Garner Says Being Named Vice President No Favor
United Press reports on John Nance Garner stating that being named vice president was the worst thing that happened to him. The piece weaves in 1926 menu prices, FDIC quips, a De Soto car joke, and assorted light observations from Washington and beyond.
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Garner
New
Washington
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Tex
Cal Coolidge
Vermont
Mary MacIntire
Washington Area
Ds Soto
de Soto
13 Year Old Aims for Los Angeles Policewoman Job
In Mt Carmel Illinois Kay McGill 13 writes of her dream to become a policewoman for Los Angeles. Joseph W Hawthorne head of LA Civil Service says she will be notified of the 1966 examination once she meets age requirements. Kay often visits her grandfather Sheriff Charles E Kennard.
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MT. Carmel
Ill
P — Kay McGill
Los Aneles
Kay
Joseph W. Hawthorne
Los Angeles Civil Service Department
Charles E. Kennard
Old Trolley Bridge Becomes Flower Center in Shelburne Falls
The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls Massachusetts evolved from a 1920s trolley span over the Deerfield River. After 1926 rail and auto competition, Mrs Walter Burnham launched a 1929 drive transforming the ruin into a thriving floral attraction drawing thousands annually from spring through autumn. Above the bridge vines bloom beside a pipe frame once carrying trolley wires. A note mentions the kone sea bird nesting in Hawaii National Park with its bosun nickname.
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Shelburne Falls
Mass
Bridge of Flowers
Massachusetts
Deerfield
Walter Burnham
Shelburne
Hawaii National Park
Hawaii
Farmers to vote on corn Getton controls Dec 11
Washington report explains that farmers in 34 states will vote December 11 on government controls for 1957 crops including corn cotton and peanuts. About 2.75 million eligible. corn belt to decide between soil bank base acreage and traditional allotments with two thirds needed for base program.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Polar caps on Mars deemed hoarfrost only inches thick
Astronomers conclude Mars polar caps are composed of hoarfrost rather than ice, indicating water scarcity. The thin caps measure only a few inches, suggesting limited near-surface water reserves on the planet.
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Mars
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