Lincoln and Stewart School Additions Open for New Year
Lincoln and Stewart schools in the north part of town reopen with enlarged facilities adding about 120 seats per building and a new kindergarten room on the Lincoln ground floor. Changes include green boards with yellow chalk and asphalt tile floors, aiming for a cohesive, improved campus for about 695 total students.
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Lincoln School
Stewart
Coln
Washington
Lincoln
Cl. Lincoln School
Supt
McM. Sehell
Niece and Clean New Elementary Schools Attract Juniors
A fragment notes two newer elementary schools look inviting for junior high students and their nine month term, describing the facility as clean and appealing for both boys and girls to spend most of their time.
The Wild North thrills at State Theatre with three action scenes
In Hollywood hype, Stewart Granger stars in The Wild North at the State Theatre. Three sequences excite audiences: Granger with Wendell Corey battling a wolf pack, a mountain avalanche, and a perilous canoe run through rapids.
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Hollywood
Ing Solomon's Mines
Stewart Granger
State Theatre
Granger
Wendell Corey
Nowation
Florida Sees Annual Rainfall At Fifty Three Inches
Florida records show an average yearly rainfall of 53 inches, reflecting regional climate patterns and hydrological variability across the state. Government agencies and meteorologists monitor rainfall distribution by month, noting higher totals in the summer wet season.
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Florida
Bears Guarding Effigy Mounds in Iowa Hills Draw Visitors
Northeast Iowa's Effigy Mounds National Monument hosts 80 mounds, including 18 bear forms and several bird figures. Great Bear Mound measures 140 by 5 by 70 feet. Trails, reduced underbrush, and gravel outlines aid viewing while a potential $100,000 museum is planned. Admission is free with about 60 visitors daily.
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Iowa
Mississippi
Marquette
Boundries
Great Bear Mound
Yellow River
Mid- America
Mound Unders
National Park Service
Monument
Pleasant Ridge
Mississippi River
Towa
Pleasant Ridge Mound
Mark Cutodian
Marquette and
McGregor
Sten the Cues Register
Peaceful Hopewell moundbuilders lived near Meredosia
University of Illinois archaeologists excavate two nearby Hopewell villages along McGee's creek in the Illinois river valley. Carbon-14 dates place them 20 to 25 centuries ago. Evidence shows trade or intermarriage and peaceful coexistence between the east side Poole family area and the west side Irving farm.
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Jacksonville
Europe
Illinois River Valley
McGee's Creek
Meredosia
Chambersburg
University of Illinois
Hopewell
Midwest
John C. McGregor
Illinois College
Robert Poole
Edward Irving
New Island Emerges In View Of Sailors
Neil S. Jamieson a 21 year old officer aboard the Queene Anne reported sighting a volcanic island about 200 miles northwest of Cape Engano at Luzon’s northern tip. The 1 000 foot high rock appeared from the sea as ash and steam rose, with the ship’s crew noting the new land in the Pacific fault zone feared to draw rival claims.
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New Brunswick
Neil S. Jamieson
Cape Engano
Luzon
Philippines
Siberia
Japanese Islands
Pacific
Stranger Steals $2400 in Tens at Midtown Bank
A bank teller reports a stranger casually stole two thousand four hundred dollars in tens from the cage at the Lexington Avenue branch in New York City. The incident was described as nonchalant by staff. Police request information as investigation continues.
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New York City
Lexington Avenue
Man Steals 2400 Dollars From Bronze Cage at Bank
A man in a green shirt opened Cage 13 at the bank, took $2,400 in ten dollar bills, and vanished while the Cage 13 teller was away for lunch. Elsie Hawkins, 21, alerted a bank official as staff chased him to the street with no success.
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Facturers Trust Company
Cage 13
Elsie Hawkins
Length of Sun Eclipse Depends on Conditions
A total solar eclipse lasts as long as seven and a half minutes when all factors align. The record in modern times was seven minutes four seconds in 1937 over the Pacific Ocean. A June 1955 eclipse visible in Asia and the Philippines will exceed that duration by a few seconds.
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Pacific Ocean
Asia
Philippines
Highway deaths surpass U.S. military toll for first time in 20th century
New York reports that highway fatalities since 1900 now exceed total U.S. military deaths in all wars, with about 1,012,000 highway deaths versus roughly 1,005,000 military deaths by the 177th anniversary of Lexington. The piece notes GI X and Victim X as the unidentified milestones in war and accident deaths.
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New York
Lexington
Korea
Department of Defense
U.S
Defense Department
America
Hanscom AFB Years Noted Among Local Military Personnel
Years among American military personnel stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base between Lexington and Concord are highlighted in local records. The report traces postings, duties, and community ties at Hanscom during recent years.
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Hanscom Air Force Base
Lexington
Concord
Alaska Russia proximity shaped strategic doorway to continents
Russia's neighbor Alaska sits close to Greater Russia offering a natural doorway to North America. Near the Diomede Islands United States territory and Siberia lie less than a mile apart. During World War I Japan gained a foothold in the Aleutian Islands and held it until 1943.
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Alaska
Russia
Diomede Islands
United States
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
Crossing Time Measured At Ten And A Half Seconds
The average person requires ten and a half seconds to cross the street according to a measured pace. This figure reflects typical urban walking speeds and crossing behaviors observed in navigation studies.
Grease Container A Reused Percolator Grease Maker
A discarded percolator becomes a grease container for frying fat. When bacon or sausage is cooked the liquid fat is poured in, strained, and stored for future use.
Short Railroad of Oregon Connects Union Town to Mainline
Short Railroad Oregon operates one of the world’s shortest lines at Union connecting Union Town to Union Pacific mainline at Union Junction fourteen and a fraction miles away.
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Oregon
Union
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Junction
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Walter Reed Hospital
International Sound Vhotew
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Sorden Music Co
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UN Security Council
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Red Bank
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Tex
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Aberdeen
International Soundphoto
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Winthrop K. Coxe
Los Angeles
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Cox
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Square Bellesa
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Carson Plumbing & Heating
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