Who's Who Prank Creates Faux Scottish Scientist
Aris MacPherson Rutherford, a fictitious 44 year old Scotch whisky expert claimed in Who's Who by a spoof biography. The hoax began when Rutherford Aris denied existence but publishers pressed for a bio and a bogus life story appeared in the directory.
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Minneapolis, Minn
UPI
Aris MacPherson Rutherford
University of Minnesota
Scotland
Who’s Who
America
Rutherford Aris
Who’s
Rutherford
Strath Spey and
Glenlivet Institute For
Glenlivet
School of Chemistry
Institute of the Aegean
Greece
Rutherford, the Book Said, Was A Member of the Distillation Club of
Edinburgh
Who's Who
Aris
Louisa Court Shooting Kills Judge Stewart Cunningham
A burly gunman rushed the Louisa county courtroom and fatally shot Judge Stewart Cunningham in the head. He then shot Sheriff Henry Kennon and wounded a deputy before Poindexter was arrested after a three hour chase and taken to hospital. Police pursue motive as details remain unclear.
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Louisa
UPI
Stewart Cunningham
Alvin Morris
Richmond
Henry Kennon
Curtis Darnell Poindexter
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Castro to Speak at LULAC Awards Ball in Chandler
Raul Castro will be the honored speaker at LULAC Past Presidential Awards Ball in Chandler at 8 tonight. He will announce Arizona LULAC week February 16 to 22. The Scottsdale LULAC council led by Terry Schaff promotes scholarships and student support.
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Raul Castro
League of Latin American Citizens
LULAC
Chandler
Castro
Arizona Lulac
Spanish America
Knights of Columbus Hall
Phoenix
Tucson
Arizona
Scottsdale Council
Terry Schaff
Scottsdale
Lulac Council
Beauty queen fined for theft in London case
Sandra Loan, a 19 year old beauty queen, was fined 50 pounds and ordered to pay 50 pounds in compensation after Patricia Giddings identified her dress as stolen from a shop days earlier. The Perkins Diesel ball occasion led to the downfall.
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London
UPI
Sandra Loan
Perkins Diesel (Co
Patricia Giddings
Loan
Moscow English School Teaches 80 Programs Across City
In Moscow 80 schools offer ten years of intensive foreign language training, with special school No. 60 specializing in English. Pupils study in Russian and English, guided by bilingual teachers and an American fluent instructor, aiming to read, speak, and understand basic history and geography in English. Some students advance to institutes for diplomacy or journalism.
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Moscow
UPI
Lenin
Angliski Shkola
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
Daily World of New York
Morning Star of
Communist Party
Miss Tsaryova
Gas firm reassures farmers on future gas supply
El Paso Natural Gas Co. official Val Vennett told Arizona Public Service Co. that the company expects to supply Arizona farmers with all the gas they need this year. He said supply would come even if the Federal Power Commission lowers priority for gas irrigation pumping below industrial use, as the FPC order of Dec. 19, 1974 assigns gas irrigation pumping a lower priority and increases susceptibility to curtailments.
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Phoenix
UPI
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Arizona
Val Vennett
el Paso
Arizona Public Service Co
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Mining history to be told at Scottsdale Library
The second in a series honoring Arizona's Yesterdays will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Scottsdale Public Library Auditorium. Robert L. Spade, assistant archivist, Hayden Library, will discuss Arizona's silver mining camps of the 1870s. Slides showing the camps today will accompany the talk.
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Arizona
Scottsdale Public Library
Robert L. Spade
Hayden Library
Journal of Arizona History
Spade
Western Mining Frontier
Brezhnev Returns After Weeks Out Amid Illness Rumors
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, 68, reappears in public after a seven week retreat amid influenza rumors. Tass chief Leonid Zamyatin dismissed Western speculation as false, noting the illness kept him from work and included a cold type infection. Brezhnev greeted Harold Wilson at the Kremlin with jovial remarks and cigarettes.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Leonid M. Zamyatin
Tass
Brezhnev
Soviet
Communist Party
Kremlin
Wilson
England
State outlines $65 million road bid plan for Arizona
Price says $35 million of highway work will be bid or contracted in 30 to 60 days with progress payments of $2 to $3 million by June. About 40,000 man hours of work per $1 million. Initial focus on I 19 from Tucson to Nogales, I 40 from Kingman to Seligman, and I 8 at Yuma.
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Price
Tucson
Nogales
Kingman
Seligman
Yuma
State Transportation Board
Coronado High Regionals Spotlight Music Fest and Events
Coronado students join regional music fest with performances at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Coronado Auditorium. Rehearsals run after school, with participants from Scottsdale and nearby high schools and junior highs. All-State auditions follow next month in Flagstaff. Tickets are $1 at the door.
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Coronado Auditorium
Scottsdale
Westwood
Coolidge
Globe and Alhambra
Poston
Kino
Carson
Flagstaff
Douglas McEwen
ASU
Pat Curry
NAU
Richard Strange
Coronado
Michael Merrifield
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H.B. Boone
Cunningham
General District Court
Harold H. Purcell
Poindexter
Lulac Bell
Scottsdale Community College
Maricopa Technical Community College
Empire State Building
Indian School
Millerplaza
United
Central Arizona
Coronado Student Services Office
Phoenix College
William Jenkins
Los Jardineros
Village Tillers Garden Club
Coronado Student Council
Mall
Diane Mulch
David McDaniel
Coronado High
Bentley Brothers
Holiday Inn
N. Scottsdale Road
Riever Hardware
Proudlove
Scottsdale Rd
Everest & Jennings
Electric Expert
Bird
Bennett
Medicare Information Center
E. Indian School Rd
Miller Plaza
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