Gifts to Uncle Sam face new rules and old red tape
Washington notes discuss Senate No. 1230 to allow gifts to the government for specific purposes. Secretary Snyder notes past generosity. audits show cash gifts and in kind items reaching Uncle Sam, with annual totals small relative to large budgets. Senator McClellan supports allowing specific bequests to government.
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Striking Nurses Replaced At St Francis Hospital
In Charleston West Virginia on May 15 St Francis Hospital used out of town replacements for nurses who walked out in protest over the hiring of Black staff. Between 10 and 23 graduate nurses left Saturday as hospital alumni opposed three Black nurses and a Black laboratory technician. Replacements were flown in from Clarksburg Wheeling and Parkersburg to fill the vacancies. The Sisters of St Joseph of the Wheeling diocese run hospitals in the state. Hospital officials said they would talk with the protesters.
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Charleston
Wva
St. Francis Hospital
Helen Clare
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Sisters of St. Joseph
Wheeling Catholic Diocese
Civic Club Seeks Additional Lights in Forest Hill
Forest Hill Civic Club members heard a report on the need for more traffic lights and fire hydrants in Forest Hill. A committee including Mrs. Sam Singleton Mrs. Henry Spruell and Mrs. Bob Duncan will meet the city commission next Tuesday to discuss installation. Glenn A. Davis presided at the meeting attended by about 20 people including guests from the North Randall County Civic Club.
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Forest Hill
Glenn A. Davis
North Randall County
Korean President Pleads for Unity
South Korea's President Syngman Rhee called for national unity against Communism in a May 15 statement intended to calm a polity unsettled by two weeks of political turmoil. He cited cabinet resignations and a vice president's resignation as signs of instability.
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Korea
Syngman Rhee
Best Person To Be Is You
HAL BOYLE humorously explores identity and self satisfaction. A genie offers one life changing wish but the protagonist opts to remain himself after weighing his wife's perspective, ending with a twist that the genie prefers being himself. The piece blends light satire with reflections on individuality.
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New York
Clark Gable
Caruso
Einstein
Rockefeller
Casanova
Madame DuBar
Plot Against Israel Foiled by Police in Tel Aviv
Israeli police announced the foiling of an underground group of religious zealots planning to dynamite the parliament building in Tel Aviv. They framed the act as a holy war against what they called an anti religious attitude of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's government.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Owens Air Base May 29 Bids For New Buildings
Bids for erection of 11 mess hall and administrative buildings at Amarillo based Owen Air Base will open May 29 at the Tulsa office of the Corps of Engineers. John Soderburg says all work on the base is on schedule with occupancy dates observed and Area A deadline moved to June 15 for beneficial occupancy, while Areas B C and D extend to August 15.
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Amarillo Air Force Base
Tulsa
Corps of Engineers
John Soderburg
Soderburg
Air Force
Dust in the Room Reveals Quiet Daily Bond
A reflective piece explores routine beauty as two people share a moment of ordinary companionship. The tone recalls intimate daily life and the simple comfort of presence.
Auto workers seek June pay boosts under wage plan
In Detroit on May 15, up to nearly a million autoworkers may receive 6 to 7 cents an hour raises June 1 if the Wage Stabilization Board approves. An additional 2 to 3 cents may come via the cost of living escalator, with a 4-cent rise under an annual improvement factor pending board ruling.
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Consumers Price Index
Radar flashlight aids blind via sound for obstacle avoidance
A radar flashlight developed by British engineers helps blind individuals perceive their surroundings by translating sound into spatial information, enabling safer navigation and obstacle avoidance.
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