Day Evacuation Legend: Boston Barrel Defense and March 17
Boston history about Evacuation Day 1776 explains how barrels and hogsheads rolled from Dorchester Heights helped deter British forces, aided by guns moved by Henry Knox and Ethan Allen. Washington’s cautious tactics, Howe’s withdrawal, and local morale shaped the famed Saint Patrick watchword and lasting Boston memory.
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Police Cars Still Carry 53 Plates
ALBUQUERQUE The 1954 New Mexico auto license plates deadline has passed and state police plan a crackdown on offenders. Albuquerque police still use 1953 plates while city officials say the delay stems from rented cars and awaiting title transfers before purchasing new plates to equip the fleet.
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East Pakistan Opposition Group Wins Early Assembly Vote
Early results show the five party opposition front winning a landslide in East Pakistan, defeating Chief Minister Nagul Amin of the Moslem League. Khaliz Nawazan, a college student, leads with 6,607 votes. Final results due March 25.
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Ali
Karachi
Ex Farm Hand Is Father Of 27 Children
Ephraim Horner, a former farm hand, celebrates his 89th birthday this May and welcomes his 27th child, a daughter named Roseanna Alfreda born at Pleasant Hospital on Monday. A great grandfather, he jokes he would not trade a single child for money. He has 14 children from a previous marriage and now lives with seven of their children in a four room apartment in Lakewood New Jersey.
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Bicycle Tricycle Collision Settled in Los Angeles Case
In Los Angeles Superior Court judge Thurmond Clark ruled a bicycle tricycle collision caused a leg fracture to a year old Jack Chase. The court awarded 1323.98 dollars against a year old Bobby Ritter who rode his bicycle on the sidewalk where the Chase boy was riding his tricycle.
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CAB Warns Fees Would Hurt Airlines
The Civil Aeronautics Board warned the Commerce Department that charging users of federal airway facilities could financially cripple private airlines. A CAB report on a Civil Aeronautics Administration proposal suggests fees aiming to raise about 25 million dollars annually, risking undermining industry growth and profits.
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Mail flows into Shamrock on St Patrick's Day
Shamrock Postmaster C B Goodman processed about 500 extra pieces today as mail arrived with Shamrock Fla postmarks. The letters and cards, sent from across the country, were stamped for this town of about 300 residents in observance of St Patrick's Day.
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C. B. Goodman
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Jack Benny May Drop Radio Show Future Plans
Hollywood Filmland reports Jack Benny, 60, may quit his radio program next season to focus on TV and new ventures such as a vaudeville tour in the Pacific Northwest and possibly stage work like Seven Year Itch. Harold Lloyd weighs returning to classics, while Frank Sinatra doubts Oscar night will keep him in town.
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Green Beer Out At Sweeney's Shamrock Tavern
In South Bend green beer is blocked by state pure food laws. In Middletown Ohio a legal notice invites sealed proposals for furnishing three hundred 3 inch water meters, with bids due April 6 1954, and details on bid form contents bonding and bid conditions.
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Shamrock Tavern
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Middletown
Ohio
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