Old Footprints Found in Australia May Be World’s Oldest
Scientists in Melbourne report 350 million year old footprints likely made by an early backbone animal. Norman Wakefield found them on rocks along the Genoa River in Victoria with Monash University biologist and zoology head Jim Warren studying the site.
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Melbourne
Australia
Genoa
Victoria
East Gippsland
Norman Wakefield
Wakefield
Monash University
Jim Warren
Monash
Warren
Greenland
Warren and Wakefield
Genoa River
From Hobby to Broadway: Jack Somack Becomes Fulltime Actor
New York AP veteran actor Jack Somack, famed for the line Mama mia that's a spicy meatball, shifts from a chemical company role to fulltime stage and screen work. He recalls a late-blooming break in The Prisoner of Second Avenue, later landing TV soap parts and The Jimmy Stewart Show, and winning best actor for a meatball commercial in 1971. He values artistic creation over money and admits instant fame has cost him hobbies.
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New York
Jack Somack
Somack
Neil Simon
Second Avenue
Portnoy
CBS
Europe
Toronto
Avon Referral Service formed to aid neighbors in need
A group of about 30 Avon residents formed Avon Referral Service to help neighbors by babysitting, listening, referring to organizations, and cooking meals. Their first service distributed emergency contact stickers and listed members who take distress calls. A recent case involved removing a raccoon from a woman's garage with help from Lorain County Metropolitan Park System.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Avon
Avon Referral Service
Jack D. Riegelsburger
Lorain County Metropolitan
Strategic double miscue in bridge rubber episode
Oswald and James Jacoby discuss a bidding rule for forcing bids. West doubles to judge profit but South leverages the info to force two overtricks, making two hearts. If West hadn’t doubled, North would have bid, and a no trump game would likely be part of a different outcome.
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West
South
Dummy
Queen of Hearts
North
Stamps In the News Highlights Early U S Presidency Claims
AP News features discuss John Hanson as a claimed early president, noting the Articles of Confederation did not establish a president and Washington held the role after constitutional ratification. The piece covers a 6 cent stamp in a colonial patriots series, Apollo 17 cover instructions, and new stamps from various nations for the Munich Olympics plus a Canadian RCMP centennial stamp.
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Syd Kronish
U.S
John Hanson
Maryland
Continental Congress
United States
George Washington
Washington
New Post
U.S. Postal Service
Paul Revere
Hanson
Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Terminal Navy Post Office
Fpo
San Francisco
Calif
Philatelic Services
Israel Ministry of Communications
Munich
Tunisia
Indonesia
Egypt
Burundi
Ethiopia
Iran
Ireland
Netherlands
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Royal Air Force
Neil Durant
Laarbruch
West Germany
By Oswald and
James Jacoby
Vakijis
Fain
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest Mounted Police
Mercury
Montego
Brougham
Mercury Marquis Brougham
Bankamericard
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