Birds May Replace Dogs As Favored Pets
New York columnist HAL BOYLE notes odd facts from mail: birds gain popularity with parakeet up 22 percent, canaries 12, dogs 3. other quirky items include twins record, Hippopotamus periscope eyes, square-name clubs, and various trivia about literature, history, and health.
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New York
Canaries
Cleveland
Kate Smith
North America
Carl King
Karl Marx
Alexander the Great
Kipling
Sylvia Sage column on club gifts and maternity homes
In this reader column Sylvia Sage advises on a golden wedding gift for a club and on unmarried mothers’ housing. The first letter asks if a club should pool funds or send individual cards. the answer says gifts are optional and cards may be best unless a unanimous club decision supports a small contribution. The second asks about maternity housing in Kansas and who pays. the Salvation Army’s Women's Home and Hospital in Wichita is cited as a provider with donations supporting operation costs.
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Sylvia Sage
The
Hutchinson = News-Herald
Hutchinson
Kansas
Rachel
Sylvia
Salvation Army
Wichita
Women's Home
West 11Th
Wedding etiquette and rug safety questions answered
Dear Miss Sage guides a reader on using a 5 year old as ringbearer with no flower girl and whether to use a bridal table, advising against a bridal table for easier reception flow. It also notes a suggested approach to seating and a rug skid solution beyond a rubberized underlay.
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Miss Sage
Connie
Francis
New Rug Backing Aids Slippage Prevention Sold Widely
A synthetic rubber liquid for rug backs prevents slipping and helps preserve rugs. It dries quickly and is available at hardware stores and possibly paint or lumber dealers. Home economists also recommend flake glue for rug backs. The glue is dissolved in water and brushed on the rug before use.
Hope To Find Baby Alive in Connecticut Kidnapping Case
Hamden police and FBI agents pursued leads as State's Attorney Abraham Ullman expressed optimism the kidnapped infant Cynthia Ruotolo could be found alive. Ullman said authorities are seeking public information and suggested the abductor took the child not for ransom but possibly to keep a baby.
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Cynthia
Sears Roebuck
Satur
Birth Day Outing Tracked by Earth Shock Signals
Six weeks to the day since birth a mother and her child left the house for the first time. Scientists in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic located the event using abnormal atmospheric pressure waves and earth shock waves detected in Japan.
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Eleanor
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Japan
Japanese scientists locate Soviet nuclear test site near Balkhash
Japanese scientists reported pinpointing the Soviet nuclear test site in a sparsely settled region about 100 miles west of China and 500 miles north of India. The Japan Weather Bureau fixed the location of the recent blasts at Lake Balkhash.
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Tokyop
Soviet Union
China
India
Japan Weather Bureau
Lake Balkhash
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Hal Boyle
Plains
Kentucky
Missouri Medical Journal
Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Yellow Kid
Weil
Arthur Godfrey
United States
Oscar Wilde
Bunions
Wm.m.scholl
Chicago
Fredeen’s
Sybia Sage
Douglas Bros
S. Main
W. H. Crouse
Ottawa Herald
Stephen Rucloto
Susan
Hamden
Conn
State Board of Social Welfare
Topeka
Harry Smith
R.pae
Mark Red
John G. Kaiser Drug Store
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