Kickoff For Y Drive Set Tuesday
The 1957 YMCA membership campaign launches Tuesday with a 6 15 p m dinner at First Presbyterian Church. Speaker Joe Ayres Armco Steel pensions manager leads the program with A L Young Joe Atkinson Jr Roberta Miller and others assisting. Vance Cribbs chairs the committee as about 500 workers are invited to enroll 2150 members by month end, aiming 150 above last year’s 2000. Ray Melampy Bill Saunders Dr Marion Swisher David Driscoll and Mrs Tom Wilson head drive divisions with Bud Haselton as general chair and John Harkrader as associate.
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YMCA
First Presbyterian Church
Joe Ayres
Armco Steel Corp
Ayres
Middletown
A. L. Young
Armco
Joe Atkinson Jr
Roberta Miller
Vance Cribbs
Ray Melampy
Bill Saunders
Armco General
Marion Swisher
David Driscoll
Tom Wilson
E. C
Bud) Haselton
John Harkrader
Medal of Honor winner Spurrier given probation
Judge grants probation without verdict to Junior James Spurrier the Medal of Honor recipient and former 39th Infantry Division staff sergeant. The Bluefield West Virginia native faced charges of obtaining $112 in television parts by posing as a repair firm representative. Judge Allen cited war service in sparing mercy and noted past legal brushes with charges dropped in 1951 and 1955.
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Baltimore
Junior James Spurrier
Bluefield
W. Va
Joseph Allen
Spurrier
Achain
Confederates Parade In Recent Recon At Southern Posts
ATLANTA AP Nearly a century after Sherman Georgia campaigns, Confederate generals hold sway with U S Army posts named for southern leaders. Forts Rucker Benning Gordon Bragg McPherson McClellan and Campbell honor Lost Cause figures while several Union names remain less prominent.
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Atlanta
W.T. Sherman
Georgia
Sherman
Third Army
U. S. Army
Gen
Edmund Win
Chester Rucker
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Columbus
Ft. Benning
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Petersburg
Henry L. Benning
Supreme Court
Chattanooga
James Birdseye McPherson
Ft. McPherson
Deep South
George B. McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Lincoln
Ft. McClellan
Anniston
Ft. Campbell
W. B .Campbell
Pill Smuggling Crackdown Seen
Montgomery prison officials order a security crackdown to halt smuggling of pills to convicts who dissolve pills in water and inject the solution for a quick cheap high. Deputy Prison Commissioner Frank Lee cites several prisoners using this method. The Missouri river basin covers one sixth of the United States.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
Frank Lee
Lee
Misouri River
United States
Vacumatic Carburetor touted to save gas in Wisconsin
Wisconsin inventor claims a new Vacumatic Carburetor adds small air jets to automatically lean rich mixtures, improving mileage. The device works on a supercharge concept and is installed on cars, trucks, and tractors. Manufacturer Vacumatic Carburetor Co., Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, offers free literature and installation indications by request.
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Wisconsin
Vacumatic
E. W. State
Wauwatosa
Wis
Mental warm up aids business decisions say experts
Irving Maltman of UCLA cites experiments showing that brief mental warm up improves problem solving for business men. The article notes historical ties in army base names to Campbell, Jackson, and Stewart, with Campbell famed as Tennessee governor and Mexican War commander.
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Campbell
Tennessee
Third Army
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Andrew Jackson
Ft. Stewart
Hinesville
I. Daniel Stewart
Irving Maltman
University of California At Los
First US autopsy recorded in New England 1639
In September 1639 New England witnessed the first recorded autopsy in the United States. The event marks an early medical examination practice in the colonial era with notable historical significance.
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New England
United States
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Augusta
North Carolina
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Braxton Bragg
Army of Tennessee
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Shiloh
Murfreesboro
Sabrina
New Channel
Los Angeles
America
Ross
Claussner
Claussner Kleer
Ross’ Shoe Dept
Ross’ Hoisery
Fur Velours
Ross’ Millinery
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