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Palm Trees were about the only objects on the Pacific Island of Guam which bowed before Typhoon Karen without submitting to her 172 mph winds. The tall trees continue to sway gently in slight breezes, while all beneath them is wreckage and disaster.Boston Public LibraryImage
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Pearl Harbor, T. H., March 20 – (Left to right) Ex-Governor Maurice J. Tobin, of Boston, Mass., Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, USN., of Westboro, Mass., and Doctor Ernest M. Hopkins, President Emeritus of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, meet at Headquarters of Admiral Denfeld, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific and U.S. Pacific Fleet. Doctor Hopkins is Chairman of a committee recently appointed by Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal, to study Naval Civil Government of Guam and Samoa, Governor Tobin being a member of that committee.Boston Public LibraryImage
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Meet Buckwheat -- U.S. Navy Seaman Michael W. Downey plays with Peruvian orphan nicknamed Buckwheat by crewmen aboard the U.S. helicopter carrier Guam anchored off Chimbote, Peru. Buckwheat and other victims of Peru's earthquake were brought to The Guam for medical aid. The 3-year-old Indian boy's left foot was crushed and had to be amputated. The crew took a liking to the tike and started a fund to provide for the boy. Earthquakes.Boston Public LibraryImage
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Pineapples for Press- Kolo Duke Sabedong of Hilo, Hawaii, brought some Hawaiian pineapples to press luncheon at Marie's Keyboard yesterday and passed them around. The 6-7, 230 pound heavyweight champ of the islands meets Tom McNeeley in 10-round bout at Arena next Monday night.Boston Public LibraryImage Hawaiʻi
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Winners - Nobuo Yamauchi, center, manager of the Hilo, Hawaii Little League team, poses with two of his players who aided in Hilo’s win over Montreal, Canada 8-5 in the second game of the Little League World Series at Williamsport. Russell Arikawa,left,hit a bases-loaded home run while Gary Matsumoto was the winnBoston Public LibraryImage Hawaiʻi
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Mid-Pacific Polio Victim--John Driskell, 6, taken from an Army transport in mid-pacific to Honolulu by a Coast Guard cutter after he was struck by polio, greets his father, Tech. Sgt. Percy Driskell of South Port, Me., at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force base yesterday after arrival by air from Hawaii. He was taken to Letterman General Hospital at San Francisco later yesterday, where he will receive therapy treatment.Boston Public LibraryImage Hawaiʻi
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