June 13 history highlights span Suez handover and world events
On this date in 1956 Britain turned the Suez Canal over to Egypt after 74 years of operation. In 1502 Columbus sighted Martinique. In 1841 Canada opened its first parliament in Ottawa. In 1917 Pershing arrived in Paris. In 1940 Paris opened as an open city. In 1942 the Office of War Information was created. In 1967 Thurgood Marshall became the first Black Supreme Court justice. Birthday: Red Grange is 72.
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Britain
Suez Canal
Egypt
Christopher Columbus
Martinique
Ottawa
John Pershing
Paris
Dear Abby The Dirty Jokes and Movie Etiquette
Dear Abby offers blunt guidance on a husband’s dirty banquet jokes and a mother’s loud movie behavior. The letter-writers seek discreet, practical solutions to avoid embarrassment and disruption in public settings.
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Abby
Mums
Expert Bridge Play by South in Grand Slam Debate
In a Chicago Tribune bridge column, South defends a grand slam attempt after North opens with one spade. Through careful ruffing and trumps management, South finds a path to make six hearts and clubs, given West’s exact 4-3-3-3 or 4-4-3-2 distribution.
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South
Hearts
West
Debater
East
Declarer
Portrait of Churchill may have been destroyed
British painter Graham Sutherland believes Winston Churchill's widow Clementine possibly destroyed his controversial portrait of the statesman. The work, shown to Parliament in 1954, had drawn mixed reactions with Churchill himself disliking it. Sutherland suggested the possibility in remarks made on a Wednesday.
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Menton
France
Graham Sutherland
Winston Curchill
Churchill
Clementine
Spencer-Churchill
Sales of new homes rise in April amid tax rebate
New home sales reached an annual rate of 580000 in April, up 25 percent from March and the highest for a month since July 1973. President Ford opposed a housing bill. White House press secretary said no veto predicted. The bill would offer subsidized mortgage rates and repayable govt loans to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure. The backlog of unsold homes fell to 381000.
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Edwin L. Dale Jr
N.Y. Times Service
Washington
Commerce Department
Ron Nessen
White House
Ford
Congress
Nessen
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