Local history: Quaker Oats prize creates Yukon land rush in 1955 - The330
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Local history: Quaker Oats prize creates Yukon land rush in 1955 The330 Each tract was one square inch! Chicago advertising executive Bruce Baker came up with the strange-but-true giveaway in 1954 to promote Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, a radio show that Quaker Oats sponsored Tuesday and Thursday nights on the Mutual ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 07:23:52 AM
Plans revealed for Sandwich safety complex - Cape Cod Times (subscription)
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Plans revealed for Sandwich safety complex Cape Cod Times (subscription) The 56000-square-foot building would be located on town-owned property across from Stop & Shop at the intersection of Quaker Meetinghouse Road and Cotuit Road, Town Manager George "Bud" Dunham said. The building would include up to six bays for rescue ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 07:23:52 AM
Quaker City courts have troubled history; some reject 'plaintiff-friendly ... - Legal News Line
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 Legal News Line | Quaker City courts have troubled history; some reject 'plaintiff-friendly ... Legal News Line While the trial was in progress, Lipson said he was attending a party in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. He met a friend, a tort lawyer, who asked him about his case. Lipson told his tort lawyer friend that he felt things were going ... |
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New Phila boys hold on for physical 58-55 win over Claymont - New Philadelphia Times Reporter
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New Phila boys hold on for physical 58-55 win over Claymont New Philadelphia Times Reporter The Mustangs stretched their lead out to 51-45 on Wise's throwdown, but the Quakers countered with three free throws and a big 3-point bomb by Miller to square things at 51. New Philadelphia kept up its run with free throws by Kinsey and Miller, ... |
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Future roles for GM site in Ewing taking shape - The Times of Trenton - NJ.com
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 The Times of Trenton - NJ.com | Future roles for GM site in Ewing taking shape The Times of Trenton - NJ.com The 145 acres and three parcels of land that make up the Parkway Avenue Redevelopment Area could contain half of Hamilton Marketplace, all of Quaker Bridge Mall or most of downtown Princeton surrounding Palmer Square, township planner Chuck Latini told ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 07:23:52 AM
O Youth Wins Last Sound Off Qualifier - Knoxville Metro Pulse (blog)
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O Youth Wins Last Sound Off Qualifier Knoxville Metro Pulse (blog) By Matthew Everett The lineup for the final round of the Square Room's Sound Off competition has been set with O Youth's convincing victory in last night's qualifying round. The six-piece band's three-song set of rackety, off-kilter indie rock, ... |
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For Bayard Rustin's partner, an effort to preserve legacy - Washington Post
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For Bayard Rustin's partner, an effort to preserve legacy Washington Post Raised a Quaker, Rustin tutored the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the use of nonviolent resistance. He was openly gay, and his life and legacy were often subject to derision. Rustin would have turned 100 in March, and Walter Naegle, Rustin's partner ... |
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Haverhill town centre could be pedestrianised by 2013 - Haverhill Echo
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 Haverhill Echo | Haverhill town centre could be pedestrianised by 2013 Haverhill Echo Plans drawn up by St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Suffolk County Council would see the town centre, from Queen Street to the end of the High Street, including Swan Lane and the Market Square, pedestrianised between 10am and 4pm Sunday to Thursday ... |
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Whittier Uptown Association board votes to oppose proposal for new church in ... - Whittier Daily News
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Whittier Uptown Association board votes to oppose proposal for new church in ... Whittier Daily News Victory Outreach Church wants to open a church with a bookstore in the former Quaker City Bank building at 7021 Greenleaf Ave. in Uptown Whittier. (Leo Jarzomb/Staff Photographer) WHITTIER - The Uptown business community has come out in opposition to ... |
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'Year of Bible' sparking dispute - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
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 Wilkes Barre Times-Leader | 'Year of Bible' sparking dispute Wilkes Barre Times-Leader He noted the state's initial European settlers, the Quakers, “didn't want to institute a Quaker theocracy. They wanted religious freedom. Pennsylvania was the religiously free colony.” “To see something like this in Pennsylvania, considering our ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 07:23:52 AM
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