April Fool Day Origins Traced to 17th Century France
Washington dispatch notes April Fools traces back to 1564 calendar shift in France. The piece links British German and French customs, mentions un poisson d Avril and Old New Year rites, and notes playful pranks anticipated tomorrow at offices and zoos with practical jokes like exploding cigars and mock signs.
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Library of Congress
England
Appar
Europe
France
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Mr. Bear
Mr. Hippo
Fry
Dinah Shore Finds Television Suits Her Far Better
Dinah Shore says TV suits her because it lets her play herself and makes fewer perfect movie parts. She reflects on Hollywood lighting, fashion costs, and her live NBC show with bloopers, noting she can joke about mistakes and prefers the informal medium over films.
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Dinah Shore
Dinah
Aaron Slick
Punkin Crick
George Montgomery
New York
George
Child Actors Stir Up Mischief Backstage in Hollywood
Hollywood reports recounts of young actors causing trouble on film sets. Jenny Hecht loses a Broadway role after mischief offstage while peers like Butch Jenkins and Georgie Winslow sparked antics with milk pranks and runaway stunts.
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Butch Jenkins
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van Johnson
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Georgie Winslow
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Twins discover Adolph is older by one hour
Detroit residents Adolph and Irving Goldberg long believed Irving the elder twin. An authentication of Adolph’s birth certificate for a passport revealed Adolph is the older by exactly one hour, a surprising discovery for the 41-year-olds.
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Detroit, Mich
Adolph
Irving Goldberg
Irving
Our Miss Brodsky Leads the Idolized Rockwell Panel
Video Actor horizontal clue set shows a Television actor known as Mr Boynton. The puzzle references Our Miss and a series of terms including idolizer certified public accountant and stages of wordplay.
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Rockwell
Mr. Boynton
Crossword Clue Answers From The Puzzles Page
A list of crossword clues and answers including domesticated animals rodents and various terms. Entries span clues like Genus of frogs smell clay plug used in founding and several others with numbers indicating positions or cross references.
Age Doesn't Deter Brilliant Player
Bridge columnist Oswald Jacoby recalls Sidney Lenz, the “grand old man” of bridge, playing a test hand on the Andrea Doria. Lenz notes the defense in a six hearts contract, explaining how South voids clubs and East should ruff, while West ruffs to defeat the redoubled contract. The piece honors Lenz’s enduring artistry and influence in the game.
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Lenz
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West
South
East
Cookie Order Is Filled For Sergeant In Korea
New York Sgt Tomas C Cooper of the First Marine Division asked his home town for cookies. Walton High School students baked 2 500 cookies in seven classes with varied recipes. School funds paid 45 postage. An alternative address to the company commander was printed on each package.
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S.M.U. Houses Rare Geneva Bible Copy
A Geneva Bible printed about 1560, one of only two known copies, is at SMU Perkins School of Theology on loan from Summerfield Roberts, Dallas oil operator. The Puritan text, compiled under John Calvin, was the Pilgrims Bible for early Virginia settlers.
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Girl Dental Student At Western Reserve
CLEVELAND Ohio (UP) Western Reserve University School of Dentistry admits its first female student in years. Adele Pasiut, 21, cites comfort and trust in a woman dentist as a reason for her choice, recalling childhood shudders at the dentist.
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School of
Western Reserve University
Adele Pasiut
Singapore Restricts Immigrants
Singapore announces new immigration rules barring entry to those seeking work. Controller J L J Haxworth says the colony can no longer afford a flow of fresh immigrants as local-born labor meets all future needs. The population is about 1,000,000 and experts expect it to double by 1970.
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J. L. J. Haxworth
Cocoanut Shells Spread Disease in Tropics
Dr David Bonnet of the University of California notes filariasis in the South Seas is spread by mosquitoes that breed in water in rainwater cocoanut shells and rat gnawed nutshells. The cocoanut's economic role contrasts with its disease risk.
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South Seas
David Bonnet
Univerity of
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L. A
Evening TV Schedule Snapshot
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Coffeyville Mayor Redirects Parking Meter Funds to Polio Drive
Coffeyville Kansas Mayor G A Erickson ordered that revenue from parking meters, which accept nickels and pennies, be directed to the March of Dimes campaign to fund polio fight efforts. The move aims to boost donations during the annual drive.
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Coffeyville
Kan
G. A. Erickson
Jornal do Commercio offers credit for want ads with subscription
Rio de Janeiro paper says annual subscribers will receive a credit equal to the subscription price to use in its want ads. The device, described as new, applies to its classifieds columns.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Jornal Do Commercio
Rio
Legal loophole shields drunk driver on railroad track
In Sacramento California George Henry Jensen of Rio Linda was arrested for driving intoxicated along a railroad track. Police found the railroad right of way not a public road under law. Jensen pleaded guilty to being drunk in an auto and was fined.
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Calif
George Henry Jensen
Rio Linda
Escn
Jensen
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