VA to Close 17 Massachusetts Field Offices
Massachusetts VA will shut 17 field offices affecting 84 jobs by April. Boston Regional Office personnel ceiling drops from 772 to 688, with most offices reduced to a single contact officer. Some services will be withdrawn from Soldier's Home Chelsea and Fort Devens.
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Veterans Administration
Massachusetts
Washington
Boston
Veterans Services
Brockton
Chelsea
Greenfield
Lawrence
Lynn
North Adams
Quincy
Somerville
Worcester
Cambridge
Fitchburg
Holyoke
Lowell
Malden
Pittsfield
Salem
Springfield
Fort Devens
Va’ Mer
William J. Blake
Conitact Service
Teenage Drinking Problem in 17th Century Massachusetts
Historical notes refer to a 1651 order forbidding youths to idle in taverns with a 40 shilling penalty. Records show 1703 legislature against public morals decay and a 1711 proposal to ban townspeople from taverns after sunset. Modern Bacon Hill lawmakers discuss curbing juvenile drinking.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Backing of Boys Town Denied by Coughlan
John D. Coughlan, chairman of the State Youth Service Board, denies endorsing a Boys Town campaign in Massachusetts. Amasnacian claimed board support from Coughlan and two Red Feather leaders, not identified, as Amashadiah testified before a legislative committee seeking a non sectarian boys home on the Cem Edwards site in Falmouth.
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John D. Coughlan
State Youth Service Board
Massachusetts
Frea Amasnacian
Watertown
Legislative Committee On Military Affairs
Coughlan
Red Feather
Amashadiah Gryated
Cemn Edwards
Falmouth
Miner wage study cites average hourly earnings in 1953
A 1953 survey shows U S bituminous coal miners earned about 2346 dollars per hour on average.
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U.S
Legion Posts Collect Three Tons Clothing
Bedford Massachusetts hosts a major clothing drive for Korea. About 5740 pounds of clean clothes, soaps, towels, blankets, vitamins, and more were delivered to Hanscom Field by a 15 truck convoy from Massachusetts American Legion posts. Coordinated with Air Force Chaplains, the project led by Chaplains Fleming Walker Kelly ends March 17.
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Bedford
Mass
Wartorn Korea
Laurence G. Hanscom Field
Pacific Ocean
Massachusetts American Legionnaires
Air Force
Chaplan Clyde A. Fleming
Korea
American Legion
Massachusetts
Legion
Fleming
Thomas’ Kelly
6520Th
Jared A. Walker
Hanscormn
Conivey
Celi Kelly
John D. Créwiey
John D. Créwiey (Catfismape
George H. McGuinnes
Worcester
Eugéne’ P. Martin
Lymn
Jamés: P. Hatett
Boston
al”. Walt
Eyan
Wéfare
William F. Kane
Arlboro
Middlesex County American Legion Child Welfare Board
Legionnaires
Leroy Duffy
Carl Long
George Albertine
Marine Armory
Lynn
Air Force Chaplains
Massachusetts Leagionnaires
Representative Russell Hosts Student Delegation Day
Rep Howard S Russell in the Tenth Middlesex District welcomes high school students from Hudson Sudbury and Wayland for Student Government Day. The group observed hearings on forest park and fishing bills and toured the State House meeting Governor Herter.
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Howard S. Russell
Middlesex
Hudson
Hudson High
Philip Anastas
Sudbury
Einer Johnson
Wayland High
Eugene Kumpel
Pauline Kurgan
Committee On Conservation
New Bedford
Gloucester
Boston
Gulf of Mexicio
Maine
Nova Scotia
Chambers of Commerce
United States
Senate
Richard Furbush
Lincoln
Olson
Wayland
Fall River
Dighton Rock
Herter
Word puzzle query from Ohio Bell office hints at exchange name
Toledo readers are invited to submit a simple word starting with J K or L and a second letter W X or Y suitable for an exchange name. Ralph Abernathy of Ohio Bell suggests lyceum is only a last resort, hoping the public offers safer options.
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Toledo Phone CO
Toledo
Ralph Abernathy
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Lyceum
Abernathy
Linstead
Underground river taps water for Idaho land growth
In Twin Falls Idaho officials report tapping an underground river near Kimberly on Ted Sturgill's new lands. A 180 foot well yields 362 inches of water from 125 feet pumping level, with constant water level after hours of pumping. Drillers expect to extend depth to hit the crevice carrying the stream.
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Twin Falls
Ida
Téd Sturgill
Kimberly
Sturgill
Tax Exemption Provisions for Disabled Veterans
Local Director of Veterans Services outlines tax exemption rules for disabled veterans and their spouses. Eligible residents may receive up to 3000 dollars off real estate assessments if wartime service and disability criteria are met. other cases set exemptions based on domicile value and veteran equity. Claim forms are available through local assessors for veterans who meet the conditions.
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Veteran’s Services
Phi
Tion
Population Survey In This Area
Supervisor Joseph F. Downey of the U S Census Bureau Boston district office notes a monthly Current Population Survey conducted in this area this week and in 229 other sites nationwide. It provides up to date national figures on employment and unemployment for business and government analysis. Supplementary questions on work experience of unpaid family workers and men 25 to 64 are included in February. Information about individuals remains confidential and only statistical totals are published.
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Joseph F. Downey
U. S. Census Bureau
Boston
Downey
Cerisus Bureau
Boston Fire Alarm Service Survives Bridge Destruction
A century ago a farsighted resident kept South Boston fire alarm service alive after the Dover Street bridge collapse damaged the regular cables. The city relied on an emergency cable installed 101 years ago to maintain alerts and safety.
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Boston
Dover Street
Farm Youth Move to City as Work Shifts Increase
Fragmentary OCR note discusses labor trends with farm youths leaving agriculture for urban jobs. Mentions men and women, farm boys moving to cities, and girls pursuing broader opportunities by age twenty in a changing economy.
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