46 Years On The Rail For Cedar Rapids Clerk
Robert V. McBroom, a Cedar Rapids postal clerk born in Ohio, retired after 46 years 10 months on the Chicago to Omaha rail line. He never experienced a wreck or robbery, used his revolver only for practice, and recalls humble beginnings in 1907 with a starting salary of $66 a month.
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Chicago
Omaha
Robert V. McBroom
Cedar Rapids
Mr. McBroom
Midwest
McBroom
Ohio
Ceidar Rapids
Charles
Council Bluffs Railway
Chicago-Omaha Rpo
Canada’s five year rule governs general elections
Canada has no fixed election date like the United States. The sole legal requirement is that a general election be called at least once every five years.
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Canada
United States
Nudibranch Flies High for Science
The Smithsonian receives shipments of tiny colorful nudibranchia sea slugs in seawater bottles for live study. These small mollusks range from a quarter to half an inch, inhabit varied depths, and exhibit color adaptations to their environment. They prey on sea anemones and some lay bright egg masses. they even ingest anemone stinging organs for defense. In Memphis two Bible salesmen were arrested for a $9 knifepoint holdup.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
I Student Minded Teachers Needed As Student Focus Grows
Chicago report shows 81 percent of 160 administrators urge student minded aims over subject focus. Curricula changes proposed include broadening and guidance programs. Sixty five percent want more parental participation and 89 percent call for better student activity facilities to foster school identity. Only 33 percent favor more individualized instruction and motivation techniques. Training for elementary teachers to provide individual pupil attention is recommended by 68 percent.
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Chicago
Midwest
Eral
Science Research Associates, Inc
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nazis Live Under False Names to Avoid Punishment
More than 60,000 ex Nazis in West Germany have lived under assumed identities since World War II. An amnesty bill, expected to pass next year, would allow them to resume their real names without punishment.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
London Predicts Reds To Ask Meeting Delay
London officials expect the Kremlin to propose a later date than January 4 for the Berlin foreign ministers meeting. The plan aims to maximize diplomatic advantage amid Western Europe confusion over the EDC treaty ratification and to sway French opinions by criticizing U S tactics and urging a Berlin delay to allow France to form a new government.
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London
Whitehall
Kremlin
Berlin
Europe
Caa
U.S
France
Rice plan mapped to feed enriched rice in Singapore
Singapore plans to use enriched rice to improve health of working class communities. The program aims to eradicate beri beri with support from the World Health Organization.
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Singapore
Philippines
World Health Organization
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