Vagabond Puppeteer Presents a One Man Punch and Judy Show
Steve Hansen, a 27 year old vagabond puppeteer from Oakland, travels Manhattan with a portable stage and a full Punch and Judy act. In Battery Park he performs for about 35 brokers and workers, earning roughly 25 dollars a day to fund his early career and dream of joining a professional group and later television work.
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New York
Steve Hansen
Manhattan
Battery Park
Financial District
Hansen
San Francisco State University
Europe
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Richard Nixon
Needlecraft ads for patterns and books in 1970s catalog
Mail orders advertise sleeping bag patterns and felt turtle crafts. It promotes 150 popular designs in a 1974 needlecraft catalog with free designs and discounted craft books, listing prices and mailto address for Alice Brooks in New York.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Today In History Highlights Dec 1 1973
Highlights recount events on December 1 across history including the 1918 Yugoslav unification, 1824 US election deadlock move to the House, 1909 banking Christmas club debut, WWI Africa takeover, 1944 Saar Basin battle start, 1954 Formosa pact, 1958 Chicago parochial school fire deaths, civil rights and violence inquiries, Ireland's IRA measures, and notable birthdays for Mary Martin and Woody Allen.
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Associated Press
Yugoslavia
U.S
House of Representatives
John Quinny Adams
Andrew Jackson
William Scrawford
Henry Clay
Carlisle
Britain
German East Africa
Saar
Germany
United States
Formosa
Chicago
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress
White House
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Mary Martin
Woody Allen
Record Sales Rise in 1972 Fueled by Phonograph Records
The Recording Industry Association of America reports a 10 percent increase in manufacturers sales of phonograph records and prerecorded tapes in 1972 over 1971. Combined record and tape sales at list price reached 1.924 billion dollars, up from 1.744 billion. Disc sales topped 1.383 billion, up 11 percent, with long playing records up 11 percent and singles up 9 percent. Prerecorded tapes climbed 10 percent to 541 million.
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New York
Recording Industry Association of America
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Oakland
Calif
Santa Claus
By Ice Brookes
Paul E. Bradshaw, Inc
Texas Instruments
Office Supply, Inc
Winchester
Rvs
Loudoun St
Ward Plaza
Cooper
Cooper’s Jeweler’s
Ward
Montgomery Ward
Burton
Burton’s
Kodak Pocket
Grand Union
Cleo
Grand Union Supermarket
Joe's
Attel
Joe
Per McCoy
Jim McCoy
Kresge’s
the Singer Company
Radio Shack
THE
Fairfax
Stephens City
Frederick Road
Model Home
Frodonchiowne Subdivision
Stephens City, Va
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