Red Cross Sets Service Records For Peacetime Year
The American Red Cross reports record or near record activity across several services in the past year. Highlights include high water safety course certificates, blood collection and first aid training, and increased foreign disaster aid and technical assistance. Expenditures totaled 99,388,635 with Armed Forces support dominating at 36.6 percent. The report praises two million volunteers and notes staffing ratios, while detailing allocations to disaster relief, blood services, youth programs, and administration. Prince Lu of the Ming reinterred on Quemoy Taipei Formosa after dying in 1662.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
ARC
Secretary of Defense
Congress
Roland Harriman
Alfred M. Gruenther
United States
National Organization
Chesapeake Railway Takes Over Control
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway assumed control of the Baltimore and Ohio this week as a step toward merger. The two lines will operate separately during the control period while investing nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in the B&O to bolster earnings and enable a full merger later. The formal move occurred in the B&O board room in Baltimore, with the systems spanning over 11,000 miles of track and about 700 million dollars in annual revenue serving eight of the ten largest U.S. cities.
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Baltimore, Md
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
B&o
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Houston
Marchant Speaks on Fossils for Area Students
Vashni M. Marchant of Monroe spoke to Brodhead Junior High students on fossils and minerals in Green County. The talk, sponsored by the Brodhead Civics Club, covered fossil history, local wealth, preservation processes, and safe fossil hunting practices for youths.
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Vashni M. Marchant
Monroe
Brodhead Junior High
Green County
Brodhead Civics Club
Marchant
Estes Nemesis Loses Hospital Ouster Fight
Reeves County Memorial Hospital Board refused to reinstate Dr. John Paul Dunn to its staff. The board accused Dunn of derogatory remarks about staff, harassing personnel, and engaging in amorous scenes with women patients. Dunn claimed to have tipped the FBI to Billy Sol Estes activities but said the dispute wasn’t about Estes.
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Nemesis
Pecos
Tex
Reeves County Memorial Hospital Board
John Paul Dunn
Ing
Dunn
FBI
Billie Sol Estes
Washington
Snead to Serve as Unpaid Peace Corps Consultant
Norman Snead, former Washington Redskins quarterback, will work for the Peace Corps as an unpaid recruiting consultant. Sargent Shriver confirmed Snead’s role and noted he joins other top athletes who have served without pay. Snead had said he would be paid $75 a day when he joined the corps last week.
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Miami, Fla
Norman Snead
Washington Redskins
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
South America
Shriver
Miami Herald
Rafer Johnson
Forest Evashevski
Snead
Tokyo and Soviet Union Sign New Accord
Tokyo reports that Japan and the Soviet Union signed a new accord marking a diplomatic milestone. Details on sectors involved and potential regional impact were not immediately clear in the brief telegraphic update.
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Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Union
Three-Year Trade Exchange Agreement Valued at 670 Million to 700 Million
A three year agreement sets a trade exchange total between 670 million and 700 million. The deal outlines annual steps and mutual expectations for participants.
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