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October 18, 1936

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ROOSEVELT ENDS 5,000-MILE TOUR; AIDES JUBILANT; He Visits Five Cities Up-State During Day Before Going to Hyde Park Home. PRAISES PWA AT BUFFALO Federal Building Helps City and Also Saves Rent, He Says in Dedication. GREAT THRONG AT ALBANY He Urges Lehman's Re-election -- Leaders Report State Sure, Count On Pennsylvania. ROOSEVELT ENDS 5,000-MILE TOUR

By Charles W. Hurdspecial To the New York Times

Roosevelt advocates his re-election; por

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Matsik's Long Run Enables Duquesne to Stop Pitt, 7-0; Substitute Back Races Around End for 72 Yards in Second Quarter, Shattering Rose Bowl Hopes of Panthers. DUQUESNE DOWNS PITTSBURGH, 7 TO 0

By the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17. -- A little band of black-jerseyed warriors from Duquesne University upset the mighty Pittsburgh Panthers, 7 to 0, today with one sudden scoring thrust by a substitute halfback, who streaked 72 yards for a touchdown in the second period.

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MILITARY BALL PLANNED; Event Nov. 14 After Army-Notre Dame Game to Aid Chapel.

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UTILITY PLAN URGED BY ASSOCIATED GAS; Reorganization of National Public Service Corporation Announced as Favored. UTILITY PLAN URGED BY ASSOCIATED GAS

By Unknown Author

Auction sale of majority stock securing Natl Pub Service Corp debentures is forestalled

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KNOX GIVES LANDON VICTORY FORECAST; REOPENS NRA ISSUE; Approving California Invasion, Colonel Tells Governor That 'Key States' Are Now 'Safe.' CHALLENGE TO ROOSEVELT Demand Is Made at Topeka That President Speak Out on Son's Amendment Talk. KNOX GIVES LANDON VICTORY FORECAST

By James A. Hagertyspecial To the New York Times

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1936Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (died 2019)^[†]

Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold that distinction.

Headlines from October 18, 1936

Matsik's Long Run Enables Duquesne to Stop Pitt, 7-0; Substitute Back Races Around End for 72 Yards in Second Quarter, Shattering Rose Bowl Hopes of Panthers. DUQUESNE DOWNS PITTSBURGH, 7 TO 0

MILITARY BALL PLANNED; Event Nov. 14 After Army-Notre Dame Game to Aid Chapel.

UTILITY PLAN URGED BY ASSOCIATED GAS; Reorganization of National Public Service Corporation Announced as Favored. UTILITY PLAN URGED BY ASSOCIATED GAS

KNOX GIVES LANDON VICTORY FORECAST; REOPENS NRA ISSUE; Approving California Invasion, Colonel Tells Governor That 'Key States' Are Now 'Safe.' CHALLENGE TO ROOSEVELT Demand Is Made at Topeka That President Speak Out on Son's Amendment Talk. KNOX GIVES LANDON VICTORY FORECAST

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