Uncle Tom Scott and the block’s first Black neighbor
A narrator recalls Mr. Thomas Scott, the first Black resident on their street. A Pullman porter and police lieutenant, he mentored a boy, taught manners, and ran a tidy house while family tensions and racism shaped their bond. The story ends with the house abandoned and labeled by a boy as owned by niggers.
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Thomas Scott
Scott
Moses
Uncle Tom Scott
Thomas Jefferson
Baptist Church
Mr. Scott
Tom Scott
Birth of a Star Explained by Gravity and Fusion
Andy sends the World Book Encyclopedia to 12 year old Deronda Mullins of Visalia California for her question on star birth. The article explains that gravity gathers matter in a cosmic cloud, forms a core, rotation delays collapse, hydrogen fuses to helium, and a star is born followed by fuel burnout and a cold core.
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Andy
Deronda Mullins
Visalia
California
Susan Blankenship
Asheville
North Carolina
High Card Signals in Bridge Defense Explained
Oswald and James Jacoby describe how a seemingly strong high card play can signal suit length or steer partner. The example shows South leading spades and diamonds, West ducking, then deducing South held two diamonds while East reveals odd counts by playing the lowest diamond.
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South
East
West
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By Oswald
James Jacoby
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Church Ave
High Point
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wHiTewall
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Alan
American Motors Cars
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Felcons
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Lowels
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Firebirds
Von
Tee
Esso
Whitewall’ CO
Nacalae
American Motors Cars Speciale
Humbie Oil & Refining Company
Enewer
Cts Tenner
Eesa
TM Atlas Supply Company
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Ty Tomate One
Buick
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KEDIT
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Mile-Pak
Vicron
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U.S
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Atlas Supply
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