Dogs in History and Mythic Roles in World Affairs
An Associated Press piece traces dogs in culture from Bhatiya tribe rite and Laika to Fala and Checkers, then recalls medieval lore of Llewellyn and his wolfhound, plus Pavlov’s conditioning experiments. It links canine treatment to fate of people and events across eras.
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Tom Henshaw
Associated Press
Central Asia
Mait
Roosevelt
Nixon
Geiert
Lewellyn Ap Griffith
Llewellyn
Ivan Pavlov
Pavlov
Russia Gives New Words To Language
Six weeks after Sputnik entered public awareness the term is entering dictionaries as a Russian loanword. Sputnik means satellite in both astronomical and artificial senses and also traveler companion. prefix S means with and nik adds a diminutive sense. Laika the dog name has limited uptake. Laika roots imply dog breed or, loosely, water.
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Thomas P. Whitney
Russia
Siberia
Turkey Builds Fifteen Hundred Primary Schools
Turkey accelerates education expansion with 1500 new primary schools under construction across the country. The effort aims to boost pupil access and reduce regional gaps in schooling nationwide.
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Turkey
From Lexington Green to Bastogne in Words of Fighters
An April 19 1775 moment on Lexington Green shows Minutemen facing British soldiers as Capt John Parker orders restraint then the first shots spark a war began. Months later the 1779 sea battle features John Paul Jones replying I have not yet begun surrendering.
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Massachusetts
Lexington Green
Paul Revere
Boston Road
Lexington
Minutemen
John Parker
John Paul Jones
Chesapeake
Boston
Shannon
Philip Bowes Vere Broke
Broke
James Lawrence
Lawrence
Fear Of Zhukov Pushes Kremlin Toward Ousting Him
The Zhukov affair reflects decades of military versus political power in the Soviet Union. Khrushchev acted amid fear of a Bonaparte within the armed forces as troops marched in Red Square on the eve of the Bolshevik Revolution anniversary.
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Zhukov
Soviet Communist Party
Napoleon
Kremlin
Georgi K. Zhukov
Soviet Union
Stalin
MVD
Internal Affairs Ministry
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Red Square
Lenin Mausoleum
Lavrenty Beria
Reg
Ular
Leon Trotsky
Lenin
Trotsky
Revolutionary Military Committee
Red Army
Ingrid Bergman Daughter Avoids Controversy
Jennie Ann Lindstrom, 19, daughter of Ingrid Bergman, says she wants no part in the Italy separation grant story. A sophomore at the University of Colorado, she spent weeks in Europe with her mother, their first meeting since Bergman left the U.S. seven years ago. The piece notes hunting as a major business, highlighting 1955 U.S. hunter spending.
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Boulder
Colo
Jennie Ann Lindstrom
Italy
Ingrid Bergman
Rossellini
Miss Lindstrom
University of Colorado
Europe
Miss Bergman
United States
Jennie
Peter Lindstrom
Youths Convicted in Philadelphia Schoolyard Rape Case
Five young Black men were convicted in a Philadelphia case of raping and assaulting a teenage white girl in a south Philadelphia schoolyard on September 18. A sixth defendant pleaded guilty earlier. Sentences range from 7% to 15 years, with all served at Eastern State Penitentiary. The victim Katherine Heckart testified about being held and hurt before a male rescuer heard screams.
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Philadelphia
Katherine Heckart
Leroy Kelly
Ivy Lee Crosland
Joseph Crosland
Robert
Donald Johnson
Roddy Miller
Eastern State Penitentiary
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Irish Sea
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Iwo Jima Memorial
Washington
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Richmond
Sherman
Gulf
Mobile
Tecumseh
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Hartford
David G. Farragut
Confederacy
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Paris
Belleau Wood
Ingrid
U. S
Ldek Porter
FOUCH
PTT Tay
Temain
General Electric
General ‘Electric
High Point
Thomasville Hwy
Finch Field
Ed Wynn
Ut Barren
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