Century-Old Nickel Turns 100 Amid Civil War Ties
The five cent piece marks its centennial amid Civil War origins in 1866 1883 and 1913 designs. Chase Manhattan Bank museum in New York hosts a centennial exhibit curator Don Taxay notes its enduring role aiding pockets ice cream and small purchases. Chief Big Tree Iron Tail and Two Moons are featured on Indian Head designs. Jefferson nickel's 1938 issue sees rising minting. Wooden nickels were given as centennial souvenirs.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Joseph Wharton
Congress
Thaddeus Stevens
William D. Kelly
U.S
Treasury
Chase Manhattan Bank Money Museum
Avenue of the Americas
Don Taxay
Louisiana
Taxay
James Earl Fraser
Fraser
Big Tree
Syracuse
N.Y
Money Museum
Felix Schlag
Paola approves 1.9 million bond for new high school
Unified School District 368 in Paola Kansas approved a 1.9 million bond in a Tuesday special election with a 1068 to 521 vote. The plan calls for a new high school opening in the 1968 term and the old building to be repurposed for junior high classes.
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Paola
Kan
Four Die As Plane Crashes In Pennsylvania Alps
The bodies of Pennsylvania Attorney General Walter E. Alessandroni his wife and two others were found in a light twin engine aircraft wreckage in a snowbound Allegheny mountain gully. Alessandroni 51 was campaigning for the GOP lieutenant governor nomination. Also dead were James E. Staudinger Republican chairman of Montgomery County and state Liquor Control Board member and pilot Melvin E. Ladin 26. The plane disappeared Sunday en route from Harrisburg to Uniontown amid snow and sleet.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania
Walter E. Allessandroni
GOP
Rugged
Allegheny Moun
Alleghenies
Alessandroni
Ethel
James E. Staudinger
Abington Twp
Montgomery County
State Liquor Control Board
Melvin E. Ladin
Collingswood
N.J
Harrisburg
Uniontown
Fayette County Tavern Association
Tower of Bridge Not For Club Skyclub Plans
Three youths ages 12 and 11 attempted to lug lumber to the Williamsburg Bridge tower to build a private sky club. A pedestrian alerted police. officers escorted them down and their parents collected them at the station.
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New York
Williamsburg Bridge
East River
Tony Rivers
Edward Galan
Ismet Mahanetaj
Bridge Tower
City Commission Breezes Through Short Meeting
City Commission wraps a 40 minute session with eight items on the agenda. Sidewalk protests for Schwegler School district proceed with petitions deemed sufficient. area owner implications left to next week. Budget actions include bond bids May 24 and final readings on ward precincts and a Kansas Power and Light franchise.
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City Commission
City Hall
Schwegler
Commission
Virgil Holdredge
Holdredge
Ernest Pulliam
Charles Stough
Ing
Kansas Power and Light Co
Lawrence Avenue
Lindley Drive
Rockfence Place
Trail Road
Slugger Frank Thomas Bat Averages Across 1965 Teams
Slugger Frank Thomas posted a composite .220 batting average for the 1965 season. He hit .260 with the Phillies, .172 with the Astros, and .212 with the Braves, compiling the season’s overall mark.
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Frank Thomas
Phillies
Astros
Braves
Continental Trailways Escorted Tours Overview
METROPOLITAN EAST sightseer route covers Land of Lincoln Niagara Falls Boston New York Plymouth Rock Washington DC in thirteen days. Departures June 12 July 17 August 7 September 18 escorted from Wichita. Pacific Northwest sixteen days visits San Francisco Reno Salt Lake City Black Canyon Shoshone Falls Seattle escorted from Kansas City. Hawaii sixteen days travels via Royal Gorge Salt Lake City San Francisco to Hawaii escorted from Kansas City.
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East
Niagara Falls
Boston
New York City
Plymouth Rock
Washington, D.C
Wichita
Pacific Northwest
San Francisco
Reno
Salt Lake City
Black Canyon
Shoshone Falls
Seattle
Kansas City
Hawaii
Royal Gorge
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Perry Dam
Lawrence
Turtle Creek
Perry
Midwest
Journal-World
John Big Tree
Iron Tail
Two Moons
Chief Big Tree
Gov
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Bell
Southwestern Bell
Randall and 10Th Sts
Kasold Drive
Holiday Hills No. 6
Lawrence Human Relations Commission
Iowa Street
26Th Street
15Th Street
Continental Trailways Tours, Inc
Lawrence, Kansas
Continental Trailways Bus
Earth
Ponneys
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