Lady Legislator Nancy Brown Shaped By Campaign Trail
In 1961 Nancy Brown, at 21, left the University of Maryland to run for the Maryland House of Delegates. She built a door to door campaign with high school volunteers, became the youngest female state legislator, learned practical politics, and later married Robert Burkheimer, balancing politics with family life. Brown, a staunch feminist, criticizes limited female participation yet remains committed to advancing women in politics.
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Elkton
Nancy Brown
University of Maryland
Maryland
House of Delegates
House
Nancy
Delegate Brown
Robert Burkheimer
Burkheimer
Brown
Nomination slate formed at Saco Rebekah Lodge Christmas session
Past Noble Grands met at Trinity Episcopal Church Saco for a Christmas party and business session. A nominating committee including Miss Madeline Brackett Mrs Lucy Durgin and Mrs Phyllis Vining was named to present officers next meeting. Refreshments and gift exchange followed.
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Saco
Rebekah Lodge
Trinity Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Hill
Madeline Brackett
Lucy Durgin
Phyllis Vining
Herberta Harriman
Adelpha McKeen
Hill
Eleanor Kennedy
Old Orchard Road
Marion McAuley
Beulah Curtis
Old Clock and political career quotes from Mrs Burkheimer
Paris palace clock ran for nearly six centuries as a topic. Mrs Burkheimer discusses plans to study law for background, then pursue politics. She contemplates running for state senate next fall and eventual Congress, aiming for a long career.
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State Senate
Congress
Self Sufficient Homes and Machines Forecast by Henry Dreyfuss
Henry Dreyfuss predicts near self running homes with automated kitchens and cleaning systems. He cites designs for an automatic hamburger machine, a supersonic airliner interior with half hour service, and electrostatic cleaning concepts. He notes human factors data from The Measure of Man and remarks on evolving physiques.
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Henry Dreyfuss
Industrial Designers Society of America
Dreyfuss
American Machine and Foundry
Lockheed
Renewed engagement reunites aged Tennessee couple
Teen sweethearts Josephine Smith and Thomas Zack Hayes first got engaged at the turn of the century in Smithville Tennessee. After a broken engagement they married others, faced losses, and later rekindled their romance when they met again last April. Now both in their eighties they say marriage keeps them young.
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Nashville, Tenn
Josephine Smith
Thomas Zack Hayes
Smithville
Tenn
Hayes
Enid
Oklo
Josephine
Tennessee
State Senate Division Plan Is Completed
The special session will consider a reapportionment plan using 2.7 percent population per county to allocate Senate seats. Based on the 1960 census, total seats would rise from 34 to 38, with Cumberland gaining to seven and Hancock and Washington losing one each. If approved, changes would take effect in 1969 and may allow within county districts or countywide elections.
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Augusta
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Cumberland County
Penobscot
Aroostook
York
Hancock
Washington
State Supreme Court
Girl Chimp Is Developing Her Femininity
Four year old Congo refugee Olina, raised by the Greek Mavronicholas family in South Africa, adopts human girl habits. She loves clothes, ice cream, biking, and cigarettes matching preferred brands, while charming officials with playful mischief.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Olina
United Nations
Congo
Mavronicholas
Clara Mavronicholas
Oliia
Underground Cathedral Salt Mine Near Bogota Opens For Worship
The world’s largest active salt mine sits at Zipaquirá Colombia and doubles as a cathedral large enough to hold five thousand worshipers.
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Zipaquira
Colombia
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Palais de Justice
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Baronet Opera
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