Tribute to D-Day Dead Across Allied Ranks
In Normandy ceremonies American Canadian British and French officials honored fallen D-Day soldiers. More than 9 000 Americans lie buried above Omaha Beach as beaches and towns were rebuilt and landmarks replaced. The Bayeux ceremony opened with a plaque unveiling at Arromanches near the museum.
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Omaha Beach
France
UPI
Europe
Utah Beach
Sword
Juno
Gold
Stey
Caen
St. Lo
Falaise
Vire
Isigny
Normandy
Richard Gale
G. P. L. Weston
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Paris
Jean Sainteny
Bayeux
Museum of
Arromanches
Pitch game on Boston and Maine Railroad sets long-running record
New York reports a Pitch game on the Boston and Maine Railroad in Massachusetts has run for 52 years without interruption, a potential railroad record. Irving Austin of Reading has played 40 years and spent 12 years as a kibitzer, part of a four handed version noted by Card Commentary.
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New York
UPI
Boston & Maine Railroad
Mass
Irving Austin
Reading
Spanish Civil War Film Marks Lubin's New Harvest
Al Ronald Lubin enters with Harvest Productions to create The Spanish Civil War as the first project. This third Lubin production follows Billy Budd and Convicts 4, with writer credit to British historian novelist Hugh Thomas.
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NEW Lubin Pic
Hollywood
UPI
al Ronald Lubin
Harvest Productions
Lubin
Hugh Thomas
Biology Strides for Life Outlined Before Senate
Washington reports show Rachel Carson informing a Senate Commerce Committee on pesticide dangers to wildlife. She warned that small aquatic chemical exposures amplify through food chains, harming marine life and birds, and urged stronger regulation and research.
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Senate
Washington
UPS
Rachel Carson
Miss Carson
Senate Commerce Committee
Interior Department
Carson
Maurine B. Neuberger
Agriculture and Interior Departments
Fish and Wildlife Service
Mexican Greetings to Los Angeles International Music Festival
President Adolfo Lopez Mateos sent a message to the Mexican colony in Los Angeles for the International Music Festival. The Foreign Office noted that Los Angeles Mexicans have long observed Mexican customs and contributed to friendship between Mexico and the United States.
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Mexico City
UPI
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Los Angeles
Foreign Office
Los Angles
Mexico
United States
Advice on wife stealing in Paris leads to jailed man
Pierre Michaud, 9, received a suspended three month jail sentence after running off with another man's wife. He was arrested not for stealing the wife but for items in her bag belonging to the husband. The judge warned to avoid baggage to sidestep court troubles.
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Paris
WNS
Pierre Michaud
Bomb explodes at London airport before Portugal flight
A suitcase bound for Lisbon exploded in the baggage bay at London airport, causing a fire and smoke but no injuries. Police and fire crews contained the area as 77 passengers waited for the Portuguese Caravelle to Lisbon. the flight was delayed.
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London
UPI
Lisbon
Jack O'Learly
Ministry of Aviation
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