Procrastinators Club Criticized Over London Trip For Liberty Bell Tale
Editorial mocks a Philadelphia club for suing the Whitechapel Foundry over a Liberty Bell defect after 218 years. It recounts the 1752 bell, Pass and Stow recasting efforts, the 1754 English bell, and a history of the bells ending with the destroyed White House in 1814.
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Procrastinators Club
Philadelphia
London
Whitechapel
Americas
Colony of
Pennsylvania
New Statehouse
Independence Hall
Messers Pass & Stow
Colonies
Pass & Stow
Statehouse
John Marshall
St. Augustines Church
Procrastinator Club
White House
Local students boost refugee aid effort in Emporium
Cameron County High School students inspired by a history class organize a town wide fund to sponsor a refugee family. They connected with the International Rescue Committee and assisted the Nowak family as they resettle in Emporium. The IRC reported record numbers aided in 1970, with refugees worldwide and in the United States.
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Sharon Decker
Cameron County High School
Emporium
International Rescue Committee
Max Narby
IRC
New York
Europe
Stefan Nowak
Allegheny Mountains
Poland
Yugoslavia
Italy
Nowak
Nowaks
East Europe
United States
Miami
Cuba
China
Hong Kong
Boyle's Column highlights a wild April Fool tale
Hal Boyle narrates a breezy fantasy day where luck smiles on him with a free ride, a bank caper, a treasure haul, and a witty exchange with a tall Texas heiress before a playful April Fool's twist from his daughter.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Buster
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Central Park Zoo
Texas
Save That Hotel Driskill Stock Readied Before Deadline
The Driskill Hotel in Austin faces possible demolition if a $700,000 public stock sale fails. Houston owners back a Highland Resources plan to raise $1.65 million for renovations with $50,000 from Highland, plus loans and stock commitments from Austin figures including architect R. Max Brooks and state Sen. Charles Herring. May 1 is the sale deadline, with buyers including Ima Hogg and James P. Hart.
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Driskill Hotel
save-the-Driskill Fund
Jack Keever
Associated Press
Austin
Driskill
Houston
Ima Hogg
University of Texas
James P. Hart
Highland Resources, Inc
Highland Resources
Driskill Hotel Corp
R. Max Brooks
C.C. Small Jr
Charles Herring
W. W. Heath
Sweden
George Christian
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Daniel Jones
George Brown
Brown and Root Construction Co
The
Capitol
Richard More
Dallas Morning News
R.B. McAlister
Lubbock
Sul Ross
William P. Hobby
Miriam Ferguson
Dan Moody
Pat Neff
Barry Goldwater
Ben Barnes
Johnson
LBJ
Brooks
Samuel Holmes
Daily Mail
Holmes
U.S. bids study to curb delinquency and youths access
A Nixon era memorandum urges quick action to find why youths stay lawful and to shape a national campaign. It calls for studying government access points for youth groups to influence decision making and warns of rising politicized crime and juvenile rebellion.
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Washington
NEA
Nixon
Hughes Backup Emerges as Muskie Falters in 1971 Race
Senator Harold Hughes of Iowa stands as a strong backup for Democrats if Muskie falters, with Birch Bayh weighing his chances. Hughes wields a commanding presence and a religious tone that appeals to liberals while showing pockets of conservative restraint. Bayh canvasses broad audiences and argues he could beat Hughes as the best alternative to Muskie, while others doubt McGovern’s chances.
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Nea
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Hughes
Edmund Muskie
George McGovern
Boston
Americans For Democratic Action
Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Nixon
Bayh
McGovern
Ees
Clement Haynsworth
Harold Carswell
Supreme Court
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