Sunday, June 16, 1968, Mom and Dad played pinochle up Nan's on York Avenue, following St. Stephen of Hungary's eighth grade graduation in the church. Nan had a bandanna around her neck to catch sweat and drank chilled ginger ale.
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A miserably hot day, Rory wore my grad cap, then we ran out to put the fire hydrant on at the corner of 83rd Street and 1st Avenue.
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Mickey Mantle hit a homer against the Angels. George Chapman had sunburn on his back from Rockaway Beach. Unknowingly, I slapped George's back after Mantle's homer. Apology not accepted.
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Someone left the cake out in the rain. "MacArthur's Park," was on the radio and Rory bought a pound of Oreos with the 45 cents he clipped off Dad's dresser.
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Happy Bloom's Day.
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