Five 1955 three day holiday weekends listed
Calendar notes five long holiday weekends for 1955 due to calendar quirks. Dates span May Memorial Day, July 4, September Labor Day, Christmas period, and New Year observances into 1956. The piece also marks notable anniversaries from 1784 to 1955 and broader historical events.
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Walt Whitman
Middies Prep For Sugar Bowl Workouts At Tulane
Navy coach Eddie Erdelatz started daily workouts for the Middies at Tulane as they prepare for the Sugar Bowl against Mississippi. Mississippi’s Rebels also planned stiff sessions in Biloxi, with a focus on trimming any holiday pounds.
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Biloxi
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Erdelaix
Saturgame
Fraley notes on Williams and college hoops contrasts
Oscar Fraley surveys winter sports talk as Ted Williams ponders a return for Boston. He also visits college basketball with Frank McGuire sizing up NC State and North Carolina. Birthday lists, Rose Bowl prep, and NHL roster hints round out a brisk roundup of names and events.
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Oscar Fraley
New York
Fraley
Ted Williams
Boston Red’ Sox
Tall Ted
Cabo Blanca
Peru
Trank McGuire
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Dan Bucceroni Seeks Comeback Against Cesar Brion
Philadelphia heavyweight Dan Bucceroni, dropped to 18th among contenders, plans a return Monday night at St Nicholas Arena against Argentine Cesar Brion in a 10 round televised bout. Brion, known for long range fighting, has few scraps this year while Bucceroni shows a mixed record with two losses in his last bouts. The card also features bouts at Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway Arena with local fighters and a separate 10 rounder televised by ABC involving Neece of Islip.
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Cesar Brion
Argentina
St. Nicholas Arena
Bucceroni
Pampas
Germany
Hein Ten Hoff
Tommy
Hurricane) Jackson
Heinz Neuhaus
Buccoroni
Lanky
Brion
Charley Norkus
Gil Newkirk
Brian
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway Arena
Hirst
Bobby Dukes
Tay
Miami
Billy McHamilton
Neece
Islip
N.Y
ABC
Polio Couldn't Stop Him UCLA's Boghosian Top W. C. Lineman
Stanfield Calif Dec 27 UP When Sam Boghosian of the West Shrine team faces the East in the 80th East West game at Kezar Stadium he carries good wishes from polio survivors. He spent six months in a hospital with paralysis and later became a star guard at UCLA. He plans Air Force service after graduation and hopes to coach or work with juveniles.
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Calif
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Husky
UCLA
West Coast
Kezar Stadium
Shriners Hospitals
Boghosian
Red Sanders
Boghasian
Air Force
Bruins
Fresno County Hospital
Sister Kenny
Peculiar Global Facts From Early 20th Century Digest
The piece catalogs the Bureau of Land Management citing 11 western states as a federal designation, notes on a federal power project reservation, praises the SS United States as highly fireproof, and mentions aluminum use in its hull. It also covers Ugandan milk royalage, Hebridean emigration, and a 220 pound aquamarine found in Prazit in 1910.
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Camida
United States
Australia
Hebrides
National Geographic Society
Prazit
Notable San Antonio Gaffir Founder Dies at 67
San Antonio Tec. 27 reports the death of 67-year-old founder of the winter tur, famed for promoting golf play in the plots. Services scheduled at 2 pm followed by private crematorium rites. O'Brien helped put San Antonio on the professionals poll map with a $5,000 gift.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jack O'Brien
O'Brien
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