Secretaries Like Bond Heroine, Lois Maxwell Revealed
AP profile of Lois Maxwell known as Miss Moneypenny. Describes her typing limits and fame from James Bond films including You Only Live Twice. Notes her Canadian roots, early radio work, wartime service, and marriage to NBCI director Peter Marriott. Maxwell recalls AWOL stint and Mountbatten influence.
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New York
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Diss Massel
Miss Moneypenny
Sean Convery
Lois
Ian Vleming
Bond
Moneypenny
James Bond
London
Royal Academy of Art
Louis Mountbatten
T Hem
England
Hollywood
Kore
BART project fuels Bay Area economy worker wages rise
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit construction employed about 1,700 workers in April with nearly 2 million dollars in wages while weather slowed activity at many sites. BART reports 19 contracting organizations and 17 subcontracting firms across Alameda Contra Costa and San Francisco counties, plus $600,000 in engineering salaries from 69 design firms. Total April construction value reached about 8 million dollars with peak activity forecast to exceed 4,000 workers next year.
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BART
B. R. Stokes
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Alameda
Contra Costa
San Francisco
Stokes
June Storms Then Rain, Floods Hit Wide Regions Across Nation
A broad weather system moved across the United States bringing thunderstorms, hail, and flooding from Florida to Texas and Colorado to New England. Tornadoes touched down in several areas, causing damage and at least one fatality reported near the Sierra Nevada. Cooler May-like temperatures persisted in parts of the Northeast while heavy storms disrupted travel and daily life in many states.
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Texas
Pennsylvania
New England
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Alhil
Covington
Mayland
Albany
N.Y
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