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Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101
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Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101.
Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States.
Schreckengost’s peers included the far more famous designers Raymond Loewy and Norman Bel Geddes.
In 2000, the Cleveland Museum of Art curated the first ever retrospective of Schreckengost’s work. Stunning in scope, the exhibition included sculpture, pottery, dinnerware, drawings, and paintings.
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Questions raised over Mosquito device ahead of New South Wales trial
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Sunday, June 23, 2013 A device known as the Mosquito, set to be trialed in New South Wales (NSW), Australia by RailCorp in a bid to deter vandals from areas frequently the target of graffiti, is attracting criticism. Wikinews reached out to several people about the trials. The units work by emitting a high-pitched buzz, […]
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Sulpicio Lines pay PHP6.2 million for death of man in 1998 ferry disaster
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Thursday, July 3, 2008 Sulpicio Lines, a ferry company in the Philippines, have been ordered to pay PH?6.24 million over the death of a man on board MV Princess of the Orient, which sank in stormy weather off Batangas in 1998. Ernesto Unabia was one of seventy confirmed fatalities in the disaster, which left eighty […]
">Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans graduate students
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See the discussion page for instructions on adding schools to this list.Tuesday, September 13, 2005 NAICU has created a list of colleges and universities accepting and/or offering assistance to displace faculty members. [1]Wednesday, September 7, 2005 This list is taken from Colleges offering admission to displaced New Orleans students, and is intended to make searching […]
">News briefs:February 01, 2008
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Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief [Date] 1.1 Introduction 2 Events of worldwide notability, military action, disasters etc. 2.1 Violence takes place in Chad capital N’djamena as military and rebels clash 2.2 High level al-Qaeda leader reported dead 2.3 International manhunt for alleged kidney harvester 3 Non-disastrous local events with notable impact and dead celebrities 3.1 […]
">130 dead after torrential rains in India
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Saturday, October 3, 2009 Officials in southern India have said that flash floods killed more than 130 people in the southern part of the country, following four days of heavy rain. The Indian army dispatched troops and helicopters to the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to rescue people stranded by the flooding. They also […]
">On the campaign trail in the USA, October 2016
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Sunday, November 6, 2016 The following is the sixth and final edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: the Free & Equal Foundation holds a presidential […]
">Senior UK politicians talk at Confederation of British Industry conference
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Monday, November 21, 2016 UK Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn both spoke at the annual Confederation of British Industry conference today, talking about Britain after its planned ‘Brexit’ from the European Union, and future plans for business. May formally announced plans to cut corporation tax from 20%, without giving details, in […]
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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Buy Bean Bag Filling Bean Bag Beans byAlma Abell When it is time to purchase Wheelchairs in Mystic CT, there are a number of considerations you have to make, including the type of wheelchair, the size and weight capacity and the accessories that you need for ultimate comfort. […]
">Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike
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Thursday, June 8, 2006 The head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has been killed in an air strike on a building north of Baqubah city, according to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. “Today [sic] Zarqawi has been terminated,” he said Thursday, and suggested the man the United States had placed a $25 […]