Weekend Film Lineup At Local Theatres
The Mountain Road stars James Stewart and opens Sunday at the Capitol with a demolition team on a bridge and road blight mission. The Night Fighters starring Anne Heywood Dan O Herlihy and Cyril Cusack opens Sunday with anti IRA themes.
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Night Fighters
Anne Heywood
Dan O'Herlihy
Cyril Cusack
Pillow
Rock Hud
Capitol
Ireland
Arthur Roth
Robert Mitchum
Dan O’herlihy
IRA
James Stewart
Japanese in China during World War I Storyline Shifts Refugees
A World War I era tale follows a Japanese man in China as refugees and deserters create chaos. A Chinese girl played by Lisa Lu helps him learn compassion for the afflicted amid widespread panic.
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China
Lisa Lu
James Wood Student Attends Atom Conference in Chicago
Sandra Boyles of Route 2 James Wood High School is selected as guest of Northern Virginia Power Company for the National Youth Conference on the Atom in Chicago. She will join six students and two teachers sponsored by Potomac Edison System. Delegation travels from Hagerstown to Chicago by jet, with speakers including AEC Commissioner John Williams and Argonne’s Norman Hilberry.
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Sandra Boyles
James Wood High School
Northern Viginia Power Company
Chicago
James Wood Science
P. N. Hunter
Northern Virginia Power
Winchester
Miss Boyles
Potomac Edison System
Museum of Science and Industry
Miss Boyle
Hagerstown
Potomac Edison
The
Electric Utility Company
R. Paul Smith
Williamsport
Marlowe Dispatching
Falling Waters
W. Va
Baltimore
John Williams
Norman Hilberry
Argonne National Laboratory
NYPC
Charles Gossard
Stephens City
James Wood
Atlantic City
How's Your I.Q Based On 100 Questions
A brief trivia quiz offers a 10 day test with daily scoring ranges from Memory Genius for 9 10 correct to good for 4 correct. It lists ten sample questions including tennis score zero habeas corpus and Washington Monument height, with page 2 giving the answers.
U S Chamber Urges Private Medical Plans
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged employers to provide paid health insurance coverage for all employees when they retire and to include those already retired. It warned the move aims to avert a government Social Security funded plan and called this “socialized medicine.” The group advised firms to review employee health programs to allow continued protection into retirement.
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Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Congress
Washington Report
Silent Parrot Sparks London Custody Battle
A parrot named Mac or Jezebel remains silent for 15 days as custody battle unfolds. Isabella Morrison, 45, guards the bird with a tape recorder hoping it speaks to prove ownership over Margaret Pretty, 48, a sea captain’s wife who plans to pursue the case in court. Both women lost their parrots. Morrison recovered Mac from Whitley Bay police lost property two weeks ago.
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London
Isabella Morrison
Margaret Pretty
Mac
Mrs. Morrison
Whitley Bay
Soviet scientist Abrams Joffe dies at 80
Abrams Joffe 80 distinguished Soviet scientist and Academy of Science member died Friday Tass announced in Moscow.
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London
Abrams Joffe
Soviet Union
Academy of Science
Tass
Whiteside Acquittal Triggers Mack Charge Uncertainty
Washington AP reports Thurman Whiteside's acquittal raises questions about pursuing charges against former FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack. A DOJ decision on pressing the conspiracy and influence charges will be delayed.
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Mack
Washington
Thurman A. Whiteside
FCC
Richard A. Mack
Justice Department
Maritime and aviation law expert Arnold Knauth dies at 69
Arnold W. Knauth, a noted authority on maritime and aviation law, died Friday at Roosevelt Hospital in New York. He was 69.
Word study prompts daily vocabulary growth
The note urges daily word mastery and defines superficial as understanding only the ordinary not learned. It warns that a superficial mind cannot grasp these ideas.
Sub sighting drives odd potato themed valor on O Bannon
HONOLULU The destroyer escort O Bannon earned a Bronze plaque from the Maine Potato Growers Assn for sinking a Japanese submarine in the South Pacific during World War II. Potatoes were used as a weapon during the engagement, and the ship earned multiple honors including Navy Crosses, Silver Stars, and a Presidential Unit Citation.
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Maine Potato Growers Assn
South Pacific
O'Bannon
Guadalcanal
Leyte Gulf
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Julia Meade
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Lee Reason - Leslie - Gerson
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Sonya Wilde
James Franciscus
Hable
Jack H. Harris
Ward Ramsey
Kristina Hanson
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Henry
Harry) Morgan
Royal Locally Owned
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