Old Lyme man, 95, pedals on oversized tricycle daily
Herbert Burns of Old Lyme Connecticut rode four to five miles a day on a large tricycle after a doctor warned him at age 90 that he was too old to drive or jog. Born 1880 in Cambridge Vermont, he was a rural mailman 1917 1942 and later built 14 houses before retiring at 82. He kept a license, quit driving, and only recently admitted the bike to his routine.
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Herbert Burns
Old Lyme
Conn
Burns
Cambridge
Onoda Engaged to Tokyo Tea Ceremony Instructor
Japanese WWII straggler Hiroo Onoda, 53, announced engagement to 38 year old Tokyo instructor Miss Onuki. They met in a Tokyo restaurant during memoir talks and again six months later. he has a cattle ranch near pores and invited her to visit. Queen Sofia studies at Madrid University as Juan Carlos is proclaimed king.
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Brazil
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Onoda
Tokyo
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Madrid University
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Spain
Sofia
Juan Carlos
Levy founder of CBS dies at 83 in Philadelphia home
Isaac Levy co founded WCAU and helped build CBS with Leon Levy and William Paley. A Penn Law graduate, he died Saturday at 83 after a yearlong illness in his Philadelphia apartment. The brothers launched WCAU as the first CBS affiliate and helped create the CBS radio network. Mardi Gras plans announce Perry Como to reign over Krewe of Bacchus parade February 29 in New Orleans.
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Ike’’ Levy
Columbia Broadcasting System
Philadelphia
Levy
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Leon Levy
WCAU
CBS
Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System
William Paley
CBS Board
CBS Radio Network
Perry Como
Bacchus
New Orleans
McNamara Leaves Pentagon for World Bank Six Years In
Robert S. McNamara, after moving from the Pentagon to the World Bank in 1968, has spent seven years reforming development policy and raising poverty issues. He has become a global advocate while facing limited recognition at home for linking rich nations to aid abroad. He turns sixty in June and contends his reduced U.S. impact is not personal.
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Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
World Bank
McNamara
Defense
U.S
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Bank
Ethel Kennedy
McNamara at World Bank Shapes Aid as Leader in Development
Former Pentagon chief Robert McNamara, now World Bank president, oversees a surge in lending from 847 million to 6 billion annually by 1980, tripling staff to over 4,000. His focus shifts from GNP growth to mass rural poverty, while critics question his reliance on statistics and central planning.
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Vietnam
McNamara
Teachers reward wordy writing over clarity
University of Chicago professor Joseph Williams finds teachers favor verbose nominal prose in exams. In trials with 70 teachers across high school to four year colleges, many rated poorly written papers higher, suggesting educational jargon is tied to authority and lowers writing standards.
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Chicago
America
University of Chicago
Joseph Williams
Williams
Suggested retail price list for home delivery options
The notice outlines suggested retail prices for mailing services with monthly and daily rates. It lists home delivery and Sunday options, including single copy Sunday rates and other per month charges. It notes postage paid at Long Beach and references a periodical service structure.
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Long Beach
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