Pirated Dickens Edition Question Leads to Vintage Book Advice
A letter on copyright history notes that US law allowed no protection for foreign works until 1891, citing Hurst and Company as a major pirating publisher and warning that the reader’s Charles Dickens Childs History of England edition may lack value.
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Charles Dickens
Hurst
Arlington
England
L. L. S. A. Paul Smith
Old Book Corner
Chapel Hill
United States
Hurst and Company
Smith
South
Spring Furniture Market sees steady orders despite softer attendance
Manufacturers report buyers at the Southern Furniture Market are placing orders while overall attendance trails last April's peak. Kroehler and National Upholstery praise quality and volume, with Crestwood’s Carsons Inc. and Coleman Furniture noting active buying. Attendees from national stores continue through Friday as dealers seek enhanced service and advertising help.
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Jim Hawkins
Terry Henderson
Kroehler Company
National Upholstery Co
J. C. Hollingsworth
Crestwood
Carsons Inc
J. B. Shumate, Sr
Coleman Furniture Co
Southern Furniture Exposition
Henderson
Kroehler
Peace groups plan tax protest campaigns nationwide
Three peace coalitions announce a week of tax protest actions against war spending. Starting today a nondinner fast at Lafayette Park precedes rallies in 150 cities and campuses ahead of tax filing midnight Wednesday. Events include leaflets, Boston Tea Party demonstrations, and student strikes with support from lawmakers and school boards.
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Washington
Lafayette Park
White House
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Student Mobilization Committee
Internal Revenue Service
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Newark
Knoxville
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Houston
Dallas
U.S
Philadelphia
Public School Board of Education
Apollo 13 Nears Lunar Orbit For Moon Visit
Apollo 13 sped toward a Tuesday moon rendezvous while ground controllers tracked the spent Saturn stage aimed for an impact near a Seismometer on the lunar surface. Crew Lovell Haise and Swigert rest as mission control plans orbit insertion.
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Space Center, Houston
Moon
Lunar
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert
Planet Earth
Mission Control
Earth
Lovell
Haise
No Name Village Mass Burning and Viet Cong Allegations
Cambodian troops search a Vietnamese village on the Prek Trabek River looting huts and setting homes afire amid reports Viet Cong forces fought Cambodian troops. A dead Vietnamese civilian is found as the force advances toward a Catholic church where they loot, burn, and rob livestock and bicycles as villagers watch in fear.
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NO Name Village
Cambodia
Prek Trabek
No Name
Beef Promised At High Prices In U S Cattle Outlook
Washington AP reports cattlemen say beef will be plentiful for expanding consumption only if prices stay high and government stays out. ANCA leaders cite high prices as incentive while Congress returns to debate meat supply and import quotas.
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Washington
C. W. McMillan
American National Cattlemen’s Association
ANCA
William D. Farr
Gree
U.S
Teachers and Truckers Walk Out Across Cities Amid Strikes
Teachers in Los Angeles picketed outside schools demanding higher pay and smaller classes while about 32 000 truck drivers walked out at 1 300 Chicago area firms seeking better pay under a pending trucking contract. A sickout by air traffic controllers stretched into its 20th day in New York and other cities as some controllers returned to work under a court order.
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Department of Social Services
Old County
S. Main
Green
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
Robert Kelly
The
United Teachers of
North Carolina
California
Nixon Job Rating Dips Six Points in Harris Survey
President Nixon’s popularity stands at 52 percent positive and 45 percent negative, a six point drop since February and a ten point fall from last December’s peak. The Harris survey conducted March 20 to April 2 with 561 households tracks Nixon’s rating across regions, noting sharper declines in the East and Midwest and slight gains in the Deep South.
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Louis Harris
Nixon
Harris
East
Midwest
Border
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Leo Heer
Hollingsworth
Kmehler
Shumate
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter
T. Jeff Williams
Joseph
Minneapolis
Butte, Mont
Muskogee, Oklo
Harris Survey
Deep South
Masons
Sunech
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