May 15 Sunday We drove downtown where I shopped. We had knishes, cheese bagel & coffee & and milk at Yonah Shimmels. Then we drove to Harold & Thelma's where we saw the adorable 2 month old Karen, Andrea who resents her, Lilly and Harold's Aunts Lydia and Ruth.
May 16 The 'Big Four' and Austria signed the Austrian state treaty freeing Austria after 17 years of occupation.
May 17 Rocky Marciano, undefeated heavyweight champ, retained his title by a T.K.O. over Don Cockell of England in the 9th round. Cockell stood up to under terrific punishment to win the admiration of all fans but showed little else but courage.
May 18 Don Mueller was blanked after tying the Giant record of hits in 24 consecutive games set by Freddy Lindstrom. Former Supreme Court Justice Roberts is dead at 80 & James Agee is dead at 45.
May 19 Eugene picked up the racquet I ordered from Hy Eisenberg $21.50 also another racquet restrung and one repaired $4.50.
May 20 Eisenhower vetoed our pay rise because it was too high. We were against it because of the reclassification. Sylvia's friend Eileen Danies took 10th place in the Nat'l spelling bee in Washington. Eugene has been playing handball with Marty L. He also plays chess with Arthur S. during study period. 22000 first and second grade pupils in New York became the first to get the Salk Anti-polio vaccine here. 25% of the ones who had signed up failed to appear.
When Dad wrote "we", I believe he meant his Union.
May 21 We visited the Arons' and had a lovely day. We had dinner then drove to Plum Beach on a cool evening where we walked near the beach. Sylvia and Helen had a nice time while Toby went after Eugene. George Sloan is dead at 61. ...
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