Giant Lettuce Entertain You coupon stunt backfires in Chicago
Chicago readers reported a prank gone big as giant bus and subway posters offering free meals drew about 100 patrons to Lettuce Entertain You restaurants. Promoters say 200 posters on buses and 25 in transit stations sparked frantic coupon removal, with some people even riding a motorcycle to steal sections. offer expires today.
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Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises
Rich Melman
Pump Room
Michael Jaye
Lettuce Hintertain You
Jaye
Melman
AMA Delegates Reject ERA at National Convention
The AMA House of Delegates voted to affirm equal rights in concept but rejected ERA adoption. They backed publishing committee proposals to discuss ERA issues in AMA publications. delegates noted membership declines among medical students and residents and urged clearer stances to boost image and recruitment.
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Three doctors convicted of rape in Boston nurse case
Three doctors from Brigham and Women's Hospital were found guilty of three counts of rape in Suffolk Superior Court for abducting and raping a nurse after a party in Boston. The defense plans an appeal citing courtroom camera presence and argues only one rape occurred. Sentencing was postponed two weeks at the defense's request.
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UAW Votes to Rejoin AFL-CIO
The United Auto Workers union votes unanimously to rejoin the AFL-CIO, ending a 13 year split. UAW President Douglas Fraser says the move will strengthen labor unity, with national affilation as early as July 1 and state and local units free to decide.
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Douglas Fraser
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Walter Reuther
Meany
Navy ship runs aground off Virginia coast
The Navy combat support ship USS Detroit ran aground about 344 miles east of Old Point Comfort while returning to its Hampton Roads home port. No injuries or damage were reported, and officials planned another high tide effort around 4:30 p.m. to free the vessel.
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Detroit
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Cool Weather Across Nation Forecasts
New England to northern Plains stay cool with a warm nationwide wrap in the forecast. Tonight cloudy with a 30 percent shower chance and a low near 50. Tomorrow sunny with a 10 percent rain chance and a high around 70. Westerly winds 10 to 20 mph.
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Storms flood Allegheny tributaries across regions
United Press International reports severe storms sweeping from North Dakota to the Ohio Valley flood western Pennsylvania and Wyoming. One Pennsylvanian man missing presumed drowned after being swept from his porch. six injured. Damage exceeds 65 million in Venango County with 41 miles of highway and 15 bridges destroyed or unusable.
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Firefighters die battling brush fire near Kennedy Space Center
US Fish and Wildlife Service biologists Scott Manness and Beau Sauselein, both Titusville residents, died when a wind shift pushed flames back toward them as they dug a fire line in a Merritt Island refuge. The blaze, sparked by lightning, burned amid drought on 88 000 acres shared by Kennedy Space Center.
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Kennedy Space Center
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Space Agency
Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center
Final exams delivered in armored Wells Fargo van by professor
SCHENECTADY AP Union College professor William Daniels uses unusual exam deliveries to deter cheaters. Spectators watched as 18 students received final exams in an armored Wells Fargo van with guards, a memorable tactic among his many creative stunts since 1966.
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Union College
William Daniels
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