Congressmen Show Odd Jobs From Bus Driver To Magician
Washington dispatch recalls a playful survey of representatives with varied past roles from bus driver Olin Teague to magician Kenneth Gray, stage electrician Roy Wier, and football players such as Jack Westland, highlighting niche talents and former positions among lawmakers.
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DII
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D-Fla
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Orientation For Students Is Scheduled
CHAPEL HILL Jan 25 New and transfer students entering the University of North Carolina for spring semester begin orientation activities Wednesday Jan 29. New women must report Tuesday night for house meetings with counselors. On Wednesday at 8:30 a.m separate meetings are set for General College and School of Business Administration entrants. Thursday includes physical examinations and spring class registration. An assembly for all new students is at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall with Chan-
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Busman’s Holiday as Lawmakers Bring Varied Life Skills
The piece notes Congress members hail from many walks, including craftsmen, farmers, storekeepers, lawyers and undertakers. Rep. Charles Boyle of Illinois is pictured, showing his 1930 bus driver past in Chicago and a modern bus briefing beside a sightseeing vehicle.
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D-Ill
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Chicago
Wake Forest debt reduced from six to four point six two five million
Wake Forest College reports the campus debt has been cut from 6 million to 4.625 million. President Harold Tribble credited support from the Baptist State Convention, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, corporations, alumni and friends for financing the building program. The college aims to retire the 2.8 million Wachovia short term loan by end of 1960.
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Australian Diplomat Hodgson Dies Founder of Diplomatic Corp
Sydney Australia Col William Roy Hodgson a founder of Australia's diplomatic service has died. Hodgson served in key postings and helped shape early 20th century foreign relations. His death marks the loss of a prominent career diplomat tied to Australian international representation.
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Australia
William Roy Hodgson
Sarah Churchill to Join Father on the French Riviera
Hollywood reports actress Sarah Churchill will fly to the French Riviera next Wednesday to join her father Sir Winston Churchill for about six weeks after finishing a television drama she stars in. The program debuts Friday and she was described as wan and sad. She had pleaded guilty to a Malibu drunk charge, fined $50, and said she was emotionally upset at the time.
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Sir Winston Churchill
French Riviera
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Eastern Talks Latest Mergers of Railroads
Mergers rise as railroads cope with economic downturns. The New York Central and the Pennsylvania lead a traditional push toward consolidation, joined by Missouri Pacific Texas & Pacific Northern Pacific Great Northern Erie Lackawanna and Delaware & Hudson. Reform plans and regulatory shifts shape the ongoing realignment.
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Erie
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Fire Station Fire Prompted by Blind Spot in Watch Tower
Genichi Asami chief of the Edogane fire brigade explains the blaze that burned the station Thursday night began at the tower base, the sole location in the area unseen by the on duty man.
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Genichi Asami
Edogane Fire Brigade
Polio Outbreak Reported on Majuro Atoll
An outbreak of polio was reported among natives on Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands with sixteen confirmed cases.
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Marshall Islands
Suspect Kean Denies Killing Farmer Under Cloud of Death
Henry Kean vociferously denies involvement in the farmer's death after Templeton hints Peters is dead. The rapid claim of innocence suggests tension over the true cause and source of Peters’s demise.
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Templeton
Peters
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