Life and Schools in Tepoztlan A Mexican Village
Frances S. Benjamin describes life in Tepoztlan near Mexico City, detailing daily routines, shared communal laundry, adobe homes, diet of tortillas and frijoles, and modest modern schools. She notes poverty, TB, dental health from lime in tortillas, and a local effort to fund breakfasts for hungry students while highlighting ongoing educational challenges and hope for improvement.
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Tepoztlan
Mexico City
Mexico
Esther
Guillermo
U N Funding Deadlock Persists Amid Congressional Battle
In Washington the United Nations financial crisis remains unsettled as Congress debates a possible compromise Kennedy touted with some Republicans while others balk. The UN collects regular dues and imposes special assessments during operations.
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Washington
United Nations
Kennedy
Senate
The
Middle East
Congo
Russia
France
Belgium
Portugal
U.N
United States
Pill Keeps Tap Holes Plug Free
New England maple syrup producers embrace a penny sized pill to block bacteria in tap holes. Linwood Lesure explains the para formaldehyde pill increases sap flow and heals inactive holes, costing a penny and approved by the FDA. Trials span Michigan Ohio Wisconsin with minimal absorption into syrup.
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Ashfield
Mass
New England
Linwood Lesure
National Syrup Council
Berkshire Pioneer Maple Products
Lesure
Pure Food and Drug Administration
Michigan State University
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Vermont
NASA chief warns audiences of death risks in space flights
James E. Webb told the 40th annual NAB convention that space exploration carries the possibility of fatalities. He praised broadcasters for Glenn's February flight, noting 44 million homes followed the three-orbit mission and likened public engagement to Lindbergh.
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Chicago
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James E. Webb
National Association of Broadcasters
NASA
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Webb
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louis
Houghton Named New Principal of Poultney High School
Poultney officials named Dean Houghton as principal of Poultney High School replacing Bernard J. Keefe Jr. Houghton, formerly of Arlington, has coached and taught physical education at Poultney since 1952 and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees with study at UVM. Superintendent Edson E. Phelps praised his calibre to guide the school year.
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Poultney
Dean Houghton
Arlington
Poultney High School
Edson E. Phelps
Houghton
Bernard J. Keefe Jr
Arlington Memorial High School
Springfield
Mass
UVM
New England Vignettes Showcases Plate Hobby and Local Tales
Norman W. Osborne of Alstead displays 500 unique license plates on walls and 300 to 400 duplicates, aiming to complete every state’s plates from first issue to present. The item includes leather plates and novelty designs. Other notes mention public birthday party for 88 year old Manuela De Stephano, Hartford jugglers, cabbies donating at Red Cross, and Michael Shimkus entering State Police exam with strong family ties.
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Boston
New England
Norman W. Osborne
Alstead
N.H
United States
Osborne
Union
Orange
Conn
Philip Hatch
Reading
Hatch
Connecticut
al Smith
NRA
Meat Inspector in ROWE Swaps Meat for Vegetables
Harlan J. Defoe, 79, longtime ROWE meat and animal inspector, lives as a vegetarian after 40 years without meat or tea coffee and tobacco. He cites government literature on feed efficiency and says he feels better, travels regionally, teaches Sunday school, and jokes he may lose his job over his diet as selectmen reappoint him. His children live in Laconia New Hampshire and Springfield Massachusetts. He earns only ten dollars a year in the small community.
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New England
Tepoztlan
Bocanegra
Squadron 201
Mexico
Mexico City
Defoe
William Phrall
Laconia
N.H
Harlan T. Defoe
Springfield
Mass
Harlan J. Defoe
Rowe
Boston & Maine and Albany
Bateman
Massachusetts
Berkshire County
New York
Bateman’s
Lilly
Boston
Bateman's Market: Berkshire Icon for Choice Beef
The article highlights Bateman's on Main Street as an old time market famed for quality cuts and a crowded, hands on buying experience. Murray Lilly and staff like Frank Arrigoni run the shop since 1874, drawing customers from 40 miles for shoulder blade or rump cuts and traditional methods over modern packaging.
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North Adams
Murray Lilly
Bateman
Main Street
Bateman’s
New York
Lilly
Frank Francis Arrigoni
Herbert R. Bateman Sr
Herbert Bateman Jr
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Paul A Benjamin
West Road
Benjamin
By Frances S. Benjamin
Irons
Jardin de Ninos
University of Mexico
U.n.’S
By James Marlow
AP Business News
World Organization
Mike Mansfield
George Aiken
Rourke Hickenlooper
Iowa
Aiken
Hickenlooper
Mansfield
Everett Dirksen
Mansfield-Dirksen
Dirksen
American Mercury
Poultney HS
Phelps
Alstead, N.H
By James Calogero
Oscar N. Ohlson
Warwick
Ohlson
Manuella de Stephano
Willard Greene
Hartford
W. C. Fields
Independent Taxi Owners Association
Red Cross Blood Bank
Back Bay
Red Cross
Michael Shimkus
Worcester
Ted
William
Daniel
Berkshire
Murray Lilly and
Francis Arrigent
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