Mystery Irish Sweepstakes Win Hits Bryantville Couple
Marian and Steve Smolinsky of Bryantville Massachusetts, retirees on Social Security, were stunned to learn their names appeared on a Winning Trish sweepstakes ticket worth 153000 dollars. They did not buy or receive a ticket. Dublin organizers say they can claim the prize by proving identity, even if the benefactor does not come forward. The ticket traces to a batch sold at the Limerick Inn near Shannon Airport. Their daughter says the couple is overwhelmed but likely to accept the payout.
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Steve Smolinsky
Dublin
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Aga Khan
Shergar
Khan
Ireland
Joe Macken
Associated Press
Smolinsky
Macken
Limerick Inn
County Clare
Shannon International Airport
Marian Smolinsky
Brockton
Miss Smolinsky
New Deal for Artists film highlights WPA impacts
The 90 minute PBS documentary The New Deal for Artists surveys Franklin D Roosevelt era arts programs. It features WPA projects with thousands of works and notable figures like Walker Evans Dorothea Lange Saul Bellow James Baldwin Orson Welles and Studs Terkel. The film also notes enduring questions about cultural memory and continuity.
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New York
National Endowments For the Arts and Humanities
Public TV
Public Broadcasting Service
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
WPA
Walker Evans
Dorothea Lange
Russell Lee
Farm Security Administration
Saul Bellow
James Baldwin
Federal Writers Project
Orson Welles
John Houseman
Joseph Cotton
Will Geer
Studs Terkel
Wieland Schulz-Keil
West
Germany
England
France
Schulz-Keil
America
Breakthrough In Plant Genetics Opens New Era in Crop Engineering
Washington AP reports plant scientists edge toward crops that fix nitrogen from air. University of Wisconsin researchers transplanted a bean gene into sunflower cells, creating a sunbean tissue, aiming to boost protein, disease resistance, and stress tolerance while lowering fertilizer use.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
University of Wisconsin
Agriculture
John R. Block
Block
American Seed Trade Association
Atlanta
John D. Kemp
Department
Agricultural Research
Nature
Kemp
Defense lawyer pushes for immunity in Cooke case
In Wichita, F. Lee Bailey seeks full immunity for 2nd Lt. Christopher Cooke, a Titan IT officer charged with exposing U S secrets and visiting the Soviet Embassy. Proceedings, akin to a grand jury, will be closed. trial options include court martial after the hearing. Cooke previously faced charges over embassy visits and sharing missile details in a letter to a thesis supervisor.
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Wichita, Kan
F. Lee Bailey
U.S
Washington
Bailey
Wichita
Christopher Cooke
Richmond
Andrews Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base
Air Force
Cooke
Titan
College of William and Mary
Virginia
Coast Guard to Move Pay Center to Topeka Kansas
The U S Coast Guard will relocate its military pay center from Riverdale Maryland to Topeka Kansas within 18 months adding about 120 jobs for the capital city Sen Nancy Kassebaum announced The center will serve all Coast Guard personnel worldwide and may occupy space in the Frank Carlson federal building downtown Topeka with preparations starting immediately and the move completing within 18 months
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Topeka
Kan
U.S. Coast Guard
Riverdale
U.S
Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas
Kassebaum
U.S. Transportation
Drew Lewis
Coast Guard
Bill Hoch
John Carlin
Carlin
Sen. Kassebaum
Hoch
Leigh Kimball
General Services Administration
Frank Carlson Federal
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