Foto Facts by John Reyalds on daily life and travel musings
A Cedarapidian writer shares a week of experiences from snowball fights with daughters to conversations in small towns. He notes visits in Elkader Verna O Connor and McGregor aging John Elbling and recalls a French Morocco travel tale. He comments on a Leap Year baby, highway sign humor, and a parable about church loyalties.
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Plymouth
Elkader
Verna O'Connor
McGregor
Mississippi
John Elbling
Illegret Weber
French Morocco
Ilse
Harz Mountains
Germany
Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
South African Airways
Reeves Hall
Tipton
J. E. Britcher
Mechanicsville
Highway Commission
Frank Kemp
National Oats
Oldster
Alert America Trailmobiles Start Tours
America is alerted to a strong national civil defense system as three squadrons of 30 trailmobiles tour 70 cities in 48 states over six to nine months. Exhibits depict peacetime atomic uses and threat reduction measures, with volunteer Civil Defense workers setting up in armories for three to five days.
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Cincinnati
America
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Valley Forge Foundation
Valley Forge Foundation, Inc
Civil Defense Trailmobile tour outlines new defense features
A detailed display program shows air attacks sabotage psychological warfare and chemical and biological weapons as threats. It includes film of an atomic explosion, a diorama of bomb damage, demonstrations of Civil Defense responses, and a focus on national state and local coordination. Three convoy trailmobiles tour the U.S. visiting multiple regions, promoting voluntary training and public cooperation through the pay-off room pledge.
Meteors and Meteorites Defined in Brief
Meteors are luminous bodies known as shooting stars. When they reach Earth they are called meteorites.
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Earth
South of the Border Crossword Clues
A compact crossword clue set covering horizontal and vertical entries from 1 to 41 with hints for words like border, nests, joins, and Peruvian coins, plus a list including rivers, plants, and prefixes for a themed puzzle. Clues point to common cross references such as Rio, Mexican food terms, and a sea eagle term for a Brazilian or Peruvian context.
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New Hampshire City
Lincoln
Answer to Previous Puzzle 22 Make possible 37 Unclosed 24 Paid attention
Puzzle clues and answers list includes multiple definitions and cross references. The page compiles a glossary style set with numbers and short clue prompts, covering terms from medical to geographic and literary references, with several entries indicating historical or archaic terms.
Morris Says He Would Not Have O Dwyer or Vaughan Around
NEW YORK AP Newbold Morris Truman corruption cleanup man criticizes two appointees William O Dwyer ambassador to Mexico and Major General Harry H Vaughan the president's military aide He would not have kept either in office and recalls O Dwyer's senate crime probe and Vaughan ties to influence peddling Maragon affair and deep freezes in return for favors are cited as context for dismissals questions
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NEW York
Newbold Morris
Truman
Senate
Vaughan
Lawrence Spivak
O’dwyer
Spivak
John Maragon
Maragon
White House
Morris
Urgency of Atom Race Emphasized
Detroit report from INS quotes Atomic Energy Commission chair Gordon Dean urging rapid progress to keep the United States ahead of the Soviet Union. He told the Economic Club time is of the essence and the arms race exists, shaping cost-plus fixed-fee contracts and congressional concerns over overtime payments during Nevada tests.
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Detroit
INS
Gordon Dean
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Russia
Dean
the Economic Club
Nevada
Nude sculpture disputed at Chicago department store
Chicago reports a sculptor Trevor Wyatt Moore had his nude statue removed from Mandel Brothers department store after managers deemed it too nude. Fellow sculptor Egon Weiner, who also faced rejections, defended artists while Moore daubed his piece with a protest and threatened a $50,000 damage suit.
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Chicago
Trevor Wyatt Moore
Egon Weiner
Mandel Brothers
Weiner
Moore
Jennie Purvin
Gift Box Envelopes Directed to Daughter From Distant State
Memphis Mrs L Moseley received a large box of stationery from her daughter in another state. Each envelope inside was stamped and addressed to the daughter, a thoughtful gift noted by the mother.
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Memphis, Tenn
Gillette Seeks Atlantic Survey to Review NATO Aid
Senator Gillette proposes a temporary nonpartisan Hoover type commission to study U S relations with North Atlantic nations, aiming to improve Atlantic defense, NATO efficiency, and foreign aid. The 12 member panel would be named by the president and House speaker, with broad support from veterans and civic groups.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gillette
D-Ia
U. S
North Atlantic
Sparkman
D-Ala
Iowan
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate
Commission
Atlantic
House
Federal Civilian Jobholders Rise in January
Senator Byrd reports January federal civilian employment at 2,517,778, up 12,989 from December, the largest monthly rise since July 1951. Military employment rose by 11,925 to 1,290,034, while the Post Office led domestic agencies with a 1,181 increase to 512,790. Overseas civilian agencies fell by 669.
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INS
Byrd
D-Va
Joint Committee On
Post Office Department
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