Early Mail Run Quite A Challenge
Joshua N. Corbin, now 91, recalls starting the first rural free delivery route in Carroll County Maryland on Oct 1 1896. He rode 34 miles with his horse Harry through deep drifts during snowy winters. The tale reflects America's inaugural rural mail delivery program and the hardship faced by the four initial carriers.
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Jack Kneece
Baltimore
Corbin
America
Carroll County
Joshua N. Corbin
Harry
City Building Site Reviewed in Local Meeting
VAN WERT possible locations for a new city building were discussed by a Citizens Committee at the Civil Defense Center. The group divided the city into four sections and chose potential sites, with a final location to be decided later. Two councilmen oppose Third Ward Park as a site, while Mayor Pennell reported efforts to purchase a building for city administration and noted needs for fire and police departments, city offices, and better council chambers.
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Wes
Marines Hold Run-Down School in Cam Ne War Symbol
A battered Cam Ne schoolhouse near Da Nang is guarded around the clock by sixteen U.S. Marines. The site serves as a medical aid post by day and a rebuild symbol amid ongoing Viet Cong fire. Both Lt. Col. Robert Tunnell and local villagers emphasize the defensive stance and the village’s desire for Marine protection to allow rebuilding and schooling to resume.
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U.S
Tunnell
da Nang
Cam Ne
Nguyen Luong
Luong
Dennis Neu
Santa Cruz
Calif
Campe
Municipal Court Fines And Bonds For Middletown Traffic Cases
A municipal court list shows Jan Phillips of Middletown with a speeding case where a $20 bond was forfeited. Numerous defendants from Ada to Lincoln Park face fines, suspensions, and driver’s school requirements for offenses including speeding, failure to stop, improper backing, and reckless operation. The docket notes bond forfeitures, suspended penalties, and license suspensions alongside two not-guilty pleas on non-support charges.
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Jan Phillips
Middletown
Jewel G. Prevce
S. Atlantic
Glenn Francis
Lincoln Park
Mich
Roberta A. Heffner
Breese Road
Sarah May Moots
Wapakoneta
George A. Spring
Delphos
Paul E. Volbert
Charldon
Clyde F. Wheeler
Zeits
Carey L. Grant
Ada
Richard Kritzler
Dola
Walter J. Tannehill
Janice Ann Franklin
Stewart Rd
Herbert Johnson
N. ‘Adams
Lewis L. Heffelfinger
S. ‘Pears
Betty Ann Kimmel
Alton
Arthur McDaniel
Breese Rd
Raymond Neighbors
West End
Ill
Walter M. Scarberry
E. High
Robert Lee Schindler
W. Eureka
Bondget
Heredity Decisive In Birth Weight Say Experts
Chicago experts challenge diet as the main factor in newborn birth weight. They argue heredity largely determines how heavy a baby is at birth, reducing the role of maternal food intake.
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Chicago
Dr Eakin Attends ADA Conference at Washington DC
Dr Eugene K Eakin vice president for academic affairs at Ohio Northern University attended the 48th annual meeting of the American Council on Education at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC The conference theme was The Student in Higher Education and sessions covered institutional and societal expectations student involvement in policy due process and the role of new educational media The program featured talks by United States Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and Yale University president Kingman Brewster Jr.
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Ada
Eugene K. Eakin
Ohio Northern University
American Council On Education
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, D.C
United States
Nicholas Katzenbach
Kingman Brewster Jr
Yale University
Insurance Claims Rise Over Betsy Damage in US
London brokers estimate British firms may face about 100 million dollars in claims from Hurricane Betsy damage in the southern United States last month. The figure may be conservative as Lloyds of London books stay open for three years. final totals will be known in 1968.
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London
United States
Lloyds of London
State hires of Negroes rise 33 percent in Ky
FRANKFORT Kentucky AP State Personnel Commissioner Walter Gattis reports state employment of Negroes increased about 33 percent since December 1 1961 rising from 900 to roughly 1200 workers.
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Frankfort
Walter Gattis
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