Congress Returns as Lame-Duck Session Opens
Congress reconvenes reluctantly for the first lame-duck session since 1950. The01 bitter campaign leaves Senate and House leaders wary of continued partisan strife as 11 senators and 50 representatives retire. New faces include Adlai Stevenson III and five new House members. The Senate stands 58 Democrats 42 Republicans. the House 244 Democrats 190 Republicans.
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Illinois
John Ware
R-Pa
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R-N.j
Robert Steele
R-Conn
Charles Carney
Dohio
George Collins
Dtn
Veterans' Aim Repay South Sea Islanders
Chicago lawyer Ed Youhas says the U S owes a war debt to South Sea Islanders who aided Americans in Guadalcanal and theSolomons. He and other veterans plan to ship $200,000 worth of books stored in California but need $8,700 for freight.
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Coe Instructor James H. Rogers Appointed at WW State College
James H. Rogers, part time Afro American studies instructor at Coe College and doctoral candidate at the University of Iowa, is named associate director of black studies in the ethnic studies college at Western Washington State College in Bellingham for 1971 73. He will continue teaching significant books in black social literature at Coe in spring term while remaining on the Coe faculty since 1969.
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Roosters Run Beauty Contest at Lima Center
In Lima Peru the Pa chacamac recreation center held a beauty contest judged by cockfighting results. Eight contestants were paired with fighting roosters and the crown went to the girl whose rooster won the tournament.
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