Local Family Wins Prizes In Nationwide LP Gas Contest
The Turner family of Beech Street Extension won in the National LP Gas Council In-The-Home Giveaway securing a Caloric range Whirlpool dryer John Wood water heater Norge refrigerator Martin incinerator and Suburban space heater. More prizes included rotisseries heaters lamps lighters and cook books as part of a national drawing with 108000 entrants.
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James A. Turner
Beech Street Extension
Santa Claus
Turner
Gas Council
Norge
Martin
Seven States Gas Co
Bennington
Lp-Gas Council
Beech Street
LP Gas National Council
L. Gordon Moore
Seven States Gas Service
Fuelane Corporation
John Wood
Weaver Urges Cabinet Level Urban Affairs Department
Robert C. Weaver, U S housing administrator, says housing and urban affairs actions arose by default and calls for a Cabinet level department of urban affairs and housing led by him. He criticizes the current agencies as an administrative monstrosity and urges consolidation to cut duplication and waste.
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New Brunswick
N.J
Robert C. Weaver
U.S
Weaver
Urban Studies Center
Rutgers University
Congress
Kennedy
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Miss America Attends Vancouver Visit Faces Chaperone Rule
Miss America Maria Beale Fletcher from Asheville arrived for a two day Vancouver fashion show but faced a strict chaperone rule and a missed light kiss at the airport. The incident drew remarked disappointment from Alderman Frank Baker and embarrassment from Fletcher.
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Vancouver
B.C
Angela Petesch
Maria Beale Fletcher
Asheville
N.C
Frank Baker
Chanel Bag Sparks Paris Fashion Craze
Parisians chase the Chanel bag as a winter fashion icon. The soft leather quilted envelope with a long chain handle, inspired by Coco Chanel, has spawned copies in two big department stores and dime stores. Real versions cost 60 to 100 dollars, while cheaper imitations range from 4 to 25 dollars.
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Paris
Coco Chanel
Monoprix Dimestores
Chanel
Big Printemps Department
Republicans Will Feast to Wipe Out Deficit
Republicans plan 17 fund raising dinners as the 1962 campaign opens with aims to cut Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. Morton cites urban organization gaps and Democratic outmaneuvering as key obstacles, while Courtney Burton predicts 30 000 attendees at 100 dollar dinners raising over 1.5 million to aid national and local committees. Eisenhower Nixon Miller Goldwater Rockefeller will speak via closed circuit from multiple cities.
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Washington
Republican Party
GOP
House
Senate
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Virginia
Kennedy
Morton
Courtney Burton
National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Fresno
Calif
William E. Miller
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Cleveland
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Des Moines
Red Forces Shell Nam Tha Airstrip in Laos Crisis
Pro Communist forces shelled Nam Tha airstrip in northwest Laos halting transport and reinforcements. The three nation control commission planned inspections with Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Souphanouvong as Avtar Singh said Gen Phoumi Nosavan had approved visits to Nam Tha and other sites amid cease fire violation charges.
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Vientiane
Laos
Nam Tha
Three
Control Commission
Xieng Khouang
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Kennedy Pushes City Dept Plan For Better Coordination
AP analysis outlines Kennedy's proposal to create a new Cabinet department of urban affairs and housing with Robert C. Weaver as secretary. The plan seeks unified housing and city planning under one department, advancing beyond current agencies. The idea has long circulated and faces House Rules Committee resistance and Republican opposition.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Lich
Urban Affairs and
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Robert C. Weaver
Weaver
Senate
House
Rules Committee
Eisenhower
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Counterfeit Confederate $1,000 bill plate found
In Augusta Georgia a museum official reports Donald Fore 17 found a printing plate for counterfeit Confederate $1,000 bills in a pig pen. He said the plate is genuine though it was used to reproduce the notes.
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Augusta
Donald Fore
Donald
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Dirksen
Motorola
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