A Railroad Empire Begins To Sprout
A major railroad merger plans to link the Missouri Valley to the East Coast forming a large regional system. Norfolk & Western leads with Wabash Nickel Plate and others, detailing asset values, routes, and ICC divestiture conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Lane
NEW York
Missouri Valley
Norfolk & Western Railway
Greater Norfolk & Western
Canada
Buffalo
N.Y
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
St. Louis
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Norfolk
Pocahontas
N&w
Wabash and
Nickel Plate
Sandusky (Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wabash Securities
Pennsy
ICC
New York Central Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
M&w
Wabash
Sandusky
Akron, Canton & Youngstown
Pittsburgh & West Virginia
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Redstone Arsenal Army workers honored for civilian service awards
Six Army Missile Command employees at Redstone Arsenal were honored. William C. McCorkle and John A. Muller received Meritorious Civilian Service Awards for missile theory work and contract savings. Edith Gibbs earned the Federal Woman’s Award plaque. George B. Rudd and Leland Womack received actions awards for maintenance savings and manual reductions. June W. Turvey won a Suggestion Award for a parts-saving idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redstone Arsenal
Army Missile Command
Department of the Army
William C. McCorkle
John A. Muller
McCorkle
Command
Directorate of Research and Development
Muller
Directorate of Procurement and Production
Army
Edith Gibbs
Directorate of Supply and Maintenance
Secretary of the Army
George B. Rudd
Leland Womack
Rudd
Womack
June W. Turvey
Meeting the plane at Harlan airport
John Farmer volunteered to drive to the airport to pick up a business traveler. An acquaintance gave directions that led them along narrow roads to a newly encountered four lane highway. The driver exclaimed that they were on the airport runway.
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Harlan, Ky
John Farmer
Farmer
Alcoholism Diet Defects Linked to Vitamin Shortages
A fragmented passage notes that poor diet during alcohol use leads to vitamin deficiencies and various diseases, citing the Florida Alcohol Treatment Program as an example.
State Selective Service Director Warns Colleges on 18 Register
Adams reminded new college students of their duty to register for the draft when they reach 18. The local draft board is near almost every college.
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Decatur Daily
State Selective Service
Adams
Bourbon whiskey origins traced to Bourbon County Kentucky
Jacob Spears of Pennsylvania built an early Kentucky distillery in Bourbon County and named the whisky for the county. The bourbon label later applied to any corn whiskey per the distillery formula, producing a heavy bodied mellow liquor of deep amber color. Surgery is performed on two thirds of underage hospital admissions.
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Bourbon
Bourbon Country
Paris
Jacob Spears
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Bourbon County
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Charlie
Dean
Doan
AMC
Florida
Montgomery
Orion
Roe
Grant St
T.grant
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