Baxter family voyage ends in Framingham after Bay of Buzzard adventure
The Baxter family packs seven suitcases a guitar a cat a frying pan a blender sunglasses a beach blanket grapes suntan oil a harmonium two oars and a five gallon aquarium with Romeo the turtles. They ride Dobbin to Buzzard's Bay stay 18 months rent a leaky fisherman’s shack $400 weekly. After five days the journey ends with sunburns headaches and a weary return to Framingham. Ramifications spark talk of a new era as Framingham telegrams the news with the line Guess what Baxter hath wrought.
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Britannica Junior Prize Draw Announces Winner
The notice proclaims Donna Suggs of Arlington Texas the winner of a 15 volume Britannica Junior Encyclopaedia prize. It also provides instructions to submit questions and includes a brief educational explanation of African sleeping sickness caused by trypanosomes carried by the tsetse fly with stages from infection to death.
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Jane and Jim clash over bath location
In a terse exchange Jane asks where the bath occurred and Jim responds with the location while insisting she did not want the timing. The dialogue centers on clarifying the detail of where the bath happened.
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Jim
Crossword Puzzle Winner Named in Troy Notice
Clarice Huddleston aged 13 of Tennessee wins a Britannica World Atlas for a crossword puzzle. Readers are invited to mail their own puzzles to Cross Word Puzzle Tell Me Why with name age and address. Daily winner Mary McCarthy 10 of Troy New York is listed.
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Johnson orders bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong bases
President Johnson, advised by top officials, approved strikes on North Vietnamese oil bases near Hanoi and Haiphong to cut arms and manpower flowing into the South. The decision followed months of debate over public opinion and potential Chinese involvement, balancing leadership duty against waning approval.
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Mohole Project Faces Funding Delay Amid Science Push
Governor Burns decries the delay in the 100 million Mohole probe testing the earth’s crust beneath the Pacific north of Hawaii. Officials say restoring 12 million for a drilling platform may satisfy House skeptics, while Johnson urges full restoration despite a 19.7 million cutoff.
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