Tally the medieval debt stick and its origins
William S. Penfield explains how a tally stick recorded creditor debtor transactions in medieval England. A notch across a split stick created two halves kept separately until payment, ensuring fraud prevention. The halves rejoined to verify a match gave rise to the verb tally meaning to correspond.
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Coliseum Work Starts Tomorrow
Ground breaking for the Oakland Alameda Coliseum complex begins with Piombo Construction clearing a 119 acre site. The $1,970,540 contract covers stadium and arena work, fill, drainage, and site preparation ahead of a June 10 ground breaking and an August 1966 completion.
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Collins blasts Slaybaugh over welfare ceiling idea
Don Collins of the Republican slate in the 13th Assembly District attacked Fremont attorney James Slaybaugh at a Hayward Republican Women meeting. He called Slaybaugh’s welfare ceiling proposal impractical and warned it could leave needy people without aid, arguing instead for targeted ceilings on payments to individuals and families.
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Don Collins
13Th Assembly
Hayward
Federated Republican Women
Collins
James Slaybaugh
Fremont
Slaybaugh
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