Admiral King Yacht Quarters Cost U.S. Big Sum
NEA reports that 134,365 was spent by U.S. taxpayers to house Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King aboard the yacht Delphine used as a gunboat during World War II. The Navy bought the boat from Mrs. Anna Dillman for the war effort after her price demands and a disputed appraisal. The vessel’s lavish interiors included teak paneling and carved stairways as part of the luxury quarters for King.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Washington
Fieet
Ernest J. King
U.S
H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Dillman
Delphine
Maritime Commission
Dauntless
Potomac
King
Navy Department
Navy
Senator Vandenberg
Emory S. Land
Land
Vandenberg
Navy sells Dauntless back to owner after King era fit
The Dauntless battleship yacht, modified by Navy during World War II with radar gear guns and life rafts, was returned to owner Mrs Dillman for 20000 after an estimate of 360000 to restore. Dillman seeks a higher price and may sue while officials note similar losses on other boats.
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Tain
King
Potomac
Admiral King
Navy
Maritime Commission
Maritime Commissioner
Dillman
Commission
Henry Ford Restores Bull's Lodge to Tudor Era State
Henry Ford redecorated Bull's Lodge in Boreham England and restored it to the preservation level it held when Henry VII granted Anne Boleyn a title there.
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Henry Ford
Bull's Lodge
Boreham
England
Henry VII
Anne Boleyn
United Nations Still Moving Its Home Plans
The United Nations cannot settle on a permanent home. Delegates have used Hunter College gym as a temporary HQ, then Henry Hudson Hotel, with plans to move to a New York City building at Flushing Meadows and Lake Success. A committee proposes about 11 square miles within a 90 minute reach of NYC as a home.
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Marc J. Parsons
NEA
New York
United Nations
U. N
Hunter College
Henry Hudson
New York City
Flushing Meadow
Sperry Cytoscope
Lake Success
L. I
Iunter
Council Chamber
Council Regal
Flushing Meadows
General Assembly
U.N
U.N. Headquarters Site Shifts to Westchester Fairfield Regions
The housing commission explores site options around New York City including a three and a half square mile HQ with buffer zones and attached personnel housing. Greenwich and Stamford faced fierce local opposition, pushing the search toward Westchester County New York and Fairfield County Connecticut for a permanent home.
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New York City
U. N
New York
Housing Commission
Commission
U.N
Greenwich
Stamford
Conn
Westchester County
N. Y
Fairfield County
Tall Pole Tale From Wheatland
J B King, longtime manager of the Wheatland telephone company, recalls starting in the business 35 years ago by climbing poles. He notes an era of 60 to 65 foot poles, then 45 foot poles. a memory ends with him climbing past the top and landing in an apple tree 25 feet below.
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Wheatland
Wyo
J. B. King
King
Overzealous collectors strip Cheyenne Legion grave markers
Officials of the Cheyenne charter American Legion report a salvage drive led to the loss of about 75 percent of the legion's bronze grave markers. The markers were seized during the drive and authorities believe they were taken.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
American Legion
Legion
Legion to Replace Missing Markers After Salvage Drive
Legion members plan to order about 900 or 300 additional markers to replace those missing after a salvage drive melted down and sold for junk.
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Legion
Ten Sleep plans air field amid landing concerns
Ten Sleep Wyoming residents consider a permanent air field as Al Falés tall structures near the area raise landing and takeoff safety concerns. Farmers on ranches protest fields being opened to air traffic, signaling local friction over new aviation activity.
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Hazar
Mendes Rhinopithecus Habitat Shrouded in Central Asia Snow
A partial fragment notes a lone species of mendes rhinopithecus and hints at its home along the central Asian high line of perpetual snow, suggesting a remote, alpine habitat near distant ranges.
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Central Asia
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Boon
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Sacramento
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Maybury
W. Va
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Wey
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