Worm farmer now employs ex-scoffers
In MENA Arkansas Marx left electronics two years ago to start an earthworm farm. He now employs former plant workers, ships worms nationwide for fishing and gardening, and for garbage eating via annelidic consumption. Cities like Orlando and Ontario use the method to reduce trash and landfill needs, creating worm fertilizer for sale.
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Public hearings on WIC program held in Kansas City
The fourth in a series of nationwide hearings on the Agriculture Department's WIC food program will take place Wednesday in Kansas City at the federal building. Testimony is expected from health officials, WIC recipients, nutrition groups and others from the Midwest and mountain plains states about services for pregnant and nursing women and children under five with poor nutrition.
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Mountain Plains
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Bomber Receives Two More Years in Prison
Verne A. Lyon, already sentenced to 12 years for placing a bomb at Lambert Airport, is given an additional two years for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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Lyon
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Riley Dismisses McDowell Motion In Fourth Ward Race
James T. Riley has dismissed Carolyn McDowell’s bid to strike a suit over her Fourth Ward council race victory. Alec N Gowans, a Democrat, contends misprogramming of an electronic vote tabulator may have altered ballots. He seeks a recount of the April 7 results showing Gowans 549 to 578 for McDowell.
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Peru
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Sandy” Gowans
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Symbol's career checkered in American iconography
CHICAGO AP. A look at Uncle Sam reveals origins in antiwar sentiment during the War of 1812, evolving from a beardless cartoon to a government symbol. Samuel Wilson's meat-marking initials inspired the name, with official status granted by Congress after World Wars I and II. John Bull, Britain’s symbol, developed later from an early uncouth farmer to a refined figure.
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Uncle Sam
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England
Samuel Wilson
United States
Questions linger on James Earl Ray escape at Brushy Mountain
Ray escape prompts theories from Gov Blanton and corrections chief Henderson about a wall notch, a 2300 volt cable, and a secret ladder built from pipe pieces. Investigators cite a rock cliff gap, weather erosion, and possible guard distraction to explain how seven convicts slipped free.
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James Earl Ray
Tennessee
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Blanton
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Henderson
Jerry Ward
Ward
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Mayors confront HUD chief at annual conference
Two hundred mayors pressed Washington at a Tucson session with Patricia Harris, demanding clarity on spending rules for federal community development funds. Harris pledged to enforce the law, rejected building racial ghettos, and explained why some cities would be left out due to limited funds. Mayor Beame praised the shift in relations, while others urged formula changes and questioned elderly housing allocations.
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Ariz
Washington
Patricia Harris
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Harris
New York
Abraham Beame
HUD
Robert Quirk
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Ed McNamara
Livonia
Mich
Detroit
Minnesota
Alex Smetka
Rochester
Three men to face federal charges in beef truck theft
Three Robbins Indiana men were to be charged today in St. Louis for stealing a semitruck carrying 19,000 pounds of beef valued at about $43,000 from Fort Wayne. The FBI said the trio, arrested Sunday after a joint FBI and St. Louis police probe, face up to ten years in prison and fines up to $10,000 if convicted.
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Leon Dobbs
U.S
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