90 Year Old Virginian Inspires Father’s Day
Mrs Walter Burgess of Richmond writes that her father should have a day of recognition and prompts a Virginia proclamation for a First Father’s Day. The inspiration is 9 year old Edward A Swineford of Drewrys Bluff who may see the day celebrated on June 18, with Burgess hoping to join him or pray from church services if travel is not possible.
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Theodore A. Ediger
Miami
Fla
Walter Burges
Richmond, Va
Virginia
Edward A. Swineford
Drewrys Bluff
Burgess
Fathers Day
J. B. Dodd
Spokane
Wash
Echo I shrinks yet stays bright in nightly sky
Echo I, the balloon satellite, has shrunk to about 70 feet wide with wrinkled skin but remains a bright, observable object circling Earth. NASA notes it is aging and likely to reenter atmosphere by mid 1963 to May 1964, with a 1963 end most probable. Echo I proved passive satellite feasibility and radio wave propagation theories.
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Washington
Echo I
United States
National Aeronautics and Space
NASA
Echo
Smithsonian Institution
Astrophysical Laboratory
Lake Ontario Narrowest of Great Lakes at 53 Miles Wide
Lake Ontario is described as the narrowest of the five Great Lakes with a width of 53 miles across its expanse. The fact highlights its geographic characteristic within the Great Lakes system.
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Lake Ontario
Great Lakes
City Offers Tennis Lessons At Parks For All Ages
The Department of Parks and Recreation will run several weeks of tennis instruction for children and adults supervised by Mrs. Lois Griffin. Beginners to advanced students learn technique and strategy with a round robin tournament starting July 17 and a Sunset Park playoff August 13 to 18.
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Department of Parks and Recreation
Lois Griffin
Sunset Park
Barnitz
Gardner
Yankee
Douglas
Sunset
Goldman
Maple Park
Miami
Columbus Police Break Up Rough Teen Party
Columbus police fought a melee on the East Side after 50 teenage boys crashed a girls wiener roast. Fifteen boys were arrested and weapons confiscated. six older youths jailed on disorderly conduct charges, nine juveniles detained for curfew and disorderly conduct.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus’ East Side
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