Louis' Lunch Closes Ahead of Nine-Story Redevelopment
Louis' Lunch in New Haven closes as the redevelopment agency clears the site for a nine story medical offices and shops complex. Kenneth Lassen, heir to Louis Lassen who opened the 12 by 18 foot snack shop in 1917, hopes the burger heirloom can be saved at another affordable location.
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Louis
Kenneth Lassen
Louis Lassen
Yale University
Temple and
George Streets
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New Haven
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Portuguese troops fire tear gas and clubs at Maoists protest
Portuguese troops used tear gas and rifles against Maoist demonstrators outside a Lisbon prison. Police say several protesters were knocked down as commandoes chased them into nearby woods during clashes following a government move. About 250 militants were routed.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Maoist Movement
Party of the Proletariat
Portugal Military Outlines Socialist Path Without Violence
The Revolutionary Council issued a 24 hour document rejecting immediate Communism while advocating a classless socialist society with common ownership of production. It pledges democracy via peaceful means, endorses civilian parties, and says socialism and freedom can coexist. Mario Soares welcomes the shift toward parliamentary democracy.
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Armed Forces Movement
Mario Soares
Portugal
Dahomey President Kerekou Kills Interior Minister in Adultery Raid
President Mathieu Kerekou burst into the home of Interior Minister Michel Aikpe in Cotonou and shot him as he fled naked after allegedly discovering Aikpe with the president’s wife. The incident drew a government crackdown warning and vows to apply revolutionary discipline to all, including officials. The fate of the president’s wife was not reported.
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Dahomey
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Michel Aikpe
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British lecturer may be spared execution
In London AP reports President Idi Amin of Uganda has agreed to reconsider the death sentence given to a British lecturer accused of insulting him. The case centers on a disputed remark and the final ruling remains under review.
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Idi Amin
Uganda
Village tyrant rumor reaches Uganda as Britain shares note
Britain's Kampala high commission said two British officers met Uganda's president and delivered a message from Queen Elizabeth II. Lt. Gen. Sir Chandos Blair and Marlain Grahame were allowed to see Denis Hills, a 61-year-old retired university lecturer held in Uganda, who reported he had been well treated.
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High Commission
Kampala
Sir Chandos Blair
Mar
Lain Grahame
Amin
4Th
King’s African Rifles
Denis Hills
Uganda
Bread War: bakers paid patrons to buy from rivals in Lynnwood
The six day bread war in Lynnwood Washington saw bakers working around the clock and stores offering 20 cent incentives to customers who bought bread from competitors. Shelves ran bare and owners reported losses with one shop reporting $6000 in four days. A consumer bought 32 loaves in half an hour as limits varied between stores.
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Lynnwood, Wash
Lynnwood
Jim Spaulding
Seattle
Gangland figures eyed in Giancana slaying probe
Authorities sought subpoenas to question gangland figures who visited Chicago crime boss Sam Momo Giancana before his death. Investigators canvassed neighbors for witnesses as they probe the late Thursday shooting at Giancana's Oak Park bungalow.
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Ill
Cook County
Chicago
Sam ‘Momo
Giancana
Energy bill tans energy tax cuts in new measure
The House approved a rewritten energy bill 291 to 130 sending it to the Senate with tax cuts for individuals who adopt energy-saving measures such as insulation solar equipment or electric cars. It also repeals some taxes on radial tires and city transit buses while shifting to civil penalties for automakers to enforce fuel economy.
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Senate
House
Ford
Energy Conservation Trust Fund
Weather Draft Predicts Hot Sunny Days Ahead
The weatherman forecasts continued heat with sunny skies today and tomorrow. Highs reach the 90s and overnight lows in the 60s. A 20 percent chance of rain remains for today and tonight.
Big John Winkelman remembered by Middleton students
Staff writer David Flick visits the retired social studies teacher at his home across from the old Middletown High site. Dozens of Middletonians recall him fondly as a steady influence from their school days.
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Middletown High School
David Flick
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