The Last Convertible by Anton Myrer reviewed
A sweeping novel traces Harvard freshmen in 1940 blending memory, music, and war. The Packard Empress symbol anchors a nostalgic yet piercing saga of lasting memories, friendship, love, and loss through World War II and postwar turmoil.
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Ron Dalrymple
Marcel Prousts
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Nancy
Liz
Kay Madden
Europe
Tommy Dorsey
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Flynt vows to walk again after shooting
Larry Flynt says he will walk again despite being paralyzed from the mid thighs after a March 6 shooting in Georgia. He claims CIA or FBI involvement and blames elements within for the attack tied to Kennedy assassination articles. Flynt is in Ohio State University Hospital with guards, planning therapy and a $100,000 reward if no suspect is found.
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Flynt Empire
Georgia
Weather slows corn planting across Illinois farms
Urbana farmers faced heavy rains delaying planting last week while forecasts predict winds and sun to resume field work by Thursday. Central Illinois reports up to half the corn crop sown, southern and northern areas lagging, with 2-4 inches of rain last week and more over the weekend.
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III
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Urbana
Illinois
University of Illinois
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Ers
Pork barrel politics in water projects fuels Senate clash
In Washington a $1.2 billion Water Resources Development Act ballooned to $2.6 billion as senators traded favors to attach barge and river projects to the bill. Domenici fought for a tax plan, Long and others outmaneuvered him, Moynihan pressed for Erie Canal reciprocity, and the vote reflected pork barrel dynamics in federal navigation funding.
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UPI
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House
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Carter
Russell Long
Domenici
San Francisco
Fisherman's Wharf
Washington State
McNary Dam
Appropriations
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Spencer County
Ind
Birch Bayh
Long
New York
Daniel Moynihan
Finance Committee
New York City
New York State
Moynihan
U.N
Europe’s Ariane rivals the space shuttle in satellite launches
Western Europe, via ESA, is building Ariane to challenge the U S space shuttle for satellite launches. With five initial operational rockets, Ariane targets low earth and stationary orbits and offers competing pricing. ESA officials expect Ariane to be price competitive, signaling a true space launch market battle.
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Western Europe
America
Free World
European Space Agency
Frederic d‘Allest
National Space Studies Center
Paris
ESA
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
U.S. Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kourou
French Guiana
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Florida
Space Shuttle
d’Allest
Air and Cosmos
Barbs By Phil Pastoret on Age and Doors of Opportunity
The column by Phil Pastoret reflects on shifting judgments about youth and age in the workplace. It argues that early claims of inexperience turn into claims of overexposure after forty and suggests probing beyond first impressions to learn what lies beyond any door.
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County Sept. of Highways
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Liberty - Morris
By Phil Pastoret
Estee Lauder
Liberty St
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