20 Years Since Exodus Spurs Japanese American Recovery
San Francisco report recalls 112000 Japanese Americans evacuated to relocation centers 20 years ago and details widescale social and economic gains. It notes anti Japanese prejudice shifts following Nisei wartime service, Gov. Brown evacuation settlements, and current dispersion with 157000 in California and 203000 in Hawaii.
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Pacific Coast
John L. Deweitt
Western Defense Command
Edmund G. Brown
War Relocation Administration
Pacific States
California
Hawaii
Southwestern Ohio towns join in bulk purchase plan
Middletown and Franklin consider joining eight already in a regional bulk buying program that cuts costs on items like salt anti freeze and fuels. The plan pools orders from Monroe Trenton and others, offering substantial savings and potential expansion to paint tires and automotive equipment. County governments and school districts could also benefit over time.
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Trenton
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Oakwood
Kettering
Vandalia
Springfield
Trotwood
Ken Jefferies
Jefferies
Charles W. Thompson
Cincinnati
Broward County
Fla
Ontario
Canada
Gordon Reed
Harry
Miss Phillips to be honored at Miami luncheon
A Miami University luncheon will honor Miss Margaret E. Phillips for more than 40 years of service to women's physical education. The event marks dedication of Herron Hall, with a photo portrait presentation as a permanent fixture.
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Oxford
Miami University
Miami
Herron Hall
Margaret E. Phillips
Miss Phillips
McGuffey Laboratory School
Phillips
Midwest
Ohio
Ohio Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Driver Suggests A Kissing Lane
Richmond acting traffic engineer Sam Baker floated new lane designations to ease delays. A woman driver, irritated by couples kissing near cars, proposed signs reading parking lane kissing lane running lane passing lane, etc. Baker said he will consider the idea.
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Richmond, Va
Sam Baker
Richmond
Baker
Air Force plans major new construction at Wright-Patterson
The Air Force plans about 5.56 million dollars of new facilities at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Ohio under the 1963 Military Construction Program. Col James F Carney said the project includes new laboratories electrical distribution lines and an academic facility on the base. The report notes the Buckingham Memorial Foundation in Chicago used the largest block of marble ever quarried.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
James F. Carney
Air Force
Ohio River
Buckingham Memorial Foundation
Chicago
Japs in wartime America find new opportunities after relocation
In 1942 Congress and President Roosevelt authorized wartime measures against Japanese Americans. The forced removal of American-born Nisei and aliens paradoxically spurred greater acceptance in U S life. Opportunities emerged in racing, research, architecture, and law. George Taniguchi, raised in a relocation camp, becomes a top jockey earning about 75000 dollars yearly.
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Philippines
Congress
Roosevelt
Army
George Taniguchi
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