Sultan of Smut built a porn empire in Atlanta
Michael G. Thevis rose from a Raleigh boy to a Atlanta bookshop operator who turned sexual literature into a fortune. He faced obscenity and conspiracy charges, fled from jail, and was named in a nationwide racketeering indictment alleging murder, arson, extortion and mail fraud tied to his pornography empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Michael G. Thevis
Reader’s Digest
Raleigh
N.C
Thevis
Indiana
FBI
Dallas
Robert Vesco
Caribbean
High Museum of Art
Jimmy Carter
Carter
U.N
Andrew Young
Georgia
Young
Patricia McLean
National
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisville
New Albany
Ind
Fayetteville
Nashville
Disney World
Florida
Laverne Bowden
Reckless First Avenue Tales From Cedar Rapids History
The First Avenue corridor in Cedar Rapids has a long traffic saga. Through 1890s incidents a reckless driver knocked down Mrs. A K Kongager, paving bills followed dust mud and soot issues. Cedar block paving began east to Twelfth Street, a brick route was rejected. A cistern beneath the street once saved the town from a prairie fire and even bore an elephant during a parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.K. Kongager
First Avenue
the Gazette
Twelfth Street
Geographical Patterns of Cancer Deaths Mapped Nationwide
National Cancer Institute researchers analyzed cancer deaths across 3 056 counties from 1950 to 1969. They built maps pinpointing regional hot spots and found variations by cancer type, higher male mortality, and higher rates among nonwhites compared with whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cancer Institute
Cancer Clusters Stump Rutherford Residents Draw Interest
A Rutherford New Jersey cluster of 32 leukemia and related cancers in five years draws CDC and state health review. Experts say clusters are often chance but prompt medical history checks and environmental assessments. Northern regions show higher breast colon and bladder cancer rates, while Gulf Coast and Southeast show elevated lung cancer in men.
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Washington
Rutherford
N.J
Pierrepont
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Clark Heath
Center
Bureau of Epidemiology
Niles, Ill
Elmwood
Wis
Heath
Gulf Coast
Texas
Florida Panhandle
Charleston
S.C
Jacksonville
Fla
William J. Blot
The
Institute
Mass hysteria blamed for factory faintings in West Virginia
Workers at a Perry-Norvell shoe plant fainted after a batch of glue incident. NIOSH found mass psychogenic illness caused dizziness and nausea from fear, with worse effects on stressed workers. union and plant officials disputed the finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W.va
Perry-Norvell
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Temple restoration segment completed at Borobudur
The north side of Borobudur Temple in central Java has been restored and the east side will start next. The eight century monument faced erosion from centuries of rain and biological growth. The temple is being dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt with completion anticipated in late 1982 at a cost over 15 million dollars.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
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Old First Avenue
Fifth Street
Osgood Shepherd
Iowa Avenue
Smut
Cedar Rapids
Council
Allison Hotel
Warren E. Leary
Leukemia
Mitchell Singal
NIOSH
Iowa Department OF Transportation
Lincoln Way
Ames
Iowa
S. 4Th Street
Rosco Rmt
Etnyre
Dodge
Ford
Dodgeton
Iowa Department of Transition
Department of Tresepsciatin
Thompson Auction
Dean Thompson & Sons Auctioneers
Nevada
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