Rattlers hunted for decades in Wisconsin bluff country
In Nelson Wisconsin AP reports on Bil Moore and Joe Hanson, longtime rattlesnake hunters who relied on state bounties paid to counties. They recall catching thousands monthly when bounties applied, noting better years before limits on bounties and the dangers of the work. Moore recalls a 33-snake day and a finger bite two years ago, while both describe summer-fall hunting along the Mississippi River backwaters and bluffs.
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Nelson. Wis
Bil Moore
Joe Hanson
Buffalo
Pepin County Bluffs
Mississippi River
Hanson
Moore
Alma
Science Museum
Nansen
Young actress Danielle Spencer gravely injured in crash
Danielle Spencer, 12, star of What's Happening, remains in serious condition after a head-on collision on the Pacific Coast Highway. Her father Timothy Pell, 31, was killed. the other driver Zev Willam Litenatsky is critically injured. The Santa Monica hospital reported gradual improvement in Spencer's status following surgery and guarded condition earlier.
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NTA Monica
Danielle Spencer
Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center
Miss Spencer
Gaudluster
Timothy Pell
Zev Willam Litenatsky
Parderville Wins Seed Spitting At Watermelon Champs
Top seed Parderville Wisconsin celebrates as Mike Rabects of Rio wins the seed spitting title with a 41 foot attempt marred by wind. Tim Robinson of Madison clocks 11.8 seconds in watermelon speed eating while Pat Emmons defends her women’s crown in 14.5 seconds amid gusty conditions.
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Parderville
Wis
Mike Rabects
Rio
Tim Robinson
Madison
Pat Emmons
Pardeeville
Woodlawn Georgia Bosses Run Small Town Like Famely Gov
In a neighborhood piece from Talbot County Georgia, mayor Mrs. Goolsby and city manager Mavit Nelson discuss their husband wife led local government. Nelson claims sole control of his garden while managing town services from streets to garbage.
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Woodland
B. Nelson Treatyre
Goolsby
Talbot County Lown
Hunsky
Wny
Nelson
Mavit Goolsby
Goollsby
Glenn Ford weds Cynthia Traynard in private ceremony
Beverly Hills reports Glenn Ford and Cynthia Traynard wed privately at Ford's home after a six year old actor's bachelor spell. William Holden served as best man while Frank Sinatra James Stewart Robert Garret and John Waste attended. The couple plans a Jamaica honeymoon following the ceremony.
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Beverly Hills
Glenn Ford
Cynthia Traynard
Jamaica
William Holden
Frank Sinatra
James Stewart
Robert Garret
John Waste
Ford
Kathy Hass
Kojak lookalike contests spark fun in Mass towns
In Brockton Braintree and Burlington Saturday residents held lookalike contests to determine who most resembled TV Kojak star Telly Savalas. A standout winner, Marvin Nagler, New England middleweight boxing champ, took the Brooklaw contest with the loudest applause while Savalas also earned a "Greek Man of the Year" award from Gov. Michael S. Dukakis in Boston.
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Brockton
Mass
Telly Savalas
Boston
Tum
Savalas
Irom
Michael $. Dukakis
Greece
Liz honors Newport at queen’s Silver Jubilee dinner
About 295 people attended at Beechwood mansion to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee. Notables included Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner. guests Claiborne Pell and Alan Bond were present, while Gay J. Joseph Garrahy and Son Charles Percy did not attend. Proceeds supported Newport English-Speaking Union and the American Sail Training Association. A toast to the Queen was given by organizer John Slocum.
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Newport
Bul
Elizabeth Taylor
Navy
John Warner
Beechwood Mansion
Britain
American Sail Training Association
Rhode Island
Claiborne Pell
Alan Bond
Gay
J. Joseph Garrahy
Charles Percy
R-Nt
Queen Elizabeth
John Slocum
Tae
New Democratic Party seeks probe of Park influence case
The opposition in Seoul demanded a special parliamentary inquiry into alleged influence buying involving Tongsun Park and said the scandal harms US Korea relations. The party urged an independent committee after Seoul rejected Washington’s request to extradite Park, citing its treaty and policy on national trials.
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Seoul
South Korea
APY
New Democratic Party
Tongsun Park
Washington
United States
Park
New Democratic
Violent Chicago busing protest nets arrests and injuries
Eleven people were arrested and four others injured during a white oppositional busing protest on Chicago's Southwest Side. Police labeled the action by a group of drunken youths, with two car incidents leaving three seriously hurt. Whites dominated arrests, with suspects facing disorderly conduct and dispersal charges. A separate New York blackout loot study notes limited indictments due to weak evidence.
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Chicago
Usal
Wiliam J. Woods
Woods
New York
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Clarence Kelley
Kelley
Michael DeBakey
DeBakey
Johnson DeBakey
Liz
New Democrats’ Executive Council
Park Chung-hee
Southwest Side
Haly
Michael ¥. Smith
Christ Community Hospital
N.Y
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Hirvenets
Lakewood
Orion
Status
Sun
Bullock’s
Clark Avenue
Phara
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