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Irish lore is full of tales of fabled giants such as Finn McCool who created mountains and lakes all in a day's work. Then there are also the many stories about leprechanus the hardworking elfin shoemakers, who always outwitted mortals trying to fine where their great pots of gold were hidden.
Don Poggio won the $56,700 Manhattan Handicap in a convincing manner at Belmont Park yesterday. Guided with competence by Sammy Boulmetis, Gustave Ring's 4-year-old Argentine-bred scored by three lengths over Amber Morn of the Ken-Love Farm in a mile-and-a-half contest.
An apartment house that will be Long Island's tallest building is nearing completion in Kew Gardens, Queens.
Nixon refuses to say Kennedy is 'apostle of appeasement,' but insists his judgment is bad, TV int, Milwaukee
Finnish mfrs, seeking to expand US mkt, offer loans to Amer bldrs to erect their houses; loans arranged through Fabria Inc, NYC
1960Kenny Garrett, American saxophonist and composer[†]
Kenny Garrett is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. Garrett's primary instruments are alto and soprano saxophone and flute. Since 1985, he has pursued a solo career.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]