Oldest Alley Residents Demand Bicentennial Crowd Control
Philadelphia resident Phil Williams on Elfreth’s Alley vents about crowds and invasive tourists during Bicentennial preparations. He cites windows peered into, doors knocked, and a museum home among private residences as planners anticipate up to a million visitors next year. A neighbor was even tapped for information by a stranger.
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Philadelphia
Sohn Williams
Williams
Elfreth's Alley
Bis Williams
Betsy Ross
Independence Hall
Grasso says women will work during NOW strike plan
Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso says she will not strike on October 29 and urges American women to continue working. She notes NOW asks women to stay home to show reliance on their labor, and she expects female aides in her office will view the strike as a luxury they cannot afford.
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Bartford
Conn
Ella Grasso
Smith Praises Reagan While Dismissive of Ford
Former Sen. Margaret Chase Smith lauds Ronald Reagan for directness discipline and respect for law while criticizing Gerald Ford's leadership. She praised Reagan as truthful and self-reliant, contrasting Ford as a capable congressman but lacking steady leadership.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Reagan
Ediuam
Mass
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Maine
Congress
Michigan
House
Tve
Montale Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Italian poet Eugenio Montale awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature by a 15 member Swedish Academy panel after a sharp final vote split with Saul Bellow. Montale, 74, thanked the award as critics praised his stark humane verse and Mediterranean sensibilities drawing on Dante.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Eugenio Montate
Montale
Saul Bellow
Bellow
Isreel
Eugenio Montale
Swedish Academy
Anders Osterling
Mentale
Osterling
New York Public Library
Difard
Kenia
Carl XVI Gustaf
Crash hurts El Toro flier
Parker Arizona AP reports a Marine Corps Phantom jet crashed near Parker during a routine photo training mission. The pilot Robert Bach 38 Sumner Washington was killed. Observer Captain R D Anderson 32 El Toro ejected and is listed in satisfactory condition. Plane based at El Toro Marine Air Corps Station.
Classified prices and home delivery terms misread
A fragment from the October issue shows classified section details with suggested retail price references and home delivery notices. It includes scattered numbers and labels likely from ads or rates, but the legible content is limited to partial figures and headings.
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Laes Beach
Eas
Ford improves as he resumes White House duties
President Ford returns to a fuller schedule after a cold and sinus infection. He met with Domestic Council and energy chief Frank Zarb and, later, with Vice President Rockefeller and economic advisers. He walked to the Oval Office to sign papers and spoke to reporters saying he felt much better.
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Stacie Elizabeth Meacham
Betty Ford
White House
Stacie
Bakersfield
Ford
Washington
White Mouse
Oval Office
Frank Zarb
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Irish Kidnappers Hold Dutch Industrialist in Irish Siege
In Monasterevin Ireland a three person group led by 28 year old Gallagher and including Marian Coyle hold Dutch industrialist Tiede Herrema on the second floor of a besieged row house. Coyle refuses to surrender despite police offers and a third day of siege with armed soldiers below. The girl’s identity is confirmed as Marian Coyle, sister to Marlene Coyle wanted for bombings in Britain. Gallagher has spurned overtures from police and withheld surrender, with basic sustenance limited to bread and milk and water from a bathroom tap.
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Monasterevin
Ireland
Fddig Gallagher
Tiede Herrema
Marian Coyle
Berrema
Gallazher
Gallagher
Lawrence Wren
Dublin
Wren
Herrema
Miss Coyle
Coyle
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Marian
Marlene
England
Scotland Yard
Britain
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Nashville
Billie Jean Berlin
Hank Williams SR
Marion
Olda
Oklahoma City
David Boren
Janna
Barens
Vladimir Nabokov
Norma Mailer
Ming
Florence
Genoa
Paris
James Joyce
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Gabiielle Vieusseux
Milan
Giuseppe Saragat
AP Wirephale
el Toro
Press-Telegram
Nitta
Gullil Lakewood
Sun
Bullock's Lakewood
Chirk Ave
Lakewood
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