Five Food Founders From Curious Kitchen Mistakes
A column recounts how ordinary mishaps sparked famous foods. Potato chips emerged at Saratoga Springs when George Crum sliced thick potatoes thin after a diner request, while Wheat-ies arose from a bran porridge disaster and Sanka coffee from soaked beans. Crown N Serve rolls began as emergency oven salvage, and Jell-O’s rise follows a wary, delayed path from Peter Cooper to Pearl Wait and Francis Woodward.
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George Crum
Crum
Paris
Lodge
Saratoga
Colombian airliners collide killing 38 in Colombia
Two Avianca and another airliner collided over the Las Palomas mountains killing 38 people aboard. Avianca and Avianca crews began crash-site operations while Colombia's CAA opened an investigation into the cause amid reports of possible union-related slowdowns. Witnesses said the aircrafts exploded into flames after impact and wreckage was scattered across rugged terrain near Villavicencio region between Villavicenio and Gavianas. The first plane carried 147 prisoners and crew. the second plane carried 13 passengers and crew. Avianve said weather was clear and pilots reported the same route before the collision.
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Civil Aeronautics Adinistration
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Poisoned at a San Francisco party sickens six people
Six party guests were rushed to Kaiser Hospital and Mission Emergency after a party in San Francisco left them violently ill. Doctors initially suspected belladonna poisoning but would not confirm. Victims Tina Gartner Edward Stadum and four others showed nausea and hallucinations. some left against medical advice. A passing motorist alerted authorities after recognizing Stadum’s car. Police received an anonymous tip about more sick people at the house. The six remained under treatment with varying conditions described as serious but improving for some by Saturday night.
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San Francisco
Kaler
Wea
Tina Gartnet
Edward Stadum
Kaiser Hagpltal
Stadum
Sladum
Ly Missita
Manna Westphalen
Vera Witsus
Roger
Frank Hillar
Alistair Honeyman
Elixus Faulkner
Patricia Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
Hilar Brothers
Kaiser Hospital
Gartner
Fire damages portion of San Francisco Bay state park
A fire damaged part of an island area in the San Francisco Bay state park before firefighters from Baker and Kharon Lire departments and all tankers brought the blaze under control.
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Angel Islanit
Bawkland
Northridge
San Franisco Bay
Contra
Wort Baker
Kharon Lire
Consumer group warns against insect killer
A consumer group flags insect killer products as dangerous, citing chemicals that persist in the body. Shell No Pest Strip and Vapor Action Pest Strip are named among dangerous products. government agencies have seized or warned against several items.
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Spashington Lapt
Linley
Shell
Shell Oi Corp
Avcoscal’ Corp
Camp UU
Vaporatte
Goldwater forecasts encore by McGovern in 1964 bid
Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater warned at a Scottsbluff club reception that Geary McGovern’s White House bid would mirror his earlier failed run. He blasted the fundraising drives as self-serving and said there is no comparison to his own 1964 campaign.
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Sion
Barry Goldwater
Ren
Geary McGovern
Gmiwater
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