Sugar Ray Robinson A boxing legend and record breaker
Sugar Ray Robinson dominated from welterweight to middleweight, holding titles 1946 to 1951 and 1951 to 1954 with multiple reigns. The Detroit born fighter, later an actor, earned millions, fought 202 pro bouts with 175 wins, 109 KOs, and retired in 1965. He is a Hall of Fame inductee in 1968.
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Sugar Ray
Ray Robinson
Walker Smith
Detroit
Joe Louis
Brewster Center
Tommy Bell
Jake LaMotta
Randy Turpin
Carmen Basilio
Remembrance of Santa Claus and World News in 1897 Sun
The New York Sun notes a Yukon rail plan and Kansas farmer’s loss while reflecting on Tammany’s troubles and Democratic talk of a 10 cent silver dollar. It recaps Editor’s Santa Claus reply to Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas, now 81, and wishes her a Merry Christmas.
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New York Sun
Canada
Yukon
Tammany
Chicago
Fred E. White
Iowa
Pratt County
Kansas
The
Sun
Green
the Sun
Virginia
Virginia O’hanlon Douglas
Columbia Memrial Hospital
Hudson
Douglas
Santa Claus
Pilot project for developmental disorder screening in Troy area
The Troy area including Troy Cohoes Watervliet Green Island and environs will host an early screening pilot for developmental disorders in infants. The program aims to enlist newborn parents to observe and report early signs, promoting early intervention and potential statewide clinics to advance pediatrics.
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Troy
Cohoes
Watervliet
Green Island
Bob Hope Speech Highlights Soldier Good Deeds Abroad
In Vietnam amid criticism, Bob Hope praised the troops for charity and service. He cited Troy High School book drives, clothing shipments to Korea, and unit support for orphanages, surgeries, and blood donations. He urged recognizing the unforgotten good work overseas.
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Bob Hope
Vetnam
Hope
My Lai
Kennedy
Fulbright
Goodell
McCarthy
Troy
South Vietnam
Korea
Fulbright criticizes Hanoi POW list as propaganda
Senator Fulbright dismisses Hanoi's Christmas POW list as humanitarian but unchanged and incomplete. He notes the 20 dead names match the old list and accuses Hanoi of leveraging human tragedy for political gain. State Department calls it old information and propaganda. Nixon agrees.
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Fulbright
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Kennedy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert J. McCloskey
State Department
Nixon
Reader letter praises local firefighters and criticizes drivers
The author thanks the Hope Steamer and fire department for prompt service and courteous conduct after a recent call. They urge stricter highway supervision, criticize elderly drivers and center lane driving, and state the right to publish letters with name suppression.
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the Record
Hope Steamer
Comment on highways and women staying home
The editor remarks highways would be less congested if many women stayed home to manage housework. He cites a woman with nine children whose aunt cares for them as the children repeatedly ask for their mother.
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Mommie
Dr. Lamb
Longest MLB Game and Early Boardwalk Facts
The record innings game was 26 by Brooklyn and Boston on May 1 1920. Taste has four sensations sweet sour salty bitter. TheAstrodome maintains 72 degrees year round. Atlantic City first to install a broadwalk in 1870, now about seven miles long.
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Brooklyn
Boston
Houston Astrodome
Atlantic City
City
National Urban Coalition
Harry L. Hopkins
Nixon veto of jobs training bill sparks debate on WPA legacy
Column argues Nixon's veto of a 9.5 billion manpower training bill ignores urgent urban needs and compares the proposed program to the Works Progress Administration. It notes public service jobs could help health care, education, and law enforcement while warning against repeating welfare versus workfare.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nixon
WPA
New York
Central Park Zoo
San Francisco
San Antonio
Chicago
Philadelphia Art Museum
Mr. Nixon
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Foods For Hiatal Hernia Guidance From Dr. Lamb
Dr. Lamb outlines dietary and lifestyle measures for hiatal hernia. Adopt six small meals daily, avoid late eating, elevate the head at night, avoid spicy foods caffeine alcohol and tight clothing. Manage weight and use antacids between meals. Surgery reserved for cases unresponsive to medical care.
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Lawrence E. Lamb
M.D
Dr. Lamb
Pickin' Children in Allergy Toward God? Question
A fragment questions how to select children for God’s favor amid allergy references. No clear event, names, or location present. text reads as a perplexed aside rather than a reportable item.
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Alton T. Sliter
Walter J. Benedett
James T. Viger
Troy Record
Rensselaer
Saratoga
New York State
Bennington County
Vermont
Vance
Atx
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Patrick
Sugar” Ray Robinson
Yankee Stadium
Joey Maxim
Robinson
Maxim
Young Walker
DeWitt Clinton High School
George Gainford
Salem Crescent Gym
Bobo Olson
Gene Fulmer
Paul Pender
Ring
the Record Newspapers
Los Angeles
Calif
O’hanlon
Harold A. Link
Mrs. Ryan
Rowan
By Carl T. Rowan
Roosevelt
Lamb
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