Milledgeville Woman Serves as Ambassador’s Wife in Taipei
Florence Teets Drumright of Milledgeville Illinois, wife of U S Ambassador Everett Drumright, describes life at the American Embassy in Taipei Formosa. She outlines the demanding schedule, language study, charity work, and the need to master dress and hosting duties while navigating cultural differences and diplomatic duties.
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Milledgeville
Dorothy Roe
Everett F. Drumright
U. S
China
Taipei
Formosa
Florence Teets Drumright
Ill
George Teets
Florence
London
New York
Boeing Aircraft
Everett Drumright
Drumright
Okla
Hong Kong
Illinois
Orient
Florence Drumright
Foreign Service
State Department
Prisoners turn in weapons after jail tv threat in Ohio
In Hamilton Ohio prisoners surrendered five wooden clubs and three hacksaw blades after jail officials warned that failure to hand over the weapons would lead to no evening television. The incident followed a discovery of a club hidden in a county jail cell block.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Ford 1909 Race Route Re traced Caravan Heads West
Ford Motor Co rescues a 1909 cross country race myth by retracing the New York City to Seattle route. The 50 millionth Ford, 1999 Model T, 1908 Model K lead the caravan as it passes Morris on Route 47. The journey spotlights roads growth and the nation’s highway needs as it traverses 400 communities amid an expected audience of millions.
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America
Ford Motor Co
New York City
Seattle
Wash
Morris
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Northwest States
Stearns
Acme
New York
McClellan
Poughkeepsie
Syracuse
Buffalo
Toledo
Chicago
St. Louis
50 Millionth Vehicle Tour and 1999 Model T Race Replica
A 23 day caravan will travel the nation from Chicago June 6 to Springfield visiting towns and hosting dignitaries at fixed checkpoints and hotels mirroring the original race dates. The route passes Summit Lemont Lockport Joliet Rockdale Morris Dwight Odell Pontiac Chenoa Lexington Normal Bloomington McLean Lincoln. Also noted is a 1958 Starkweather case hearing in Omaha where execution was stayed on May 22.
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Chicago
Summit
Lemont
Lockport
Joliet
Rockdale
Morris
Dwight
Odell
Pontiac
Chenoa
Lexington
Normal
Bloomington
McLean
Lincoln
Springfield
Starkweather Appeal Filed
Convicted killer Charles Starkweather under death sentence filed an appeal Monday with the 8th U S Circuit Court of Appeals.
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ST. Louis
Charles Starkweather
8Th
U S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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Legislative Yuan
Palais Des Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Morris Dry
Court House
Kroger
Morris Kroger Store
North Division
Roger
M. Robert Guggenheim
Omaha
Starkweather
Starkweather Appeal
Phipps
S—M—L—Xl
Robinson's
Braidwood
Shetland
Truman Robinson
Jensen & Wise
Lassers
Trinivts
LOD
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