Li'l Abner creator Capp ends 43 year run
Cambridge AP report notes Al Capp retires Li'l Abner and Dogpatch characters after 43 years due to emphysema at age 68. The piece reviews Capp's satire of politics, lawyers, and society, his rise to fame in the 1940s 50s, and his later withdrawal from the strip and life near Harvard.
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Li'l Abner
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David Manning White
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Li’l Abner
Boston
New York
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Ca Enterprises
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Honolulu sewers division seeks change to waste water name
Honolulu public works chief Wallace Miyahira asked the City Council to rename the Division of Sewers to Division of Waste Water Management citing staff preference for a more attractive term. He said maintenance and operations workers favor the change.
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Wallace Miyahira
Third graders profit from pumpkin venture in Bellevue
Thirty five third graders at St Louise School borrowed 100 dollars for a pumpkin business and earned 25 percent on their investment by selling to fellow students. They repaid the loan plus 57 cents interest and debated using profits for field trips or church missions in Bolivia.
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Bellevue
Wash
St. Louise School
Bolivia
Shari Andrews
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