Festival of American Folklife Opens in Washington
Ten applebutter makers from Millerstown and a Vermont fiddler join performers from Kane, Chicago and Israel as 5000 volunteers demonstrate varied trades at the Smithsonian festival. Expanded to 12 weeks in its Bicentennial year, the event costs 7.5 million dollars and expects up to 100000 visitors daily on a 50 acre site between the Lincoln and Washington Monuments. All events are free.
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Whittler
Phillips
Maine
Tool and Die Makers
Chicago
Israel
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Lincoln
Washington Monuments
Centenarian Spanish American War veteran recalls life in Ohio
Winfield Scott Springer aged 106 in Delaware Ohio recalls battles in the Spanish American War and past exploits including breaking up suffragette rallies in a dress and top hat. He now listens to baseball, teaches songs, and reflects on a long, varied career across oil rigs boats and as a cook.
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Delaware
Ohio
UPI
Winfield Scott Springer
Springer
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Cincinnati Reds
Strictly For Laughs: a Punchline Parade of Bad Jokes
A string of old time one liners with doctors, druggists, dentists and cops delivering punchlines. Butterflies fly from a stomach and rats chase poison while a mounted officer laments no room for his horse in a patrol car.
Army Invades Scout Camp in Bavaria Misunderstanding
Troop 21 of Munich reports M16 blanks fired during a nighttime war game near the Inn River on May 7. Army troops apologized after confusing silhouettes for aggressors. Groth seeks reimbursement for damaged tents and clothing and proposes a possible High Adventure Badge citation.
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Darmstadt
West Germany
Man
Boy Scouts
Troop 21
Munich
Inn River
Bavaria
Groth
Boy Scout
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Washi
Millerstown
Perkinsville
Koclancic
Kane, Pa
Bronx
America
Northeast
Pennsylvania
Caratunk
Schwanksville
Baltimore
Kram Radio
SUN
U.S. Army
American Furniture
Charleston Plaza
Walnut
Hollywood
China
Serta
Mapie
East Charleston
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