Editorial: The American Story In One Man’s Life
An obituary of Benjamin F. Fairless details his rise from a Welsh miner’s son in Pigeon Run Ohio to head of Carnegie Illinois Steel and then U S Steel. The piece credits his leadership through wartime production, union strife, and economic tests, noting his unique blend of present needs and future planning. It highlights his early education, adoption of his surname, and lasting ties to his hometown plant.
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America
Benjamin F. Fairless
Fairless
Truman
Fairleds
Ohio
Ben Fairless
Pigeon Run
Buckeye
Ben
Justus
Juda
Jacob
Ben Williams
David Williams
U.S. Steel
Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corp
Woud
U.S
Interesting items from the Evening Times files
A compact roundup looking back over decades shows Monroe’s 1951 surplus near 50 000 in the unencumbered general fund a midcentury air disaster drama and wartime exchange debate. Earlier items note officials injured in pursuit of a speeding car and a January 1937 weather span with Bang disease testing in Green County.
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Monroe
Arizona
Wilbur E. Deininger
Karl Burkhalter
Ben Fairless: From steel to industry leadership
The passage recalls Ben Fairless retiring to head the American Iron and Steel Institute and argues that America needs several leaders like him. It extols his intelligence, drive, and willingness to go beyond assigned roles to achieve goals.
Vatican Names New Cuban Envoy Amid Rift With Church
Fidel Castro appoints Luis Amado Blanco y Fernandez as Cuba's ambassador to the Vatican in a bid to ease strained ties with the Catholic Church. The Vatican's 1962 diplomatic directory confirms the pick. he has not yet reached Rome. The prior envoy Jose Ruiz Velasco presented credentials in 1960 and was recalled within nine months.
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Vatican City
Fidel Castro
Vatican
Cuba
Castro
Luis Amado Blanco Y Fernandez
Blanco Y Fernandez
Rome
Jose Ruiz Velasco
Wisconsin State Patrol to Hire 25 Officers and 6 Inspectors
About 25 new patrol officers and six motor vehicle inspectors will start training around April 1 to fill vacancies. Applicants must be 21, 5 feet 10 inches, with a good driving record and Wisconsin residence. Training at Camp McCoy with three month officers class and three weeks for inspectors, followed by on the job supervision. Salary ranges: officers 4812 to 6072 dollars. inspectors 4512 to 5712 dollars.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Motor
L. E. Beier
Department
Beier
State Bureau of Personnel
Wisconsin State Patrol Academy
Camp McCoy
Patrol
Merlyn Weaver Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Merlyn C. Weaver age 62 were held in Fontana California. He died Sunday after a long illness. A former Evansville resident and Magnolia native, he was the son of Charles H. and Nellie James Weaver. Surviving are his wife a daughter Susan Weaver five brothers Chester Ross Robert Carl Keith and two sisters Doris Moody and Alice Blackwood.
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Merlyn C. Weaver
Keith Weaver
Brooklyn
Fontana
Calif
Weaver
Evansville
Magnolia
Charles H
Nellie James Weaver
Susan Weaver
Chester
Oro Grande
Ross
Los Angeles
Robert
el Monica
Carl
Keith
Doris Moody
van Nuys
Alice Blackwood
Topeka
Kan
Fire destroys 60 year old Akaroa hotel in fatal blaze
A midnight fire swept a 60 year old wooden hotel in Akaroa, Christchurch region, killing four people and injuring about a dozen others. Establishment faced extensive damage as emergency crews battled the blaze through the night.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Akaroa
Rockow and Taylor Leave For Duties at Ft. Lewis
Brodhead report notes Sgt Ronald Rockow band director at Brodhead High School joins 32nd Division Band for duty at Ft. Lewis Washington after holiday with family. Sgt Robert Taylor also departs for Ft. Lewis. his wife Enid Zimmerli and daughter Amy Jo stay behind.
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Brodhead Times
Ronald Rockow
Brodhead High School
32Nd Division
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Sgt
Rockow
Carmen
Corinne
Brodhead
Robert Taylor
Enid Zimmerli
Amy Jo
Freeport Doctor Dr E E Shelly 79 Dies
Dr. E. E. Shelly a Freeport physician and surgeon for over 50 years and father of Mayor Joe D. Shelly died Tuesday at St. Francis hospital. A Lanark native, he studied at Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery and ran the Emergency hospital in Freeport. Survived by son four grandchildren and brother Frank. Services Thursday 3 pm Walker mortuary. burial Oakland cemetery.
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Freeport
E. E. Shelly
Joe D. Shelly
St. Francis Hospital
Lanark
Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery
Shelly
Ida Brubaker
Ruth A. Sherman
Frank
Allentown
Walker Mortuary
Oakland Cemetery
Bing Crosby in Santa Monica for general checkup
Bing Crosby is hospitalized in Santa Monica for a routine general physical examination. He entered St. John’s Hospital late Tuesday night for the checkup.
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Bing
Santa Monica
Calif
Bing Crosby
St. John’s Hospital
Jaycees Seek Brodhead Picnic Area Project
Brodhead officials discussed a proposed picnic area west of the mill race to aid a 1962 Jaycees project. City Atty. Stencel to study land owned by the city. City awarded a police car bid of 2,991.35 with 1,301.35 trade-in.
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Brodhead
Richard Markham
Markham
Jaycees
Joseph Stencel
Condon Motor Co
Virgil Brunkow
Green County Farm Bureau
Bus Driver Denies Involuntary Manslaughter Charge
Duane Harris 23 pleaded innocent to involuntary manslaughter in a bus crash that killed 20 children and injured 17 near Greeley Colorado. Judge Donald Carpenter scheduled March 20 for trial as the Union Pacific train struck the bus at a county road crossing. Harris survived with minor injuries.
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Greeley
Colo
Duane Harris
Donald Carpenter
Union Pacific Railroad
Harms
Bishop Hiram A. Boaz Dies at 95 in Dallas
Dallas Tex. Methodist Bishop Hiram A. Boaz 95 former president of Southern Methodist University died Tuesday. He served as SMU first vice president 1911 to 1913 and as president 1920 to 1922 before being made bishop and assigned to the Orient.
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Dallas
Tex
Hiram A. Boaz
Southern Methodist University
Boaz
The
Orient
Berkeley Scholar Dr Ferdinand D Lessing Dies at 79
Dr Ferdinand D Lessing aged 79 author of the world’s first Mongolian English dictionary and professor emeritus of Oriental languages and literature at the University of California died Sunday. Born in Essen Germany he previously served as professor and curator at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin before joining UC in 1935 and retiring in 1949.
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Berkeley
Calif
Ferdinand D. Lessing
University of California
Lessing
Essen
Germany
Ethnological Museum
Berlin
British air marshal Sir William Welsh dies at 70
Sir William Lawrie Welsh, 70, a retired British air marshal, died Tuesday in Farmington Conn. He came to the United States during World War II to represent the RAF on the Combined Chiefs of Staff. After the war he worked with the British Overseas Airways and later the British motor industry.
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Farmington, Conn
Sir William Lawrie Welsh
Welsh
United States
RAF
Combined Chiefs of Staff
British Overseas Airways
British Motor Industry
Keenan Sr. Former PPL Vice President Dies at 70
George M. Keenan Sr., 70, longtime executive and retired vice president of Pennsylvania Power and Light Co., died Tuesday. He spent almost 38 years with the firm before retiring in 1956 and was born in Indianapolis.
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Allentown
George M. Keenan Sr
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co
Keenan
Indianapolis
Mrs Grace Albert Rites Planned in Brodhead
Services for Mrs Grace Albert of Brodhead are set for Friday at 1 30 p m at the Everson funeral home with Rev Edmund Kott of Stateline Lutheran Church officiating Burial will be in Stateline Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p m Thursday
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Brodhead
Grace Albert
Everson Funeral Home
Edmund Kott
Stateline Lutheran Church
Stateline Cemetery
Craft Unions Withdraw From IUD Leaving 59 Unions
Washington reports that all craft unions once under AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department have departed, led by IBEW President Gordon Freeman. The exits reduce IUD membership from 7.2 million to 5.7 million across 59 unions, amid disputes with Walter Reuther.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Industrial Union Department
International Brothers of Electrical Workers
Gordon Freeman
IBEW
IUD
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
AFL
CIO
Grap Infant Stricken Graveside Rites Held
Graveside services were held at 11 in Sunset Memorial Gardens for Venita Louise Grap one day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ronald Grap Rockford. She died yesterday at St Clare hospital where she was born Monday. Surviving are the parents a sister Vonda and grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Langholf Oregon II.
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Sunset Memorial Gardens
Rockford
Louise Grap
Ronald Grap
St. Clare Hospital
Vonda
Frank Langholf
Oregon, II
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Editorial
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Evening Times
Steward Emerson Bolender
Orangeville
Green County
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Clarence L. Barlow
First National Bank
Claude A. Roderick
Charles A. Schindler
Monroe Ice Co
Leland C. White
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Grover Reed
Cardinal Club
Epiphany Church
Chicago
Princess Theater
John Gettings
John C. Sullivan
W. A. Trickel
Merlyn Weaver
Rockow, Taylor
Dr. Shelly
Hilton E. Kirchner
Connors Plumbing and Healing Building
17Th Street
20Th Ave
Woodmen Accident and Life Company
Shun Reuther
Samuel A. Remus
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