Boy Scouts 10 Start on Trip to Valley Forge Jamboree
One hundred fifteen Scouts depart Monroe at 6 a.m. for Valley Forge Pa to join the National Jamboree with 47,000 peers. The group travels via multiple cities and will return July 10, after tours of Philadelphia historic sites and a pre jamboree training at Camp Ki Ro Li.
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Continental
Monroe
Valley Forge
Alexandria
Montgomery
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Bristol
Roanoke
Winchester
Gettysburg
Washington
Virginia
Louisiana
Ki-Ro- Li
West Monroe
United States
Norristown
Crosby Family Dines Together Before Six Week Ranch Stay
Hollywood reports Bing and Dixie Crosby with their four sons and Bing's parents enjoyed a family dinner amid separation rumors. A close friend says the gathering was a going away event for Bing and the boys, who will work as ranch hands at Bing's Elko Nevada cattle ranch for six weeks. Dixie will not travel immediately but is expected to visit later. The friend notes the dinner featured cucumber relish with marinated slices.
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Hollywood
Bing
Dixie Crosby
Dixie
Elko
New
Soldier Charged In Beer Glass Slaying
A 21 year old soldier, Kenneth C Hewitt, is charged with first degree manslaughter in the beer glass slaying of 19 year old Ralph B Brady outside a Buffalo tavern. Hewitt had returned from Trieste for his mother’s funeral and was under police guard. Brady, a boilermaker’s helper on a Dunkirk hydroelectric project, died after his jugular vein was severed during a brawl sparked over a dance dispute. Brady had just received a $2,500 settlement for a prior automobile accident seven months earlier.
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N. Y
Pfc
Kenneth C. Hewitt
Ralph B. Brady
Conscientious Objector Declares Strolls In Palermo Parade
Palermo Sicily June 24 4 A young conscript Mario Barbani from Bologna strolled from a parade and announced to Army Chief of Staff Gen Ffisio Marras that he was a conscientious objector He is now in the clinic.
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Palermo
Sicily
Mario Barbani
Bologna
Army
Ffisio Marras
Mario
Chocolate drink origins in Aztec and Spanish eras
Aztec Indians drank a bitter cacao brew with peppers. Early Spaniards transformed it into a sweet beverage using honey and vanilla.
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Goodwill
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Robert Burns
Southwest
Bates
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North Louisiana
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Jamboree
Pennsylvania State Police
Philadelphia
Dick Turner
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg
Beamish
Crosby
Bendix
ISHED
Americom
United Electric Service Inc
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