Chico Marx Dies at 70 Ends Era of Marx Brothers Comedy
Chico Marx, 70, longtime member of the Marx Brothers with films popular in the 1930s and 1940s, died at home of a heart condition. Survived by wife Mary Di Vitras and brothers Groucho Harpo Zeppo and Gummo. The family, of Jewish immigrant parents, built a legacy of stage and screen humor with Chico famed for piano tricks and Italian-tinged persona.
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Chico Marz
Dieo
Marz Brothers
Chico
Wridge
Groucho Fs
Harpo
Zeppo
Gummo
Mary di Vithas
Gogo
Sam
New York
East Aide
Italan
Hollywood Park Race Track
Groucho
Pop
Moral right to protect shelter in nuclear era
Jesuit editor Rev. L C McHugh argues in America that individuals may have a moral right to use force to defend a family fallout shelter during a nuclear attack. He contends shelter possession equates to life and that intruders risking food and safety could force family deaths, challenging nonresistance in Catholic morality.
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New York
America
L. C. McHugh
Father McHugh
Real Apple Nap Struthers Brings Large Wolf River Apple
Struthers of the Cheater ville district wandered into the Chesterville newspaper office with a huge Wolf River apple. The fruit measured 14 by 18 inches and weighed about 1.5 pounds, described as enough to make plenty of fresh apple sauce. He says his trees yield many such fine apples.
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Nap Struthers
Cheaterville
Ont
Mr. Struthers
Chesterville
Ontario
HMCS Cap de la Madeleine visits Freetown and Barbados scenes
A ship’s visit to Freetown Sierra Leone is pictured with two HMCS Cap de la Madeleine crew members receiving directions from a Barbados constable. The bottom right shows Able Seaman Robert Davidson of Carman Manitoba feeding a friendly wallaby at Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney Australia.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
HMCS
Cap de la Madeleine
Barbados
Robert Davidson
Carman
Man
Taronga Park Zoo
Sydney
Australia
Sunday Movies Sought for Coast Centre
The Greater Vancouver Tourist Association and Convention Bureau seeks public input on desirability of Sunday movies. The group, formerly the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association, plans Tourist Week June 25 to 30 next year and will run a contest to rename the week.
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Vancouver
Greater Vancouver
No privacy in a panopticon prison design
A panoptican prison is a circular facility where the cell blocks and occupants are continually visible to guards stationed in a central tower, creating constant surveillance and potential behavioral control.
Manitoba Firms Win Merits At Industrial Exhibit
Six Manitoba firms received merit awards at the What's New in Manitoba exhibit in Winnipeg. Bristol Aero-Industries won Class A for a 42 inch parabolic microwave reflector. Ceramicraft for ceramic giftware. Dring Laminated Structures for a laminated wooden beam. Killberg for a self propelled double swather. Moore Business Forms for a speediflex continuous form. Ideal Fabricators for a restone synthetic marble. Brandon firm Fairchance Enterprises received an honorable mention for clip on plastic lettering.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Brandon
Bristol aero-Idustries Limited
Ceramicraft Ltd
Dring Laminated Structures Ltd
Boissevain
Killberg Industries Ltd
Moore Business Forms Ltd
Winnepg
Ideal Fabricators
Restone
Fairchai Enterprises
British Capture Gibraltar From Spain in 1704
The report notes that British forces captured Gibraltar from Spain in 1704, marking a pivotal moment in the war and altering strategic control of the peninsula. The event is described as part of a larger military campaign with lasting geopolitical implications.
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Gibraltar
Spain
Weekly X-Word Puzzle ACROE f1
Puzzle scraps fill a page with scattered clues and partial entries varying in length. The mix includes references to colors, deities, places, and old cryptic hints, creating a fragmented crossword segment for solvers.
Kiss That Changed a Prisoner's Life in London Court
Evangeline Booth recounts a prison visit where she kissed a battered woman at the gate. The act sparked a emotional transformation, the woman recalling a lost kiss from her dying mother. Through Christ, the woman found light and salvation, inspiring others as she was released.
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Evangeline Booth
London
Paris
Christ
Foreign derivation in Tennyson and Shakespeare words
Officials state that twelve percent of Alfred Tennyson’s vocabulary and ten percent of William Shakespeare’s words are of foreign origin. The claim highlights the mix of native and borrowed terms in classic English poetry and drama.
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Alfred Tennyson
Willam Shakespeare
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