Florida Congressman Proposes Gifts to Cut National Debt
A Florida congressman, veteran Bennett, proposes a system encouraging citizens to gift money to the government to reduce the national debt. He argues the annual interest burden, over 9 billion dollars, harms taxpayers and Washington. The idea aims to lessen interest costs and improve perceived integrity while inviting serious public debate.
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Florida
Washington
Bennett
Congress
Random Thoughts and Wry Aphorisms Digest
A compilation of quips and social observations touching on pride in freedom, alimony, parenting, leadership, and culture. It includes comments on open minds, spousal relationships, news treatment, etiquette, and remarks about 1961’s potential, while noting global hunger and the value of direct trails to success.
Georgia Picture Bright for New Plants Minter
Georgia's top economist Jack J. Minter, director of the Georgia Department of Commerce, predicts 1961 will be the greatest year in the state's industrial growth. He says prospects are better than ever with at least 100 more firms considering Georgia than a year ago and credits hard work by the industrial development team.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Jack J. Minter
Georgia Department of Commerce
Minter
GSCW to Offer NDEA Foreign Language Institutes
Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville selected as one of 65 U S institutions to offer a seven week summer Language Institute for secondary school teachers of French and Spanish. Program runs June 19 to August 5 under Prof S C Mangiafico with 60 candidates admitted. Teachers receive stipends of 75 dollars weekly plus 15 dollars per dependent. private school teachers receive free tuition but no stipend.
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Milledgeville
Georgia State College For Women
United States
National Defense Education Act
S. C. Mangiafico
Gscw Modern Language Department
NDEA
Man Survives Train Tragedy on Central Tracks
Cleveland man Will O griffith, 51, walked along New York Central rails and fell into a westbound freight. After 45 cars passed over him, the engineer stopped the 113 car train with Griffith miraculously uninjured and praying.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New York Central
Will O. Griffith
Our Moral Climate and Youth Morality Concerns
The piece argues that widespread TV and media, along with rising automobile use, have created a troubling moral climate in the United States. It cites 1960 as a bad year for moral efforts, notes scandals in TV, payola, advertising, tax evasion, and sports fixes, and urges parents, churches, schools, and society to back disciplined, moral guidance for the young.
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United States
$20 Million TV Deal Signals Free TV for Major Sports
A razor company agreed to pay $20 million for five years of TV and radio rights to the World Series and All-Star games from 1962 through 1966. The deal, tied to pay TV debates, ensures free access for millions of baseball fans nationwide and hints at future Continen tal League coverage.
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Razor
Razor Company
United States
USA
The
Free TV
A Fond Farewell To Tallulah Falls Railway
The Tallulah Falls Railway along a 57 mile stretch in northeast Georgia will shut down by Friday midnight due to a court order. The once-struggling line enjoyed a late surge with 25 freight loads waiting this week, contrasting with typical one to two, as the historic railway ends in a blaze of glory.
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Tallulah Falls
Answers To Who Knows Answers To Who Knows
A concise list of common riddle style answers. Items include geographic features, animals, materials, and locations. The list features a high plateau, calf, Himalayan foothills, a pinto pony, a pointed pillar, copper, wood, mercury, the Isthmus of Suez, and Shanghai.
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Himalayas
India
Tibet
Suez
Shanghai
Smoochers Face Reality From Public Kiss Machine
Bradley University students tested a kiss measuring machine at an engineering open house. Male students lined up while coeds hesitated to kiss, as the device classified each kiss as pathetic to ardent with a bell for cheaters triggering campus chatter.
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Peoria
Ill
Auburn Bed Pushers Set Georgia Alabama Record
Auburn University's Kappa Sigma fraternity set a Georgia Alabama bed pushing record by moving a wheeled bed 105 miles to Americus in 9 hours 39 minutes. The trip beat Georgia Southwestern College's time by 3 hours 13 minutes with a 12 hour overall span including stops.
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Americus
Auburn University
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Georgia-Southwestern College
Auburn
GSC
College Lake
Sigma Chi
Young Harris Husband Sentenced to Die for Wife Killing
Felix McElroy, 45, of Young Harris was convicted of first degree murder for the March 13 shotgun slaying of his wife and sentenced to die June 20 in the electric chair. The open and shut Union County case ended with a 45 minute jury verdict and no mercy recommendation.
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Blairsville
Felix McElroy
Young Harris
McElroy
Lamar Smith
Union County Superior Court
Wayne Collins
Collins
Trivia Quiz: Quick Facts Across Geography and History
Answers cover a desert plateau raised area a mesa is a flat topped hill. Leather shoe uppers use animal skin. Nepal is a landlocked country between India and China. A Pinto is a horse color pattern or a bean. context needed. An obelisk is a tall four sided tapering monument. Copper is the other metal in a dime besides silver. Early locomotives used coal as fuel. A liquid metal is mercury. The isthmus linking Egypt to Asia is the Suez Isthmus. The fourth largest city by some measures varies. additional context required.
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Nepal
Egypt
Asia
Talmadge Sees Freeman as Pro-Farmer in TV Interview
U S Senator Herman Talmadge praises newly named Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman on a biweekly Georgia television program. He credits Freeman with a farmer friendly approach and questions the plan for farmers to elect advisory committee members who would draft farm policies subject to congressional veto. The exchange underscores a shift from Talmadge’s criticism of Ezra Taft Benson to support for Freeman.
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Atlanta
U. S
Herman E. Talmadge
Ezra Taft Benson
Orville L. Freeman
Benson
Talmadge
Georgia
Sen
Freeman
Minnesota
Washington
Congress
Sen. Talmadge
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