Retired Members Health Plan Offers Full Elderly Coverage
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers launches the Retired Members Health Plan to supplement Medicare for retired workers and dependents. It promises complete hospital and medical protection with monthly rates of 13.86 for individuals and 27.72 for families, underwritten by Travelers Insurance Company.
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Travelers Insurance Company
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Hope for 1.5 Million Americans With Ear Surgery
Dr. M. P. Portmann, an ear specialist and professor at the University of Bordeaux, says at least 1.5 million Americans suffer ear disorders that surgery can cure. He cites ostosclerosis and infection related bone damage as conditions treatable by grafting bone tissue after infection is cured.
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M. P. Portmann
University of Bordeaux
France
Portmann
Dr. Portmann
Public Service Strikes Spark Transit Labor Debate
The New York transit strike debate widens with mediator Kheel and Harry Van Arsdale opposing compulsory arbitration while Walter Reuther proposes pre agreed formulas to avoid paralyzing stoppages. Labor, industry and government would discuss solutions to keep services running.
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New York
Theodore W. Kheel
Harry van Arsdale
City Central Labor Council
Walter P. Reuther
Automobile Workers
CIO
Labor Movement
Chicago
Reuther
Senior Agent Hardy Retires After 41 Years of FBI Service
Senior Agent Samuel W. Hardy, 65, retires from the FBI after 41 years, second in seniority to Director J. Edgar Hoover. The Minneapolis St. Paul office head helped solve several kidnappings including the Lindbergh case before leaving.
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Samuel W. Hardy
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Hawks and Doves Split Over Viet Bombing Restart
Washington observers note both hawks and doves unhappy with the resumed air war against North Vietnam. Hawks seek broader targets including Hanoi Haiphong industrial sites while doves favor a longer pause. Johnson keeps bombing under White House control but leaves room to escalate if needed.
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Doves
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Haiphong
Viet Nam
Johnson
White House
United States
Congress
State Department
John P. McConnell
Air Force
Joint Chiefs
Adm
David L. McDonald
Soviet Union
South
Wallace M. Greene
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Cambodia
Laos
Mississippi judge's banqu et remarks spark civil rights concern
The new federal judge in Mississippi faced criticism for racially tinged humor at a Gulfport Edgewater Hotel banquet. Dan Monroe Russell recounted cases of two Negro defendants, prompting informal protests and questions about civil rights groups' response to his nomination.
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Edgewater
Gulfport
Dan Monroe Russell
Russell
Justice Department
Washington
Johnson
James O. Eastland
Gulf Coast
Eastland
Paul Johnson
Senate
ACT
Jesse Gray
New York
Lawrence Landry
Chicago
Julius Hobson
H L Mencken Left Mark on U S Journalism
Baltimore obit notes H L Mencken died at 76 leaving a lasting impact on American journalism language and criticism. Highlights include American Language and The Bathtub Hoax, coverage of the Scopes trial, and his role as a provocative editor and satirist at the Baltimore Sun and American Mercury.
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Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Scopes
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Baltimore Evening Sun
Sage
William Schmick Jr
The
Baltimore Sunpapers
Mencken
Schmick
February 3 Historical Highlights Across Years
On this date in 1913 Wyoming ratified the 16th Amendment establishing the income tax. In 1809 the Illinois Territory was created. Horace Greeley was born in 1811 in Amhert New Hampshire. diplomatic ties with Germany ended in 1917. Woodrow Wilson died in 1924. Hamburg was bombed in 1943. Ten years ago Gardner resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force amid funding cutbacks for long range missiles.
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Illinois
Horace Greeley
Amhert
N. H
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Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Royal Air Force
Hamburg
Asst
Air Force
Gardner
February Blues in Snow Time
HAL BOYLE laments February in a breezy column noting the cold dampens mood and activity. The piece humorously contrasts grim midwinter reality with lighthearted calls to make snowballs and mock time itself. It blends urban life pauses with winter scenery and Valentine’s Day irony.
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New York
Earth
Heaven
Florida
Bahamas
Dear Abby column with family conflict and friendship advice
A reader questions parental billing and legal actions after a daughter returns home with her children. Abby offers blunt satire on the quarrel and answers a 15 year old asking how to make and keep friends, defining friendship and advising self-consistent behavior.
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