Candy nostalgia and a sea lion death in Philadelphia
A nostalgic look at classic candies notes brands long gone and revived while recounting food history from 1851 to modern times. The piece mentions Ray Orrock and a playful quiz about Guess What and includes a report on Pat Sally the sea lion at Philadelphia Zoo dying of a heart attack after a pool renovation.
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United States
Charles W. Williams
Vantage Press
Cortez
Mexico
Wethe
Adelph
Pat Sally
Philadelphia
Sally
Informer Douglas swindled Berrigan in antiwar circle
Harrisburg reports FBI informant Toyd J. Douglas Jr. posed as a trusted antiwar messenger in the 1970s. He fed letters between Rev. Phil Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister, and urged recruitment while praising the movement’s leaders amid prison and police scrutiny. The testimony spans messaged plots, safety concerns, and shifting loyalties within the activist network.
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Harrisburg
UPI
J. Douglas Jr
FBI
Phil K. Berrigan
Douglas
Berrigan
Lewisburg
Lewisburg Penitentiary
Elizabeth McAlister
Key York
Washington
Daas
Elizabeth
Ithaca
David
Europe
Will
Macherlye
Jesus
Mankind
America
Village Voice
Pat Nixon Plants Blush Pink Camellia at Capitol
Pat Nixon planted a blush pink Pat Nixon Camellia in the State Capitol Park during a ceremony attended by Gov. Ronald Reagan and family. Demonstrators protested with obscenities as several youths were arrested. Nixon, speaking from California’s capital, praised the city and later met scouts while Mrs. Nixon prepared to fly to San Clemente after a Memorial Auditorium camellia display.
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Sacramento
Pat Nixon
Ronald Reagan
State Capitol
Richard Nixon
White Houses
Capitol ‘Park
Soviet Chess Federation Signals Final World Championship Talks
The Soviet chess federation announced readiness to begin final negotiations for the Spassky Fischer world title match. Tass said a letter to FIDE President Max Ringo requests a meeting of all parties to thrash out terms and sign an agreement. The Soviets favor holding the first half in Belgrade and the second in Reykjavik before July and seek adherence to FIDE rules.
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Moscow
UPT
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
Tass
International Chess Federation
FIDE
Max Ringo
Wetler
Belgrade
Reykjavik
Acord
Spassky
Hovercraft ferry overturns killing forty four at Portsmouth
A hovercraft ferry capsized in a 3 knot gale near Southsea, trapping four dozen aboard. Coast Guard and navy divers recovered victims as helicopters plucked survivors from the sea, with officials noting the craft’s high speed and cushion vehicle design.
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Powdshouth
England
UPI
Coast Board
Joirney
Coast Guard
Fie
Roy Edwards
Edwards
Navy
Southsea
Brooke warns GOP to court all Americans in Lincoln Day talk
Senator Edward W. Brooke warned the White House that a campaign strategy excluding any region or group is morally wrong and politically foolish. In a Lincoln Day speech in Westport Massachusetts he criticized Republicans for failing to recruit newly enfranchised young voters and urged opening the party to all peoples and sections.
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Westport
Mass
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
White Horse
Brooke
GOP
Ion
Republicana
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Chauveau
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Massachusetts
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Cagey Ol
Harry Takter
Battle Creek
Mich
Ellen Gould White
Health Reform Institute
Charles William Post
Harvey Kellogg
Curry County
Oregon
Coca Bay
Norris Kemp
Curry Count
Ape Praiser
Lancia
Nixon
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China
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Fla
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Party Craft Studio
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Lewelling
Guneway
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Ket
Southland Mall
Fresno
Hayward
Concord
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