Sparkman backs 16.5 million lease for Brookwood Hospital
Washington report alleges Senator John Sparkman used influence to push a 16.5 million SBA lease guarantee for Brookwood Medical Center Hospital Inc. The plan, tied to two Birmingham real estate fund raisers, would favor private interests and draw doctors from poorer communities. Critics say it violates SBA policy and could underwrite a privately run facility.
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Washington
John Sparkman
Small Business Administration
SBA
Alabama
Valley Center Development Corp
Birmingham
Homewood
Speir
Rice
Brookwood Medical Center Hospital, Inc
Hilary
Brookwood Medical Hospital, Inc
Drivers ignore school bus lights alarm locals urge police action
In a surge of reader reports the Journal notes many motorists pass stopped school buses, a violation described as one of the motor vehicle code’s most serious offenses. Julius Trombetta urges local police to crackdown as state authorities remind drivers of stopping rules for buses with amber and red lights.
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State Departmenti of Transportation
Bureau of Traffic Safety
Julius A Trombella
Bureau
Commonwealth
Trombetta
Podiatry boom and quirky notes dot a busy column
New York AP piece highlights foot health as a rising concern with 85 percent of Americans over 35 affected. It cites wrong shoe styles and car dependence as key causes while also noting Vermont round barns and a tax of humor with will jokes. It ends with cashing horse race tickets and teen snow shoveling quips.
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New York
Vermont
Corry Chest Campaign Trails Target After Day’s Late Gifts
In Corry the Community Chest added 630 in the last 24 hours, lifting the total to 27 111 but still short of the 30 350 goal. Tri-Hi-Y members folded 150 school banners at Miss Francine Maloney’s home for sale at the Corry Meadville game, with no pep parade float planned. Halloween costume fun is planned tomorrow as local youngsters prepare to show costumes in a pregame pep parade. Beaverette Club invites all students in costume to join the event.
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Corry
Tri-Hi-Y
Francine Maloney
Corry-Meadville
Beaverette Club
Corry High School
Sparkling Legacy: Robert Jean de Vogue and the Marne
The piece profiles Robert Jean de Vogue, 76, famed maker of Moet et Chandon champagne, his ties to Epernay and Rheims, and a World War I legacy tied to the Marne valley. It recalls battles, the cathedral siege, and the enduring wine houses like Ruinart, Mumm, Bollinger, Piper-Heidsieck, Dom Perignon, and Mercier.
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Robert Jean de Vogue
Legion of Honor
Resistance
Gestapo
Marne
Ruinart Pere Et Fils
Mumms
Bollinger
Piper- Heidsieck
Dora Perignon
House of Mercier
de Vogue
Epernay
Rheims
Supermarket Romance Myth and Mirth Across Aisles
A columnist claims supermarkets cast a strange romance spell on men when accompanied by women, noting observed gestures and flirtations amid piped music. The piece muses on whether music, foods, or Geritol trigger charm, cites store variety from Loblaw to A&P, and ends with a tongue in cheek warning against exaggeration while insisting the phenomenon is real.
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Kissin
Loblaw’s
A&p
IGA
Loblaw Lotharios
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Hilary Sandoval
Jerald Allen
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Salen
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Tenterhooks
Espernay
France
Caesar
Marne Valley
Robert-Jean de Vogue
Gallieni
By Bill Eaton
Casanova
Suez Canal Company
Robert-Jean Marriet
Moet
Moet and
Chandon
Champange
David
Chateau-Thierry
Belleau Wood
Paris-Soir
Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
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