World belly hop and cannonball diving championships set in Vancouver
Promoter says Bly Carter will judge the third annual event in Vancouver on July 23. Thomas A. Buller notes Carter’s family ties and predicts plenty of fried chicken cheese straws and beer for attendees. Meany announces AFL-CIO barley boycott against Ringling Brothers is lifted after musicians union contract.
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Inyal Union
Spelling Bee Opens With 94 Contestants In National Event
The 50th Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee began with 94 contestants as 3 year old Johnny Barfield of Midwest City Ohio spelled identify. James H. Wagner called the event uniquely American and noted a surge in spelling interest across the country.
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UPI
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America
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Vandalia
Eugene Walton
Powhatan
Off‑duty officer injured in lake chase crash
In Salt Lake City an off duty policeman was distracted while chasing a dog. Timothy Phalan, 41, broke a leg and an arm and sustained other injuries when he crashed his motorcycle into a truck that had pulled to the side of 2151 South Street Tuesday. Firefighters gained control of a Sequoia National Forest grass fire near Kem River Canyon late Tuesday afternoon. The blaze, started by lightning Monday, grew to about 150 acres at dawn Thursday.
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UPI
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Sequoia National Forest
Kem Hiver Canyon
Moluccan gunmen release sick man aboard Dutch train
South Moluccan gunmen freed a sick man after 17 days of captivity aboard a four coach train and a nearby elementary school in Assen. mediation talks between the gunmen and the government were scheduled, with both sides seeking a second round. The hostage, 46 year old Thes van Hatten, was removed by ambulance.
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Assen
Netherlands
UPD
Justice Ministry
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Bovensmide
Amsterdam
Hague
Faber
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Holland
Thes van Hatten
Dries van Agt
Spouse swapping couples remarry original spouses in Michigan
In Pontiac, Michigan two couples who four years ago swapped partners divorced and traded partners amicably. Last week they were divorced again and remarried their original spouses. Judge Robert Webster granted the latest divorces and the women said they plan to stop socializing, noting one of them kept two good husbands.
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Pontiac, Mich
UPI
Oakland County
Promate
Robert Webster
Priceless New York landmark stolen again
Authorities said thieves removed four cast iron sections from an historic building on Manhattan's West Side. The missing portions, valued at four, left the structure lacking a key element of its early cast iron facade. Landmarks Preservation Commission chair Beverly Nass Spall called the loss immeasurable and described the building as the earliest surviving cast iron facade in the world. Police suspect drug addicts and derelicts carried off the metal as scrap.
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UFIT
New York City
Artis i Beverly Nass Spall
Landmarks Preservation Commission
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West Side
James Bagardus
Rainey Family Spotlight Sparks Local Interest
Lois Rainey appears in a feature about the Rainey family with emphasis on community ties and local recognition. The item highlights Lois Rainey among family members and notes neighborhood connections and public interest in their activities.
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Rainey Family
Lois
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