FDR Jr May Buck Dewey For Governor Could Use That Post
The article discusses Franklin D Roosevelt Jr contemplating a run for New York governor as a springboard to the White House. It notes that his name carries both advantage and scrutiny and records his intent to avoid trading on his father’s reputation while pursuing a conscientious congressional approach.
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Buck Dewey
White House
Branklin
D. Roosevelt
New York
Upper West Side
Thomas E.' Dewey
Dad
Letter Describes Lee's Surrender in Orchard Scene
Philadelphia dispatch recalls an unpublished 1884 Grant letter detailing how General Robert E. Lee waited in an apple orchard before surrendering at Appomattox. Grant recounts Lee asking to meet, the tree backed by an embankment, and the offer to enter Union lines at McLean House.
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Philadelphia
Ulysses
Grant
Robert E. Lee
Appomatox
Simon Gratz
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
McLean House
Lee
McLean
To Cross Australia By Tricycle Maybe Alesbourne Tour
Roy Smith, 63, aims to ride a tricycle 3000 miles from Australia toward Csiras Queensland. He has already ridden to Brisbane and plans about four months on the road, noting hills will slow the trek and trunks keep him cool. He has campaigned for reform for 16 years and mentions speed writing history.
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Alesbourne
Australis
Roy Smith
Csiras
Queensland
Smith
Brisbane
UC Professors Recompute Aztec Population Now 11 Million
Berkeley March 7 Two University of California professors Dr Sherburne Cook and Dr Lester Simpson propose central Mexico's population at the time of Cortez was about 11,060,000 rather than the widely cited 4,000,009. They base this on three calculations and challenge traditional trust in early observers and arbitrary factors used by modern scholars.
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Cat
University of California
Central Mexico
Cortez
Sherburne FL Cook
Lester B. Simpson
Drs. Cook
Simpson
You Cant Really Win Quiz Winner Faces Tax And Fees
Cleveland reader Mrs. Ola Peth of Bairview Park won a Stop the Music prize of 25000 last December 11. Uncle Sam claimed 3600 cash, leaving most in kind. She hired a lawyer to determine the tax and tried to sell a sewing machine and a 4000 wardrobe to cover it, worried she could not scrape up the money. In Chicago, attorney George Sankstone sues the Chicago Transit Authority for 16 cents overcharged by a rate hike and vows to take the case to the Supreme Court.
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Ola Peth
Bairview Park
Uncle Sam
Chicago
George B Sankstone
Chicago Transit Authority
U. S. Supreme Court
CTA
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