Eisenhower’s Veto Highlights Pork Barrel Debate
Time Magazine lauds President Eisenhower for vetoing a pork barrel bill. The review credits his stance to safeguarding national welfare over popular voter appeasement. It notes Halleck and Dirksen aiding a GOP leader in a largely Democratic Congress, praising Joe Martin’s loyalty.
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Letter to the Editor: Not a State Project
Rhode Island Department of Public Works responds to a Bristol Phoenix editorial. Assistant to the Director John Q. Calista Jr. defends traffic control on road projects, stresses cooperation with local officials and minimal inconvenience, and thanks the Phoenix for vigilance. The editor’s note reiterates public expectations for traffic safety when lanes are blocked.
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State Department of Public Works
Rhode Islanders
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Bazaar and funeral notices fill town schedule
The Yankee Village Bazaar at First Congregational Church opens with the Annual Chicken Barbecue on September 19 from 5 to 6 51 pm followed by an auction in the DeWolf Room under co chairs Maurice C Smith 3rd and Thomas D Adams with Reymond Gruenwald and Parker E Ludden leading. Funeral services were held for Alexander A Houle 69 at Charles M Connery Funeral Home with burial in St Marys Cemetery and Adolph Bauer 67 a World War I veteran at the RI Veterans Home. Three Savannah men including Fr Eugene A Gavigan perished in the Grand Canyon after a climbing accident and water ordeal, Mahany dying of exposure, Owens surviving a perilous river descent aided by roots and logs before a long trek to safety.
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First Congregational Church
DeWolf
C-Mar-Co Club
Maurice C Smith
Thomas D Adams
Reymond Gruenwald
Parker E. Ludden
Charles M Connery
Burton St
Alexander A. Houle
State St
This Town
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Bertrand) Houle
R. I Hospital
St. Mary’s Church
Adolph Bauer
RI Veterans Home
Newport
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Pauline
America
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Savannah
Eugene A Gavigan
Walter J Mahany, Jr
John Manson Owens
Gavigan
Artillery Unit Returns Sunday From Camp Drum
Battery B of the 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 43rd Division, RI National Guard will return to Bristol Sunday morning after two weeks duty at Camp Drum New York. The unit conducted bivouac training and fired its 155 MM guns. Governor Christopher DelSesto visited the camp, located about 35 miles from the Canadian border and Lake Ontario. The return convoy is one of the largest in recent National Guard history with 1500 troops involved.
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Camp Drum
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Rhode Island Guardsmen Drill At Camp Drum Prepare Return
Maj. Joseph Proulx Jr commander of the 2nd Howitzer Battalion and Lt. Nelson Collins executive officer of Battery B Bristol supervise a 155 mm howitzer drill at Camp Drum New York. The Rhode Island units along with many others are scheduled to return Sunday morning after two weeks of active duty.
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RI. National Guard
Nelson Collins
Bristol
Camp Drum
N.Y
Special Meeting and Guild Bridge Event Notice
September 20 Sunday special meeting of the Portuguese Beneficial Association of Don Luiz Felipe at Lincoln Hall at 2 p.m. September 23 Wednesday St Mary's Women's Guild bridge at St Mary's Auditorium.
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St. Mary's Women’s Guild Bridge
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Anthony R Berretto
Earl Anthony Jr
Herbert B Burnham, Jr
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