Tokyo Mayor Seeks Quiet Life After City’s Return to Growth
Seiichiro Yasui, Tokyo’s longtime mayor, says he plans to retire when his current term ends this year. He reflects on Tokyo’s postwar recovery, current population of 8.84 million, a 367 million dollar city budget, and his duties overseeing 1,210 square miles with 135,433 employees.
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Tokyo
Seiichiro Yasui
New York
London
Paris
Rome
Yasui
Chicago
All Japan Ikebana
Tokyo International
Okayama
Japan
Tokyo University
Space medicine pioneer Strughold marks 10 years in Texas lab
Hubertus Strughold, blue-eyed space medicine pioneer, helps celebrate the 10th anniversary of Randolph Field’s Department of Space Medicine. The longtime adviser discusses risks, early moon goals, and the 1950s development path from aviation physiology to spaceflight readiness. He recalls Lindbergh influence and his move to Texas in 1947.
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San Antonio
Tex
Hubertus Strughold
Space
Moon
Mars
Strughold
Dr. Strughold
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
University of Wuerzburg
Bavaria
United
Texas
Harry Armstrong
Aviation School
Space Medicine
Fidel Castro Seen as Country Boy Student Leader in 1946
A Cuban university insider recalls Fidel Castro as a tall ambitious student from Oriente who sought leadership of the Federation of University Students in 1946. He notes Castro’s clash with Rolando Masferrer, limited early influence, and the enduring role of students in Cuban politics.
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Fidel Castro
Gelasio Saumell
New York
Havana
Fidel
Santiago de Cuba
Manzanillo
Oriente
University of Havana
Federation of University Students
Law School
Students’ Federation
Rolando Masferrer
Tigers
Fulgencio Batista
Masferrer
Spain
Datista
Batista
U.S
Miami
Fla
McAllen
Texas
United States
Cuba
Pol
Lincoln’s Enduring Example Analyzed By Allan Nevins
The article marks 150 years since Lincoln’s birth and outlines his rise from a prairie lawyer to a wartime leader. It highlights his sagacity in defining the slavery crisis, his magnanimity toward the South, his faith in common people, and the broader global meaning of his struggle for democracy.
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Allan Nevins
Associated Press
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgeville
Kentucky
Stanton
Lincoln
Springfield
Herndon
Sangamon River
United States
Washington
New York
G. T. Strong
Prairies
Fon
Lord Charnwood
Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Luis de Chambrun
White House
South
Grant
Lee
Jefferson Davis
Robert Burns
Lowell
Springfield Republican
America
Republic
France
J. C. Conkling
Shiloh
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Vicksburg
Biblical Ferryboat Mention in Ancient Text
One of the earliest ferryboat references appears in a biblical passage describing a ferry needed to carry the king's household home. The fragment notes a ferry service as part of ancient travel logistics and transport.
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Charles Shean
Dry Cleaning
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N. Wrenn
Warner’s Transfer & Storage
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West Washington St
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