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Back in 1964 the Hanna Co. persuaded federal and state officials to agree that its equipment could cross the highway occasionally. But two of Barnesville's more redoubtable matrons, Mrs. Norma Schuster and Mrs. Aida Rissi, are ready to argue in court that this agreement never envisaged equipment as mighty as the Gem, which requires that the highway be closed for 24 hours and covered with a 12-ft. protective blanket of earth while the Gem creeps across it at ½ m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Why Does the Gem Cross the Road? | 5/15/1972 | See Source »

...evening in the most agreeable of comic operas, "The Beggar Student." This is one of a series of light operas which will furnish entertainment during the summer. Miss Eissing, the prima donna, will be well remembered in "Girofle-Girofla," "Ali Baba," and "Sinbad." Miss Mulle-Bell, Miss Gaillard, Miss Rissi, Mr. Wolff, Mr. Seamans, Mr. McWade and Mr. Edgar Seamans, are all comic opera artists of more or less fame...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 5/7/1895 | See Source »

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