Inadequate Subsurface Explorations Raise Parkway Costs
A Controller General office report finds inadequate subsurface explorations raised construction costs on two Blue Ridge Parkway sections near Asheville North Carolina. The eight and 19.5 mile projects completed last spring could have saved about 367000 dollars with proper investigations, while contract administration problems also arose.
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Washington
Controller General's Office
Blue Ridge Parkway
Asheville
N.C
Balsam Gap
Rocking Horse Gap
Beach Gap
Jim Bishop and the ambassadors pulse in a distant thunder
A fragmentary musing presents Jim Bishop as an ambassador with limited insight and a cautious attitude. It notes a door man’s demand to mind his own business and suggests even a Russian would have little more to offer. A distant thunderclap audible for fifteen miles frames the scene.
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Chrysler
Wheat Decision Expected
Senators urged Kennedy to clear the way for a subsidized wheat sale to the Soviet Union, weighing executive action versus congressional approval. Officials cited political and economic factors, with conflicting views on timing and policy unity amid talk of a possible November start.
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Washington
Kennedy
J. W. Folbright
Dark
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Congress
Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Ellender
Agriculture Committee
Luther H. Hedges
Agriculure
U.S
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Soviet Union
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
United States
Mundt
Hodges
Freeman
Reconciliation Attempt Fails in Zurich Court
In Zurich a two hour closed hearing failed to resolve Gamble Benedict Porumbeanu and ex-chauffeur Andre Porumbeanu's dispute. Gamble 22 seeks separation and custody claiming adultery and neglect amid a $20 million Remington typewriter fortune. Proceedings likely to continue with a new hearing and Gamble’s divorce action may start after Christmas.
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Gamble Benedict Porumbeanu
Eugen Curti
Zurich
Switzerland
Andre
Gamble
Remington
Katherine Geddes Benedict
New York
Porumbeanu
Curti
Porumbe
Land
Benedict
North Carolina Fund Seeks Plans to Fight Poverty
Raleigh report says the North Carolina fund will begin seeking methods to ease the state's social and economic woes. Six areas including four cities are drafting plans to combat poverty and ignorance.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Fund
Parish Priests To Be Traded In Transatlantic Exchange
In Esher England and Chapel Hill North Carolina a parish priest exchange will send Rev Loren B Mead and his family to Esher for a year while Rev William Davidson sails to Chapel Hill. The exchange, organized by Christ Church member Dr Iisley Ingriz, aims to broaden outlooks within the worldwide Christian family.
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Esher
England
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Family
Chapel Hill
N.C
Christ Church
Loren B. Mead
Chapel Fall
William Davidson
America
Iisley Ingriz
University of North Carolina
Davidson
Burma
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Saver Elevator Company
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Greensboro
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Mr. Newhouse
Eft
Harlow
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Winston-Salem
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Charlotte
Winston- Salem
Yancey, Avery
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Watauga
Wilmington
Elizabeth City
Pitt County
Greenville
George H. Esser Jr
State Department of Public Instruction
Emerett Miller
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Lucite
Dupont
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