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Nichols Sees Lighter Side Of The News
Washington humor column recounts a goodwill visit by 37 Columbia Boy Scouts. Navy and local police dogs, plus park officers, help care for the youths, with a sightseeing trip via Gray Lines. A bronze statue of Marines at Iwo Jima is planned for Arlington Cemetery, funded by a New York shipment. The piece ends with a WWI veteran and a duck joke at a bar.
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Harman W. Nichols
United
Washington
Columbia
American Legion
Navy
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
Sentinels
Long Park
Vincent Cleary
Joe Worth
U.S Park
Carson Ellis
Gray Lines
Washington Post
Times-Herald
New York
Iwo Jima
Arlington Cemetery