Language Bank Aids Miami Beach Visitors
Miami Beach creates a 500 volunteer Language Bank to translate 24 languages at no cost for 500000 European travelers yearly. Volunteers include retired teachers and war brides. a German letter was translated and a German family moved to Miami Beach. Hotels report a 50 percent rise in foreign visitors as Metropolitan Miami rises in popularity.
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House votes to kill union shop ban in 221 to 203 tally
The House approved repeal of Taft-Hartley section 14B to allow states to ban union shop contracts and require all employees to join unions after hire. The vote split 200 Democrats with 21 Republicans for and 86 Democrats with 117 Republicans against, with debate signaling a tough Senate fight ahead.
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Worm Sales Business Thrives For Teens
In Omaha Nebraska three Vinduska brothers Jarel 14 Gary 18 and John 11 started a worm sales business for the summer. Jarel is general manager Gary is president and John is executive vice president. Overhead costs are near zero. They collect worms along a creek in the cool morning and run a stand drawing steady revenue.
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Omaha, Neb
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Log Raising Brings Past To Kentucky Club Center
In Whitley City Kentucky an old fashioned log raising accompanied by frows axes and music marked the addition to a 4H club crafts center. Men used broadaxes to shape beams while women supplied venison beans and tea as about 100 people helped, some with skilled work, some with unskilled labor, dulcimer tunes filling the air.
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Whitley City
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Social Security Questions On Disabled Dependents And Benefits
A reader asks if a disabled child of a deceased parent can keep Social Security after 18. Explanation: a child disabled before 18 retains benefits. disability after 18 does not. Another seeks guidance on freezing status and retirement at 62. advice: file for disability if truly disabled, benefits then based on age 65 rules, delaying can reduce total payout. Example: a 61-year-old with $2,600 yearly earnings could receive about $87 monthly at 62, wife about $44, children about $44 each until 18, with family max around a fixed cap.
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Iavekars
Ater
W. B. Aske
Social Security Eligibility and Disability Misconceptions
A reader asks about drawing Social Security at age 46 while deaf after 1 year of work under Social Security. The response argues deafness is not a total disability and clarifies eligibility, noting that terms like drawing a good looking model illustrate misconceptions about human figures.
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Martin E. Segal
Nude models pose in art class in Baltimore studio
In a sunlit Maryland Institute studio, a nude dark haired model posed under eager artists while a baby model named Gabriel Kroiz three months old stood nearby in a diaper. Teacher Albert Sangiamo explained babies serve to keep artists from becoming too accustomed to adult figures.
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Eva
Gabriel Kroiz
Albert Sangiamo
Maryland Institute
Red China opens stretch of river for year round navigation
The Yangtze River, spanning 410 miles from Chungking to Ichang, is now open to year round navigation. Workers removed over 200 dangerous shoals and sunken rocks, enabling continuous use. The project cost 126 million yuan about 4.8 million dollars.
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Tokyo
Yangtze River
Chungking
Ichang
New China News Agency
Chattanooga Marks 150th Birthday Celebration
Chattanooga, Tennessee celebrates its 150th birthday this year, recalling Lookout Mountain and the Chattanooga Choo Choo. The city observed its 100th anniversary 26 years ago, and thousands of men are growing beards again for the current milestone, culminating in fall festivities advancing the commemorations.
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Lookout Mountain
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