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62The Diary Ten Years Ago- 1957 United Nations experts said the Suez Canal, blocked during the Anglo-French-Israeli attack, had been cleared sufficiently to allow small ships to pass. Robert Kruger, 32, of 2718 Titus Avenue, Greyhound bus driver, flagged a Union Pacific freight a mile east of Elkhorn to save the driver and two children in a stalled car. Twenty-five Years Ago- 1942 The Japanese conquered Bali. Prime Minister Churchill dropped five ministers from the War Cabinet there. There were few objections. Dr. William Temple, Archbishop of York, was named Archbishop of Canterbury, succeeding Cosmo Gordon Lang. Fifty Years Ago--1917 Thousands of women in South Philadelphia, protesting high food prices, upset food displays, overturned pushcarts and entered stores. Capt. C. D. F. Chandler, trying out a new balloon from Fort Omaha, landed near Persia, Ia. An Iowa painter estimated for Police Judge Fitzgerald he had consumed one hundred barrels of whisky in 38 years. "Every time I come to Omaha, I figure on being robbed," he said. The judge dismissed charges. Seventy-five Years Ago--1892 Sara Bernhardt starred in "La Tosca" at the Boyd Theater. The World-Herald devoted a column to the play and another to a list of those who attended. But Elia Peattie wrote: "Art is always at its best when it idealized... and Bernhardt, who does not idealize, is, therefore, in the rare sense, not among the great artists." Capt. A. D. Yocum shot and killed Myron Van Fleet in Hastings, Neb.Mr. Van Fleet was said to have been the author of Vanity Fair letters traducing Captain Yocum's daughter. Historical Highlight. Today's Birthdays COMPLETE SETS of encyclopedias, bicycles, and swing sets can all be found at bargain prices in The World-Herald "Miscellaneous for Sale" Want Ads.--Adv. Peanuts "You've been telling everyone I lied to my teacher, haven't you? "GEORGE WASHINGTON!!" "You're right! WHAA! I'll never lie again!" I hated to do it, but some problems call for drastic action... | 62The Diary Ten Years Ago- 1957 United Nations experts said the Suez Canal, blocked during the Anglo-French-Israeli attack, had been cleared sufficiently to allow small ships to pass. Robert Kruger, 32, of 2718 |