North Carolina English Book Defines Local Dialect as Queen’s English
A North Carolina publication titled A Dictionary of the Queen's English reframes Southern speech as a cultured dialect. It lists terms like bunkum arns ast cheer and pearl as a cricket with explanations, and notes there are only furriners, not foreigners, in the state.
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Mark Finston
Washingon Bureau
Newark
N.J
Paris
Rome
North Carolina
New Jersey
Missouri
Oregon
Field Syndicate appoints two top officials in wake of Cowles death
Field Newspapers Syndicate announces John G Trelevant as chairman and Richard Sherry as president following the Friday death of Robert G Cowles who had led since 1971. Marshall Field says the changes are effective immediately. The syndicate distributes columns and comics to more than 2,000 papers in the United States Canada and other countries.
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Chicago Daily News Service
Chicago
John G. Trelevant
Richard Sherry
Field Newspaper Syndicate
Robert G. Cowles
Marshall Field
Field Enterprises Inc
United States
Canada
Tragic runaway voyage ends in fatal hit run
Chicago youths John Devine and John Klapatauskas, aged 16 and 17, ran away from home seeking money and adventure driving south from St Louis to Hot Springs Arkansas. A hit and run near West Memphis on Interstate 55 killed Klapatauskas, with Devine blaming a series of missed opportunities including a motel refusal for being too young and a shoe hole that slowed their plans.
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Charles Nicodemus
Chicago Daily News Service
Chicago
John Devine
John Klapatauskas
Memphis
Ark
Klapatauskas
St. Louis
Hot Springs
Devine
West Memphis
Little Rock
Klapatauskas Bey
John
Crittenden County
Elvis Buys Jet From Airline In Secret Convair Deal
Elvis Presley reportedly purchased a Convair 880 passenger jet formerly with Delta Air Lines after earlier bidding on a Vesco owned Boeing 707 ran into ownership legalities. Aviation writer Orville Hancock says the purchase was closely guarded and the plane is being remodeled in Ft Worth, with completion expected around Aug 1.
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Delta Air Lines
Presley
Robert Vesco
Vesco
Orville Hancock
Memphis Press- Scimitar
Hancock
Ft. Worth
Tex
General Dynamics Corp
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Mary Shields
Cascade High School
Everett, Wash
Queen Elizabeth I
Sir Walter Raleigh
Shakespeare
Felix Walker
Buncombe County
N.C
Walker
Buncombe
Field Syndicate
Erie Blyd. E
Baldwin
Erie Blvd
Midler
Johns
Chicago Daily News
Elvis
Great Western
Pleasant Valley Wine Co
Hammondsport, N.Y
Ohn
Dora Dine
Cuampagne
Sears
Roebuck and C
Bieger
Albany
N.Y. N
Syracuse
N.Y
Fayetteville
Poughkeepsie
Glens Falls
Kingston
Middletown
Pittsfield
Mass
Fairmount Pair
Oneonta
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