La Salle II canoeists reach New Orleans in homage voyage
Twenty two shirtless, shaggy haired canoeists arrive in New Orleans after an eight month recrea tion of LaSalle’s Mississippi exploration. Fifteen Elgin high school students and seven adult chaperones stage a 17th century ceremony on the riverbank, raise a cross, fire muskets and claim land in Louis XIV’s name. The voyage began last August in Montreal and ends Saturday at the Mississippi mouth, 295 years from LaSalle’s original feat.
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New Orleans
LaSalle
Mississippi River
LaSalle II
Elgin, I
Louis XIV
France
Montreal
Robert Chevalier de LaSalle
Marks Seeks Delay On Saccharin
Representative Marc Lincoln Marks cosponsors legislation to delay saccharin ban six months to a year while a safer alternative is developed. He urges full review of the Delaney amendment and asks the FDA to allow continued use based on criteria including data quality, animal test relevance, alternatives, and nutritional usefulness.. 190-270?
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Washington
Marc Lincoln Marks
Dition
The
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Marks
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
FDA
Health and Environment
Blair commissioned Ensign at Newport Naval School
Thomas J. Blair son of Mr and Mrs F L Blair 101 West Church Street was commissioned an Ensign USNR at Naval Officers Candidate School Newport Rhode Island He is assigned to the destroyer USS Newman K Perry Newport Rhode Island as main propulsion assistant
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Thomas J. Blair
F.L. Blair
West Church Street
USNR
Naval Officers Candidate School
Newport
R.I
Newman K. Perry
Youth Injured by Weight Machine at YMCA Parish Night
11 year old Peter Adams of Meadville was listed in guarded condition with a head injury after a leg press type machine pulled from the wall during a St. Brigid's parish night at the YMCA. YMCA officials suggest a possible loose part caused the injury. access was restricted to older youths per rules.
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Meadville
YMCA
St. Brigid's
Peter Adams
Donald Adams
Keith Beveridge
Beveridge
Record High Hops Stocked On March 1
Washington AP report shows growers dealers and brewers held a record high 75.3 million pounds of hops on March 1. USDA notes last year’s crop was a years high and March 1 stocks were up 5 percent from last year and 12 percent from two years ago.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture, Department
USDA
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Irry Journal
West Orange
N.J
Marilyn Loftus
Verona
F. Michael Caruso
Newark
New Jersey
Loftus Caruso
Eagle River
Alaska
Robert Krall
Krall
Federal Aviation Administration
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Anchorage
Merrill Field
Mie
Lee
Johnson’s Baby Powder
RST
Kup
Ean
Rite Aid
Antacid
Sylvania Magicubes
Elnett
Smith Street Plaza
Corry, Pa
Pittsburgh
State Department of Agriculture
Doktor's
Allegheny
Ahould
California
Florida
New York
Texas
Italy
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