
Thomas Kelley
Davenport
Pamela Deffee
Watsonville
Rau Carranza
Ms. Deffee
Carranza
Carney Accepts Westbrook Sewer Job With Real Title
Actor Art Carney who played Ed Norton on the Honeymooners was named honorary chairman of a non existent Westbrook sewer department. He insisted on the title senior supervisor of subterranean sanitation. The first selectman said the minutes would be corrected to reflect the proper title.
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Westbrook
Norton
First
Rubber band ball wins blue ribbon at Arizona State Fair
Albert Guzman earned a blue ribbon in the Modern Collections hobby category for a 30 pound rubber band ball made from 22 478 bands. He says the project caused blisters on his fingers and occasional facial snaps and aims for the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Albert Guzman
Guzman
Country Hall of Famer Merle Travis Dies at 65
Merle Travis, CMA Hall of Fame member and songwriter of Sixteen Tons, died at age 65 in Tahlequah Oklahoma from cardiopulmonary arrest. He lived near Lake Tenkiller and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Merle Travis
Country Music Association
Hall of Fame
Lake Tenkiller
Oklahoma
Country Music Hall of Fame
Academy of Country Music
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Chet Atkins
Atkins-Travis
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