Skidding Race Car Crash Claims Two Children in Fort Collins
Fort Collins Colorado. A stock car at 50 miles per hour tore through a fence striking a family watching from their yard. Lynn Howard nine and Margaret Howard eleven were killed. Oliver Howard 39 and a second child were minor injuries. Lucille Howard 36 suffered serious injuries. Stan Weibers 35 was hospitalized with back injuries.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Stan Weibers
Wiebers
Lynn Howard
Margaret Howard
Oliver Howard
Route 1
Greeley
Lucille Howard
Auburn girl delivers stunning tennis shot in intra-mural final
In a tense intra-mural match at Crest Inn, the auburn haired player defeats Miss Graydon on service with a daring net clearance. Bill Jarvis watches as spectators react, while an elderly observer comments on crowd bias toward Graydon.
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Miss Graydon
Bill Jarvis
Lookout Crest Inn
Bill
Hildy Sands
Helen Wills
Hilda Sands Wins Set and Match at Lookout Crest
At Lookout Crest, Hilda Sands defeats Miss Graydon in straight sets, while Bill Jarvis remains polite and curious about the social scene. Mrs. Fasker, a gossiping veteran, hints that Hilda’s father being a jailbird could stir trouble among hotel guests.
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Bill
Hilda Sands
Lookout Crest
Bill Jarvis
Coulter
Coulters
Beverly Coulter
Graduates With Honors Despite Blind Deaf Disability
Totally blind and deaf Robert J. Smithdas, 25, graduates with honors from St. John’s University in Brooklyn. He plans a lecture tour and graduate work at the University of Michigan. He “saw and heard” his commencement through his friend John Spanier, 22, who helped him four years. Smithdas lost sight and hearing at age six from spinal meningitis.
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New York
Robert J. Smithdas
St. John’s University
Brooklyn
University of Michigan
Smithdas
John Spanier
Detroit bus driver votes to run a red light
Mac Mc Dermott halted at a stuck traffic light in Detroit and, after asking his passengers to vote, proceeded through the red light saying if anything happened they voted for it. No incident occurred.
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Detroit
Mich
Mac McDermott
McDermott
Cake from 50 years ago celebrated Dillaway golden wedding
In Warren Maine Mr and Mrs Charles F Dillaway cut and ate a fruit cake baked in 1900 to mark their Golden Wedding. The cake, one of two identical six pound fruit cakes baked in East Boston by Lydia J Dillaway for her son's Everett Massachusetts wedding, was sealed in an air tight can.
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Warren
Charles F. Dillaway
Dillaways
Boston
Lydia J. Dillaway
Everett
Mass
Colombia envoy denies speculators spiked coffee prices
Colombia's ambassador to the United States tells a Senate subcommittee that claims speculators forced a sudden coffee price rise are untrue. The remarks come as lawmakers weigh market influences on commodity costs.
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Washington
Colombia
United States
Senate
Congress Moves To Strengthen U S Defenses
Congress plans to boost armed services funding as President Truman warns the Soviets prepare for war. Republican senators question focus on foreign threats while supporting a $1.223 billion military assistance package to aid Western Europe.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
McCarthy
St. Louis
Wherry
Senate
Brewster
GOP
Hill
D-Ala
Congress
Britain to Hold Foot Health Week in June Hiking Season
Britain plans a foot health week in June at the start of the hiking season. William Henry Harrison served as the first governor of the Indiana Territory.
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Britain
William Henry Harrison
Indiana Territory
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