New Bedford Library Whaling Display Becomes Major Collection
The New Bedford Free Public Library unveils a Melville whaling room opening April 14 housing 20 000 items on the American whaling industry. The collection includes log books pamphlets art and ship models with aims to aid public scholars and researchers.
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James S. Healey
New Bedford
Mass
Reginald B. Hegarty
Melville
Pacific Island
Osceola
Melville Whaling Room
New Bedford Free
New Melville
Moby Dick
Healey
Providence, R.I
America
Audubon
James Arnold
Arnold Arboretum
Jamaica Plain
Boston
Georges Croisile
Insomniac Island Guests Include Napoleon and Cleopatra
A reader lists 19 companions for insomnia or cab rides on Manhattan, starting with Frances and Adam and Eve and including Helen of Troy, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Hitler, Socrates, Jesus, Confucius, Voltaire, Sam Johnson, Robert Frost, Mickey Spillane, Toots Shor, John McCormack, Enrico Caruso, Al Jolson, and more, ending with a ragtime pianist.
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Manhattan
Frances
Eve
Eden
Julius Caesar
Napoleon Bonaparte
Adolf Hitler
Socrates
Jesus of Nazareth
Confucius
Voltaire
Sam Johnson
Robert Frost
Mickey Spillane
Toots Shor
Babe Ruth
John McCormack
Enrico Caruso
al Jolson
Spring Markets Offer Fresh Lambs and Seafood Delights
Spring foods fill the aisles as shoppers pace the markets for lambs and fryers plus eggs dairy and pork. Poultry counters stock broilers stewing hens and turkeys while buyers stock up on turkeys before prices rise. Regional picks include clams oysters halibut smelt mullet and various fish with shellfish such as crabs lobsters and shrimp across zones.
Dazzling Gesture New Superliner France Makes Maiden Voyage
The France, a new grand liner, sails into New York harbor on its maiden Atlantic voyage. Experts say despite rising air travel, giant passenger ships remain profitable and symbolize faith in sea travel’s future.
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Washington
France
New York Harbor
Atlantic
1962 housing market shows slow spring demand
A University of Michigan survey finds fewer people plan to buy a home this year, with buyers aiming for more expensive houses. February housing starts fell 2 percent from a year earlier, the lowest since December 1960, while foreclosures rose to 72,000 in 1961. Despite slumps, officials expect private starts to reach 1.4 million this year, aided by rising apartment demand as demographics shift.
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New York
University of Michigan
Diehard
Commerce Department
Somersworth Scouts Formed First Troop in 1907
Frederick C. Pearson Jr. sparked Strafford County Scouts, Camp 1 in Somersworth in 1907, three years before Boy Scouting spread nationwide. The unit, now Troop 156, is sponsored by the First Parish Church men’s club. In nearby events a Connecticut police dinner honored retiring Chief Charles A. Murphy, and Girl Scout cookie drives featured Mrs. Robert H. Woodbury as chair. Also reported are injuries to Pamela and Marquita Marsden and a Burlington VT man’s cat stuck in an engine.
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Instituto Mexicano- Americano
Tepoztlan
Robert Redfield
Mexico City
Boston
New England
Boy Scout Movement
America
Somersworth
N.H
Frederick C. Pearson Jr
Free Will Baptist Church
Berwick
Strafford County Scouts
United States
Robert H. Woodbury
Beacon St
Portland
Maine
House Next Door No Shelter for Aides
President Kennedy pushes a nationwide fallout shelter plan but the Executive Office Building basement near the White House is deemed unsafe for shelter. The 1,200 federal workers occupy the old State War and Navy building and a maze of hot and cold water pipes risks bursts if many seek shelter. Civil defense officials marked off upper floor inner corridors as safer shelter areas.
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Washington
Kennedy
Executive Office
White House
State, War
Navy Departments
George Viault
Civil Defense
Stamina Key for Do It Yourself Projects and Mishaps
Joy Stilley notes that a DIY husband tackles repairs with gusto, often causing humorous mishaps. A toaster disassembly yields extra parts, while a movie projector awaits repair. The wall can opener finally works after stubborn effort, but the electric opener remains elusive.
Bell-Ringers Fail To Ring Liberty Bell For Patriots Day
In Little Rock Arkansas a group of leaders gathered in the State Capitol rotunda to ring the state Liberty Bell for Patriot's Day but the clapper was tied down. Capitol officials said the clapper must stay fixed to the bell to prevent disruptions by visiting schoolchildren.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Capitol
Capitol
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Mexico
Alabama
Azores
Frances 8. Benjamin
Molly Stark School
Paul A. Benjamin
West Road
Arlington
By Frances S. Benjamin
Fairdale Farms
Putnam
Puebla
American Foundation School
Latin America
Gulf
Pacific
U.S
Elsa Maxwell
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Helen of Troy
Cleopatra
The
Associated Press
AP Business News
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Joseph P. McMurray
North Atlantic
National Geographic Society
Charles de Gaulle
Normandie
N.H. Village
By James Calogero
FBI
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stonington, Conn
Stonington
Charles A. Murphy
Leslie P. Williams
Connecticut State Police Department
Hartford
Pamela
Marquita Marsden
Pittsfield
South Junior High School
Marquita
Bethel
Gerald F. Provost
Burlington
Provost
Joy Stilley
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