Millionaire on the New York waterfront Francis Barry rises from Hell's Kitchen
Francis Barry, 58, self made and head of Circle Line and other ferry lines, built a shipping empire carrying about 20 million passengers last year. Born to a stevedore in Hell's Kitchen, he rose from pennies tossed by barbers to leadership of three vessels in New York Harbor.
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Atue
Barry
Abraham Lincoln
Clover
U.S. Customs Service
Fossil hobby leads to science awards for 14 year old
Johnny Waters of Moulton aims to advance paleontology work with Genus Pentremites fossils. University professors from Michigan and Indiana will visit to inspect his quarry finds and science fair projects. He has won multiple local and regional science fair honors and plans further study.
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Spencer Waters
Young Waters
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University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
Alan Horowitz
University of Indiana
Decatur
Waters
Macurda
Tom Cornell
Huntsville
Jim Sprinkle
Smithsonian Institute
Sprinkle
Lawrence County
Florence
Lawrence
Johnny
President Receives Cotton Bill
The House completed action on a cotton research and promotion bill. It would create a grower financed check off program, $1 per bale, with refunds for nonparticipants. It requires hearings and a referendum, and must be approved by two thirds of voters or producers for implementation.
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House
Johnson
Secretary of Agriculture
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