Ex Marine Becomes First To Swim Lake Erie
36 year old ex Marine Dr Harry Briggs Jr completed a 32 mile lake crossing from Port Clinton Ohio to Point Pelee Ontario amid escort boats of Marines and Navy personnel. Briggs struggled early and near the Canadian shore but regained vision and strength to finish, with Lt Robert Hockey guiding the escort.
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Sandusky, Ohio
Toledo
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Woo
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Ohio
Briggson
Robert Hockey
8Th Infantry Battalion
Mount Pleasant News Briefs Its Local Happenings
Mrs Mable Perry and grandson Mike Lake visited aunt Mrs May Allamong in Winchester on Wednesday. Judy Fishback and Joan Fout visited Carol and Linda Lake. E U B Church members attended a Middleburg homecoming and anniversary. The Heishman families hosted relatives from Mountain Falls Winchester Lebanon Springfield and beyond. Max Theiler developed the yellow fever vaccine and won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
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J. L. Heishman
Mountain Falls
Lee Heishman
Winchester
Denny Heishman
Lebanon Church
Edgar L Heishman
Springfield
Max Theiler
Tyler
Pretoria
South Africa
Londoun University
Dr Theiler
Strikes Halting Boston and Detroit Newspapers
Eight million readers in Detroit and Boston face newspaper shortages as unions and publishers clash over mailers and overtime. Detroit papers halted after mailers’ furloughs and picket lines. Boston mailers strike amid contract dispute. Negotiations considered by IMU leadership amid firings and fatigue concerns.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Boston
Detroit Newspapers Publishers Assn
Robert C. Butz
The
News
News’ Mailers
Independent International Mailers Union
Teamsters Union
Free Press
the Times
Bayond E. Brown
IMU
Mailers Union
International Typographical Union
Poisoned Kris Stolen From Indonesian Official’s Home
Police warn that a poisoned seventh century kris with ivory handle and gold scabbard was stolen from an Indonesian consular official’s New York apartment. The dagger, valued at 3,000 dollars, could kill with a single cut if the blade touches an open wound.
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New York
Indonesian official reports theft of family kris in New Canaan visit
Deputy chief of the supply mission at the Indonesian consulate general's office and his family arrived home from New Canaan Connecticut to discover a dagger missing along with about $6.70 in coins. The kris, a sacred heirloom, is said to ward off evil spirits and had not been bathed in three years.
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Riverdale
Koesmartono Prawotoadikoesoemo
New Canaan
Conn
Little League Picnic Tomorrow at Kiwanis Shelter
All Little League and Minor League boys are invited to the annual picnic tomorrow at the Kiwanis Shelter from noon until 7 30 p m. The event offers a community gathering with games and refreshments.
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