Smithsonian exhibit salutes America’s Black inventors
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum opens The Real McCoy African American Invention and Innovation 1619 1930 honoring 40 inventors. Rillieux’s vacuum sugar maker and Matzeliger’s shoe lasting machine anchor the show alongside Latimer Morgan and Jennings. James notes scarce records fueled three year research.
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Pashington
Norben Rillieux
Jan Matzeliger
Portia James
Smithsonian Institution
America
Ms. James
Smithsonian
Anacostia Museum of
Elijah McCoy
McCoy
Detroit
Anacostia Museum
New Orleans
Rillieux
Matzeliger
Surinam
Mother's Day elevator survivor freed after 21 hours
Debby Metz, 39, spent 21 hours trapped in a New York elevator after stepping out for an aspirin. Her 15-year-old son heard her voice on the phone and helped locate the building. Rescue teams pried open the door and she was taken to St. Clare's Hospital in good condition but dehydrated.
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New York
Debby Metz
Ms. Metz
Gerry
St. Clare’s Hospital
Edward Burns
DR. Donohue
South beckons migrants as mobility rises in 1986-87
Census Bureau reports the South gained 279000 movers between March 1986 and March 1987, with 18.1 percent of Americans relocating a total 42500000. Most moved within counties or states, while 1.1 million came from abroad, and urban suburbs grew as central cities shed residents. Black mobility rose in the South while other regions showed losses.
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Washington
Ave
Mos
Amelia Ide
Census Bureau
Sun Belt
Midwest
South
Gutter talk sparks movie boycott across readers letters
In a series of letters to Ann Landers from readers in Fort Madison, Vancouver, Panama City, Palo Alto, Dallas, Sioux City, Los Angeles, Oxnard and Corvallis, readers condemn dirty language in films and TV. They urge cleaner dialogue but oppose censorship as fascism.
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Ann Landers
Fort Madison
Iowa
Hollywood
Kansas City
K.C
Vancouver
B.C
Panama City
Fla
Guiter
Palo Alto
Calif
Dallas
Sioux City
Los Angeles
California
Oxnard
Clark Gable
Scarlett O'Hara
Corvallis
Obe
Ann
Simple actions cure dryness and itchy skin advice
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George Washington Carver
Alabama
Tuskegee Institute
Lewis Latimer
Queens
N.Y
Thomas Edison
Garrett Morgan
Cleveland
Lake Erie
James
Boston
Cotton Mather
Onesimus
Thomas Jennings
Cesar Chelor
Wrentham
Mass
Henry Baker
U.S
Metz Said
Wanderers
Allegre's Health Mart
Charlie Gillum
Com
United Hearing Aid Service
Area
Jain
Paola Deb
Bem
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