Anniversary Of A Butchery Recalls Imperial Family Massacre
The passage recounts the 1918 execution of Tsar Nicholas II, Alexandra, their children Olga Tatiana Marie Anastasia and Alexis, and others in Ekaterinburg. It notes the killers on the ground floor, then the bodies were burned and bones dissolved in acid. The tutor Pierre Gilliard notes the fate had been decided in Moscow 12 days earlier.
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Tsarevich
Jacob
Yurovosky
Anastasia
Robert K. Massie
Nicholas and
Alexandra
Royal Fam
Nicholas II
Pierre Gilliard
Moscow
R.S
FTC to require warnings on quick-freeze aerosol sprays
The FTC plans a labeling rule for aerosol quick-freeze products warning against inhalation and urging use as directed. A Washington hearing is set for Wednesday July 17 to consider the proposed warning label.
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Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
FTC
White House: a museum or home for future presidents
Washington editors ponder if the White House will become mainly a ceremonial office and museum. The piece notes Kennedy and Humphrey as cases, cites Nixon as likely to stay, and points to crowded east and west wings and privacy concerns for a president’s family.
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Merriman Smith Washington
UPI
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Pennsylvania
Robert F. Kennedy
Potomac River
McLean
Washington
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Muriel
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Eugene McCarthy
Humphrey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Albany
New York City
Hudson Valley
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Julie
Marri
Dwight D. Eisenhower
David
New York
Bug Dust The Fantasticks Weather Disrupts Greenbrier Run
John Hodell reviews Greenbrier Repertory Theatre in the round production of The Fantasticks in Greenbrier County noting heavy rain and tent noise that drowned lines and songs in Act I. He compares gender casting, performances by Ewel Cornett Ann Dunbar Maureen Silliman Craig Carnelia John Benjamin and Lee Gillespie, and remarks on rising audiences and possible future demand despite weather challenges.
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Barter Theatre
Abingdon
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Playhouse
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Greenbrier
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Meg Brockie
Brigadoon
Bill Noone
Honey
Maureen Silliman
Craig Carnelia
Miss Silliman
Carnelia
Swithin and the Old Weather Prognostication
A medieval lede on St Swithin's Day July 15 as a weather omen with legends of a great flood when the saint’s relics moved to Winchester. Essays compare St Swithin to Medard and Protais and link groundhog Day to Candlemas in old world folklore. Anthropologists note folklore has a fragment of truth.
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St. Swithin
England
Swithin
Winchester
John Earle
France
St. Medard
H.G
McCarthy Backers Use Biased Figures Says Biossat
Bruce Biossat criticizes McCarthy supporters for exploiting 1968 primary voting figures to argue administration opposition. He cites Indiana Nebraska Oregon California data claiming Johnson and Humphrey were misrepresented, noting real testing occurred mainly between McCarthy Kennedy and Johnson in New Hampshire and Wisconsin.
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NEA
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Coalition For A Democratic Alternative
Indiana
Nebraska
Oregon
California
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
New Hampshire
Johnson
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Roger Branigin
Thomas Lynch
Branigin
Lynch
Robert F. Kennedy
Hominy Falls mine tragedy spurs WV reform drive
West Virginia lawmakers expect major mining law revisions after hearings into last May's Hominy Falls tragedy in which four men died. Proposals include detailed mine maps showing other mines within set boundaries. Senate leaders discuss potential successors as new House Speaker is chosen and conflict of interest forms become mandatory for all officials.
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Edwin K. Wiles
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Department of Mines
Hominy Falls
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Senate
William T. Brotherton
Judiciary Committee
House
H. Laban White
Congress
Carson
Robert Bailey
Open Convention Cry Underdog Tactic in 1968 Race
Eight years after Harry S Truman warned of a rigged convention for Kennedy, he is honorary chairman of Humphrey supporters. McCarthy allies accuse McCarthy’s backers of seeking an open convention and end to unit rules to swing the nominating process, arguing for a majority and public address at the convention.
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Raymond Lahr Washington
UPI
Harry S Truman
John F. Kennedy
Truman
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Democratic Party
Johnson Administration
McCarthy
William Safire
John 7 Sentety
Washington Notebook on Gun Control and 1-Armed Bandits
Washington lawmakers report gun legislation mailout has shifted to opposition, with NRA letters and rural voices opposing registration and mail-order bans while urban supporters persist. In Maryland slot machines end after long era as Harris jokes echo campaign battles. Rival notes highlight Humphrey backers and a quip about a sick tombstone.
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NEA
National Rifle Association
Robert Kennedy
NRA
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Brooke
Spain
Nazi Germany
Bill Stoddard
Don Clausen
Calif
Clausen
Raleigh Y Register Democratic Advertisement Details
Beckley and Hinton editions parley toward news and advertising rates. Publisher Beckley Newspapers Corp lists offices and United Press International affiliation. subscription prices shown for daily and Sunday delivery by mail and home carrier with weekly and monthly rates.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
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