Boiling Point quirks and quips from Hal Boyle column
A collage of quick facts and wry observations from Hal Boyle about ignorance home ownership reading writes and odd trivia. It notes 44 percent illiteracy among those over 14, U S home ownership rising to 29 million in a decade 58 percent for nonfarm families, and playful lines on whales wheels and presidents. It ends with a Cervantes quote about women and love.
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New York
Science
United Nations Agency
George Washington
Northwestern University
Scandinavia
United States
Fommy Manville
Phisons
Irvin J Botiner
Esquire Shoe Polia Co
U. S
Korea
Cervantes
Eisenhower seeks $4 billion for foreign aid with military emphasis
President Eisenhower plans a foreign aid program near 4.1 billion dollars for the next fiscal year, with about half for military assistance and the rest for economic loans and grants. The plan reflects administration priorities amid past Congress cuts and a push to bolster Western Hemisphere defense before Eisenhower's upcoming overseas trip.
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Washington
Congress
Administration
Eisenhower
Walter House
William Ti. Drapeer Jr
Treasury and
Budget Bureau
Commerce Department
Earl Lier
U.S
Honeymoon Save After Wedding Delay
MIAMI AP The Chandler couple postponed their wedding after Kenneth Chandler 20 was arrested on assault charges from a bachelor party dispute. They married Sunday before about 20 witnesses, with Carolyn Williamson 18 expressing forgiveness and the couple resuming their plans.
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Miami
Fla
Kenneth Chandler
Chandler
Bree
Carolyn Williamson
Fele
Carolyn
Last Rites For Art Expert Set
Francis de Erdely a Budapest native and art professor at the University of Southern California dies after a series of operations at age 35. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Forest Lawn Church of the Recessional. he leaves his widow Edith. His paintings are in permanent collections at museums worldwide.
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Los Angeles
Francis de Erdely
LE A. m
Forest Lawn
de Erdely
Budapest
Hungary
Universlty
Southern California
Ile
Edith
California
British Vessel Believed Found Near Newport
Divers believe timbers found in Brenton's Cove by the Marine Underwater Archaeological Society may be remains of a British ship burned in the Revolutionary War. Jackson Jenks led the team as they uncovered the timbered wreck, now buried under mud likely to wash away soon.
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Newport, Rus
Brenton's Cove
Jackson Jenks
Marine Underwater Archaeological Society
Birth Control View Shared By 5 Hopefuls
Five potential 1960 Democratic nominees call for United States to provide birth control information to requesting nations while tying aid to self-determination. Republicans Rockefeller and others share similar views. officials stress no use of foreign aid funds is planned. Church bishops oppose funding promotion abroad. Dissenting opinions cite national welfare, religious liberty, and nonimposition.
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Washington
United States
Nebsoi A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
U.S
Matey
Alonzo Smith
International Cooperation Administration
Smith
Hare
Eisenhower
Willam H. Draperty
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kermady
Flo
Edmand G
Pat) Brown
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dmint
Congregational
Cutch
America
Adlai F. Stevenson
G. Mennen Willams
Michigan
Kennedy
Williams
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Holiday Toll in Thanksgiving Accidents Reaches 625
Associated Press tally shows unusually severe weather and heavy traffic led to 625 deaths during the Thanksgiving period. The worst crash occurred on U S highway 181 in southern Texas killing seven, with multiple fatal crashes across Oklahoma Louisiana Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and fires in North Carolina Kentucky.
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Texas
U.S
Bradford
Holstein
Town
Merrill, Wik
Bristol
R. 1
Craveland
Fila
Southern Fines
N.C
Bardwell
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Johnson Urges Purge of Bigotry at DNC Dinner
Senate leader Lyxton B. Johnson tells Democratic National Committee officials and national groups at a citizenship awards dinner to discard labels and discrimination. He cites race religion and birth as divisions to end while urging united leadership ahead of the 1960 platform. More than 60 delegates from eastern national groups attend.
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Philadelphia
Senate
Lyxton B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Democratic National Committee
America
United States
NASA pair shoots Venus from stratosphere over Kansas
Malcolm Ross and Charles B Moore of the Navy and Johns Hopkins scientist team soared from Rapla City to 81,000 feet in a balloon gondola to photograph Venus with a 16 inch telescope. They landed near Manhattan Kansas after 1:18 am Saturday. Both survived. Ross shaken, Moore unharmed. Ground crews tracked the craft to Schilling Field, Salina, for overnight rest before instruments returned to Minneapolis and Johns Hopkins analyzes readings.
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Manhattan
Kan
Malcolm Ross
Charles B. Moore
Ross
Navy
Dr. Moore
Roden
Venus
Rapla City
S.D
Moore
Schiling ‘Air Force Base
Salina
Kaw
Earth
Ihite
Winzen Research, Inc
Minneapolis
Fim
Office of Navall Research
Johns Hopkins Univer
Sky
Baltimore
John Strong
Johns Hopkins
Arlington, V
Moore's
Cambridge
Mass
Burglars Take 7500 In Furs And Jewelry In San Francisco
San Francisco police report a break in at the home of an auto parts company manager in St. Francis Wood. A milk cape valued at 1200 and a coat worth 1000 were among stolen items, all insured, with entry through the garage after four days’ absence by Mrs Karl Schmidt-Lueders. Her husband is in Europe.
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San Francisco
Karl Schmidt-Lueders
St. Francis Wood
Schmidt Latcders
Europe
Jukebox blaze after long harry tale at Harbor Inn
Patrons at Harbor Inn let the juke box run for 30 minutes while a song looped then another patron switched tunes. The machine caught fire after the second selection. Separately, a taxi company in Stockholm offers free rides home for newly reunited couples celebrating its 60th anniversary. In London, Joe Sampson and Patricia Allen, 23 and 16, cancel their engagement after 18 days of disputes over who should lead. In New York, Eden Hotel manager sends requests to supply Haile Selassie’s son with strawberries, arranging 10 pounds of frozen berries via Waldorf-Astoria.
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New. York
UPI
Harbor Inn
Maggie
London
Fivefoot
Joe Samp_son
Karachi
Pakistan
Patricia Allen
New York
Duesseldorf
Germany
Haile Selassie
Wallace Lee
Waldor-Astoria
Waldost
Kennedy Hits Farm Policies in Cheyenne Speech
In Cheyenne, Senator Joan Kennedy criticizes Eisenhower farm policy, citing rising surpluses and high storage costs. She accuses the administration of neglecting a positive farmer program and calls for Taft Hartley Act revisions to aid labor disputes.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Eisenhower
Joan F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Zara Taft Bensor
Benson
Abcer
Bermuda Emphasizes High College Age Electric Service
Bermudians report ninety eight percent of homes have full electric service. Among Americans of college age, Bermudians believe this marks the highest national average rent in the world.
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Bermuda
Bermudians
Tragic Chicago Fire Remembered Amidst Rebuilding
Eyewitness accounts recount scenes near the ruined school on Town Street as parishioners pray beside fire lines. Families mourn 36 students killed and 6 injured while lawsuits seek 2.306 million in damages against the archbishop and city over the blaze. the rector Msgr. Cansel recently recovered from a stroke and led an anniversary Mass.
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Joséph Modica
Joseph Maxawski
Mother of Christ
Raymond
Joseph F. Cansel
Chicago
Nixon Urged To Announce Candidacy
SAN MATEO AP reports California Republican Assembly directors urged Vice President Richard Nixon to declare his presidential bid. They passed a resolution praising Nixon and criticizing Governor Edmund G. Brown for not disclosing his own presidential aspirations while setting dates for the Sacramento convention March 4 to 6 and opposing tax increases.
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San Mateo
California’ Republican Assembly
Richard M. Nixon
Assembly
Nixon
Alo
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
U. S
CRA
Sacramtento
Delegate says Vatican would not influence U S presidency
The apostolic delegate to the United States, Most Rev Egidio Vagnezi, calls the idea the Vatican would seek to influence or interfere with an American president ridiculous. He notes the Catholic Church is entirely free in America and has no reason to attempt political influence at the White House.
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Providence
B.F
Apostolic
United States
Vatican
Egidio Vagnezi
America
White House
Milk Hearings Set by State Milk Control Schedule
The California Bureau of Milk Control will hold hearings to review lowering bulk milk prices for city, county, state, and federal agencies. Sessions are slated for December 9 in San Diego, December 10 in Red Ding Fresno Centro and Mer ced, December 15 in Salinas, and December 16 in San Jose.
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Sacramento
UPT
State Bureau of Milk Control
San Diego
Redding
Fresno
Centro
Merced
Salinas
San Jose
Climber Dies After Belt Snaps on Icy Utah Ledge
In Provo Canyon, BYU students Allan H. Warren and Larry Anderson climbed a narrow icy ledge near Bridal Veil Falls. Warren slipped while Anderson held their belt as a lifeline. the belt snapped, sending Warren 50 feet to the bottom and causing Anderson to fall to his death. Warren, 23, was from Tawney California and Anderson, 15, from Anchorage Alaska.
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Provo
Tah
Provo Canyon
Allan H. Warren
Larry Anderson
Warren
Anderson
Tawney
Calif
Anchorage
Alaska
Brigham Young University
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