Giants of Tinytown at miniature industry show
Spectators, likened to Gulliver among Lilliput, roam the fifth annual Miniature Industry Association of America convention in Philadelphia. About 650 collectors browse doll houses, 18th century furniture replicas, colonial homes, and tiny appliances while trading with peers. Anthony Kohn of Telford jokes about remaining adults who never grew up.
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Philadelphia
Gulliver
Lilliput
Anthony Kohn
Telford
New York City Opera Musicians End 744-Week Strike
New York City Opera orchestra members ratified a three year contract and will return to work September six. The curtailed season opens September twenty first with Massenet Cinderella, after a 32 to 21 vote at the AFM local.
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New York
New York City Opera Orchestra
Massenet
Syracuse Symphony
Christopher Keene
Manhattan
Te 802
American Federation of Musicians
Man who shot burglar ordered to pay $75,000
Benson Minnesota a burglar shot in the foot after stealing $150 from a car must be paid $75,000 by the homeowner who protected his property. The burglar Francis Rakowski 28 sought damages claiming life changed. Clemens family disputes reward for crime. Rakowski was shot after a chase and attempted warning shot.
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Rakowski
Ruth Clemens
Clemens
Ore boat anchor uncovers wreck with two bodies
In Duluth Harbor a crumpled car pulled from 30 feet of water by an ore boat anchor contains the decomposed remains of a man and woman. The car is registered to Jerry Thoraldson. Sally, 44, missing since 1978, was his wife. Authorities say foul play is possible but no suspects named.
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Duluth
Minn
Jerry Thoraldson
Sally
Virgil la Panta
U.S. Steel
Philip R. Clarke
C. Reiss Coal Co
West
Clarke
Invention of a Cable Car Mailbox in Margerum Alabama
Grover Hayes, 74, after years of walking 175 feet each way to visit a distant mailbox, built a pulley driven mailbox crossing a ravine using old car parts. The device runs on wires like a cable car and has become a local tourist attraction.
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Hayes
First captive-born condors take maiden flights in Escondido
Two young condors born in captivity at the San Diego Wild Animal Park made brief maiden flights. Tecuya flew about 45 feet from a roosting box to the ground and splashed in a pond, while Sisquee, five months old, flew roughly 10 feet from rocks to a sawhorse perch.
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Escondido
Calif
California
Tom Hanscom
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Tecuya
Pond
Retiree Recovers Bond After Urgent Reward Offer
Bob Weinberg of Hollywood Florida recovered a $100,000 redeemable government bond found by Hallandale resident Panaro. Weinberg agreed to a $25,000 reward, but Panaro declined payment and returned the full bond. Ro bert Platt triggered the reunion with a $1,000 finder's fee, and the rest goes to Panaro.
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Bob Weinberg
Hollywood
Fila
Weinberg
Panaro
Platt
New York City
Carnival caper and stars dash through headlines
Notting Hill carnival scene features Marie Pabess dancing with a policeman partner as she guards a parasol amid reggae. Burt Lancaster, recovering from heart surgery, progresses toward a film start next month. A Mangum North Carolina man reports German shepherds gnawing a hole in his Corvette while his cat Tabby snoozes on the tire, and designer Michael Kaplan discusses the fashion look from Flashdance. Navratilova faces a $2 million suit by photographer Art Seitz over an on-court incident. Norman Lear auction raises over $50,000 for People For The American Way with attendees including Bianca Jagger and David McClintock. John Travolta buys a $1.5 million 15-year-old Lockheed Jetstar for a Europe tour and film promotion.
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Mangum
N.C
Steve Hamilton
Hamilton
Tabby
Norman Kean
Dick Cavett
East Hampton
Norman Lear
People
The
American Way
Lear
Bianca Jagger
Avery Corman
Betty Friedan
David McClintock
Alan Alda
Carroll O'Connor
Washington, D.C
General Motors
Stewart Mott
Ann F. Miller
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New York City Opera
Midwest
Margerum
Ala
Grover “Nub
Ess Internatio
Peta As
Condors
United Press Intersat
Mike Hearn
Jennifer
Yellow Creek State Park
Indiana, Pa
Marie Pabess
Notting Hill
London
Marie
Sun
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Cedars- Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles
Engmy
Sandie Wisenthal
Beverly Hills
Michael Kaplan
Jennifer Beals
Marine Jahan
Kaplan
Beals
Martina Navratilova
Art Seitz
Seitz
Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Marvin Mitchelson
Clair & Daniele
Mitchelson
John Travolta
Jim Kelley
Fort Wayne
Ind
Buick
Consolidated Airways
Fravolta
Caserph
Burt John Lancaster
Travolta
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