Officials Buy Prison Made Furniture In Private Sale
State officials disclosed purchases of bedroom suites made by Oklahoma prison industries. Clarence Bureh and Bayard Mason bought five piece sets, paid cash, with delivery before Christmas. Items were priced with materials ordered to assemble high grade white ash furniture for private sale.
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Secord Nurse Dies From Ether Burns
In Lendngton Kentucky a second death from an ether blast linked to a supposed prank occurred at St Josephs Hospital. Miss Charlotte Smith 19 of Frankfort died from burns after two Lexington nurses stated they threw about a half pint of ether at students before a fire started. No charges have been filed.
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McDaniel
Margaret R. Donovan
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Lexington
Actress Mamie Van Doren Reveals Big Bedroom
Hollywood gossip notes Mamie Van Doren discusses her new house bedroom described as near wall-to-wall and with black sheets. She says she is not afraid of falling out, adding the bed is so large she never thinks about it.
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Workers Gift Boss Two Week Acapulco Vacation
E Claiborne Robins of a Richmond pharmaceutical firm and his wife head to Acapulco for a two week trip while 176 Richmond employees continue on the factory shutdown. Workers funded the vacation with two checks including a vacation prize and cash. Robins says employee trips began small and grew in scale, reflecting a belief such outings boost morale and productivity.
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Accused Red Gets Raise At Library
Plymouth Meeting Pa Mrs Mary Knowles a Quaker librarian retained in her job after being convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer about Communist affiliations. She remains free on bail pending appeal of a 120 day jail term and $500 fine. Her pay is raised by 200 to 3400 a year as the library board states its confidence in her.
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William Jeans Memorial Library
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Ross Rizley
Senate Internal Security
Nuclear Navy Seen By Early 1960s Nuclear power for ships
EAST ST LOUIS. Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover predicts by the early 1960s every authorized naval vessel will be propelled by nuclear power. He says a nuclear powered task force could remain at sea indefinitely, be widely dispersed over an ocean area the size of Maine, and control 60,000 square miles. Rickover, head of reactor development, spoke at an American Legion meeting. An Ontario nickel mine lies 5,425 feet underground.
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