Marriage Fair in Esparros Draws Thousands of Suitors
Esparros hosts a Sadie Hawkins style marriage fair inviting French and international girls to meet local bachelors. About 20,000 letters spurred crowds from France, the United States, England, and beyond. Buses move visitors from Toulouse, Pau, and Lourdes as 1,000 eligible men vow to wear red rosettes and hope for wedding bells in coming months.
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Esparros
Irance
Eisparros
Tsparros
Spain
France
United Sates
England
New Zealand
Peru
Maly
Egypt
Mozambique
Fo Minty
Spartos
Espiurros
Toulouse
Pau
Lourdes
Philippe Balogne
Companion for Last Journey Pram Burned On Grave Request
George Cox 74 asked an undertaker to burn his battered baby carriage on his grave after death. The rag and bone man loved the wood and metal pram, saying it accompanied him on countless country trips. He left 280 dollars to cover funeral costs and hoped any surplus would buy a tombstone.
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Daventry
England
UPI
George Cox
Cox
Chaos at English Channel delays stricken holiday travel
Hundreds of Britons slept in cars at Dover and Newhaven as seamen strike and ferry bookings bled for crossings to the continent. Officials urged motorists to go home while cars clogged port approaches and Compiegne sailed with 21 bookings left behind.
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London
UPL
English Channel
Yday
Dover
Newhaven
Virstain
Compiegne
Calais
France
Saved Just Like In Old Movie Melodrama
A traffic jam trapped Fred G. Ansley on a railroad track as gates lowered and a freight train approached at 20 mph. Rain battered his car and he escaped shaken but unharmed, while engineer Mark Kilchens attempted to brake in Augusta.
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Augusta
Fred G. Ansley
Mark Kilchens
Ansley
Fire at Roosevelt Hotel in Lansing Kills Legislator
A Lansing fire at the Roosevelt Hotel killed State Senator William Dummene after smoke inhalation and a heart attack. Legislator Robert Mahoney, who is blind, escaped with hospital treatment. J C McDaniels was treated for smoke inhalation. A deaf guest and a woman jumped to safety as others were aided by responders.
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Lansing, Mich
Lansing
Roosevelt Hotel
Willian Dtumene
Margaret Spwaya
Formesy
Poleco
Ohio
Robert Mahoney
William Ryan
J.C. McDaniels
Mark Keenuy
McDaniels
Nevis
Moyers Watusi Question Sparks Baptist Convention Debate
The Southern Baptist Convention debated a proposal denouncing actions by Baptist leaders that bring dishonor to the faith. The motion, mentioning Bill Moyers but not naming him, was ruled out of order by President Wayne DeHorney. Moyers declined comment while supporters say a White House award could still be presented in October.
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Charles
Cain
Detroit
White House
Bill Moyers
Watusi
Hugo T. Lindquist
Oklahoma City
Jesus Christ
Moyers
Lindquist
Wayne Dehoney
Washington
Radio and Television Commission
Radio-Television Committee
Battle for Central Park Cat Lovers Win First Skirmish
New York city hall reports a partial victory for cat lovers as Parks Commissioner Hoving agrees to limit trapping in Central Park. The Save A Cat League threatened court action over burrow filling and trapping and may pursue further challenges to governance of the park.
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New York
UPL
Central Park
Thomas P. F. Voving
City Hall
Save A Cat League
John V. Lind
Say
Hoving
League
X Ray Foils Escape Plot of Lifelong Prisoner
Virginia prison officials said an X ray revealed six hack saw blades hidden inside Bruce Walter Loikett, a double life prisoner for two Fredericksburg police murders. The blades, wrapped in gauze, were found during a precautionary X ray as New Jersey officers arrived to transfer him for trial. The escapes plan remains unclear and Loikett was later apprehended after a pursuit in suburban Detroit.
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Richmond
Vir-ginia
Bruce Walter Loikett
Fredereksburg
Leikett
New Jersey
Leskett
New Brunswick
Middlesex County
John Kernowsky
Another Starfighter Crashes in Germany Killing Pilot
In Bonn an West German Air Force F-104 Starfighter crashed on Friday killing the pilot. It marked the 56th crash of the American designed jet since deployment five years ago with 32 pilots lost.
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Bonn
Germany
Man Dies After Lawn Spraying In Houston
Houston man Ray Lynn Bredehoeft. 64, died at a hospital after being overcome spraying a lawn with an arsenic-containing solution. An autopsy has been ordered.
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Houston (Ap
Ray Lynn Bredehoeft
Houston
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