Little Blowhard Air Conditioner Goes, Man Gets Bossed
HAL BOYLE recalls a long romance with a bulky air conditioner named Little Blowhard. After years of temperamental purring and cooling, the wife replaces him with newer units and keeps the apartment chilly, while the narrator asserts who really runs the house. The piece blends humor about gadgets and domestic power dynamics in a vintage New York column voice.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Lone Ranger
Frances
Rover
Jailed and Fined After Fatal Accident in Martinsburg
Richard Lee Koontz an 18 year old from Greencastle Pa was jailed for a year and fined 2200 after a magistrate found him negligent in a fatal July 30 collision that killed Elizabeth Yeakle 21 of Clear Spring Md and John Shipley Jr 21 of Hagerstown Md. State Troopers testified skid marks indicated speeds above 60 mph.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Richard Lee Koontz
Greencastle
C. J. Gay
Doyce Elizabeth Yeakle
Clear Spring
John Vernon Shipley Jr
Hagerstown
Koontz
J. R. Potts
Russell Pitzer
Nancy Lockrone
Ronald Weaver
Greens Castle
Kooniz
Miss Yeakle
Shipley
Here
Gilbert Reunion Set at Willow Mills Park Pa
The Gilbert family reunion will be held at Willow Mills Park near Hogestown on U S 11 Sunday August 2 in pavilion No 6. First gathering since 1941. contact Harry D Gilbert Jr at 2631 North Sixth Street Harrisburg Pa with any family history.
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Gilbert
Willow Mills Park
Hogestown
U.S. 11
Harry D. Gilbert Jr
North Sixth Street
Harrisburg
New Way To Shrink Painful Piles Revealed
In New York a special report says science found a new healing substance Bio Dyne that shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows reduction and statements that piles cease to be a problem, with Preparation H available as suppository or ointment from druggists.
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New York, N.Y
Woman Acquitted In Slaying Of Husband
CAMP SENDAI Japan Aug 7 A US Army court martial acquitted Mrs Romola Abidin in the Cherry Blossom Lane slaying of her soldier husband at Camp Matsushima on June 17. The verdict followed four hours and five minutes of deliberation. The defendant, who cried on hearing the not guilty finding, had faced a possible death sentence if convicted. Defense argued the husband a raging maniac she sought to protect their child from.
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Camp Sendai
Japan
Romola Abidin
Cherry Blossom Lane
Bayside
Robert J. Abidin
Camp Matsushima
Herbert R. Vander Neide
James Flan
New York City
Flynn
Abidin
Joseph A. Lorenzo
Hartford
Conn
Notable Claim Highlights Infidelity Across Conference Ties
A fragment from The News archives in Frederick Maryland in August 1955 notes a claim about Mrs. Abidin being described as the most formidable document in a case. It cites her husband boasting of sexual conquests from Cuba to Ft Sill Oklahoma, across conferences and times.
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Frederick, Md
UN official estimates 30 million words for peace conference
A United Nations official said the Atoms-for-Peace conference will require about 30 million words and 200 tons of paper. The estimate reflects the vast documentation expected for the Geneva event and underscores the scale of the proceedings.
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Geneva
United Nations
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