Explosive Disposal Unit at Granite City Depot
Bob Lear leads the 60th Explosive Disposal Detachment at Granite City Army Depot. ED men handle weapons from black powder to nuclear devices, monitor nuclear shipments across southern Illinois and eastern Missouri, and respond to civilian bomb scares while deferring investigations to police.
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Granite City, TU
Bob Lear
Lear
60Th Ordinance
Granite City Army Depot
United States
Illinois
Indianhead
Addison B
Bud) Henry
Henry
Sgt. Lear
Jacoby On Bridge Analysis and Wit
A compact bridge column notes that many deceivers avoid gold bricks and some ply at the bridge table. It highlights South as a stronger duplicate player than a rubber bridge man and praises a spade lead that secured a contract.
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South
AEC launches study on fallout effects on life and environment
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a broad new long range program to study fallout impacts on humans animals and plants with emphasis on early fallout. Livermore California Lab will lead the first year efforts costing about 2 million. The program links with other AEC biomedical research and expands over time as experts become available.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Livermore
Calif
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Kkey Laboratory
Ohio Lakota high schools swap student teacher exchanges
Fremont based Lakota and Cincinnati area Lakota schools agreed to share ideas and have created a student teacher exchange. They swapped visits to foster collaboration across the two campuses located in northern near Lake Erie and southwestern Ohio.
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Fremont
Ohio
Lake Erie
Cincinnati
Backwoods Girl Earns Degree From North Carolina College
Dorothy Brown, once pulled from school to babysit in rural Irebell County, earned a degree from Woman's College of UNC. She finished eight years of schooling in six, worked to keep grades up, and will teach elementary school in Mecklenburg County. She seeks to be a person who helps others.
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Greensboro
N.C
North Carolina
Dorothy Brown
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Irebell County
Dorothy
Tom McKnight
Mooreville
McKnight
Woman's College
House
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Alaska land size and water area from Britannica Yearbook
The Britannica Book of the Year lists Alaska at 586 400 square miles in total, with 15 235 square miles as inland water. The figure reflects the state's geographic extent as recorded by Britannica.
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Alaska
Porterville Driver Honored for 1.8 Million Miles Safe
Police Chief Francis Torigian praised J. J. Minianes at a Porterville Safety Council banquet for driving 1.8 million miles since 1927 without a traffic accident or citation. The award labeled him a remarkable example of safe driving.
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Porterville
Calif
J. J. Minianes
Porterville Safety Council
Francis Torigian
Minjares
Start Paying Bank Depositors At Westmont
FDIC begins insured-deposit payments for First State Bank of Westmont, closed May 24 after an estimated $1 million capital impairment. Insured deposits totaled $5.371 million. excess above the $10,000 limit ran about $945,000. Westmont and Bank of Naperville executives linked to the case. a new Bank of Westmont to open with $500,000 capitalization and 60 percent of stock reserved for Westmont residents.
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Chicago
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
First State Bank of
Westmont
FDIC
Washington
Joseph ©. Knight
First Bank of
Knight
Ilinois
Vernon S. Hoesch
Bank of Naperville
New York Governor Earns Highest Salary of 50000
Among state leaders, New York's governor tops with an annual salary of 50000, while New Jersey's governor earns 30000, ranking second. The figures highlight pay disparities among governors.
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New York
New Jersey
Bible trivia notes the shortest verse originated claim
The statement cites Jesus wept as the briefest Bible verse from John or emphasizes its notoriety as the shortest verse in the Bible.
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Jesus
John
Coast Guard Watches Over Prospective Mother Duck
In Milwaukee a mallard named Cee' Gee nests on a bridge piling with eight eggs. The nearby Coast Guard recruiting station adopted her and assigned guards to feed her. Guardsmen have duty sections to feed Cee Gee and orders to bridge-crossers to tread carefully and softly.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Cee’ Gee
Coast Guard
Bridge Deception Play Tied to Jacoby Reader Request
A bridge hand is analyzed where East foils South by surrendering the queen of hearts and allowing a later nine trick run, illustrating a deception tactic. The note then promotes obtaining "Win at Bridge With Oswald Jacoby" by sending name, address, and 50 cents to the Mt. Vernon Register-News in New York.
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South
East
West
Oswald Jacoby
Mt. Vernon Register-News
P. O
Dept. A
Radio City
New York
N. Y
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