Boiling Point Bites Back With Odd Facts And Quips
New York columnist Hal Boyle riffs on daily life and curious trivia. The column riffs through housekeeping tips, abundance of moths versus fabrics, the first U.S. restaurant bill, film trivia, odd signs, and light scholarly asides, weaving humor with retrospective history and bite sized observations.
Reds Arrested In Bribe Plot
AP reports two MOECOW officials in a bribe plot tied to speeding deliveries at a tric dor factory. The tale mentions tribal offers and a shipping department, with local papers citing the 1937 Gavette and The BAILY REVIEW in a garbled, ad laden text from Hayward California.
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Protection On Car Sales To Be Asked
SACRAMENTO AP I the Ing see MTD Pe askAT 20 phant autos, bills proposed to bolster the disability fund. A uniform sales form to be signed by buyer and seller on purchase. Measures to curb unscrupulous auto advertising and ease financial strain on those suing dealers for fraud. Rees aims to raise disability fund income and seeks compromise between labor and management. Management seeks higher wage tax. labor wants higher earning limits.
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Pei Rees
Teachers Bill Submits Aims to Sharpen Teacher Training
SACRAMENTO AP A bill to require more matter and less method in California teacher training goes to the legislature. Sen Hugo Fisher and Assemblyman Gordon Winton Ay sponsor the measure backed by Gov Brown Roy Simpson and the State Board. The bill would mandate majors in an academic subject and an academic minor for teachers and reduce the number of teacher credentials from 40 to five. Fisher says the bill marks a return to fundamentals and would basics keep teachers grounded in the next generation.
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Hugo Fisher
San Diego
Fishofer
Premier of Red China Ends Tour in Rangoon Visit
Chinese Premier Chou Enlai completed a goodwill visit in Rangoon Burma amid reports of an $80 million long term, low interest loan to neutralist Burma. Sources say the funds will back a cotton spinning factory, a paper mill and other industrial projects.
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Burma
Chou
Witcklong
Last Body Recovered From Idaho Nuclear Building
AP reports the final body from a reactor explosion at an Idaho testing station has been recovered. Three servicemen died in the blast while preparing to restart the prototype reactor for mobile power use. The bodies, highly radioactive, were found lodged in the upper structure above the damaged unit. Names include Army Spec. 5C Byrnes, 27. Spec. 4C McKinley, 23. Navy Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Richard C. Logg, 26. Funeral plans pending.
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Idaho
Spenal
Atomic Exergy Commission
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John A. Byrnes
Spec
Richard L. McKinley
Navy Electrician
Richard C._ Logg
State Aid On Water Jobs Sought
Sacramento report indicates Assemblyman Carley Polen ter plans a bill to extend state aid to local water agencies for aqueducts and pipelines. Porter would allow one third of a 130 million local aid pool for water distribution systems, with Prop 3 enabling state loans or grants up to 300000 for designated local water projects.
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Toval
Carley
Polenter
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Ment
Brown Admits Mistakes as Midterm Doubts Loom
SACRAMENTO AP Gov Brown reflects at midway point of his four year term saying he has learned from mistakes, cites the Daryl Chessman case and a desire to push plans for California. He downplays presidential ambitions while acknowledging the heavy pressure from supporters of Stevenson and Johnson and criticizing his delegation's loyalty.
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Seawn
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T'va
Daryl Chessman
Tye
Patil
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John F. Kennedy
California
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Beause
Adlai Stevenson
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Lyndon B. Johnson
State's Law On Vagrancy Under Attack
The Interim Committee on Criminal Procedure urges repeal of the vagrancy statute calling it archaic and vague. It proposes a new act targeting specific offenses, preventing arrests for mere suspicion and replacing old law with conduct based provisions. Gov Brown previously vetoed a similar 1959 measure but signals agreement with the committee's findings.
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Howie
Assembly Tidy
John O'Connell
San Francisco
Gov
Brown
Rains Cause 3 Car Deaths Near Ukiah
Three people died in two weather related crashes near Ukiah as rain slicked roads. Victims were Gary Versatr 44 Isleton Robert Mllen Pearce 18 and Saundra Lyon Hardman 15 all Ukiah. One crash involved Vecente B Ingasals 51 Santa Rosa driving into a run driven by Robert Estes 17 Burnville on State Highway 14. The other teens died when Pearce driven car left U S 101 and toppled into a creek.
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Ukiah
Highway Patrol
Gary Versatr
Isleton
Robert Mllen Pearce
Saundra Lyon Hardman
Vecente
Ancleto B. Ingasals
Santa Rosa
Robert Dale Estes
Almanac Today January 9 historical notes and quotes
Almanac entries for January 9 note events such as Connecticut’s statehood in 1788, Blanchard’s balloon flight in 1793, Carrie Chapman Catt’s 1859 birth, Mississippi’s 1861 secession, and the 1943 Luzon invasion. Also cited is Washington Irving’s quip about a sharp tongue as a keen edge.
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Venus
Connecticut
Union
United States
Jean Pierre Blanchard
Germantown
New Jersey
Carrie Chapman Catt
Mississippi
Luzon
Philippines
Washington Irving
Police Find Girl mistreated in Jacksonville case
Police say a mistreated girl, age about ten, is hospitalized after abuse by her guardians. Seven other children are reported in the home. Deputy Stringer confirms an investigation into Patricia Ann Pickens and multiple people hurt in the incident.
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Pia
John
Mattie Pickens
Pickens
Patricia Ann
Arab tradesmen may call strike in Algeria rift
Cairo AP report says the executive council of the Arab Federation of Trade Unions prepared a warning to France. If Algeria independence is granted, Arab workers may respond with strikes or other actions. The tale underscores regional tensions over decolonization.
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