Crescent City Faces Slow Rebuild After 1970 Train Disaster
Crescent City Illinois residents say federal aid failed to arrive after a liquefied petroleum train derailed and exploded in June 1970. With over 40 structures destroyed, only a fraction have been rebuilt as residents blame the railroad government settlements and slow SBA loans.
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Crescent City, Ill
Audry Hickman
Crescent City
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Herbert Sterrenberg
Sterrenberg
Leslie Arends
Congress
Les Arends
Nixon
Northern Illinois
Small Business Administration
Charles Pattison
Toledo, Peoria and Western
William Pitts
Rep
Arends
Robert Dwyer
SBA Midwest
Fred Morrison
Malay witchdoctor serves sultan's needs
Kota Bahru based bomoh Nik Abdul Rahman, famed as a royal witchdoctor, tends to the sultan but receives no salary. He survives on gifts, claims power rivaling Miss Universe, and plans to expand his practice worldwide while training 50 other bomohs.
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Kota Bahru
Malaysia
Nik Abdul Rahman
Nik
Palace
Notre Dame
Kalantan
Ipoh
Bomohs
Muar
London
Kuala Lumpur
Gebel-Williams Son Signs Circus Contract at 21
Marc Oliver Gebel-Williams inked a contract Aug 16 1991 making him the youngest prospect to footprint an option in the circus family. Gunther and Sigrid Gebel-Williams push him toward following his father’s footsteps as he turns 21.
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Mare Oliver Bebel- Williams
Gunther
Sigrid Gebel-Williams
Dad
Marc Oliver
Royal Bengal Tigers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
New York
Madison Square Garden
States weigh lotteries amid mixed results across states
The Associated Press reports more states consider or enact lottery plans in Pennsylvania Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Ohio Michigan Colorado Montana and Washington. New York New Hampshire and New Jersey show varied outcomes with different prize structures and timelines while lawmakers weigh revenue potential and constitutional hurdles.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Massachusettes
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Ohio
Michigan
Colorado
Montana
Washington
New Hampshire
New England
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
MGM back lot sale ends era of classic sets in Culver City
MGM plans a 60 million condo complex on its 68 acre No 3 back lot ripping out the western street saloon jail and other historic sets like Boom Town shows Showboat Bounty Tugboat Annie and Kismet. Some trees and a manmade lake will be kept or redesigned as part of the development. MGM president James T Aubrey Jr said back lots no longer fit modern moviemaking.
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Culver City
Calif
Perkins General Store
Quong Lee
Bounty
Wally Beery
Marie Dressler
Palace
Marlene Dietrich
Ronald Colman
Kismet
Hargrove
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan
MGM
James T. Aubrey Jr
Concrete foundations eyed to save St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Vienna engineers debate anchoring the medieval St. Stephen’s Cathedral with a deep concrete foundation to resist future subway vibrations. An alternative to concrete is injecting stabilizing chemicals into the loose ground to cut costs, while researchers finish ground investigations.
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Vienna
St. Stephen’s
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