Colleen Gardner's Mother Named OAS Women Leader
Isabela Caserta, executive secretary of the OAS Commission of Women, confirms Colleen Gardner's disclosure about a Capitol Hill payroll sex scandal. Caserta says the mother and daughter fought for women's rights, with Colleen choosing to speak out to expose corruption and support others.
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Colleen Gardner
OAS
Jeremiah O'Leary
Washington Star
Washington
Isabela Chaly Caserta
Inter-American Commission of Women
Organization of American States
Caserta
Doctora
Capitol Hill
Colleen
Arlington, Va
Capitol
Area Man in Service Completes Army Training at Fort Benning
Army Private Melvin W McKee 17, son of Mr and Mrs Roy W Thrash of 2913 Spring Ave, finished seven weeks of advanced individual training May 20 at Fort Benning Ga. He earned general training as a light weapons infantryman and indirect fire crewman plus specialized weapons instruction. He learned explosives handling and mine placement detection and disarming and trained to work in rifle and mortar squads. Each crew member qualified to perform other jobs if needed. A bill authorizing construction of the St Lawrence Seaway was signed by President Eisenhower on January 13 1954.
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Army
Melvin W McKee
Roy W. Thrash
Spring Ave
Ft. Benning
St. Lawrence Seaway
Eisenhower
Long Walk Plowing Cotton With Two-Wheel Plow Team
Fred Lee Anthony guides a two wheel plow pulled by a team of mules in a long tiring cotton field work scene captured by AP Wirephoto.
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Fred Lee
Anthony
Snakebite doctorslashes horse serum on victims in Florida
Maynard Cox, a former Navy chief now a lab technologist, began treating snakebite victims in Northeast Florida with horse serum. He claims a zero mortality rate and full recovery within three days, criticizing tourniquets and suction as barbaric. He credits improved serum purity, supportive drugs, and rapid hospital care for better outcomes.
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Orange Park
Fla
Maynard Cox
Cox
Florida
Navy
Union Correctional Institution
Paper industry milestones in United States history
Paper began in America at a Philadelphia mill in 1690. By 1975 the industry ranks among the 10 largest in the U.S., with sales over $30 billion. World demand has grown about 6 percent annually since 1954, reaching 130 million tons.
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Paper Industry
New York
America
Philadelphia
Robert S. Hatfield
Continental Group, Inc
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Dtex
Western Hemisphere
Leonora Perez
Filipina
Narciso
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Ann Arbor
Mich
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Klean-Krop
North American
Philips
Kansas City
Kansas
Termite
Fourth Ave
S.E
Clay Memorial Hospital
Green Cove Springs
Sary
Newton C. McCullough
Orlando
State Division of Health
DIAL
Westinghouse Compact
B.T.U
Decatur
Jack Burroughs
Hartselle
Goodyear
BankAmericard
American Express
Diners Club
Morgan Plaza
David Freeman
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