Sam Alexander brings Casablanca tunes to Philadelphia bar
In Philadelphia Sam Alexander, a pianist at a downtown bar, charms patrons with As Time Goes By and memories of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, and Bessie Smith. He never became a big star, but he finds success by making people happy and performing the greats he grew up with across Detroit, Baltimore, Washington, and Los Angeles.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Sam Alexander
Humphrey Bogart
Arumor
Sam
Bogart
Louis Armstrong
Bessie Smith
Duke Ellington
South Philadelphi
Casablanca
Donly Wilson
Benny Goodmat
Glenn Miller
Frank Sinatra
Marion Anderson
Five Barons
Detroit
Baltimore
Washington
Los Angeles
Vin Heey
Women Tend Bar and Run Venues in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas women are described tending bars and managing establishments while some work in brothels. Commissioner David Kanter introduces a response to a proposed reform calling the law stupid and unconstitutional, framing the debate over women’s roles in the local nightlife industry.
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Las Vegas
New
David Kanter
FBI denies heavy handed search on Pine Ridge killings
The FBI rejects claims of heavy handed tactics in a Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Reservation manhunt for those linked to the killings of agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams. About 200 agents scoured the 3000 acre reservation for 16 suspects amid clashes. AIM member rumors circulated as South Dakota officials blamed BIA superintendent Kenneth Cumming for delays and bungling in the investigation.
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Oglala
3.D
UPI
FBI
Pine Ridge
Oglala ‘Sioux
Tom Coll
Jack Coler
Ronald Williams
Herman Thunder Hawk
Toll
American Indian Movement
Three Oil Firms Raise Gas Prices in NY and Houston
Three major oil companies boosted wholesale gasoline prices on Tuesday in New York with Atlantic Fitchfield adding 2 cents per gallon across marketing areas Texaco Inc lifting all grades by 1.4 cents and Drungerd Oil of Indians increasing by 3 cents A Shell of Co announcement in Houston on Monday cited a 5 to 6 cent per gallon mix in gasoline and distillates along with jet fuel increases The move followed federal cost pass through rules and reflected tariff and entitlement program effects and Shell paid about 74 million dollars in related fees in the first half of the year
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New York
UPI
Atlantic Fitchfield
Texaco, Inc
Houston
Shell of Co
Shell
Federal Energy Administration
Public Workers Strike Stages Picket Lines Across Pennsylvania
Thousands of state employees picket government office buildings statewide in a landmark public sector walkout. AFSCME officials led by Gerald McEntee accuse Gov. Milton Shapp of attempting to break the union after rejecting a 3.5 percent wage offer costing about 27.5 million annually.
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Harrisburg
Afscme
McEntee
Shapp
Dennis Banks Avoids Pine Ridge Reservation Visit
Dennis Banks and other AIM leaders say they are staying away from South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation due to fear the FBI will blame the killings of two agents on them. In a Minneapolis Tribune interview, Banks said he canceled plans to go last Friday after reports AIM was linked to bombings and shootings at Mt. Rushmore and a Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Alameda. He voiced concern about possible conspiracy indictments if he entered the reservation to negotiate.
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Wounded Knee
Turaday
Joseph Stuns
AIM
Ruth Stunts
Monticello
Ind
Stunts
Washington
South Dakota
William Janklow
Kenneth Cumming
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reservation
Aberdeen
Red Cross
Janklow
Sioux Falls
KELO
Cumming
Minneapolis
Minn
UPI
American Indiana Movement
Dennis Banks
Pine Ridge
FBI
Banka
Mt. Rushmore
Alameda
Calif
Banks
Custer
D.C
Health News: Nerves Are Signals Not A Disease
Dr Keith A Fair from Palmer Graduate explains nervousness is a symptom of underlying physical issues not a disease. He cautions that ignoring it and using pills masks problems and may lead to chronic conditions. urges proper diagnosis and nerve system testing. Chiropractic Corporation at Fremont offers evaluation.
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Fair
Immigration official accused of bribe paying for visas
A grand jury in Newark indicted Herman S. Klegman, 34, assistant director of travel control at the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service, on charges that he accepted about 26500 in bribes to approve resident visas for Chinese waiters and cooks in New York and other cities. He allegedly conspired with a New York restaurant owner to collect payoffs from illegally employed workers starting in 1960.
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Newark
UPI
New York
Herman S. Klegman
Klegman
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
Travel Control Bureau
Kregman
Two men kidnap six, shoot 2 in two robberies
Two men abducted six persons in a spree spanning Iowa Colorado and Kansas, robbed two pairs, wounded two men, and left a victim locked in a car trunk. Mackie Smothers 19 and Leonard Coleman 22 of Omaha were arrested on I 70 in Russell after holding a Colorado family group hostage and facing federal kidnapping charges. Local and state authorities planned additional charges in Iowa and Kansas.
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Omaha
Kay David
Bellevue
Neb
Pat Moore
Dennis Croghan
Council Bluff
FBI
Kansas
Scott Tuttle
Wakeeney
Colorado
Smothers
Coleman
Russell
Iowa
Gas fumes kill five at processing plant
In Columbus Indiana? Ohio rendering plant Inland Products Inc. five workers died from suspected toxicgas asphyxiation after entering a pit where entrails are processed. Ten others injured. Names include Gary Fulton Bill Stevens Franklin Doyle Wendell Tackett Chris Spaulding.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPL
Volunter
Inland Products, Inc
Franklin Township
M. E. Olney
Gary Fulton
Columbus
Bill Stevens
Amanda
Chis
Plaid
Franklin Doyle
Chillicothe
Ohio
Wendell Tackett
Orient
Chris Spaulding
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Jersey City
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Samuel Reshevsky
Spring Valley
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U. S
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Ore
Smith Cookie Co
Meganville
Amalgamated Sugar Co
California
Hawaiian Sugar Refinng Corp
Spreckels Sugar Co
tah-Idaho Sugar Corp
American Crystal Sugar Co
Great Western Sugar Co
Holly Sugar Co
Union Sugar Co
United States Beet Sugar Association
Defendards
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Astoria-Megler
Anchorage
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