Music teacher sails solo voyage toward England from Fernandina Beach
Ed Lorman, a 40 year old music teacher from Abbeville Louisiana and DeKalb College, plans a two month solo voyage around the world described as a shakedown cruise. He lacks a two way radio, relying on Royal Navy ships to relay position to a contact in Deal England for his wife.
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Fernandina Beach
Fla
Ufi
Ed Lorman
Abbeville, la
DeKalb College
Atlanta
Royal Navy
Lormand
England
Five Story Birthday Cake Honors Bicentennial Effort
A Massachusetts chef born in France designs a five story Birthday America cake for the Bicentennial in Philadelphia. The project features red white and blue decorations with state seals and historic scenes from the Newberry Museum. A model display in Massachusetts Senate drew mixed reactions with critics calling it cardboard while others joked about eating it.
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UPI
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Philadelphia
Marie Antoinette
America
Sarah Lee
Newberry Museum
Chicago
Bernard
Benard
Paris
Germany
Sweden
England
New York
Berard
Massachusetts Senate
Everbody
Reluctant parolee leads detectives to three graves
Dade County detectives say Robert Frederick Carr HI confessed to killing four hitchhikers in Florida and led authorities to graves in Mississippi and Louisiana for Tammy Ruth Huntley 16 and Mark Wilson 1 and Todd Payton 11. He claimed a fourth victim in Connecticut Usal.
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Miami
UPI
Dade County
Robert Frederick Carr
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Carr
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Tammy Ruth Huntley
Mark Wilson
North Miami Beach
Gramercy
Todd Payton
Usal
Florida
The Reel Thing letters raise voting rights and strikes debate
Readers discuss party registration rules in California and Washington voting, strike ethics in Alameda County, civil rights, faith debates, and community events. Letters reference elections, union activity, peacekeeping, inflation, and local culture in Bay Area towns.
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