Thoreau Could do Without Post Office
Thoreau quips he could live without the post office while Americans mutter about stamps, delays, junk mail and misdelivered letters. The piece catalogs common complaints, odd delays, and the post offices vast reach in 19th and 20th century life.
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Thoreau
Washington
Henry David Thoreau
United States Post Office
Post Office
Post Office Department
Defense Department
United States
Bronx
New York
Manhattan
Boston
West Side
East Side
Congress
Spina Bifida Birth Rate Reported for Children
Public Health Service data show about 12 000 children are born annually with spina bifida in the United States. The condition arises from incomplete closure of the spinal column and affects about three in every 1000 births.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Moving Talk Should Include Children
Urbana Illinois advice from Shirley Clark urges making moving a family effort to reduce children's distress. She recommends summer moves, involving kids early, providing advance information on schools and activities, visiting the new home as a family, and letting children sort and pack their belongings.
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Urbana
Ill
Shirley Clark
University of Illinois
Moonshiner surrenders after fatal shotgun trio in Littlefield
Troy Thornton, 40, an Alabama moon shiner, killed Sheriff Herman Cook and Police Chief Neil Pace with a single shotgun blast. He walked from the woods with raised hands as his daughter begged him to surrender and apologized. The note also includes a long, unrelated laundry tips section from King Features Syndicate.
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Troy Thornton
Alabama
Littlefield
Thornton
Herman
Red) Cook
Neil Pace
Boy Scouts Plan Visit to New York World's Fair
More than 5,000 Scouts from across the nation will visit the New York 1964 65 World's Fair. The Fair Corporation designates July 17 23 1964 as Boy Scout Week linking with the National Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania.
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New York
Fair Corporation
Valley Forge
Women workers share of U S civilian labor force in 1960
The 1960 census finds 21.1 million employed women making up about one third of the civilian workforce. Proportions are similar across regions from 31 percent in the Mountain States to about 35 percent in New England, with white collar jobs the largest segment.
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Washington
United States
Mountain States
New England
Trevi Fountain Now Off Limits to Footbathers
Rome officials post vigilance squads around the Trevi Fountain to stop locals and tourists from dipping feet in the water and to deter coin thieves. Mayor Glauco Della Porta announces fines for urchins and families caught in the fountain as part of a crackdown on coin scavenging and public nuisance.
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Rome
Glauco Della Porta
Della Porta
Alarm clocks sought for state hospital patients in Indianapolis
At Central State Hospital in Indianapolis 28 clocks are sought to aid patients in the Bahr Treatment Center. The plan allows 44 residents, 22 women and 22 men, to handle daytime jobs and return at night, with minimal staff and self care tasks.
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Indianapolis
Martha Rogers
Central State Hospital
Rachel Bash
Hos
Pital
Rachel Bush
New Bahr
Miss Rogers
Roo m
Health progress in reducing child mortality in New York
Metropolitan Life statistics show progress in lowering deaths of children ages one to 14. Experts attribute the drop at all childhood ages to fewer infectious diseases and accidents, noting ongoing improvements in public health and safety.
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NEW York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Ping Pong Valve Gives Man New Life in California
In Sacramento a 49 year old heavy equipment operator, Harry Carver, recovered from Ebstein's anomaly after a pioneering ping pong valve procedure. Doctors say the first successful Western Hemisphere case shows promise for others. Carver left Sutter Memorial Hospital alive, walking and pink, to convalesce at home in Placerville.
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Sacramento
Calif
Harry Carver
Ebstein
Africa
Carver
Western Hemisphere
Sutter Memorial Hospital
Robert S. Cartwright
Edward Smeloff
Placerville
Reward for a Nurse New York WP
A Columbia University study surveyed 4,000 student nurses in 29 schools to identify what parts of nursing bring satisfaction and what causes dissatisfaction. It found caring for newborns children and surgical patients is most rewarding while patient death remains a strong stress, albeit diminishing with experience.
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New York
Columbia University
Miss Haffley Honored At Bridal Shower
Miss Mary Faye Haffley, bride elect, was guest of honor at a wedding shower at St. Peter's hall hosted by Ms. Bud Lutz Miss a Ann Lutz and Miss Tina Cravens. Blue and white decor featured a blue umbrella and wedding bells. refreshments included punch cake and mints.
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Mary Faye Haffley
St. Peter’s Hall
Bud Lutz
A Ann Lutz
Tina Ravens
Haffley
Beila Keller
Betty Keller
Hazel Jones
Tina Cavers
Miss Haffley
Betty Hafley
Etta Haffley
Lela Stuppy
Bella Keiler
Jessie West
Inez Corbin
Amy Hatfiey
Mary E. Lutz
Mildred Stupay
Jean Ann Lutz
Tina Cravens
Sharon Cox
Jennie Allen
Lana Brodie
Sharon Kennedy
Mary Vitozky
Thelma Vitosky
Ida Gregory
Anna Bellamy
Patsy Reintjes
Ruby McCullough
Josie Fainot
Clarence Snyder
Ruth Reintjes
Tech balloon bursts over Palestine with payload recovered
Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists studied a huge balloon that burst at 107000 feet over Palestine Texas. The 325 pound instrument payload parachuted to earth automatically and was recovered by researchers.
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Palestine
Tex
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earth
Rosenbury Reunion Held at Raglesville Park
Rosenbury family members gathered at Evans Memorial Park in Raglesville for the seventh annual reunion. Rosenbury was elected president with Hersheler as vice president and Mrs. Myrtle Deckard as secretary treasurer. Special gifts announced included Mrs. Iva Rosenbury as oldest woman and Charles Moore as oldest man, Christine Lynn Boyd as youngest child, and the Burris family as largest. The 1964 reunion is planned for August 23 at the same park.
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Garland Rosenbury
Rosenbury
Raglesville Evans Memorial Park
Hersheler
Myrtle Deckard
Iva Rosenbury
Charles Moore
Christine Lynn Boyd
Floyd Burris
Rodney Rosenbury
Oakland City
Wayne Boyd
E'la Mae
Floyd Burriss
Charley Moore
Patty Boardman
Carole Ann Boardman
Odessa Nichionm
John Overton
Robert Boyd
Christine Lynn
Vincennes
Wesley Deckard
Switz City
Garland Rosenburg
Rodney Roserburg
Rovin
Claudia Roshpery
Petersburg
Springville
Herel] Resler
Lynn Osersury
Iva Rosenburg
Andrease
Ephanie
Washington
Raglesville Park
Definition of executive wage and supervision standards
The Labor Department says an executive must earn at least 100 a week and supervise at least two employees to qualify for the title. The rule sets a wage and supervision threshold under government standards.
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Labor Department
Old streetcars find new life in churches lodges and shops
Across the United States retired trolleys are repurposed as hunting lodges in Omaha and churches in Lanham while Fort Worth uses them to shuttle customers underground. Dealers sell unserviceable cars for creative uses from art studios to play vehicles and parking lot features.
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Washington
Omaha
Neb
Lanham
First Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Andurope
Seres
Barcelona
Milton Q. Ford
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Kansas Town
Missouri
Stockton
Missouri Village
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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E" Street
Linton
Linton Daily
DIAL
Raglesville
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