Traveling By Car book offers planning tips for family trips
A new travel guide by Carol Lane from Shell Oil Company and Simon and Schuster, Traveling By Car covers trip planning, budgeting, packing, and driving techniques. It adds an appendix with locations for zoos, museums, parks, rodeos, state fairs, and other events, plus a camping guide and kid friendly advice.
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Carol Lane
Shell Oil Company
Simon and Schuster
New York
Miss Lane
America
American Motors to Sell Metropolitan Cars Nationwide
Detroit announces that American Motors will sell and service the Metropolitan small car through Hudson dealers across the United States and Canada. The move aims to double potential sales and service facilities, starting regionally in New York on September 1 as inventories allow. The Metropolitan, developed with Nash, requires dealer training and parts stocks before sale.
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Detroit
George W. Mason
American Motors Corporation
Hudson
United States
Canada
Nash
Mason
New York
Metropolitan
American Motors
Nash Motors
More Crews Arrive From Out of State After Hurricane
District Manager D J Murphy reports additional out of state crews arrived on Wednesday September 1 to aid restoration. Maryland New Jersey and Pennsylvania sent seventy five workers and thirty fully equipped trucks to Framingham Medfield Millis Franklin Walpole Milford Concord Natick and other damaged areas. Telephone outages dropped from 15129 to 12249 in Framingham within 24 hours as crews work around the clock with cables poles and tree removal equipment. Continuous cooperation from telephone employees utilities and local officials speeds service restoration.
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D. J. Murphy
The
Telephone Company
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Framingham
Medfield
Millis
Franklin
Walpole
Milford
Concord
Natick Ase
Wednesay
Firm Seeks U S Payment for Old Insurance Debt
The Insurance Company of America seeks five million dollars from the United States for damages it claims from 1794 and 1880 treaties. The Court of Claims refused in 1948 and the firm plans a rehearing appeal, possibly to the Supreme Court.
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Philadelphia
Insurance Commany of America
United States
U. S. Court of Claims
North America
Court of Claims
U. S. Supreme Court
Ministers Win Private Swimming Hour Debate
Cushing and Oka notes report city council designates one hour each morning at the city pool for ministers to swim away from parishioners. Several ministers fear criticism for public bathing attire while one says he will swim anytime. The majority disagrees on dignity.
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Cushing
Oka
Cinnamon Cloves Syrup Adds Mild Spice to Fruit
A simple syrup infused with whole cinnamon and cloves to flavor fruit. Simmer sugar and water with the spice stick for a warm, mild kick.
Veterans training deadlines updated under GI Bills
The Veterans Administration issued a roundup of dates for World War II and Korean GI Bill training and Public Law 16 for disabled veterans. It outlines start and end deadlines, with changes from August 20 1954, and special four year extensions for certain disabled post Korea cases.
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Veterans Administration
Picking Apples Safely Protects McIntosh Quality
Extension service notes emphasize careful harvesting to prevent bruising of McIntosh apples. Proper ladder placement, gentle handling, and a protective container are essential to preserve skin and texture after months of pruning, pest control, and orchard management. A careless picker risks damaging fruit and undermining the season's work.
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Carless
Colleges Taking Over Slum Areas Col gies Plan Campus Expansions
Twenty colleges across eight cities plan to use land cleared from slums with federal aid under the housing act of 1949. Institutions such as St. Louis University Drexel Institute and University of Pennsylvania join in slum redevelopment to expand campuses in cities including St Louis Pittsburgh Lexington Birmingham Philadelphia and Detroit. Cooperating institutions include Barnard Juilliard Teachers College and Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan.
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Chicago
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
St. Louis University
St. Louis Mo
University of Pittsburg
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
University of Kentucky
College of the Bible
Lexington
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Drexel Institute of Technology
Teaple University
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Knox College
Galesburg
Ill
Wayne University
Detroit
Mich
Barnard College
Columbia University
Juilliard School of Music
Teachers College
Jewish Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary
Morningside Heights
Manhattan
Corpus Christi Church and Riverside Institute Land Near York
A fragment notes land near York tied to Corpus Christi Church and Riverside New York University Institute area. No dates or clear ownership provided. Further details needed for full summary.
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Corpus Christi
Church
Riverside
New York
Unive Institute
Othe York
Area Land
Service records show 13 years of duty in barracks
A garbled note references a service member with 13 years of duty at a disciplinary barracks. Details are unclear, but the fragment indicates ongoing or past orders related to assignment and time served.
Delayed Ly Holyoke and Helen Gordon Service Card
Delayed service note lists Holyoke and Helen Gordon regarding a reservation in New York City with Fi line consumption.
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Holyoke
Helen Gordon
Pos
York City
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Gordon Evans
Marion Fellus
Unitarian Church
Harvard
Yankee Chet
South Acton
Evans
W. Haymond Feiltus
Damueis
Maynara
Fremiand
Pyrennes
Mediterranean
Out OF State
U. S
Douglas P. Doyle
Boxboro
New England Telephone Company
Mr. Doyle
Marlboro
Harry F. Montgomery Jr
Charles Hammond
Alfred Olsen
Edgar Kruger
Fred Fiske, Jr
George Yopp
Gerald Dee
David Caldwell
Navy
Moffett Naval Air Station
Calif
M.G. Pultz
County
Sion
Sfort
Washington
Ricu
Pontiac
Canella Pontiac, Inc
Powder Mill Road
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