Cool Summer Slows Retail and Pool Business
Washington department stores report weak demand for summer apparel and air conditioning units. The city’s largest swimming pool reduced staff after a sharp drop in admissions, with 17 000 tickets sold this year versus 67 000 last year. Weather data show a cool trend nationwide with below normal temperatures but forecasters expect a rebound to near normal in the coming month.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Philipsburg
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Central Atlantic
Midwest
Philip Clapp
School Marm Of Seventies Emphasized Home Training
Mary D. Bradford, teaching at Liberty Corners in the 1970s, recalled a discipline free yet orderly classroom. She credited plain common sense and parent involvement as the foundation that let the school primarily teach rather than discipline.
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Mary D. Bradford
Liberty Corners
Connally Predicts Senate Will Confirm O Dwyer
Senator Connally says the Senate will approve President Truman’s nomination of William O Dwyer of New York City as ambassador to Mexico. A Brooklyn grand jury inquiry may influence GOP support, with O Dwyer resigning as mayor about September 1 for the post now held by Walter Thurston.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Truman
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Mexico
Brooklyn
O’dwyer
White House
New York
Mexico City
Walter Thurston
Thurston
Fireworks Mark Christmas in Malta and Cyprus
Church holidays spark fireworks displays on the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Cyprus highlighting festive celebrations and public gatherings.
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Mediterranean
Malta
Cyprus
Whims and Motives in Wisconsin State Highway Planning
Wisconsin faces a clash over who should steer trunk road planning the state highway Commission or county boards. Citizens Public Expenditures Survey demands state control free of local veto while counties resist loss of funds and power. The debate centers on funding formulas and the unusual county state partnership shaping decades of road building.
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Madison
Wis
State Highway Commission
Citizens Public Expenditures Survey
State Highway Administration
Highway Commission
County Board
Jess Miller
Richland Center
Hugh Harper
Lancaster
Veterans of County Board
County Highway Committee
Miller
Wisconsin
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