Last Michigan 69er Single Survivor of Alaska Homesteaders
Detroit interest reflects the 1960s Michigan group that headed to Alaska seeking farms. Only Wild Bill Orzechowski remains in Talkeetna after decades of hardship, stroke complications, and harsh climate. he vows never to return to Michigan.
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Detroit
UPI
Michigan 69Ers
Alaska
Wild Bill
Hamtramck
Michigan
Midwest
North
Talkeetna
Mount McKinley
Nevada
Detroit Free Press
Priests press simple funerals amid church row
Milwaukee priests urge direct, simple funeral services to curb costs and reflect Christian modesty, while funeral directors argue common folk deserve presidents and popes level rites. Archdiocese panel favors parish-led, non-embalmed services, endorsing cremation and limiting vigils.
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Milwaukee
UPS
Senate
Milwaukee Journal
Harold J. Ruidl
Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
Roy T. Pfeffer
Association
Weakland
Pfeffer
Wisconsin
Mystic Aquarium watches birth of first captive Northern Fur seal
Mystic Connecticut officials monitor every move of the first Northern Fur seal born in captivity. The unnamed two pound pup, born Friday afternoon, is under constant observation with its mother making new sounds. The herd aims to establish an artificial breeding ground near the Aleut tribes region.
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Mystic, Conn
UPI
Marine Life Aquarium
Fur Sea
Bering Sea
Alaska
Mystic
Pribilof Island
Aquarium
Discharge 12 Marines tied to homosexual ring at Pendleton
At Camp Pendleton, 12 Marines were discharged after a three year probe into a homosexual male prostitute ring with links to Hollywood. Investigators said recruiters targeted young recruits and arranged prostitution and film work. LAPD and Hollywood figures were linked to the operation through pornographic film activities.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Hollywood
Dan Cooke
Marine Corps
Cooke
Ring
Orange County
Thief Demands Honesty During Drive-In Robbery
PHOENIX ARIZONA UPI reports a 22 year old Robert Goetz was robbed at a drive-in where a gunman demanded honesty. Goetz claimed he had no money but the bandit insisted he would pay for his order. The weekend robbery yielded $40.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Robert Goetz
Phoenix
Ariz
Goetz
Quiz man claims trunk with corpse at Kennedy Airport
UPI reports police at Kennedy Airport questioning a man who said a trunk he claimed contained nothing exploded and a body of a man in his 20s spilled out from an American Airlines flight from Jamaica. Customs agents found the corpse Sunday night and notified Port Authority police who detained the man for questioning. No charges announced yet.
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New York
UPI
Kennedy Airport
U.S
American Airlines
Jamaica
Port Authority
Clamming Revival Drives Freshwater Mussel Harvest Rise
DES MOINES Iowa clamming in the Mississippi River has revived with renewed shell demand. Iowa Conservation Commission notes 1977 harvest exceeded 300 tons of freshwa ter mussels, mainly washboard and three ridges, with some pig toes and maple leafs. Shells over two inches fetch high prices and stations operate from Prairie du Chien Wisconsin to Muscatine. One hundred twenty four licensed clammers fished the river last year. Illinois is the only other state recording these data, leaving total harvest unknown.
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Des Moines
UPI
Mississippi
Iowa Conservation Commission
Japan
Iowa
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Illinois
Reporters reject trial offer in Soviet libel case
Two American journalists Craig Whitney of the New York Times and Harold Piper of the Baltimore Sun refused to participate in a Moscow trial over a libel suit filed by Soviet TV officials. Judge Almazov postponed the July 18 hearing and noted the case could proceed without the reporters if they do not attend.
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Moscow
UPI
Craig Whitney
New York Times
Harold Piper
Baltimore Sun
Lev Almazov
Whitney
Piper
Almazov
Soviet
State Committee For Radio and Television
Soviet Union
Zviad Gamsakhourdia
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Conn
Olga
Nadia
Lolly Grunwalt
Lolly
Noel
Liz Ryan
Jill Tuttle
Shelter Island
N.Y
The
Girl Scouts of the
U.S.A
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Kreger
TWE Kroger CO
Hamburger’ Kroger Pro
Ly Mane
Kroger
Bri
Kroger Instant Coffee
Jar
Big K
Springdale
Drink Chef’s Deligh Cheese Spread
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American Cheese Food
Clover Valle
Margarine Quarters
W. Cutter
Bing Cherries
Fiere
Home Pride
Sungold
Poe Rete
Jack & Jill Bologna
DELIS
Neurrer
Audes
Krogsa
PAK Coffee Hill Bros
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Joliet Federal Savings and Loan Association
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