Who's in News Bell did not invent ring and phone
Boston observers recount Bell's invention of the telephone and the role of Watson in adding the ring. They note competing claims by Antonio Meucci and Tom Edison, with Edison crediting Bell after discovering his own past missteps. The tale highlights Bell's telegraphic methods, Watson's prompt reaction, and the June 2, 1875 moment that sparked the device.
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Boston
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Thomas A. Watson
Watson
Mr. Watson
Malian Historical Society of America
Antonio Meucct
New York
Staten Island
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Actress Sue Lyon's husband nabbed after bank hold-up
Gary D. Adamson, 35, husband of actress Sue Lyon, was arrested after a bank robbery in Indianapolis. He escaped from Colorado prison Feb. 28 and faced charges of robbing Indiana National Bank of 1046 dollars. Police gunfire shattered a car window as he surrendered. money and a .38 pistol were recovered. Adamson, an inmate serving 20 to 40 year terms for bank robbery aggravated robbery and second-degree murder, was held on 250000 dollar bond.
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Indianapolis
Sue Lyon
Gary D. Adamson
Colorado
Indiana National Bank
Adamson
Colorado State Penitentiary
Miss Lyon
Lolita
Ambassador's husband takes unpaid post to push U.S. grain sales
Tobin Armstrong, husband of Anne Armstrong the American ambassador to Great Britain, has taken a nonpaying Agriculture Department assignment to travel Europe. The mission is to urge meat price cuts and increased meat and poultry consumption produced with U.S. grains. The USDA will cover travel expenses while Armstrong makes speeches at meetings.
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Washington
Great Britain
Agriculture Department
Europe
U.S
Department
Tobin Armstrong
Armstrong
Anne
Court of St. James
London
USDA
David Hume
Foreign Agricultural Service
Natalie Cole announces Aug 1 wedding plans
Grammy winner Natalie Cole says she will wed Kevin Nance of Brooklyn on August 1. The couple's engagement follows Cole being named best rhythm and blues female singer and best new female artist at the Grammys. The announcement aired on a TV show.
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Philadelphia
Natalie Cole
Miss Cole
Nat King Cole
Kevin Nance
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mike Doug
Safety questioned as 15 miners die in Kentucky mine blast
The Scotia Coal Co No 1 Black Mountain mine suffered a methane gas explosion as miners lay rails four miles from the entrance and 1 600 feet underground. Eight rescue teams fought through smoke to recover 15 bodies, nine instantly killed and six dying later. Federal and company investigators planned a full probe.
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Herschel Potter
U.S. Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Potter
Washington
Scotia Coal Co
Black Mountain
Harrald Kirkpatrick
Pike alleges CIA aide threatened to destroy him
Representative Otis Pike says CIA counsel Mitchell Rogovin threatened retaliation after the House intelligence committee approved its final report on spy agencies. Rogovin denies the charge, calling Field a liar and recounting a heated dispute over the report copy.
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Washington
Otis Pike
CIA
House Intelligence Committee
Pike
House
Mitchell Rogovin
Committee
A. Searle Field
Rogovin
Field
New York
Dog Named VP Drives Stock Picks to The Doghouse
Minneapolis broker Anthony Silverman made his dog Summer of Kenwood vice president of his firm and lets the retriever pick stocks for his personal investments. The dog’s picks rose over 50 percent in five months, based on a method tied to the Wall Street Journal page. Silverman was fired by his parent company after the publicity, and he insists the dog’s choices are for his own money only.
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Minneapolis
Anthony Silverman
Summer of
Silverman
Wall Street Journal
Ken Wood
New York Stock Exchange
Kenwood
Andy Silvereman
Wall Street
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