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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1956
Page
14
A school teacher and radio listener is described amid questions on handling the racial problem in the United States. In the Cook Islands, George reports natives rejected his cigarette offers saying the Army base left them spoiled and they disliked filter tips.
In Honolulu May 31 natives on a palm leaf field challenged Navy sailors to a baseball game. The atoll Lukanor hosted the contest with loin cloth uniforms, no gloves, and a driftwood base set. The natives won 4 to 2 as Lt Tom Kelleher praised the curious pitcher and noted the sailors’ weak hitting.
Today in History notes notable birthdays and deaths including Walt Whitman born 1819 in New York and died 1892 in New Jersey, Mayo born 1819 in England and died 1911, Parrish born 1822 Philadelphia died 1872, Jessie Benton Fremont born 1824 near Lexington and died 1902, Rockefeller born 1841 in New York died 1922, Fred Allen born 1884 Cambridge and died 1956. Also mentions 1794 copyright law and a historic 1853 Grinnell expedition.
A collage of historical milestones from 1680 to 1955 and brief local notes. Mentions the League of American Wheelmen, Torrid events like the Johnstown flood and Sacco Vanzetti case, Truman’s labor stance, and a 1955 schools desegregation directive, plus birthdays, horoscopes, and a housewarming in Hyattstown with guests and gifts. A Vienna library theft report closes the snippet.
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