Why does Wiesel mention the St. Louis in this passage?

Dogs make wonderful pets because they keep us happy and healthy, the topic sentence is "dogs make wonderful pets". can someone me write a unrelated sentences to the topic and can be eliminated. need asap

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Simple subject mary will start the race in ten minutes