Horse racing as America's big-money gamble primer
An excerpt from Win or Lose surveys pari mutuel betting's scale and legality, noting tracks take about 18 percent, breakage and vigorish trim winnings, and most bettors rely on bookies or media. It contrasts track ambiance with the hard odds, touts The Daily Racing Form, and cites New York off track centers as profit engines.
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America
United States
Benny
Gambler's Digest
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Stephen Longstreet
Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Need better way to build roads in harsh winters
A second severe winter damages roads and bridges raising doubts about current highway engineering. Experts cite salt corrosion and wear on concrete and asphalt, with many roads built 40 years ago unable to handle today traffic. Research into polymerized cements, saltproof membranes, and concrete filled steel grids is costly and not yet a breakthrough. Federal funds gaps worsen maintenance needs. Newly hatched geese begin following their mother after about two hours.
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New York
UPI
Carl E. Angeloff
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Angeloff
Washington
William Oox
Green peas boost bread protein without changing taste
Scientists from the Science and Education Administration report that substituting 15 percent pea flour for wheat flour in bread raises total protein value by 15 percent without affecting taste or baking cost. Most pea flour color bleaches during baking, so bread remains normal in appearance.
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Science and Education Administration
Okay Town's Many Names Reveal Local Spirit and Growth
In Okay Oklahoma residents recall a prewar plane and truck era and a quirky naming history from Correta to Rex to Fall City to North Muskogee, finally settling on Okay after a Bokay Vinegar shelf suggestion. Townsfolk speak of sewers, a rising waterway harbor dream, and a memorable 1929 Okay plane parade.
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Richard H. Growald
UPI
Okay, Okla
Yesteryear
Jessie Putnam
Okay
Muskogee
Oklahoma
O.K
Hurt West
Pat & Jessie
Okay Cafe
West
Stella Watts
The
Okay Baptist Church
Main Street
Watts
Fall
Fall City
North Muskogee
Bill Bewinner
David Williams
Okay Election Board
4-H Club
Alex Haley
Rookie NFL tale mirrors Panama Canal treaty vote
A veteran NFL rookie tale contrasts with senators who opposed the Panama Canal treaty as President Carter used broad persuasion to secure votes. Carter pressed undecided Democrats to discuss the treaty personally, applying heavy political effort but without public blackmail. The piece notes one treaty passed and a second on the horizon.
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Arnold Sawislak Washington
UPI
NFL
White House
Jimmy Carter
Washington
Carter
United States
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Glen Strickland
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Ottawa St
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American Gem Society
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Crest Hill Photo Service
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