Broadway Fall Shows Postponed Amid Theater Strike
Broadway producers announce indefinite postponement of all fall shows as Actors Equity talks stall. League says 43 productions face an $8 million investment halt affecting 1,600 actors. negotiations remain stalled with no resumption in sight.
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New York
League of New York Theaters
Actors Equity
Producers’ League
Angus Duncan
Finian
Rainbow
Andersonville
Duel of Angels
Burton A. Zorn
League
Zorn
Subways Tended After Grand Central Smoke Fire
New York subway crews searched tunnels after a third rail flash ignited refuse under Grand Central Terminal. The blaze stalled 14 trains, sent smoke through cars, and sent about 150 people to hospitals for treatment. Mayor Wagner ordered a full system cleanup and safety inspection.
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New York
New York City
Grand Central Terminal
Robert F. Wagner
Transit Authority
Charles L. Patterson
Manhattan
Grand Central Area
Lake Campaigns Across North Carolina Campaign Hits Piedmont
Gubernatorial hopeful I Beverly Lake blasted the NAACP and Sanford spending plans as he moved through Winston-Salem and Greensboro following a Henderson Rotary Club speech. Sanford planned Raleigh events. Lake touted economy, schools, and freedoms for all North Carolinians.
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I. Beverly Lake
NAACP
Terry Sanford
Piedmont
Lake
Winston - Salem
Greensboro
Sanford
Raleigh
Henderson
North Carolina
Girl Burglar On Probation After Bride-To-Be Sentence
Donna Jean Dresskell Dickinson 18 was placed on probation after ransacking 20 homes to obtain a purse before marrying a soldier. She completed high school while in Lowell prison and her sentence was suspended daily to allow joining her husband.
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Miami
Fla
Trousseau
Donna Jean Dresskell Dickinson
Women’s Prison
Lowell
Criminal Court
Ben C. Willard
Willard
Names Tickled by Geography and Misread Maps
A study by Mario Pei and Eloise Lambert, published in UNESCO Courier, explores humorous and mistaken place names worldwide. The article cites examples like Punkey Doodles Corner, Widowville, and Rio de Janeiro, plus linguistic twists such as Torpenhow Hill and Stony Point in Venezuela.
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Mario Pei
Columbia University
Pei
Eloise Lambert
Unesco Courier
U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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New York
Nueva Armenia
Honduras
Britain
Torpenhow Hill
Middle Wallop
England
Peru
Paraguay
Puerto Casado
Bolivia
Georgia
United States
Soviet Union
Tripoli
Syria
Libya
Iowa
Tiflis
Tbilisi
Hot Springs
Ark
Stony Point
Venezuela
Punta de Piedras
Mississippi
Rio Grande
Guadalquivir
Nepal
Piedmont
Harvard Engineer Albert Haertlein Dies at 64
Albert Haertlein, 64, associate dean of engineering and applied physics at Harvard University, died Tuesday in his office. He was a noted authority on the mechanics of structure.
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Cambridge, Mass
Albert Haertlein
Harvard University
Michigan Supreme Court Backs School Ban On Married Students
The Michigan Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 and upheld a Mesick school board policy that bars married high school students from extracurricular activities. The two students affected have since graduated, and the ban, two years old, was approved by the Wexford County Circuit Court.
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Lansing
Mich
Cupid
Michigan Supreme Court
Mesick
Michigan
Lower Peninsula
High Court
Wexford County
Harry Harper Aviation Writer Dies at 81
Harry Harper, 81, longtime aviation writer who became the first such correspondent for a newspaper, died Monday. He was named by Lord Northcliffe to the London Daily Mail staff 54 years ago.
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London
Harry Harper
Lord Northcliffe
London Daily Mail
State Treasurer seeks involvement of loan firms in new rules
Edwin Gill, North Carolina treasurer and head of the Banking Commission, asked small loan firm officials to help craft legislation. He said a proposed law would allow fair returns for lenders while protecting borrowers from excessive charges, require proof of community need to form firms, and limit insurance and overall charges. Gill stressed borrowers are often in distress and vulnerable to unprincipled lending.
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Winston-Salem
Edwin Gill
Gill
State Banking Commission
Duce
Arts icon Ernest Blumenschein dies at 87 in Albuquerque
Ernest L Blumenschein an internationally famous artist died Monday after a long illness in Albuquerque New Mexico He was 87 years old and had a prolific career influencing American southwestern art.
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Ernest L. Blumenschein Albuquerque
N.M
Ernest L. Blumenschein
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