Dorothy Parker Dies In New York Hotel Suite At 73
Dorothy Parker, famed humorist and Algonquin Round Table member, died Wednesday in her Volney Hotel suite in Manhattan at age 73. The New Yorker contributor, renowned for dry wit, rose to fame through Vogue captions, Vanity Fair criticism, and prolific satirical verse and prose.
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Israeli Emergency Meeting Set in East St Louis
An emergency mass meeting will be held Sunday at the Agudas Achim Synagogue in East St Louis with speakers from Israel and the United Jewish Appeal. The venue is 425 N. 88th St on Rt. 157.
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Compromise draft would extend draft law four years
A compromise extension bill headed for quick approval would extend the draft beyond June 30 and keeps deferments for undergraduates. It preserves the President s authority to reverse a draft order but requires Congress to authorize a random selection system in the future. The measure resolved House Senate differences and returns to both chambers for final action. Fiddleheads described as tender fern sprouts resemble violin scroll and taste good.
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Carrier pilots hit secret missile base as North Vietnam action surges
U S Navy carrier aircraft raided a camouflaged Soviet missile site 50 miles southwest of Hanoi and a nearby MIG air field 37 miles northeast of Hanoi. Ground fighting near the DMZ and Saigon increased, with a weekly tally showing 214 Americans and 2,420 Communists killed in action.
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Services for Grant Thomas Little in Marion
Grant Thomas Little 80 of Sturgis Kentucky died at 7 50 am Wednesday in Western State Hospital Hopkinsville He was born April 15 1887 in Union County a retired farmer He married Tillie Grimes who died in 1953 He leaves five sons 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral 2 pm Friday Mitchell Funeral Home Marion with Rev J W Hogg officiating Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery Call at the funeral home.
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