100th Birthday for Woman Who Opened Books for Blind
Washington AP reports Adelia M. Hoyt, 100, celebrated her centennial as director of the Library of Congress Braille transcription section. She trained over 2,000 transcribers, helped blinded World War I veterans read, and organized nationwide transcription chapters. A $100 check from the Association of the Workers for the Blind accompanied the birthday.
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Adelia M. Hoyt
Library of Congress
Association of the Workers For the Blind of
District of Columbia
Miss Hoyt
American Red Cross
Strippers Fuel Kansas Oil Supply
William L. Oswald, chairman of the Kansas Petroleum Industries Committee, says stripper wells produce 65 percent of Kansas crude. A stripper is defined as a well pumping no more than 10 barrels daily, averaging 4.5 barrels, yet 395,000 such wells nationwide supply 20 percent of U.S. crude output and reserves.
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William L. Oswald
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Oswald
U.S
Hidden Treasure con swindles hit Champaign streets
In Champaign Illinois the Hidden Treasure ruse unfolds as a man tells a victim he forgot his glasses and asks them to read a letter claiming $500 cached in the city. The scam then diversifies with offers to share the windfall if the victim pays cash through a so called charity.
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Ill
William V. Bates
Horehound Herb Used As Chest Remedy Since 9th Century
Horehound from the mint family has long been used as a chest remedy dating back to the 800s. Modern references describe its traditional role in medicinal chest treatments and its place in herbal pharmacopeia.
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Death of NASA deputy administrator and stalled constitutional amendment
Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, NASA deputy administrator, dies at 67 after a career shaping aeronautics and space policy including work on the X-15 and the first guided missile. Congress delays action on a constitutional amendment for presidential disability as only 12 of 38 states have ratified, expected to stretch into 1967. Cartha D. DeLoach named FBI assistant director. federal civilian employment rises to 2,528,696 as of October.
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Dryden
Hugh
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cartha D
Deke) DeLoach
FBI
Tide has turned against Communists in South Viet Nam says Sharp
Adm. Sharp, top U.S. Pacific commander, declared at a news conference that the tide has turned against the Communists in South Viet Nam after a weeklong visit. He emphasized, We are not losing any more, following talks with McNamara and other senior officers. Ayub Khan to visit U.S. with Foreign Minister Bhutto. he arrives New York December 12 and plans talks with President Johnson starting December 14.
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Grant Sharp Jr
America
Pacific
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Sharp
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Robert §. McNamara
U.S
Ayub
New York
United States
Johnson
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