Portrait of Senator Clark Sparks Philadelphia Furor
A controversial portrait of Joseph S. Clark by Watkins, paid 2000, draws mixed reactions at City Hall. Some call it a thoughtful departure from a typical mayoral image while critics label it too somber. Clark reportedly approved hanging it in the mayor’s office pending a ceremonial unveiling.
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Joseph S. Clark
U.S
Fly
Joe
Hamiet
Watkins
Clark
Rene Clark
Washington
Sen. Clark
Ares
Dilworth
Moslems Slay European Crewmates on French Trawler
In Oran Algeria three Moslem crewmen on a small French trawler confessed to killing five European crewmates. Spanish police said the trio planned to seize the vessel to smuggle arms for Algerian rebels. After the killings they could not steer the adrift trawler off the Moroccan coast.
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Algeria
Five-Spot Key To Swinging the Bridge Hand
In a Vanderbilt style bridge deal South warded off a potential trump shift by discarding a queen of diamonds. West misread the singleton and struck with the jack, letting South execute a clever ruffing sequence in clubs and trumps. South then ruffed final clubs and, aided by West’s two small trumps, clinched the rubber.
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East
South
Trey East
Mixes wed third time in Los Angeles ceremony
Thomasina Mix, 35, daughter of the late cowboy actor Tom Mix, marries advertising executive Gordon Louis Gunn, 28, in Los Angeles. Superior Court Judge George A. Dockweiler officiates. Gunn is making his first marriage.
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Los Angeles
Thomasina Mix
Tom Mix
Hongmooning
Gordon Louis Gunn
Superior Court
George A. Dockweiler
Gunn
Rural Fire Alarm System Spreads in Payne County Oklahoma
A Payne County farm woman, Mrs. Jerome Sykora, inspired a rural emergency reporting system. Farms and homes will receive numbers with cards listing location, water sources, building types, and routes for faster fire response. Signs are being posted, covering about 1,600 properties with Stillwater Perkins and Cushing fire departments backing the plan.
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Stillwater
Okla
Payne County
Jerome Sykora
Oklahoma
Perkins, Cushing
Denver Juvenile Judge Signs Decrees for 7000 Adoptions
Judge Philip B. Gilliam approved seven thousand adoption decrees and, with his wife, adopted a 3 month old girl through the Denver Welfare Department.
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Denver
Philip B. Gilliam
Gilliam
Denver of Welfare
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