Spoon River Poet Edgar Lee Masters Dies at 80
Edgar Lee Masters, famed Spoon River Anthology author, dies at home in Pa after pneumonia sidelined him for days. He left Chicago law practice to write full time at 45, with Spoon River Editions in many languages and an opera adaptation in Venice. Masters, born 1869, spent formative years in Petersburg near Spoon River.
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Mayor Works To Gauge Pay Raise In Brooklyn Village
Mayor John N. Coyne of Brooklyn Village spent five weeks undercover as a police officer, firefighter, garbage collector, driver on the municipal bus line, and building inspector to assess service levels. The town recently boosted the mayor’s pay from 1600 to 4500 dollars per year to reflect full-time duties.
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Officials Probe Border Patrol Over Mission Home Invasion
Immigation officials opened an inquiry urged by Representative Lford M. Bentsen Jr into a report that border patrolmen raided a Mission home last week seeking wetbacks. Bentsen, visiting from Washington, cited statements from Matvas Cavazos of Mission and urged disciplinary action if policy was breached.
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Airliner Demonstrates Jet Assisted Takeoffs in Dallas
In Dallas on March 6 Brenniff International Airways staged the nation’s first jet assisted takeoff demonstration to show reserve power for safety. The airliner made three runs with normal engines and JATO motors, then a final four-engine, four-jet run. The DC-11 climbed to 6000 feet per minute with a 45 degree angle before jets were shut off at 1003 feet, after which the plane leveled quickly.
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Former Sun Carrier Honored As Student
Bir and Mrs. R F Read of Wooster have been notified that their son James, a student at a Texas college, has been named a distinguished student for the spring semester. Read, a Baytown Sun carrier and Robert E Lee High School graduate, has grades averaging above B. On March 8 he will receive a distinguished Service ribbon at a parade.
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