Engineer Retiring From Civic Work in Jefferson City
Former scout master and World War II victory garden chairman in Jefferson City retires after a long career in civic affairs. He served in World War I as a reserve captain of artillery, later active in the American Legion and Ter mite Club which funded a physical therapy room at St. Mary’s Hospital and produced devices for cerebral palsy patients.
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Victory Garden
Jefferson City
American Legion
Termite Club
St. Mary's Hospital
Chief Conservation Engineer to Retire After 40 Years
Floyd C. Larsen of 131 Boonville Road, chief engineer for the Missouri Conservation Commission since 1946, will retire July 1. Larsen previously worked for the State Highway Department, came to Missouri from Utah in 1923, and was a Utah State University graduate. He led the commission’s engineering section overseeing design and construction and land acquisition.
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Floyd C. Larsen
Boonville Road
Missouri Conservation Commission
Mr. Larsen
State Highway Department
Missouri
Utah
Utah State University
Missouri Highway Department
The
Conservation Commission
Johnson and McCormack Discuss Plans For Demonstrations
Vice President Johnson and Speaker McCormack face a high risk of mass civil rights protests in Washington aimed at delaying or defeating opposition to federal civil rights legislation. The Senate and House leaders weigh using Marines from Quantico and increased security as Duke requests instructions on how to handle potential demonstrations.
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Robert S. Allen
Paul Scott Washington
Lyndon Johnson
John McCormack
Johnson
Texas
McCormack
Massachusetts
Joseph Duke
Senate
Johnson and McCormack
Duke
New York
Police Department
Washington
A. Phillip Randolph
The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Capitol Hill
Quantico
Congress
House
Randolph
Kennedy
Capitol
Aliso
District of Columbia
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Grain Elevator Pact Eases Strike Threat
Kansas City AP reports a one year contract ratified by American Federation of Grain Millers Local 16 with 14 major elevators ending the strike risk during the Great Plains wheat harvest. The union hinted at a pay raise. separate talks with General Mills failed and pickets were resumed until new offers.
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American Federation of Grain Millers
Great Plains
General Mills Elevator and Flour Mills
General Mills
Wig prize draw leads to icy reception at home
Virginia Taylor, director of a Louisville tuberculosis group, attended a charity event in Miami where a woman spent 350 dollars on a wig then asked her husband what he thought of her new hair. The husband reportedly muttered that it looked like a wig as he sealed the Christmas box prize.
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Maurine Neuberger D. Ore
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Senate
Everett Dirkhen
Jil
Norris Cotton
R. N.H. Dirksen
Cotton
Dirksen
Louisville
Miami
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Singer Hand Vacuum Cleaner
Monarch Electric Range
Crosley Shelvador
Casa
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Radio Hollywood
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Centertown
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Gulf Stream
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Leading Brand Furniture
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KEY Loan Company
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