Guillotine Faces Abolition Push in France
In Paris, debate grows over ending peacetime use of the guillotine after 170 years. Ninety deputies back abolition as juries and courts spar over death sentences though only one execution occurred last year. President de Gaulle intervened in various cases to halt executions.
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Paris
UPI
France
Joseph Ignace
Charles de Gaulle
Spain
Europe
Monsieur de Paris
Andre Obrecht
Jules Desfourneaux
Obrecht
Louis 16
Marie-Antoinette
Landru
Marcel Petiot
Place de la Concorde
Jean de Koven
Brooklyn
N.Y
Eugen Weidmann
Versailles
Greenland Flowers Thrive in Short Northern Summers
An Uncle Ray note explains how Greenland plants flower during brief Arctic summers. It describes southern Greenland growing seasons, moss and lichens, willow shrubs, garden vegetables, and flowers such as poppies and asters, with historical notes on Eric the Red.
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Greenland
Eric the Red
Iceland
Eric
Uncle Ray
la Crosse Tribune
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
City Man Cited For Achievement
Robert J. Nelson, son of Mr and Mrs Herbert E Nelson, 2025 Loomis St, received the annual printing production magazine award for academic achievement in graphic arts at Dunwoody Institute Minneapolis. A Central High School graduate, he trained at Coleman Vocational School, then served four years in the Navy in the print shop aboard the USS Saratoga, and later entered Dunwoody Institute to complete his course in about six months.
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Robert J. Nelson
Herbert E. Nelson
Loomis Sr
Printing Production Magazine
Dunwoody Institute
Minneapolis
Nelson
Central High School
Coleman Vocational School
Navy
U.S.S. Saratoga
Picasso and Braque Found Cubist Painting School
Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque co founded the cubist school of painting, shaping a new artistic movement through collaborative experimentation and shared techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pablo Picasso
Georges Braque
Painting
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By Michael Dennigan
Uncle Ray’s
Franklin County High School
Rocky Mount
Rexall
Jackson Plaza
Norelco
North American Philips Company, Inc
East 42Nd Street
New York
First Federal
F.L.L.L.C
and Loan Association OF LA
State Streets
Hains
Rose
W. T. Grant Co
Mme
Wang Ay
Argus
Dabor
Cortland‘s
Giveleig
Babkell
Pentr E SS
Kodak
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