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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1983

Page

3

70-Year-Old Ship Sails for Caribbean Mercy Mission

A 105-foot vessel built in 1912 sails from St. Augustine on a one month private aid mission to St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Haiti. PLENTY volunteers carry farm equipment, tools, soybeans and vitamins for poverty alleviation, aiming to demonstrate alternatives in each port.

ST. Augustine Fla Caribbean Fri Plenty Sean McCarthy Tennessee McCarthy Islands St. Vincent St. Lucia Dominica Antigua Haiti Mother Theresa Missionaries of Charity Peace Corps Saiac David Purviance Bangladesh Purviance United States Christine Kilgour Ontario Canada Ms. Kilgour Frn Greenpeace Environmental Group

Man uses finger pistol to stop pizza parlor burglars

Benjamin Henson 36 held four burglars at Porky's Pizza in Mifflin Township with an imaginary finger gun after spotting an open door. Police arrested two men and a juvenile girl. a third man fled. Henson, Vietnam veteran, said he was lucky and not scared.

Columbus, Ohio Benjamin Henson Porky’s Pizza Mifflin Township Columbus Henson Dennis R. Kafka Leonard Wayne Wayne Jack

Smithsonian moves to suburbs attic for overflow storage

The Smithsonian Institution opens a $29 million Museum Support Center in Suitland Maryland to house six million of its 100 million objects. The two story center stores fossils, insect collections, rocks, textiles, art and more and includes a $21 million inventory and lab system. S. Dillon Ripley will lead the dedication as experts celebrate improved lab space and side by side storage for delicate items once squashed in Mall museums.

Washington Smithsonian Institution Suitland S. Dillon Ripley The Smithsonian National Mall Carolyn Rose Museum of Natural History

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