New York Queen of Festival Peggy Jacobsen tours abroad
A lively profile of Peggy Jacobsen 21, crowned New York's Ambassador of Tourism during a 21-city Sell New York tour, with notes on her Stockholm hit and a prank incident in Elsinore. The piece contrasts festival buzz with the era’s social scene and old New York schools.
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Hart weighs federal aid for education after Detroit constituent letter
Washington AP reports Senator Hart of Michigan weighing education aid plans following a Detroit constituent letter urging preservation of current public school formulas. The letter insists schools have performed well and should not be tempered.
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner built a media empire in Chicago
Hugh Hefner built Playboy Enterprises around a men’s magazine and clubs. He opened Chicago and Miami venues, expanded to New York New Orleans and Hollywood, and launched TV shows and a calendar line. At 34 he oversaw a $16 million empire and planned Show Business Illustrated. He emphasizes readers tastes, aging as a bachelor with a 10 year marriage ended in divorce.
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Playboy
Chicago
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Sayre
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Hefner’s Luxuries and Ideals Behind Playboy Image
The article portrays Hugh Hefner after college and military service as an idealist who questions Playboy’s sex appeal. It details his 11‑room apartment, kidney shaped pool with underwater view, a rock grotto, a fireman's brass pole access, a white Mercedes SL300, staff of five, and a mink carpeted bedroom he dismisses as hokum.
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Hefner
University of Illinois
Playboy
Thief Uses String To Steal Quarters In Laundry
Richmond police report a thief used a string to pull out a change from a self service laundry machine. He dropped in a half dollar and retrieved quarters, netting $13 before fleeing.
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Richmond, Va
Two Policemen's Problem Solved
Pittsburgh officers Vincent Gianello and Nicholas Kozak began their shift with a cattle call in Lincoln park. They chased two stray cows that wandered out of town and crossed the city line, ending the pursuit with the animals still at large.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
Vincent Gianello
Nicholas Kozak
Lincoln Park
Farm Area in Suburban West Mifflin Relief for Police
In a suburban West Mifflin farm area, residents and two police officers express relief after a tense incident. Authorities report a peaceful end with no injuries and ongoing investigations into the disturbance.
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West Mifflin
California Changes Absentee Ballot Return Date
Sacramento AP reports California Governor Brown signed a law requiring absentee ballots to be returned to county clerks three days before the election, removing the prior six day postmark window that delayed vote counting and left outcomes uncertain after elections.
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Sacramento
California
Brown
Chuckles in The News prompts court fined for piano drop
Five students who rolled a grand piano off a 100 foot cliff told a Poole court they had no place to put it and were fined 2.80 dollars each for littering a public place. The item reads as a quirky roundup of brief incidents from Poole Washington London Akron Cardiff.
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Poole
England
Akron
Dennis McAviney
Dennis
John
Dad
Hampton unveils new seal with crab lifting space capsule
Hampton introduces an official emblem showing the blue crab lifting a space capsule. The image nods to the city’s fame and its proximity to Langley Air Force Base where U.S. astronauts train.
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Hampton, Va
Hampton
U.S
Langley Air Force Base
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