Halley Upsets Tammany in New York City Council Race
Rudolph Halley, backed by Liberal and Fusion supporters, won the New York City Council presidency with a 163,499 vote margin over acting Democratic incumbent Joseph Sharkey. Halley’s win marks a major blow to Tammany Hall and follows a Liberals surge in the city’s off year. Final tallies show Halley 657,158. Sharkey 493,666. Latham 744. Melvoy 104,166.
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New York
Rudolph Halley
New York City
Tammany Hall
Joseph T. Sharkey
Tammany
Liberal Party
Halley
Spenser
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Sharkey
Henry J. Latham
Latham
Clifford T. Melvoy
Fragmented Clippings Show Silly Notes From Past Columns
A collage of jokes and observations on advertising stunts, weather forecasts, cinema history, and media humor. Items include chewing gum myths, a magician demonstrating washers with rabbits, a 1952 weather outlook, a professor's double talk gag, and notes on film withdrawals after stars' deaths.
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Northwestern University
Springfield
Mass
U.S.S.R
Keokuk
Gate City
Two Rech Nines Obliterate Two Bridge Hands in Club Match
In parallel rooms a recent team match featured declarers losing after West opened king of spades and continued with ace. South misplayed a heart ruff in the first room, while in the second room a sequence of repeated diamond finesses and precise timing of trumps left South dead in the water, both rows ending one down.
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West
South
Dummy
Souths
Declarer
East
Coud
Cat on Car Battery Triggers Garage Short
A garage crew traced a car problem in St Paul to a cat perched on the battery. The cat’s tail caused a short and the mechanics removed the animal to restore power. The incident follows a series of unrelated political and natural disaster notes from Ecuador and India.
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St, Paul, Minn
Irving Pinsky
Ecuador
Assam
India
Quito
Greatj
Galo Plaza
Francis Joseph Haydn
Plaza
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