Baltimore Zoo Works Through Cold Winters With Outdoor Animals
The Baltimore Zoo keeps many tropical and hot weather species outdoors in cold weather as an economic necessity. Director Arthur Watson notes limited space while animals endure unheated dens with extra rations and dry, tight shelters. Tigers, lions, leopards, and various primates remain outside, proving coats in the snow can be spectacular.
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Charles Stafford Baltimore
Baltimore
Congo
Siberia
Tropics
Arthur Watson
Watson
Baltimore Sea
Berea Dancers to Visit Miami University in February
Frank Smith and His Country Dancers from Berea College will perform at Miami University in Oxford on February 7 from 7 30 to 9 30 P M in Herron Hall. The program features 16 dancers with demonstrations and audience participation and no admission charge. The group showcases American English and Danish folk dances and Appalachian Mountain pieces.
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Oxford
Frank Smith
Berea College
Berea
Women's Athletic Association
Artists Series
Miami University
Herron Hall
Appalacian Mountains
The Feeling Is Mutual in Paris Recital Scene
Amalia Rodriquez, a Portuguese singer in Paris, loves flamenco and hires gypsy troupes to perform. She says she keeps singing to earn enough to pay them. Flamenco performers queue at the box office with her money to buy tickets to hear her sing.
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Paris
Amalia Rodriguez
Amelia
Hungarian refugee loses fee from failed escape guide
A communist court in Budapest ruled that Laszlo Nemeth cannot recover the $900 paid in 1950 to a guide who failed to take him across the border. The ruling, reported by Esti Hirlap, notes slim chances of repayment as the guide was jailed for four and a half years and has since fled Hungary.
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Budapest
Esti Hirlap
Laszlo Nemeth
Hungary
Weekend Mayor in Silverstreet South Carolina
The town of Silverstreet with about 1500 residents has elected a weekend mayor. Henry M. Havird serves Saturdays and Sundays from the old family home while living 65 miles away in Columbia where he works for the South Carolina Employment Security Commission.
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Silverstreet
S. C
Henry M. Havird
Columbia
South Carolina
Jungle-type burglar nabbed in $600 looting spree
Authorities arrested a 14-year-old boy in Alexandria for looting food and clothing stores valued at about 600 dollars. Police said he cached the goods in tree huts and caves as he planned a Tarzan life.
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Alexandria
Tarzan
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