Tracy Ann the toddler terror and wonder at 17 months
HAL BOYLE recalls Tracy Ann, now seventeen months, a lively child who walks, climbs, and explores with growing independence. He chronicles her shrinking patience with shadows, her dogged persistence, and her evolving vocabulary while noting her kindness, sense of duty, and fear of the vacuum cleaner as she learns to navigate a world of color, animals, and family life.
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New York
Tracy Ann
Tracy
Frances
Mississippi
Tracey
Mommy
America
Ferry Retired From Ellis Island After 62 Years
New York November 29 The ferry that carried 14 million immigrants across New York harbor from Ellis Island for 62 years will stop use today The Immigration and Naturalization Service has discontinued Ellis Island as the port's processing center.
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FERRY
New York
New York Harbor
Eli Island
Sears
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Ellis Island
Strength For Today By Ear L Douglass Keeps Lining Traffic Lights
The traffic lights at a quiet intersection run all day and night though the streets see little use. Residents complain about wasteful operation during night hours, yet before installation there were three fatal accidents in twenty four months, while seven years since then have seen none. The piece argues that diligent, proper work remains valuable even in routine tasks.
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L. Douglass
Tragic death after dive under moving truck in Wasilington
Nelon Jv Howe Jr a 23 year old painter unemployed died when he dove headfirst beneath a 10 000 pound trailer truck at 3rd and M Streets NW witnesses saw him clasp his hands as if about to dive into water before the plunge a death certificate lists self inflicted death Howe unmarried resided with his father who offered no motive for the act
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Wasilington
Nelon JV. Howe Jr
Butinesses
Howe
3Rd and
M. Sts
Fingerprint origin noted by early scientist Francis Galton
Shortly before noon the 900 ton 625 foot craft completed its run from Manhattan and tied at Ellis Island for storage. Francis Galton, born 1822, died 1911, first suggested using fingerprints to identify criminals, a landmark in forensic science.
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Ellis Island Pier
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