Aunt Sarah Breaks Down to Join Family at Little White House
A young woman, Ann Marie, and her husband Tom feel the strain of class and legacy after his aunt Sarah lingers outside in a sleek limousine. When a shy boy remarks on their status, Aunt Sarah reveals loneliness and a longing to belong. Ann invites her in, mending family rift.
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White House
Ann Marie
Sarah
Jennings
Tommy
Aunt Sarah
Tom
Country Club Place
Main Street
Ann
Tommy Parkhurst
Aunt Sarah Parkhurst
Daddy
Miami Beach
James
Parkhurst
Dodd
Goa's Colonial History and a Cryptic Note
A brief fragment notes Goa as a Portuguese colony in India and includes an unreadable trailing figure. The readable content highlights antiquated colonial context without clear events or dates.
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Goa
India
Designers push delicate look for men inspires debate
Critics react as designers unveil a feminine inspired male collection featuring Japanese cherry blossom motifs, mandarin collars, bright vertical stripes, and pastel shoes. A spectator questions the trend while others note the shift mirrors historical fashion cycles between genders. The designer claim aims to set pace in men’s wear.
Lake Superior Largest Freshwater Body by Area
Lake Superior covers 31 810 square miles and is the world’s largest freshwater body by area.
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Lake Superior
Quaker burglar tale and backcountry comedy lines
A humorous assortment of rural vignettes and quick wit. A TV install causes roof questions prompting a quip about expenses. A late arriver girl and a student joke. A Quaker confronts a burglar with calm restraint and a narrow escape.
First atomic surface ship in four years
Rear Adm. Albert G. Mumma, chief of the Bureau of Ships, said the first atomic powered surface ship, an 11,000 ton cruiser armed with guided missiles, should be in operation in 1960. He also stated Nautilus fuel should last at least 52,000 miles, with 26,000 miles traveled in its first year.
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U.S. Navy
Albert G. Mumma
Bureau of Ships
Nuclear Energy Writers Association
Cereal grain substitutes to find markets in 1956
Ottawa reports farmers seek special crops with market potential for 1956. A G Kusch of the Experimenta Farm outlines viable forage seed crops, oil seeds, and malting cereals with targeted regional suitability and notes contracts aid disposal.
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Ottawa
A G. Kusch
Experimenta Farm
Scott
Canada Department of Agriculture
Bareley
Old hearses find many second lives in Wisconsin
In Oconomowoc Wisconsin Maynard L Popp dealer in used hearses reports about 15 second hand funeral cars. People repurpose hearses for a painter contractor stock car racing and disaster missions. One 1934 hearse remains serviceable in Freeport Minnesota.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Maynard L. Popp
Midwest
Popp
Speedway
Freeport
Minn
Civil Air Patrol
Thuy
Wilds
Fort Campbell
New relaxant shows promise in treating multiple conditions
American medical researchers report a new muscle relaxant zoxalolamine flexin shows promise for spasticity rheumatic and arthritic brain and spinal cord diseases and cerebral palsy in children. Doctors note longer action higher oral effectiveness fewer side effects and relief of stiffness with good to excellent results in many patients.
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William Amels
New York
Richard T. Smith
Kenneth M. Kron
William P. Peak
Irvin F. Hermann
Philadelphia
Journal of the American Medical Association
Tulane University Founded In New Orleans In 1834
The institution established in New Orleans as a medical college in 1834 to combat yellow fever, evolving into a major university with a medical heritage.
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Tulane University
New Orleans
Lucky landing in honeysuckle
Roanoke Va Thomas Elswick a railway engineer fell from a moving locomotive while adjusting braking gear near Roanoke and landed in a honeysuckle patch. He was thrown from the door but escaped with only a few scratches while his assistant and fireman did not notice his disappearance until entering the freight yards.
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Roanoke
Thomas Elswick
Elswick
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Ona Freeman Lathrop
UY Canada
Ab Hoffman
Toronto
Canada
Abigail
Abner
Elmer Vasco
St. Catherines
Ontario
Victor Stiebel
London
Central Park
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Wildroot Ltd
Fort Erie
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