Word: ruth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Died. Ruth G. Wakefield, 73, creator of the tollhouse chocolate-chip cookie; of cancer; in Plymouth, Mass. In 1930 Wakefield and her husband opened an inn in an old tollhouse on the Boston-to-New Bedford road. One day she decided to add chocolate bits cut from a semisweet bar to liven up her mother's cookie recipe. The creation was an instant success. During World War II, millions of tollhouse cookies were shipped to servicemen overseas...
...says, "that we not only stop the pollution of Lake Superior but see to it that the people dependent on Reserve for their livelihood continue to have jobs." More months may pass before the Reserve case-and Silver Bay's fate-are finally decided. Whatever happens, vows Ruth Ericson, wife of a Reserve lab analyst, "if we go down, we're going down in a blaze of glory. On July 7 we're going to put a barricade across the road into town, and then we're going to throw one hell of a party...
...financial aid is used for publicity and the sherry served before the Food Services meal, Ruth Colker '78, RUS president, said last night...
...Ruth Ernst Shrewsbury...
Praise for conscientious Ruth Hubbard, George Wald...