Grandma Moses works donated to Bennington Museum
The Bennington Historical Museum receives several legacy pieces from Zoeanna Ruth Moses Kolsens and Frances Elizabeth Moses Ludowicz from California and Colorado. The gifts include rag dolls knit wool paintings and family china pieces traced to Grandma Moses. The Daughters recall her mornings at 4 30 and her philosophy on death and life. Director Richard Barret plans to display items in the women and children gallery in March after January February closing.
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Grandma Moses
Hoosick Falls
Grandma
Frances Elizabeth Moses Ludowicg
San Francisco
Calif
Anna Mary Moses
Frank Moses
West Road
Frank
Betty Moses
Zoeanna
Frances
Moses
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Anna
Samaritan School of Nursing
Troy
Hugh
Barret
Harold Green
Green
Betty) Moses
Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds adoption consent
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that an unmarried Holyoke mother cannot revoke her consent to the adoption of her four children. The court said the welfare of the child comes first and society's rights are to be regarded in such cases, reversing a lower court decision that had allowed a revocation attempt.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Massachusetts Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Hampden
Abraham Smith
High Court
Greatest Gift At Christmas: Family Unity
HAL BOYLE reflects that the best gift at Christmas is peace and family unity, a sentiment felt especially by ex servicemen who spent holidays abroad. He notes the loneliness of front line troops, the camaraderie of a platoon, and the emotional moments of receiving mail and homesick prayers.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Belgium
Pacific
Korea
Katanga Cease-fire Fading as Tension Surges Again
In Elisabethville, amid a fragile cease-fire, UN calls for firm action against Katanga secession while Tshombe urges battle. Since June, clashes, mercenaries, and UN air power shaped a turbulent path toward possible renewed conflict and a disputed independence.
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Elisabethville
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Albertville
Jadotville
U.N
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Central
Union Organizers Not Fair Game
Chicago AP report says shooting at union organizers is an unfair labor practice. NLRB trial examiner A Bruce Hunt ordered Spectator Sports Wear Co and owner Earl Spector to post a notice condemning violence in employer organizing efforts. Spector, 39, was arrested last Aug 25 for firing four shots at a car with two organizers. no injuries reported.
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Chicago
A. Bruce Hunt
National Labor Relations Board
Hunt
Spectator Sports Wear Co
Earl Spector
Spector
Senate Subway Gets Silent Plastic-Wheel Makeover
Washington AP reports Capitol engineers led by Walter Rubel replaced steel wheels with plastic-tired ones on one of four Senate subway lines to curb screeching and wear. The change follows a January 1960 opening and uses a Parisian rubber-tired concept.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Walter Rubel
Rubel
Paris
Twist Motif At Debs Party Draws Mixed Reactions
Washington AP: The Pan American Union hosted Diane Don Buchanan's coming out with a pink Peppermint Lounge theme inspired by the Twist. Some Latin American diplomats whispered disapproval while others called it sour grapes. Diane, 18, daughter of Wiley T. Buchanan Jr., former State Department protocol chief, enjoyed the dance.
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Pan American Union
Diane Don Buchanan
Dede
Diane
New York
Peppermint Lounge
Wiley T. Buchanan Jr
State Department
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