Taxi Cabs and Cities Shape a Traveler's View
In a travel column, the writer praises Chicago as a well regulated taxi city with clean cabs and courteous drivers led by the Traffic Commissioner, contrasting Buffalo’s poor taxi image. Willie Harris, a longtime Chicago driver, exemplifies the professional standard, while the piece notes a return of silver dollars as a small economic uplift.
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Taxi Ab
Buffalo
New York
Chicago
Willie Harris
Drake Hotel
O'Hare
Harris
Willie
The Terrible Cherry Sisters Rise and Fall in Show Biz
The Cherry Sisters, five Iowa sisters led by Addie Effie and Jessie, captured public scorn and fame from Marion to Cedar Rapids and New York. They toured the United States drawing big crowds, fending insults with humor while facing libel suits, escalating vegetable barrages, and eventual retirement to Cedar Rapids.
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Cherry Sisters
Addie
Jessie
Cedar Rapids
Mous “Melier
Gypsey
New York City
Tallulah Bankhead
Gracie Allen
Effie
New York Times
Smith backs Nixon and Naden targets 1964 Iowa race
Des Moines reports Rep. Neal Smith backs Nixon as Republican presidential candidate while Lt. Gov. hopeful Robert Naden predicts Evan Hultman will win the GOP primary for Iowa governor. The piece notes Kennedy administration civil rights hopes, a dam project in Guthrie County, and a lake plan amid legislative moves and private development interests.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Neal Smith
Richard M. Nixon
Smith
Altoona
New York
Thomas Dewey
Nixon
Iowa
Kennedy
Siti
Congress
Robert Kennedy
House
Senate
Lake State
San Robison
Guthrie Genter
Guthrie County
William Morrison
Holmes and Watson discuss a bridge hand from a club game
In a dialogue framed by detective banter, Holmes critiques Watson on a bridge hand where the defense misleads against a 3NT contract. Holmes argues the crucial error was Watson leading a queen of diamonds at trick three, given the opponents’ likely card layout and the need to force the defense.
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Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
Praserae
South
West
Iggi Elementary
Waterson
Elementary
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Washington East Evening Journal
Gwendolyn
Andolyn
U. S
Reno
Las Vegas
Wichita Eagle
NANC
By Don Brown
Greene's Opera
Jouram
United States
Regal
Des
Moines
Elsie
Tie
Sister Addie
Old Hermit
Ellanor
Carl
Whyte
Cherry
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
The
Conservation Commission
Robinson
Morrison
Conservation Con Mission
Natural Resources Council
Wilnam Kendrick
Lowa
Ana
Third District Council of Republican Women
Clarion
Naden
Hultman
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Jay Beck
Nort
West Pass
BY Ernie Bushmiller
Vons
Mes
Spike, Sly
Joe Palooka
Dixie Dugan
Ham Fisher
BY Mevoy and
Striebel
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