Word: flemington
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...state and local levels. The number of female state legislators has virtually doubled since 1971, to 685. There are 90 women mayors of American cities that have populations of more than 10,000. Nearly half-six of 13 members-of the Minneapolis city council is now female. In tiny Flemington, Ga., every municipal office is held by a woman. Says Betty Friedan: "Women have gained enormously over the last 15 years. We have broken through the barriers, and it is more than just tokenism...
Died. José Limón, 64, one of the creators of the American modern dance; of cancer; in Flemington, N.J. Mexican-born Limón turned from painting to the dance in 1928, beginning a lifelong association with the pioneer teacher and choreographer Doris Humphrey. Under her guidance Limón began choreographing his own dances, but by the late 1940s had his own group, and with Mentor Humphrey as artistic director, polished his austere, flowing style. His major works include Missa Brevis and Emperor Jones. He is best remembered for The Moor's Pavane, created...
Died. Anthony Hauck Jr., 71, former New Jersey prosecutor whose rigorous, unrelenting cross-examination led to the 1935 conviction and eventual execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnap case; of a heart attack; in Flemington...