Mao's wife among China's leaders in Beijing photo
Chiang Ching, Mao Zedong's wife, is identified as the most influential woman in Communist China in a group portrait from Beijing. Also shown are Premier Chou En-lai, Kang Sheng, Chang Chun-Chiao, and Wang Li, officials active in government and foreign affairs.
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Chiang Ching
Mao Tse-tung
China
Peking
Chou En-lai
Kang Sheng
Communist Party
Chang Chun-Chiao
Wang Li
Crossing Borders Into Middle Age
HAL Boyle humorously defines middle age as crossing a border not marked on maps. He lists behaviors signaling this plateau such as yawning in public, remembering pension timing, preferring quiet, and critiquing new shoes. The piece ends with the observation that grandchildren seem nicer, marking the crossover.
Huntington sculptor named chairman at WVU Creative Arts
George Nocito, a noted sculptor from Huntington New York, is named chairman of the Division of Creative Arts at the Creative Art Center of West Virginia University. He serves as an associate professor of fine arts at the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury New York.
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Morgantown
W.va
George Nocito
Huntington
N.Y
Creative Art Center
West Virginia University
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury
ALC urged delegates to heed critics at Des Moines convention
In Decorah Iowa the Iowa district president told about 600 delegates to listen to world and critics and repent of failures. The convention faces opposition to a plan by the National Lutheran Campus Ministry to end support for several university religion chairs by 1969. The article notes a tablet in the Statue of Liberty bears the Declaration date.
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Decorah
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Bruno Schlaihhtenhausen
Des Moines
National Lutheran
Tax trend widens state levy reach across the nation
A Commerce Clearing House survey shows states increasing taxes via new revenue sources and higher rates in 1967. Nebraska adds corporate and personal income taxes. West Virginia imposes a 6 percent corporate tax. Maryland Montana and Tennessee raise corporate rates. Minnesota banks and corporate taxes rise. North Dakota and Vermont expand bank and personal levies. several states adopt sales and use taxes, with Rhode Island Washington Wyoming Nebraska and others adjusting rates and exemptions. Texas Nevada and others introduce local or county levies, reflecting broader fiscal tightening nationwide.
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Chicago
Commerce Clearing House
Nebraska
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
West Virginia
North Carolina
Kansas
Minnesota
States
District of Columbia
Nesota
Rhode Island
Washington
Wyoming
Texas
Nevada
Lutheran Brotherhood honors three area leaders on golden anniversary
Three area men received Lutheran Brotherhood awards during the golden anniversary dinner at Oak Leaf Café in Austin. Rev. Arthur L. Swenson, Moppy Anderson, and Alvin C. Kingsbury were cited for church, community and national service. Guests included regional representatives and D. Sheldon Evenson of Rochester delivered the address.
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Lutheran Brotherhood
Arthur L. Swenson
Austin
Moppy Anderson
Preston
Alvin C. Kingsbury
Harmony
Oak Leaf Cafe
U.S
Canada
Fraternal Insurance Society
David W. Asp
Harris I. Burreson
Spring Grove
Maurice E. Halverson
Rose Creek
Melvin E. Lageson
LeRoy
Willard I. Lee
Gerald J. Thorson
J. Kent Dougherty
Roy C. Heim
Rochester
Mr. Kingsbury
Swenson
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Martin Luther
Kingsbury
D. Sheldon Evenson
Lutheran Social Services
S.E. Minn
Reputation of 2 Dogs Tarnished
Two German Shepherd guard dogs were returned to work after disappearing from a storage yard. Police found two teenage boys walking with a watchdog each, amid concerns about the pets’ reputations following the incident.
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Baltimore
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Montana
Tennessee
North Dakota
Vermont
Austin (Minn
Herald
Anderson
War Finance Committee
Fillmore County
U.S. Savings Bonds
U.S. Treasury Department
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Chevrolet
America
Automotive News
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2Nd Avenue
Usem Chevrolet Company
N. Main
LOWES
Gamble-Skogmo, Inc
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Jamaicas
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