Today In History highlights and YMCA integration note
Today marks April 27 with historical milestones from 1941 Athens fall to 1810s and 1965 events, plus a 1971 wrap of Cuban exile talks and a Vatican Soviet meeting. The YMCA reports most branches eliminated racial discrimination. five of 168 in the southeast suspended for nonintegration.
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Associated Press
Athens
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
Samuel F.B. Morse
Charlestown
Mass
Ulysses S. Grant
Point Pleasant
Ohio
United States Steel Corp
Lake Michigan
Gary
Ind
Elbe River
Germany
U.S. Navy
Dominican Republic
U.S
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Paul VI
Andrei Gromyko
Vatican
YMCAS
New York
Young Men’s Christian Association
Ymca National Council
Southeast
Careful play seals rubber in bridge hand analysis
The International Bridge Press Association feature by Jan Wohlin analyzes a Swedish expert hand. If South wins the first diamond, defense can defeat four spades. if South ducks, he can win the rubber. The key is timing clubs and trumps to exhaust East and force West to give South a ruff and discard for a heart trick.
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International Bridge Press Association
Jan Wohlin
South
West
East
Stamps in the News Highlights American Painting Stamp
AP News features announce the 10th American Painting stamp depicting John Sloan's The Wake of the Ferry with an Aug. 2 first day in Lock Haven Pennsylvania. The issue marks Sloan's 100th birthday and includes details for first day cancellations and related wildlife and poetry stamps.
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John Sloan
U.S
Lock Haven
Sloan
Phillips Gallery
Washington, D.C
U.S. Post Office Department
Avery Island
Emily Dickinson
Afternoon Movie Highlights with Classic Thrillers
TV highlights list two films: Sapphire a 1959 mystery with Nigel Patrick and Yvonne Mitchell about a Scotland Yard murder investigation. A Man Called Gannon a 1969 western with Tony Franciosa and Michael Sarrazin about ranchers in a range war.
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Nigel Patrick
Yvonne Mitchell
Scotland Yard
Gannon
Tony Franciosa
Michael Sarrazin
Philadelphia
Burl Ives Recalls Crank Era From NBC Days
Burl Ives reflects on a bygone era when devices like cars telephones phonographs and ice cream makers were started by a crank, not a push button, recalling the hands on technology of the past.
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Burl Ives
Nbc-Tv
Dan Blocker Takes Up Ice Skating
Dan Blocker of NBC Bonanza fame spends off set time at his Switerzerland villa where he has taken up ice skating as a new hobby.
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Dan Blocker
Nbc-Tv
Switerzerland
Patte Finley Clarifies Name Pronunciation
NBC TV personality Patte Finley explains her name is pronounced Pat rather than Patty. She notes Pat is an abbreviation of Patricia and spelling it Pat signals she is a girl.
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Patte Finley
Nbc-Tv
Pat
Patty
Patricia
Patte
Mitch Vogel Chooses One Word On Set Education
Mitch Vogel of NBC TV's Bonanza says the difference between public school and on set schooling is girls. This remark highlights the young actor's take on life around the popular western series.
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Mitch Vogel
Nbc-Tv
Mitch
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