Busted Town Closed Down To Duck Debt
Watertown Wisconsin faced an $750000 debt in 1878 as bonds for railroads defaulted. To dodge bondholders and court judgments officials disbanded elected government for ten years by resigning and suspending operations after preparing three sets of papers. Ultimately the city recovered as a 15,000 population farming and business hub on the Milwaukee Road with daily Amtrak service.
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Watertown
Wis
Wisconsin
New York City
New York
Watertown Railroad Co
Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Milwaukee Road
Amtrak
Pope Mass for 10000 Soldiers in St Peter's Square
Pope Paul VI led an outdoor Mass in St. Peter's Square before about 10,000 soldiers from 21 nations as part of the Holy Year pilgrimage. Italy sent 5,000 troops and the United States 3,000, amid criticism from Radical party supporters who accused the church of complicity with fascist and military regimes.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
Italy
Church
U.S
Best Sellers List From Publishers Weekly Curated
Current Best Sellers feature fiction titles such as Curtain by Christie Ragtime by Doctorow The Greek Treasure by Stone Looking for Mister Goodbar by Rossner Shogun by Clavell and non fiction works including Sylvia Porter's Money Hook The Relaxation Response Bring on the Empty Horses Power How To Get it How To Use it by Korda Winning through Intimidation by Ringer.
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Publishers' Weekly
Curtain
Doctorow
Stone
Mister Goodbar
Rossner
Shogun
Clavell
Sylvia Porter
Porter
Benson
Citizens Band Reports Help Patrol Nab Criminals
The Missouri State Highway Patrol notes 22,489 CB contacts in August to October, aiding traffic, crime reporting, and safety. Arrests reached 1,307 from contacts, with 113 felony reports and 52 related arrests. Examples include jail escapes located, armed robberies traced, stolen vehicles recovered, and a dangerous fuel line rupture averted by two truckers. Colonel Sam Smith praises citizen cooperation and program success.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol
Cb'er
CB Channel 9
Cb’er
Bery
Cb’ers
Sam §. Smith
Analysts See West Adjusting To Oil Costs
Brookings Institution analysts say higher oil prices have peaked and Western economies should gradually adjust. The report forecasts US living standards by 1980 may be 16 to 17 percent higher than 1973 levels, with wealth shifting to domestic energy producers and taxes like a windfall levy discussed.
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Washington
API
Brookings Institution
U.S
Charles L. Schultze
Brookings
United States
Schultze
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mrs Sakharov to Accept Nobel Prize for Husband
In Florence Italy Mrs Yelena Sakharov wife of physicist Andrei Sakharov plans to travel to Norway to receive his Nobel Peace Prize after the Soviet government refused to issue him an exit visa for the Oslo ceremony on December 10 friends said. She decided to accept the prize on his behalf after speaking with him by telephone.
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Florence
Italy
Yelena Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov
Norway
Caroline Kennedy Debuts as 17-Year-Old Photographer
Caroline Kennedy opens her first photo gallery at Lexington Labs Gallery in New York with 80 black and white images. The 17 year old’s exhibition features family portraits and outdoor scenes including a Spanish bullfight and Appalachia locals from her documentary work.
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New York
Caroline Kennedy
Kennedy
Appalachia
Courtney Child Care Centers Sponsor Public Benefit Dance
The Courtney Child Care Centers host a Friday night benefit dance at Todd's Hall on Highway 54 south from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Crossfires perform, with Mrs Louise French handling tickets and Mrs George Craddock and Mrs Gary Fide in charge of posters. Terry Witherspoon assists. Advance tickets cost 2.50 stag and 5.00 per couple, available at Peck's Erdel & Wood and Courtney centers.
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Courtney Child Care Centers
Todd's Hall
Highway 54 South
Crossfires
Louise French
George Craddock
Gary Fide
Terry Witherspoon
Peck's
Erdel & Wood
Courtney Child Care
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Goodyear Service
Sakharov
Caroline
Lexington Labs
Philip Passoni
Miss Kennedy
Jacqueline Onassis
Peter Beard
Onassis
Christina
Beard
Mexico
Wal-Mart
Cold Relief
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Vaporub
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Cristan
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