Women Break Barriers in Finance as Broker Becomes President
Isabel O'Donnell of McLean Virginia, a 37 year old mother of six and wife of an atomic energy official, becomes president of the Investment Brokers of Metropolitan Washington, the first woman elected to the post. Her rise shows women can succeed in a male dominated field while revealing ongoing gender gaps in the industry.
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New York
Isabel O'Donnell
McLean
Reynolds & Co
Metropolitan
Washington
Mrs. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
The
American Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Lisbon Notes Birthday Party for Mrs Marie Morrison
More than 100 guests attended a catered luncheon at the Stevens-Adamson Social Club to mark the 90th birthday of Mrs. Marie Morrison. Former Lisbon resident, she now lives with daughter Mrs Rudolph Osman in Aurora and has five children including Ruth Dooley in Chicago and Allan in San Francisco.
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Stevens-Adamson
Marie Morrison
Morrison
Lisbon
Rudolph Osman
Aurora
Blanch
Osman
Ruth Dooley
Chicago
Rasmus Davick
Allan
San Francisco
Calif
Donald
Pacifica
Donald Morrison
Richard Campbell
Phoenix
Ariz
Blame Abby for Florida Deaths
Tropical storm Abby caused seven deaths in Florida and brought 65 mph winds to Jacksonville beach toppling trees and power lines and flooding streets. Warnings extended from Melbourne to Charleston while rains spread into eastern Georgia and South Carolina this afternoon. Duval County officials closed schools.
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Fla
Abby
Florida
Jacksonville Beach
Atlantic
Daytona Beach
Melbourne
Charleston
S.C
Georgia
South Carolina
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Duval County
Acquire Facility For Stockyards Acquisition in Atkinson
The Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. of Chicago announced it has acquired a 15 acre livestock facility at Atkinson in northern Illinois to operate as an auxiliary hog and feeder cattle market starting Sept. 1. The Atkinson property was formerly the Midwest Farm Market and is 18 miles east of the Moline Rock Island region.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
Atkinson
Illinois
Chicago Stockyards
Atkinson Live
Midwest Farm Market
Lloyd Arnold
Jessee
Charles Potter
Potter
Moline
Rock Island
Woman Recovers Wallet After Taxi Driver Notices It
A traffic jam in downtown Louisville helped an elderly woman reclaim her wallet. Flora Simpson was driving the cab when she stopped, found the wallet in the street, and returned it to the owner who had stepped into a nearby building. The owner later received $400 as thanks.
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Louisvilla
Louisville
Flora Simpson
Nursing Class Registration and Historical Electrocution Date
The University of Illinois College of Nursing in Chicago will administer state wide nursing home care courses for over 200 staff nurses via the Illinois Department of Public Health program. Professor Jean Wood coordinates material with U of I colleagues. William Kemmler was executed by electrocution on August 6, 1890 in Auburn New York.
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University of Illinois College of Nursing
Medical Center
Chicago
Illinois Department of Public Health Bureau of Nursing
Jean Wood
College of Nursing
U. of S
Wood
University of Ilinois College of Nursing
William Kemmler
Auburn
N.Y
Pikes Peak Not the Highest Peak in Colorado
Colorado Springs reports that Pikes Peak, though famous to tourists, ranks behind 29 other Colorado peaks that exceed its 14 110 foot height.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pikes Peak
Colorado Mountain
Colorado Peaks
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