Prairie Dog Chili Cook-Off Pit Spitting Contest Highlights
GRAND PRAIRIE Texas UP I reports Saturday's warm up for the chili event at Traders Village between Dallas and Fort Worth. The third annual Prairie Dog Chili Cook-Off features stewed prune pit spitting and pickled quail eggs as part of weekend festivities. Up to 150 cooks from Texas Arkansas and Louisiana expected. Cooking begins Sunday morning with judging at 2 p.m. The event preludes the world championship in Terlingua.
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Princess Margaret stands firm on romance and stipend
Princess Margaret refuses to end her friendship with Roddy Llewellyn or relinquish the $100,000 annual government stipend amid a divorce threat. The government plans a raise of about 10 percent to help cover rising costs, while public opinion questions her royal duties versus her private life.
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London
UPI
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Llewellyn
Scared babysitter admits accidental shooting in cleaning rifle
Lowell Michigan police say a frightened teen babysitter initially claimed masked gunmen killed six year old Curt Greene, but he now says he accidentally shot the boy while cleaning a .30 caliber deer rifle. The boy died at once.
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Lowell
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Protest by Marcos opponents during Philippine elections
Filipino opposition cries foul as polls open for National Assembly elections. Corazon Aquino cites access denials for poll watchers in Makati. Reports of voting irregularities surface amid early voting chaos and public tension.
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Manila
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
National Assembly
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Corazon Aquino
Benigno
Fires scorch 40,000 acres across four Southern states
Nearly 40,000 acres of woodlands have burned in Alabama Mississippi Georgia and neighboring states as fires spread each day without rain. Authorities cite campers trash burning and arson as causes with Alabama estimating six million dollars in property and woods damage and Governor George Wallace approving a second fifty thousand dollar appropriation to fund fire units brought in from North Carolina South Carolina Mississippi and Florida.
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George Wallace
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Not Nudist Ad Sells Orange Grove as 130 Acres of Navels
LOS ANGELES UP I reports an LA Times ad offering 130 acres of navels was not a nudist camp. The real estate agency advertised an orange grove for sale using the unusual label to attract buyers.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles Times
Portrait of Earl L. Butz Hangs Quietly at USDA
In Washington a $5,000 oil portrait of Earl L. Butz hangs in a Agriculture Department corridor without ceremony or a nameplate. Butz, former Secretary of Agriculture under Nixon and Ford, resigned October 4, 1976 after a racial joke uproar. Officials say an official hanging may occur if he attends.
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Earl L. Butz
Agriculture Department
Butz
Gerald Ford
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