Blacksmith Peter Ronca Reaches 85 in Roseto Longevity
In Roseto Pennsylvania Peter Ronca turns 85 and remains active as a blacksmith. He rises before dawn to work in slate quarries, helps his son in a garage business, gardens, bikes, and climbs trees for fruit. Residents and dignitaries flood him with greetings as Roseto gains fame for low heart disease. The couple marked 60 years of marriage on April 30.
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Roseto, Pa
Peter Ronca
Lehigh Valley
Ronca
Roseto
Nicholas
Italy
Maria
Mountain Man Wins Scrap With Uncle Sam
Wilford Metcalf of Cocke County Tennessee challenged a United States timber claim after a forest ranger said the land belonged to the government. A new survey found the timber land was his, and the $1,717.52 debt will be dropped. Congressman James Quillen plans further action to seek compensation for Metcalf.
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Washington
Wilford Metcalf
U.S
Metcalf
Cocke County
James Quillen
Quillen
Orville L. Freeman
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Furether
Met
Nebraska Hit by Rough Weather Across State
Severe weather hit Nebraska with heavy rain up to 7 inches at Humboldt and flash floods closing southeast highways. Tornadoes touched down in open areas while hail shattered church windows near DeWitt and strong winds logged damage in other towns. Indiana reported a separate tornado and wind damage while most of the country stayed clear.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Humboldt
Nemaha River
DeWitt
Burchard
Indiana
Indianapolis
Twins Drown After River Outing Birthday Fun
Two twin brothers Leslie and Lester Collins of Blackey Kentucky both drowned after one fell from a boat during a river outing for their 16th birthday. The other twin attempted a rescue but also died.
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Whitesburg
Leslie
Lester Collins
Blackey
Sabre-Toothed Tigers and La Brea Fossils
The sabre toothed tiger, an extinct cat, wandered North and South America about 35 million years ago. Its long blade like upper teeth stabbed and slashed mastodons, the main prey, until both species declined. La Brea tar pits in California preserve many of these bones.
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North
South America
la Brea
California
Tomato Receives Rave Notice as American Favorite
Washington AP report notes the National Geographic Society praising the tomato once shunned as poisonous. It traces its journey from the Andes to Central America and Mexico, its reintroduction to America, and a 1820 Salem County moment when Robert Gibbon Johnson ate a whole tomato without harm.
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Washington
America
National Geographic Society Today
Society
Peru-Ecuador-Bolivia
Andes
Central America
Mexico
Europe
Maine
Robert Gibbon. Johnson
Salem County
Compromise Appropriations Bill Passes with Major Cut
The House approved a $7.6694 billion appropriation bill for the Treasury Post Office and federal agencies for the next year by voice vote. The measure excludes $522,000 for two special bulletproof cars for President Johnson, opposed by him and cut by the Senate Finance Committee.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Post Office
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Cuban Refugees Enter U.S. Colleges on Loans
The Education Office announced about 600 Cuban refugees will attend U.S. colleges and universities this summer on loans provided by the office.
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Washington
U.S
Funeral mound origin and royal use in Indian tradition
The oda, a funeral mound originally of Indian origin, was used exclusively to honor the remains of a holy man or king. Encyclopaedia Britannica notes this historic custom.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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