Protesters Plan Flamboyant Actions Ahead of GOP Convention
The Miami Beach protest plan features a 20 foot marijuana joint display and egg tossing at a large Martha Raye portrait along with marches and guerrilla theater. Organizers say 5 000 to 10 000 protesters may attend with security staged by multiple agencies and National Guardsmen nearby.
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Carol Moore
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Miami Beach
Martha Raye
Miami Conventions Coalition
Miami Women's Coalition
Ronald Reagan
George Jackson
Nelson Rockefeller
Altica
Richard Nixon
Southeast Asia
Attica
Zippies
Rocky Pomerance
County Public Safety Department
Miami Force
Florida Marine Patrol
Plainclothes State Law Enforcement Bureau
Flamingo Park
Bob
Heloise Tip Turns Elastic Bandage Into Pants Repair
Reader shares using medical elastic bandage to replace worn waistband elastic in pants. The weaving provides stretch with no rubber, lasting for decades, an inventive first aid for falling pants. Separate letters describe cat deterrent sprays and space-saving poster book ideas for teens.
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Heloise
Merrill Cellar
P.S
Red Cross
Today in History highlights a span of 1898 to recent events
On August 12 1972 the AP notes major events from 1898 peace protocol ending the Spanish American War to 1971 months of space milestones. Key items include 1658 New Amsterdam guard, 1851 Singer sewing machine patent, 1914 Britain declares war on Austria Hungary, 1941 Atlantic Charter draft and Petain appeal, 1959 Little Rock school integration, plus recent Soviet space milestones and a Syria-Jordan rift. Birthdays for Cantinflas and John Derek are listed with a thoughtful proverb.
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Associated Press
New Amsterdam
America
Isaac Singer
Pittstown
N.Y
Britain
Austria-Hungary
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Henri Philippe Petain
Nazi Germany
Little Rock
Ark
Soviet Union
United States
Syria
Jordan
Cantinflas
John Derek
Mountain Falls social notes wrap travels and visits
Mountain Falls residents record visits and trips including Michael Mejia family from Illinois to see James Costello and other relatives in Vienna Warrenton and Cass West Virginia. Local travelers also mention Mrs Dake hospital burn recovery and Meeiing Delaware Park racing schedule through August 13.
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Mountain Falls
Michael Mejia
Chad
Illinois
James Costello
de van Harrocks
Jack Layne
Jan Harp
Ramsey
N.J
Paul Richard
John Brill
Vienna
Brills
James Brill
Tracey
Reuben Hulver
Kinley Alfred
Warrenton
Dewey Hulver
Eugene
Florence Snarr
Stella Albright
Blackwater Falls
West Virginia
Cass
Ronald Hershman
Randy
Tana
Delaware Park
Meeiing
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Jerry Rubin
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Rennie Davis
David Dellinger
Chicago Seven
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California
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Collins Avenue
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Lamb
The
Lincoln Park
Chicago Park
Clear Lake, S.D
Clara Slonecker
Pat Montaine
Cordovox
Gourmand. Foods
Mountain Falls News
R. Hulver
George Stoddardt
Richwood
W. Va
Wallie Hulver
Denver Heishman
Wheatfield
Ohio
Art Dake
Hershey
Timothy Maloney
Washington, D.C
Stuart M. Perry
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