Handweavers Guild Show Brings 18th Century Wool Arts
Authentic demonstrations at Van Cortlandt Manor Croton on Hudson reveal dyeing and spinning wool using 18th century techniques. A shearer begins with a sheep while spectators watch, and a second sheep is sheared as a companion grazes nearby. An onion skin dye cauldron colors the process as a woman in period dress prepares the fleece for drying weaving and spinning.
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van Cortlandt Manor
Croton-on-Hudson
N.Y
Westchester
Vietnamese family begins new life at SIU Carbondale
Lang and her seven-member family are the first Vietnamese refugees in the town of 40,000. They arrived from Camp Pendleton and chose to stay near Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where Lang studies electronic data processing and works part time as a secretary while her relatives pursue schooling.
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Carbondale
Sang
Lang
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Saigon
U.S
Siu-C
Trung
SIUC
Center For the
Khuong
Jared Dorn
Dorn
Modest funeral for mob chief Sam Giancana in Chicago
The private service for Sam Momo Giancana drew few crime peers and no close associates. Police note investigators suspect the mob killed him to prevent grand jury testimony. No CIA links cited, but Giancana mentioned in Castro plots. Guards blocked cameras as mourners prayed at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
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Chicago
UPI
Sam
Momo
Giancana
Montclair
Queen of Heaven
Federal Grand
CIA
Fidel Castro
Tony
Big Tuna
Accardo
Crime
Joey Aiuppa
Cicero
Charles English
Underworld
Husky
Crash Kills Two Near Hillsboro Illinois
A two car crash on Illinois 127 south of Hillsboro kills Janice L. Sykes 28 and Harold Calhoun 39. Sykes and Calhoun die at hospitals while three others, Leann 8 Kari 11 and Richard Kemple Jr. 23, are injured. Calhoun’s car bursts into flames after impact.
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Hillsboro, Ill
UPI
Missouri Gov signs death penalty bill reinstating capital punishment
Gov. Christopher Bond signed legislation reinstating Missouri death penalty for premeditated first degree murder. He argued it may deter crime, though he acknowledged no conclusive proof. Opponents called the move fraud and doubted crime reduction.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Bond
Missouri General Assembly
Senate
Ike Skelton
Skelton
Harold Volkmer
Volkmer
Larry Marshall
State of
Marshall
Stop USDA funds for cigarette ads abroad
USDA officials say American taxpayers will no longer finance foreign cigarette advertising, with a plan to end the program by phasing out the Austrian grant by June 30 and possibly extend to Sept. 30 for an orderly wind down. The program, criticized for years, now amounts to 55 thousand dollars annually in Austria, 75 thousand in Thailand, and 80 thousand in Japan before termination.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
USDA
Austria
U.S
Thailand
Japan
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Morris
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