Blood and Thunder Hidden in Louisa May Alcott Works
AP report notes Louisa May Alcott wrote suspenseful thrillers under the pseudonym A M Barnard, collected in Behind a Mask. Madeleine Stern details research at Harvard’s Houghton Library, identifying letters, publications, and the shift from girls’ fiction to radical female protagonists.
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New York
Louisa May Alcott
Madeleine Stern
Alcott
A.M. Barnard
Miss Alcott
Miss Stern
Carroll Atwood Wilson
Houghton
Harvard University
Leona Rostenberg
Boston
Spain in upheaval after executions of terrorists
MADRID AP Thousands of workers in Spain's Basque provinces began a 48 hour strike to protest the executions of two Basque nationalists and three other terrorists. Riots and demonstrations spread across Western Europe as nations recalled ambassadors.
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Madrid
Spain
Gma 2
Carril
Europe
Francisco Franco
Alava
Guipuzcoa
Vizcaya
Clear Skies Return as Kansas Weather Amends
In TOPEKA, AP reports showers cleared overnight with clear to partly cloudy skies and warmer temps across Kansas. Rain totals ranged from traces to over an inch, with Pittsburg above 1% inches and Coffeyville over half an inch. Highs eeking 70s to 80s, lows 40s to 50s, Tuesday on track for more clouds and possible showers north and east.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
National Weather Service
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Weather Service
Garden City
Russell
Abilene
Salina
Hill City
Sadat Promises US Backing for Middle East Peace
President Anwar Sadat said the United States assured no Israeli attack on Syria and another Golan withdrawal, with Palestinians to join peace efforts. He warned Arab critics and the Soviet Union, noting Sinai pact defenses and new Middle East tensions as Israel devalues its currency and raises gasoline prices. Detentions in the West Bank and Lebanon’s unrest also feature in the report, along with Jefferston Starship’s chart success with Red Octopus.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Israel
Syria
Golan Heights
Middle East
Sinai
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Central Committee
The
Arab Socialist Union
Egypt
People’s Assembly
Sadat
Soviet Union
West Bank
Beirut
Lebanon
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Barnard
Our Union
Frank Leslie
Illustrated
Susan B. Anthony
Algoria
Abeba
Scandinavia
Greece
Oporto
Franco
Fas
Lisbon
Geneva
Hague
Ankara
Turkey
European Economic Community
Olof Palme
Luis Echeverria
United
Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon
Movement
ETA — Basque Land and Liberty
Chuck
North Poplar
Ottawa, Kansas
Tire
Ayava-Ene
Complete Auto
Montgomery
Rashid Karami
Karami
Starship
San Francisco
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Starship
Octopus
Pepper
Walgreen
CiUha
Briscoe Drug
Tesa
Bill Smell
Doug Higbie
Cee Danio
Aid Duu Shaw
Ottawa
HONDA
Amc-Jeep
American Motors
JEEP
American Motors Corp
N. Main
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