Oriental Snacks Are Her Business
Mercedes Johnston, a Manila native who became a U.S. citizen, runs the Philippine Shop in Heritage House west of downtown St. Louis. The small store stocks Filipino foods and crafts and attracts customers from the Midwest including students from Thailand. Johnson, who moved to the United States in 1953, manages the shop with her husband, a retired Army sergeant.
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ST. Louis
Mercedes Johnston
Manila
United States
Midwest
Mrs. Johnston
Johnston
Heritage House
University of Northern Town
Cedar Falls
Chicago
Philippines
America
St. Louisan
Mont Johnson
Welfare Director Seeks Free Loaders Over Aid Payments
Bowling Green reports Pike County Welfare Director Ronald Stanislaus questions where the alleged free loaders are. He cites 514 old age checks averaging 80.92 monthly for 72 year olds, 405 ADC children averaging 38.11 per child, 96 disability cases at 93.47, 60 general relief recipients at 67.40, and 12 aid to blind cases at 92.92. He asks if average monthly payments can be fired or reduced.
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Bowling Green
Ronald Stanislaus
Pike County
Pike
Campus Cops Change with The Times Across Campuses
Campus officers like Cornell’s Jim Eisenberg and Berkeley’s Jim Davis blend old style policing with outreach. Once lighthearted foot patrols gave way to weaponry and diplomacy as campus crime rose. The Berkeley force grew to 87 sworn officers and a spike in serious crime, while Cornell tripled its campus police in a decade.
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Dick Blystone
Associated Press
Jim Eisenberg
Jim Davis
James P. Eisenberg
James W. Davis
Eisenberg
Cornell
Davis
Berkeley
Dim
Big Jim
Police Officer Davis Found Common Ground With Students
Alan Davis, a Birmingham native, describes growing up wary of police and choosing a career to change perceptions. He notes black students initially viewed him as a traitor but explains communication helped defuse heat on the Sproul Plaza beat and reveals most students are decent once approached.
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Jim Davis
Birmingham
Alan
Davis
Sproul Plaza
Book Club Card Goes To Kenya
Roanoke resident James D. Wagner mailed a card to join a New York book club but it returned a month later from Nyeri Kenya. Laura Lee Stewart of the Baptist mission in Kenya sent the card back with a note that it was found in her mother’s letter, implying the card stuck in an open end of the envelope.
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Roanoke
James D. Wagner
Nyeri
Kenya
Laura Lee Stewart
The
Baptist Mission
Wagner
Monophobia May Strike In February
New York AP writer HAL BOYLE muses on winter ailments and phobias in a humorous column. He lists fears tied to cold, snow, darkness, winds, noise, and isolation, framing them as monophobia and related anxieties common in January through March.
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Hal Boyle
New York
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