Westminster Abbey Prepares Colorful Coronation of George VI
Westminster Abbey closes to public for May coronation rituals with galleries and chairs added to hold thousands. The celebration centers on George VI receiving St Edward’s crown, orb, and scepter as Britain recalls a long royal pageant tradition.
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Washington
Westminster Abbey
London
George VI
St. Faith
St. Edward's
Edward I
St. Edward the Confessor
Scotland
Scone
Mary
William III
Duke of York
Edward V
Dedham skeet champ Dick Shaughnessy leads US team
Fourteen year old Dedham Mass standout Dick Shaughnessy has been named the all American skeet shooting champion after defeating top shooters in Chicago and now serves on Uncle Sam's No 1 team. He is a sophomore at Boston College High.
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Dick Shaughnessy
Dedham
Mass
United States
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Boston College High
Lucy Crafts a Hidden Sewing Corner and Brightens Room
Lucy builds a five wing wood frame screen covered in cretonne to hide a sewing corner in her bedroom. The room gains ivory walls rose rug and green woodwork while cretonne patterns and candle wick spread color the space. She notes practical tips for screens and finishes with a light humorous warning about carpenters and plumbers.
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Lucy
Cretonne
The Radiant Life
A meditation on inner character shaping outward radiance. The piece compares steadfastness like a rock to fragility like sand, asking how inner virtue affects external outcomes amid life’s storms.
The Rogues Gallery and the Ape Scientist
A humorous tale by John Lardner about scientists who study apes and human behavior. The narrator recounts experiments with his chimpanzee O’Gang III, his misadventures with O’Gung Ill, and musings on Yerkes and ape welfare amid chaotic lab life.
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John Lardner
Pete Bohnesack
Weasel-Skinner
Bohnesack
O’gung Ill
Johnny
O’gang III
Yale
Yerkes
O’gung III
O’gang Il
Harvard
O’gang
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George
Westminster
Pisa
Pyramids
Egypt
Candlewick
Betty Wells
NAVY
Hardwick
Lieut
Tom Hamilton
Arnold
Comert
the Rogues’ Gallery
Budapest University
Europe
House of Silence
Germany
Bayer Aspirin
Tle
Byuo Kook
Nourishine
Whateley
Doans
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