Earmuff inventor honored as Chester Greenwood Day
Farmington Maine marks Chester Greenwood’s 100th birthday with a town celebration. Residents have bought 700 plus earmuffs in 10 days and more than 240 pairs will be added for the event. Gov Longley proclaims Wednesday Chester Greenwood Day. Activities include a fashion show largest cars contest parade and a foot race from Greenwood’s home to a former factory as schools dismiss early. Greenwood held 125 patents and also devised rake shocks and spark plugs. The earmuff story highlights Yankee ingenuity and local pride.
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Arthur
Bushnell
Farmington, Maine
UPI
Chester
Greenwood
Farmington
Philip K. Schenck Jr
Schenck
James B. Longley
Chester Greenwood
University of Maine- Farmington
Greenwall
Smuggling market thrives in Mexico City Christmas rush
Frantic shoppers flock to a long informal market near Mexico City's main square selling contraband goods from American candy bars to Japanese electronics. Police raid the stalls, yet vendors claim strong demand and low risk, arguing government customs inspectors are the real obstacle to stopping smuggling.
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Carol Cook
Mexico City
UPI
Tenochtitlan Street
Seek federal funds for trail in Omaha area
Douglas County votes to pursue a 600000 federal grant for a bicycle, hiking and snowmobile trail along the abandoned Chicago and North Western Railway line between Omaha and Bennington. After objections a hearing is set for January 24. preliminary application due by year end, with possible halt at any time. Bennington officials seek land rights, while residents cite county financial strain worsened by the project.
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Omaha
UPI
Douglas County Board
Chicago and North Western Railway
Bennington
Low Lamberly
Hassell Ru
Welland Bates
Benington
Artifacts Reveal Three Pre-Columbian Civilizations in San Juan
In Puerta de Tierra San Juan archeologists uncover Igneti traces from Christ era to A.D. 500 Ostiones culture for five centuries and the Taina civilization from year 1000 until Spaniards arrived about 1500, according to Gus Pantel of the Puerto Rican Archeology Foundation.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
UPT
Puerta de ‘Fierra
Gus Pantel
Puerto Rican Archeology, Anthropology and History Foundation
Brezhnev Said Gravely Ill in Paris Report
Paris newspaper Le Figaro cites a French daily saying Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev is seriously ill with heart trouble at his country house. The report claims a medical team closely watches him and mentions political maneuvering in the Kremlin amid his condition.
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Paris
Leonid I
Brezhnev
Fizaro Hewsoper
Kremlin
Leonid Tiyiteh
le Figaro
Supreme Soviet
Willy Brannt
Loubertsy
Uspenskole
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