Looking Back on a Bomb Hit Future in Hal Boyle Style
Columnist recalls a hypothetical post atomic attack on Manhattan with iconic scenes of destruction. A Beagle named Beegie and bartender Robert endure the chaos as walls fall and a city reels. The piece ends with a wary moral on civilization and routine amid catastrophe.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Manhattan
Robert
Beegie
Glass
Wall Street
Grant
Riverside Drive
Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center
Radio City
Market Holds Near 20 Year High as Shares Hit Record
The stock market stays near a 20 year peak amid record shareholder counts and rising savings redeems. Investors show confidence in equities despite political and tax law concerns, with gains led by radios, televisions, steels, aviation, and metal stocks while oils and chemicals pull back.
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Gould New York
Harv Truman
Abner Willman
New Jersey
I's Street
Waki Barium
RFC
Merle Young
Zwillman
Barium and
Sisto
American Telephone
Vikings Once In Iowa Maybe A 14th Century Axe Claim
Iowa State College professor R W Breckenridge suggests a battle axe found in a private museum at Iowa Falls may prove Vikings visited Iowa in the 14th century. Fifteen others with similar axes weighed in, some from river bottoms or family treasures, while a pioneer noted such axes resembled 1800s tobacco cutters hung over doors by frontier stores.
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Ames
Iowa
R. W. Breckenridge
Iowa State College
Iowa Falls
Breckenridge
Even Police Are Beset By Parking Meters
Chicago police at the Hyde Park station face a meter dilemma with meters placed in front of the building bearing a sign for police cars only. Civilians risk violations if they park there and officers must pay or risk tickets.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Try and Stop Me by R Bookman Ends in Card Read
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mr Bookman approves a marriage proposal for his daughter and notes the woman will join the couple. The piece folds in a Sholom Aleichem quip about misfortune and a jokey tale about a man’s possessions being found again after loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sholom Aleichim
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Twins Face Draft Appeal Board Choice in Hartford
In Hartford a state appeal board must resolve which twin is exempt from conscription after their father failed to name the more valuable to the household. The decision cited that Donald enlisted earlier, with an apparent lower draft number, guiding the ruling.
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Hartford
Conn
Solomon
State Appeal Board
Donald
Ape
Double Trouble Hits Amateur Detective in Long Beach Attack
James Jones, an amateur detective, waited in his car at a traffic signal in Long Beach when three youths attacked him and robbed him. The incident underscores rising street crime in the area.
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Long Beach
Cal
James Jones
Fleming Scores Birdie and Bogey on Same Hole
Harold Fleming carded both a birdie and a bogey on the same hole at Mill Creek Golf Course while the cardinal sat on a tree limb. Local report from Youngstown, Ohio.
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Youngstown, C
Harold Fleming
Mill Creek
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