It Might Have All Been Greek
A New York news column recalls postwar plans to ban English in favor of Greek as a state language, a motion defeated for teaching hurdles. It notes then contemporary slang from 1781 including sponging and fourbled and fivebled describing drinking bouts and old beverages like perry quince and flip. Maxwell Anderson's Valley Forge in a Hallmark Hall of Fame program is referenced for similar phrasing.
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New York
API
Congress
America
England
Catamount
George Washington
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Flip
Maxwell Anderson
Valley Forge
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tent Up At Jean Sparks Summer Crowds In Good Springs
THIS WEEK IN GOOD SPRINGS notes a large circus style tent rising in Jean amid buzz of evangelists and bands at Pop's Oasis. The piece highlights Vacation Bible School hosted by Scottsdale youth from First Baptist Church with thirteen students and five adult sponsors, plus recreational trips to Las Vegas Lake Mead Boulder City and the new United 747 airport tour.
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Jean
Las Vegas
Pop
Oasis
First Baptist Church
Scottsdale
Arizona
Carol Ford
Don Strey
Laurie Enyart
Scott Olson
Ken Templetone
Liz Scott
Steve Pinch
Glenn Clevenger
Tobi Crouch
Keven Watson
Barbara Carlson
Carol Cavin
Ben Smith
Carolyn English
Ed English
Lake Mead
Boulder City
Countryside
Bible School
Citizens Lose Jobs To Illegal Aliens In Los Angeles Study
In Los Angeles, a state and federal test found US citizens rarely fill vacancies left by deported illegal workers. Employers refuse referrals due to lower wages and substandard orders, leaving restaurants hotels and garment shops short. Officials call the effort a near zero cost and a failed attempt to shift work to Americans. They back a congressional bill to bar knowingly hiring illegal aliens.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Fred Brenner
State Employment Development Department
Congress
Equal Rights Commission gains new powers in Nevada legislature
The Nevada ERC secured six of eight bills, expanding authority with a hearing officer, subpoena power, daily pay for commissioners, direct district court access, broader jurisdiction over age sex and handicap complaints, and handling of cases with five or more employees. Victor Bartkowski notes pigeons outnumber residents in Buffalo. U.S. public health spending rises to $41.3 billion in 1974 with private health expenditures at $62.9 billion.
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Las Vegas
Earle White
Archie
White
Scott
ERC
O'Callaghan
Washington
Advisers named for United Way Advisory Committee
Charlotte Hill, community leader, to serve on the 1975 United Way Advisory Committee. Hill was 1974 Campaign Cabinet Chairman and led a highly successful United Way campaign. She is married to James Hill and has two daughters, both teachers in the Clark County School District.
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Charlotte Hill
United Way
Hill
Rhodine
Summa Corporation
Las Vegas
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Irena van
Carrie Bradley
McCarran
Julie Robbins
Jimmy Ball
California
Jean Peterson
Eileen Twitchell
United
Hawaii
TWA
Pan Am
Sandy Valley
Frank
Denise Catania
Catania
Indianapolis
Olie
Caesars Palace
Brenner
Joseph Dernett
Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
U.S
Dernett
Berlin
Switzerland
Bill Briare
Los Rancheros Horseman’s Country Club
W. Ann Rd
Darwin Lamb
By Bob Palm
Nevada Equal Rights Commission
Folons
Jesse Scott
Commission
The
Robert Archie
Buffalo
N.Y
Victor Bartkowski
Buffalo Department of Pest and Vermin Control
Louis Prima’s Country Club
Warm Springs Road
Barry Ashton
Paris
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