Growth Of Largest Metropolitan Areas in Nation Picks Up Speed
New York AP reports that the nations 15 largest metro areas now hold nearly a third of the population and added about nine million residents in the 1980s. Los Angeles-Long Beach led growth, while Boston slipped from sixth to seventh. Houston joined the top 15, replacing Cincinnati.
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National Industrial Conference
Sosrd
Conference Board
Bureau of
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Califonna Center
Philadelphia
Detroit
Houston Metro
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
2. C
Cleveland
Ohio
Exercising in the Big City and Its Odd Challenges
Hal Boyle mocks urban workout myths and offers home and city life tips. He jokes about dragging a shopping cart for a chest press, lifting newspapers as a test of strength, and navigating crowds to stay fit. The piece playfully weighs real effort against metropolitan obstacles.
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New York
Alden
Sunday News
Seel
Rome
Bernia
Paris Summit Fight Drives 1960 Campaign Strain
UPI reports private Democratic and some Republican leaders fear Paris summit flare up hurts the peace issue for 1960. Critics say Eisenhower’s Paris visit damaged U.S. prestige and Nixon faces tougher fallout as Democrats exploit the episode for political gain while some Republicans warn of a weakened position. In Edmonton England, metal grills are installed after taxpayers attacked clerks at a city treasury counter.
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Warren Duffee
Washington
UPI
U.S
Paris
Eisenhowert
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Khrushchev
Fisenhouwer
Nixon
Eisenhower
Edmonton
England
Four Americans Presented to Queen at Royal Variety Show
In London the 31st Royal Variety Show featured a celebrity cast of 268 with four American performers including Sammy Davis Jr. Liberace and Robert Horton presented to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The telecast raised about 67200 dollars for the Artists Benevolent Fund.
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London
UPI
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
King
Cate Sammy Is Jr. Liberace
Robert Horton
Artists Benevolent Fund
Haywood County Registration Try Ends In Confusion
Haywood County election officers plan another registration effort after a first attempt in over a year ended in confusion. Registrar Clarence Beison travels district by district through rural areas as books reopen for the first time since Reconstruction to register Negro voters in a predominantly Black county where none were registered. A store owner refused to allow the registrar to operate, complicating an already troubled effort with Civil Rights Commission scrutiny.
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Tenn
Haywood
Clarence Beison
Civil Rights Commission
Berson
Malcolm Smith
Jon
Payette County
Brantley Blue Elected Commander of Hammond Post 3
Brantley Blue was elected commander of Hammond Post No. 3, American Legion, last night. He will replace Early Whitney. John Eubanks was elected first vice commander, Raleigh Dingis second vice commander, J. K. Bellamy adjutant, and George Arnold finance officer. Installations set for June 11 at the next regular meeting.
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Brantley Blue
Hammond
American Legion
Blue
Early Whitney
John Eubanks
Raleigh Dingis
J. K. Bellamy
George Arnold
MM Praises Montand in Letting Marian Go on Set
Hollywood AP interview with Marilyn Monroe recounts delays on Let's Make Love as Monroe explains Montand joining after Gregory Peck left, praising Yves Montand as brilliant singer and dancer. She credits director George Cukor and notes plans for a month off after filming before starting The Misfits in Reno.
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Monroe
New York
Marilyn
Gregory Peck
Montand
Tam
George Cukor
Marilyn Mike
Bully Wilder
Witter
Ktarilyn
Reno
Beore
Famed Circus Fat Lady Dolly Blackhall Dies
In Gibsontown Florida Dolly Blackhall a famed circus fat lady once with Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailley Circus has died weighing over 500 pounds. Deputy Tutner Watent said she apparently woke her wife.
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Gibsontow
Fla
Fat Lady
Dolly Blackhall
Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bauiley Circus
Tutner Watent
Funeral Set For Nashville Store Founder
AP reports funeral services for Fred Harvey 57 founder of Middle Tennessee's largest department store in Nashville will be held this afternoon. Burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Store started in 2042 on Church Street and now occupies about nine acres. Survivors include widow, son, daughter and five grandchildren.
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Nashville
Fred Harvey
Middle Tennessee
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Church Street
Welling Spi
UPI Chief To Be Honored By Oregon State College
CORVALLIS Ore June 6 honorary doctor of laws degree will be awarded to Frank A Bartholomew president and general manager of United Press International He attended Oregon State and began as a Portland reporter in 1919 He later led UP bureaus in Portland and Los Angeles before rising to president in 1965
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Corvallis. Ore
UPI
Frank A. Bartholomew
United Press International
Oregon State College
Bartholomew
Oregon State
Oregon
Portland
United Press
Paorlland
Los Angeles
Blind New York Newsdealer Robbed by Knocking Pile
An elderly newsdealer, 73 year old David Tokofaky, was nearly blind and knocked to the sidewalk while rifling a stack of papers by a man who seized papers and fled. The incident occurred Monday in New York.
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New York
Tre Nue
David Tokofaky
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