King of the Hoboes Dies in Iowa Funeral Rites Held
John Mislen known as the Hardrock Kid and five time Britt hobo king died in Ogden Iowa after a park death. Mourners from across Iowa Wisconsin and Nebraska attended the service. The Britt Chamber and Carson Funeral Home organized the rites. Steamtrain Maury Graham led the eulogy calling him a good man who liked beer and travel. The annual Hobo Day at Britt was nearby as his last trip.
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Ogden
Iowa
John Mislen
Trenton
N.J
Britt
Steamtrain
Maury Graham
Toledo
Ohio
Fry Pan Jack
Sparky Smith
Virginia Slim
W.C. Buckmaster
Laurens
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Maury
Jordan
Clinton
Carson Funeral Home
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Florida
Maine
New York
Canada
Quebec Judge Seeks US Canadians Unity Idea
Montreal AP Judge Andre Morin of Chicoutimi Quebec launched Positive Option ads in two newspapers to test interest among Canadians in joining the United States. The 55 year old municipal court judge calls the concept a fantasy but seeks to gauge feasibility for a Quebec US linkage.
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Montreal
Andre Morin
Stars and Stripes
Morin
Chicoutimi, Que
United States
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
Canada
U.S
Trans-Alaska Oil Tariff Reductions Filed
Oil firms filed reduced tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission as Alaska pipeline oil heads toward tanker shipments from Valdez. ICC chairman Daniel O Neal said systems are go and the prior tariffs were upheld against earlier excesses after a federal court ruling. The tariffs govern transport charges and state tax bases.
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Trans-Alaska
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alaska
Daniel O'Neal
ICC
Corporate Bosses Turn TV Stars For Companies
New York AP report highlights a boom in corporate television as CEOs and executives from Bank of America Union Carbide IBM Mobil Oil Prudential Life and AT&T lead a rising market. By 1980 the sector may reach 1.6 billion annually with 46 000 programs totaling 15 000 hours for internal use.
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New York
United States
Bank of America
Union Carbide
IBM
Mobil Oil
Prudential Life
At&t
ABC
CBS
NBC
PBS
Judith
Douglas Brush
International Industrial Television Assn
Irving R. Shapiro
DuPont Company
Judith Brush
Hong Kong
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Don Beman
Associated Press
Valdez
Anies
New Orleans
Commission
KODAK
Wil
Rds
Mu Confederat Salvage Sales
North Main
High Point
Eehli
RTS
Oak Ridge
Southern Association of College and Schools
N.C
Tion
OAK Ridge Academy
Oak Ridge, N.C
N.C. Highway 68
Jamaica
Reg
Proctor Silex
Vanity
Mary Quaint
Silex Steam & Dry Iron
Beemer
Nat
Coosa
High Port
A. Saa
I Ayue
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