Murano Glass Shops Face Decline Amid Modern Competition
Murano island sees over half its glassmakers switch to mass production as rivals in France Spain Czechoslovakia and Japan gain. Beads for funeral wreaths fade in fashion while two factories closed and others moved to the mainland. Barovier warns crafts must revive to save heritage.
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Dennis Redmont
Associated Press
Murano Island
Italy
Murano
Estevan Rossetto
Venice
France
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Japan
Europe
Low Bids on Highway Projects Lead to 32 Million Total
Gus T Handge & Son Painting Co of St Louis was apparent low bidder Friday in Springfield with 37544 to clean and paint seven steel bridges in Putnam Marshall LaSalle Grundy and Livingston counties. Other low bidders were Delta Construction Co Joliet 590032 to resurface 4.52 miles of Illinois 113 and Cephas Williams Co Streator 449341 to resurface 12.03 miles on Illinois 17 from Dwight. Engineers will review bids and contracts will be awarded. There were 327 bids total exceeding 32 million dollars.
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Gus T. Handge & Son Painting Co
St. Louis
Springfield
Putnam
Marshall
LaSale
Grundy
Livingston
Delta Construction Co
Joliet
Illinois
West River Road
Custer Park
Wilmington
Cephas Williams Co
Streator
Dwight Westerly
Division of Highways
Prom Night Robbery on Rural Maryland Road
Two masked bandits robbed two brothers after a high school prom in Randallstown Maryland. They stopped the car by placing five glass jugs on the road, demanded money from the brothers, and escaped with 35 dollars while the girls were not harmed and were allowed to drive away.
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Randallstown
Dresden Island locks post April tonnage second in eight on Illinois Waterway
Illinois district of the Army Corps reports Dresden Island totnage at 2,301,515 tons in April, ranking second among eight locks led by Peoria at 2,412,991. Coal shipments dominated, with Dresden Island also posting notable figures in sand and gravel and sulfur.
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Dresden Island
Chicago District Army Corps of Engineers
Chicago
Edward E. Bennett
Peoria
Brandon Road
Lockport
Starved Rock
Marseilles
LaGrange
T. J. O’brien
Dreseden Island
Warren urges unity as US young nation worthy of greatness
Chief Justice Earl Warren told Northfield at St. Olaf College that divisions are outcroppings of the desire for a better life for all Americans. He challenged cynicism about stagnation and lauded the country as a young nation with attributes of greatness after receiving an honorary doctorate.
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Northfield
Minn
Earl Warren
United States
Students Strip At Laundromat Demonstration In London
Twenty students staged a wash-in at a London laundromat to foster friendship but police intervened. The demonstrators undressed to underwear, with girls wrapping in towels as Nick Flowerdew urged more sociability. Six policemen broke up the event.
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London
Nick Flowerdew
Local Student Connie Twardowski Wins Illinois Valley Scholarship
Miss Connie Twardowski of Morris is among 44 Illinois Valley Community College students in LaSalle who received Teacher Education Scholarships. The two year award covers tuition and some fees and may be used at any public state college or university. Applicants must be in the upper half of the graduating class and intend to teach in Illinois.
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Connie Twardowski
Morris
Illinois Valley Community College
LaSalle
Illinois
Menu variety highlights breads and rolls assortment
The notice describes a wide bread selection including whole wheat, French, Italian, rye, protein, raisin and pumpernickel. It also offers rolls and biscuits of all kinds, available cooked, uncooked and ready to serve.
Rings Recovered After Snow Loss at Snoqualmie Pass
Mrs Albert James lost her wedding and engagement rings last January at Snoqualmie Pass. Forest Ranger Ken White planned to search when snow melted and his son Greg, age six, found the rings on Saturday, returning them to Mrs James.
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Seattle
Albert James
Snoqualmie Pass
Ken White
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