Centennial Serapcook and the James Tanner Pension Saga
A retrospective on James Tanner, key actor behind post Civil War pension reform. From his injuries at Second Bull Run to clerical entry in the War Department, his drive to extend pensions shaped U.S. policy. By 1918 Civil War pensions soar past five billion, altering veteran widowhood patterns.
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United States
Jamez Tanner
John Wilkes Booth
James Tanner
Lincoln
Second Bull Run
New York
Tanner
War Department
Cpl
Veterans’ Organization
The
GAR
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Harrison
United States Treasury
Washington
Jackie Kennedy 36th Birthday Marked by Grief and Memories
New York AP report notes Mrs John F Kennedy turns 36 amid bittersweet memories of her husband’s assassination and the loss of a newborn. She remains protective of her two children Caroline and John while continuing library work and charity roles.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hyannis Fort
Mass
Caroline
John
Mrs. Kennedy
England
Queen Elizabeth
Runnymede
White House
Honey Fitz
Nantucket Sound
Quiet Cove
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Georgetown
Leftist General Strike In Greece Fails Under Government Crackdown
ATHENS AP A leftist general strike intended as Greece s biggest protest in 30 years collapsed under a government crackdown. Police and army blocks, riots and business as usual in most of the city, while Papandreou battles for leadership of his center union party and possible successors within the deputies.
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Greece
Athens
General Confederation of Labor
George Athanasiadis Novas
Heiborfing
George Papandreou
Confederation
Papandreou
Center Union Party
Constantine
Athanasiadis Novas
Center Union
Stephanos Tephanopoulos
Georgia Florida tobacco auction season opens today
The tobacco marketing season for Georgia Florida flue cured auctions centers opens Wednesday with warehousemen predicting record high prices. Warehouses opened Monday to receive tobacco for the first sales and many farmers expect to exceed poundage quotas. The season runs about 20 sales days with a late clean up sale to follow. Markets span Adel Alma Baxley Blackshear Claxton Douglas Fitzgerald Hahira Hazelhurst Metter Moultrie Nasheville Pearson Pelham Quitman Statesboro Swainsboro Sylvester Thomasville Tifton Valdosta Vidalia Waycross. Florida towns include High Springs Jasper Lake City Live Oak Madison.
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Valdosta
Georgia
Phil Campbell
Adel
Alma
Baxley
Blackshear
Claxton
Douglas
Fitzgerald
Hahira
Hazelhurst
Metter
Moultrie
Nasheville
Pearson
Pelham
Quitman
Statesboro
Swainsboro
Sylvester
Thomasville
Tifton
Vidalia
Way
General Stillwell Back to Walking After Parachute Fall
Gen Joseph W Stillwell 53 commander at Fort Bragg's John F Kennedy Center for Special Warfare walks again after a April 1 parachuting accident. He suffered a ruptured spleen and 19 broken bones from a HALO jump. He credits instinct and training for his survival and plans to resume jumping once cleared.
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Gen. Stillwell
Ft. Bragg
John F. Kennedy
Poe
Motive Sought In Slaying Of N. C. Woman
Police seek motive in the killing of Beatrice Byrum Mce Crary a 70 year old North Carolina woman found beaten to death in her bathroom. Guilford County Medical Examiner Dr T E Ferrell reports massive skull fractures from a blunt instrument. Her husband John Norman McCrary 76 discovered the body upon returning from rental property check. he said doors and screens were locked except for one front screen.
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High Point
N. C
Beatrice Byrum
Statesville Water Emergency Declared In City
Statesville officials ordered water restrictions for emergency use only after a motor failure at the water filtration plant caused low pressure. Emergency equipment was being switched from the old plant while repairs were underway and expected to finish by early Wednesday.
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Statesville
N. C
Six Firms Accused in Fiberglass Price Fixing Case
The government charges six major fiberglass makers with price fixing in aerospace and missile material supply. Burlington Industries and J. P. Stevens include Carolinas operations. The suit seeks damages under the Clayton Act or doubled by the False Claims Act, with no specific sum stated. Separate complaints name Burlington, Clark Schwebel, United Merchants, and J. P. Stevens.
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New York
Carolinas
Burlington Industries Inc
J. P. Stevens Co. Inc
United Merchants Manufacturers Inc
Clark Schwebel Fiber Glass Corp
Exeter Manufacturing Co. Inc
Coast Manufacturing Supply Co
Burlington, Stevens
United Merchants
United States
Burlington
Clark Schwebel
J. P. Stevens
No Announcement Yet Lynda Bird Returns To Texas Campus
Lynda Bird Johnson plans to return to the University of Texas this fall and join Zeta Tau Alpha. Sorority officials say she will move into the sorority house near campus, with Secret Service guarding a downstairs room. Her prior UT roommate attended George Washington University with her during parts of college.
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Warrie Lynn Smith
San Antonio
White House
George Washington
Lynda
University of Texas
George Covert
Zeta
Secret Service
Lynda Bird
Washington
Arson tied to explosion at Henrico school lab in Virginia
Investigations by Henrico County arson squad found three fires in a storage area next to Fairfield Junior High School's laboratory building and a fourth in an adjacent classroom. Fire Chief R C Gilman said the fires started among papers in cabinets and that the explosion occurred about 11 40 p m Monday though the fires were minor and could have been extinguished with a garden hose. Estimated damage reached 12000 dollars.
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Richmond
Henrico County
R. C. Gilman
Gilman
Fairfield Junior High School
Prison Songwriter Denied Parole in Tennessee
Johnny Bragg 38, noted as Tennessee state prison hit songwriter of Just Walking in the Rain and member of The Prisonnaires, was denied parole unanimously by the state board of pardons and paroles. The board noted a prior parole granted and later lost after robbery and attempted murder convictions, while Bragg said he wished to pursue music and church work.
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Nashville, Tenn
Johnny Bragg
Tennessee
Bragg
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Thim
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Centennial Serapcook
Ncdez
National Cyclopedia of American Biography
Clare Kinnaird
King Features Syndicate
Jackie
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Ree
Helo
U. of Texas
Virginia News
Charles W. Walker
State Council of Higher Education
Oklahoma State Regents For Higher Education
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Virginia Institutions of Higher Learning
Virginia Commission On Higher Education
Sussex
Sussex County
Herbert V. Coulton
Virginia
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Coulton
Jaime
Danville
Baltimore
Durham
Miami
Main St
National
F. W. Townes
Une
B.W. Townes & Son
Townes
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