Children Burned To Death In Michigan House Fire
Three children perished when a rural Mount Pleasant house exploded from a gas furnace blast while they slept. Mrs McQueen 27 and two other relatives were hospitalized with serious burns. a neighbor rescued four month old Susie Fa laugher from the blaze.
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Mount Pleasant
Mich
Glenn McQueen
Sharon
Gene
Arthur McQueen
Susie
Roger Falaugher
Earl Busong
Debate Over Original Designer of the U S Flag
The World Almanac notes controversy between Francis Hopkinson and Betsy Ross over who designed the first Stars and Stripes. Accounts cite Washington asking Ross to embroider a flag, with later sources doubting the tale. References vary on Hopkinson’s role and Ross as maker, amid ongoing national symbolism discussions.
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Yorktown
Francis Hopkinson
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Ross
Washington
Betsy
Almanac
Merriam-Webster Biographical Dictionary
Philadelphia
Robert Morris
George Ross
Brewer's Dictionary of
Congress
Archden
United States of America
Ed Rankin
Hodges
Social Security Choices for Women at 62 Versus 65
Advice on when to claim social security benefits for women, detailing reduced payments at 62, higher benefits at 65, and effects for widows and married women. Includes examples with earnings and monthly amounts, urging careful personal decision and directing to official guidance for more information.
Mitchell confronts Senate labor bill from Switzerland
James P. Mitchell, labor secretary, blasted a Senate anti corruption bill as ineffective from Switzerland. He then returned to Capitol Hill, prompting changes the Senate adopted. Mitchell has long defied political norms, earning both criticism and praise from labor leaders and White House aides.
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Norman Way
Washington
James P. Mitchell
Eisenhower
Mitchell
Switzerland
Senate
Festival of Anti American Films Opens in Hanoi
AP reports a festival of anti American films opens in Hanoi with more than 30 features from Russia China Hungary East Germany and Japan on the program. The entries include Still its Good to be Alive a Japanese drama denouncing US atomic bombings and nuclear tests and a Russian film on racial discrimination in the United States. A separate Akron Ohio item notes a teen faddance explanation by a Buchtel High School girl saying her feet hurt.
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Hong Kong
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Hanoi Radio
Russia
China
Hungary
East Germany
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Pacific
United States
Akron
Ohio
Buchtel
Integration of Legion Is Asked
Asheville AP report on the North Carolina American Legion Executive Committee receiving a plea from Negro posts to integrate the Legion. W. K. Rhodes noted the resolution should have gone to the department convention. Plummer Vines said he was unaware of any meeting. About 1,500 Legion and auxiliary members were expected for the 40th annual convention with W. E. Armstrong of Hot Springs to speak and elections to be held.
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Asheville
North Oe
American Legion
Legion
Negro Legionstitution
W. K.partment
Rhodes
Department
Plummer Vines
Raleigh
Legion, Auxiliary
Chef de Chemin
W. E
Bil) Armstrong
Hot Springs
Ark
Euro Legionnaires
Convention
Congress in session meets at noon daily
When Congress is in session it convenes at 12 o'clock noon per routine.
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Congress
Social Security Benefits Surpass Tax-Take in Historic Shift
U.S. trustees report for the year ending June 30 shows the Old Age and Survivors Insurance fund shrinking by about 4.28 billion dollars in the near term with a five year drop of 3 to 4 billion, though the system remains balanced for practical purposes. Rising benefits from new entrants and earlier retirement choices, plus recession effects, contribute to higher payouts while taxes rise in future years to offset costs.
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Congress
Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
Zebulon M. Pike Discoverer of Colorado Peak
Zebulon M. Pike was a salaried employee of the federal government when he first located the peak in Colorado that now bears his name in 1806.
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Zebulon M. Pike
Colorado
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EE Bervien
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U.&. of Health, Education and Welfare
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Los Angeles
AFL
George Meany
New York
Armed Forces
Army
W. Washington St
S. G. Hamlet
Mgr
Northwestern
Reed Supply CO
Thomasville
High Point
Florida
Ana
FON
Daytona Plaza Hotel
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