URI Rams memory game and a campus humor essay
A University of Rhode Island class features Rams fullback Charlie Gibbons who names the Seven Wonders and quips about two plays in URI’s upset of Brown. The piece also recalls a Headers Digest anecdote about a Texas chivalry tale and ends with an anonymous poem warning against gossip and rumor.
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University of Rhode Island
Rams
Brown
Uri
Charlie Gibbons
Newport
Ram
Pyramids
Egypt
Rhodes
Alexandria
Olympia
Hanging Gardens
Babylon
Gibbons
Texas
Northup Reviews Status of 595 Road Jobs
Highway surveyor Rexa Northup explains delays in the $40,000 595 road program due to a small labor force, a flat budget, trucking strikes, and competing routine duties. He notes summer hiring needs, space constraints, and three projects Tanyard Brook mosquito control and sidewalks, with progress and future plans outlined.
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Northup
Rexa
Highway Department
Tanyard Brook
Bristol Yacht Club Adopts 10 Boat Mercury Class Training Plan
The Bristol Yacht Club initiates a summer youth sailing program with ten Mercury Class sloops for training racing and family sailing. Financed privately, the fleet will be rented to the club with lesson and charter fees offsetting costs. The plan, approved by the executive committee, envisions weekday lessons and one weekly evening session.
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Bristol
Narragansett Bay
Bristol Yacht Club
Robert R. Miller
Francois L de- Wolf
John W. Tiplady
John R. White
Prescott W. Gustafson
Bay Sailing
Great Lakes
Club
C. Paul Bruno
Commodore
Tiplady
Poppasquash Boat Yard
Mercury
Yacht Club
Bristol Sea Scouts Form With Navy Whaleboats On Offer
Bristol eyes a sea scout unit after learning Navy whaleboats are available to bid on next Wednesday. Oliver Moran plans to raise funds to bid on two boats at the Boston Naval Shipyard.
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Bristol
Navy
Oliver J. Moran
John O. Pastore
Moran
Carmine J. Massano
Sen. Pastore
Boston
Massano
O. Reid LeClair
LeClair
J. Harold Williams
Bristol Chamber Maps New Industry Site Talk
The Bristol Chamber of Commerce will invite town and Civic Industry Committee officials to a Thursday meeting on December 15 to discuss locating industry in Bristol. Attendees include Town Council President Joseph F Bruno, Dr Russell S Bray, John J Silvia, Anthony Pinhero, and consultants Saul Ricklin and Ralph Lavers. The president urged harmonious cooperation. The group plans Christmas tree removals in Barrington and lights from December 1 to January, plus church choirs' Christmas performances. A $10 gift supports the Cup Defenders Association party for local children. New members James F Meiggs and Albert A Nutini joined.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bristol
Town Councy
Joseph F Bruno
Russell S Bray
John J Silvia
Anthony Pinhero
Civic Industries Committee
Saul Ricklin
Ralph Lavers
Colt
Cup Defenders Association
Albert Finger
James F Meiggs
Chamber
Albert A Nutini
Repairs Spark New Popularity of Blue Town Tickets
Residents flock to pay parking fines after maintenance fixes at the police station. Chief Ferrara reported the meter system was repaired with nylon pins and new ratchets, leading to more tags and higher collections totaling 200 dollars since July 1.
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Alfred Nunes
Anthony J Ferrara
Nunes
Ferrara
Public Welfare Balance Drops as September Costs Reported
The Department of Public Welfare shows a current balance of 16 965 81 compared with 18 547 27 on Oct 1, a 1 581 46 decrease. Mrs Mary E Pereira director tells Town Council expenditures for September totaled 6 182 51 with allocations to DPW local GPA administration and salaries and payroll. October expenditures reached 1 581 46 with DPW local supervision GPA cash payroll and supplementary relief. Supplementary relief includes 138 50 for food and 100 53 for medical care. There were 157 assisting cases versus 172 last year.
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Department of Public Welfare
Mary E. Pereira
DPW
GWA
Reynolds School Hosts Book Week Program
Reynolds School held a Book Week program featuring three plays, orchestra selections, singing, and a flute quartet. Casts included Ronald Menezes Elizabeth Sousa Joseph Sansone Rose DiGiorgio Frank Gromling and Jean Teixeira in The Bunch of Keys and David Crave ira Gail Luther Joseph O Gare Charlotte Josephs Richard Aleg ria Susan Lamb Eileen Medeiros Domenic Rodrigues Richard England Nancy King Marjorie Middleton Ronald Massa Joseph Sousa Lavinia Perry and Richard Sanford in The Book Revue.
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Reynolds
Ronald Menezes
Elizabeth Sousa
Joseph Sansone
Rose DiGiorgio
Frank Gromling
Jean Teixeira
David Craveira
Gail Luther
Joseph O’gara
Charlotte Josephs
Richard Alegria
Susan Lamb
Eileen Medeiros
Domenic Rodrigues
Richard England
Nancy King
Marjorie Middleton
Ronald Massa
Joseph Sousa
Lavinia Perry
Richard Sanford
Ceylon Ambassador Urges UN Expansion To 18 Members
Ceylon's ambassador to the United States, Gunewardene, urged admitting 18 nations including Italy and Outer Mongolia to end UN deadlock. He cited Ceylon's progress, literacy, and education, and urged US independent aid from military ties while praising democracy and regional leadership.
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United Nations
Douglas W. Cray
Bristol
Southeast Asia
World Affairs Council
Ceylon
United States
Rss. Gunewardene
New York
Italy
Outer Mongolia
World Health Organization
Unesco
Food and Agriculture Organization
Canada
Douglas W. Gray
Gunewardene
India
Nehru
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Wareham
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August E. Gibbemeyer
Barrington
Vietnam
Asia
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