Virginia Contractor In Default On Maryland Roads
EC Womack Co. of Virginia Beach has been declared in default on two Maryland highway projects worth 3.7 million for the Cumberland Throughway segment and 2.3 million on the Frederick to Hagerstown section. The firm owes at least 750,000 to subcontractors and suppliers, with Bethlehem Steel among creditors suing in Allegany County. Maryland officials called the contracts among the best awarded to a Virginia firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Virginia
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Ec, Womack Co
Virginia Beach
Bethleshem Steel Co
Allegany County
Cumberland
Frederick
Hagerstown
Drug Fair Reports Gains In December 1968 Sales
Milton L. Elsberg, president of Drug Fair, announced December 1968 sales totaled 12,785,347 dollars, up 15.9 percent from 1967. For the first six months of the fiscal year, total sales reached 51,969,393 dollars, up 20.1 percent from 43,264,202 dollars a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton L. Elsberg
Drug Fair
Henry VII Lifts English Track and Field Ban
Henry VII reportedly allowed track and field events in England, reversing Edward I’s ban tied to archery. Britannica notes the shift enabled hammer throwing and other events after earlier restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VII
England
Edward I
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Priest Suspended For Performing Hippie Wedding
The Greek Orthodox primate suspended Father Athanassios Fousekas for 15 days after he officiated at a hippie wedding for 25 year old Nicholas Veronides and 20 year old Euthymia Karageorgou in Athens. The bride wore a supermini dress and was carried to a carriage amid bare painted skin while guests dressed in hippie attire attended.
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Athens
Teronymos
Athanassios Fousekas
Nicholas Veronides
Euthymia Karageorgou
Goucher Announces Graduate Program in Elementary Teaching
Goucher College Towson Maryland invites applications for a 1969 70 graduate program in elementary school teaching leading to a Master of Education degree. The one year option is available to liberal arts graduates with a two year track also offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Gaucher College
Lawson
Maryland
Mund For the Advancement of Education of the Word Foundation
Goucher College
Baltimore City
Freeport store holdup ends with a bluff Bang
In Freeport Iowa the unarmed robber entered the general store and demanded money with a note. Owner Mrs. Jack Tellford reported she fired a pretend shot saying Bang Bang, forcing the man to flee the scene.
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Freeport, Iowa
Freeport General Store
Jack Tellford
Junk Mail Elevates the Ordinary Man
An AP columnist muses on junk mail as a societal pastime and ego booster. The piece jokes that dull people like Henry Abernathy become “Very Important Telelon” when the mailbox overflows. It notes how adverts seduce, flattering egos and prompting requests from firms, politicians, and charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Henry Ouietus Abernathy
Henry Quietus Abernathy
Henry Quintus Abernathy
Mr. Big
Henry
Mr. Abernathy
Junk Mail and Forgotten Poor Mentioned in Abundant Text
A fragmented reader note cites bundles of old clothes sent to aid the forgotten poor in Scarsdale and Beverly Wills. The piece criticizes junk mail as social flattery and notes that last year 5,696 U.S. retail firms failed, highlighting economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Abernathy
Scarsdale
N.Y
Beverly Wills
Henry Qouletta
Abernathys
U.S
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Quebec City
Quebec
Grand Island
Eoples Rae
North Market Street
Frederick Shopping Center
Prospect Shopping Center
Deoples Drug Stores
Charest Eatan
Goucher
Frederick's
Ideal Bookkeeping Systems
Boorum & Pease
WILSON/JONES
Rhoderick
Joseph F. Rhoderick & Son
East Patrick St
Department
Va Fein
Mtn
Laas
Frederick, Md
America
NEW Holland Division
Sperry Rand
Ceresville Motor Co., Inc
Dupont Nylon
W. 7Th St
Schley Avenue
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