Tallahassee Tales and a Rape Trial Witness
Jim Bishop describes Tallahassee as a quiet Southern town with palm trees, a single newspaper, cultural contrasts, and a tense rape trial. He notes the Capitol, law offices, and the local sheriff enforcing seating in the balcony to avoid integration during New York reporters' visit.
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Tallahassee
Florida
State Capitol
Supreme Court
Seaboard Airline Railroad
Jacksonville
Channel
Bill Joyce
New York
Cuban Prisoners Riot at Principe Prison in Havana
Inmates crowded Principe Prison rioted for four hours demanding amnesty promised by Fidel Castro. Police ringed the walls and upheld control with gunfire. Interior Minister Jose Navarro pledged to consider amnesty and removal of prisoners from the old facility. An official arrest was ordered for a police lieutenant accused of firing. About 2,000 prisoners are housed there.
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Havana
Principe
Fidel Castro
Jose Navarro
Bundling Bed Revival Hailed As Cozy Solution
An Osakosak Wisconsin bed manufacturer endorses reviving the New England bundling bed with a center board to separate bed mates. The idea recalls early American courting customs where couples sought warmth by sharing a bed.
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Chicago
Osakosak
Wis
Bundling bed pitched as middle ground for twin and double
A manufacturer, displaying a pilot model at the Chicago furniture show, introduces the bundling bed as a potential solution that combines features of twin and double beds, aiming to satisfy both sides in the ongoing bed-size debate.
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Chicago
Pompeii burial study links botanists to pumpkins
Researchers connect Pompeii ruins to botanical findings from 79 A.D. noting pumpkins and squash were treated as fruits in ancient classifications during the Vesuvius eruption.
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Pompeii
Vesuvius
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