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Sept 20 Sunday Lillian went down to Bellevue Hospital with the kids to see Frieda after her eye operation. Percival Wilde is dead at 66.

Sept 21 Eugene went out to play tennis with Larry while Sylvia went to the playground to go on the monkey bars.

Sept 22 A North Korean flier who surrendered to us with his plane will receive the promised $100,000 reward.

Sept 23 Mom and pop came over this afternoon as pop is out of work. They brought some clothes that pop has outgrown. Lil had the Brownies' mothers here for a meeting before the season starts. Ryan's dock union was expelled from the A.F.L. and Dewey closed the Yonkers raceway, both because of racketeering.

Sept 24 Home from work. Sylvia is wastebasket and lines monitor. 23 GI's have refused to be repatriated from Korea. We both read S.H. Adams "autobiography Biography of Alexander Woolcott" and Tallulah Bankhead's Autobiography.

Sept 25 Lil and the kids went to the Grand to see Martin and Lewis in "Scared Stiff". Also "Pony Express". Rocky Marciano retained his Heavyweight title by a T.K.O. in the 11th round over Roland La Starza. The State Board of Regents ruled the C.P. subversive, barring members from any position in the educational system.

Sept 26 The City's biggest civil defense drill at 9:30 AM yesterday was called the best to date.