Anniversaries and Birthdays Highlight Historic Figures
Know America Today lists birth and death dates for figures like George G. Meade, James T. Fields, Wilson S. Bissell, Tasker H. Bliss, Michael J. Kelley, Stephen B. Leacock, and Gen Richard Montgomery. It covers events from 1175 to 1993, with Today in History notes on Jefferson, Edison, Wright, and Truman. Birthdays include Gen George C. Marshall and Justice Stanley Reed. horoscope cautions humility for success.
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George G. Meade
Gettysburg
Spain
James T. Fields
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Wilsons. Bissell
Buffalo
N. Y
Cleveland
Oneida Co
Tasker H. Bliss
Lewisburg
Michael J. Kelley
Richard Montgomery
Quebec
Canada
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Obed Hussey
Cincinnati
Menlo Park
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Wilbur Wright
France
Sabin
America
Manila
Truman
Seoul
George C. Marshall
Defense
Uniontown
Stanley Reed
U S. Supreme Court
Mason City
Leland Olds
Rochester
Jody Farnsworth
North Truyo
Mass
Dalton
Lea Q O. Colbert
Cambridge
Payroll Wages Up In Cumberland Affects Local Outlook
Cumberland's year end survey shows payrolls in 17 prime industries up 4.1 percent in the first months of the year, with employment rising nearly 2 percent. November payrolls totalled 38.83 million, and 12 814 workers are employed, up about 250 from last year. Building permits jumped 90 percent through November and bank debits rose 10.4 percent. In Baltimore, city workers vote 1209 to 499 to accept a 12.5 cent hourly raise, with a night shift premium of 5 cents. A child’s body was found in a marsh at North Beach near Mt. Harmony, identification pending.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Maryland Employment Service
Baltimore
AFL Teamsters Union
North Beach
Wilbert Ward
Ward
Mt. Harmony
Reverend Kirk Declared World Liars Champion in Burlington
In Burlington Wisconsin on December 31 judges of the Liars Club crowned the Reverend Arthur A. Kirk of Biggs Spa ra a world champion liar amid astonished onlookers.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars
Arthur A. Kirk
Biggs
They Skated to the Altar at Braddock Heights Rollers
A Friday night wedding at Braddock Heights roller rink united Betty Louise Kline and Lee Coleman Moser in the community's first marriage on roller skates. The ceremony featured Ollie Rosenberry, the rink owner, as the bride's escort, with Virginia Louder as maid of honor and Robert McAlister as best man. Bridesmaids Shirley Rosenberry, Virginia Chichester, Judy Neal, and Delores Stup stood with unidentified ushers. The bride lived with the Rosenberry family for four years. the groom, from Hagerstown, works as floor manager at the rink.
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Betty Louise Kline
Lee Coleman Moser
Braddock Heights
Ollie Rosenberry
Rink
Mr. Rosenberry
Virginia Louder
Jefferson
Bert McAlister
Shirley Rosenberry
Virginia Chichester
Judy Neal
Braddock
Delores Stup
Shookstown
Donald Woods
Ralph Thomas
Frank Keefer
Brunswick
Charles Whitter
John Hyssong
Frederick
Rosenberrys
Ddagerstown
Eisenhower Campaign Headquarters Opens in Washington
The Eisenhower for President campaign launches in a $45 a day sixth floor Shoreman Hotel suite in Washington. Senator Jim Duff presides, while campaign staff and posters declare why Ike will run, with limited staff clarity on finances and leadership.
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Pefer Edson
NEA
Washington
Eisenhower
Shoreman
New Crusade In
America
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Jim Duff
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
General Eisenhower
Senator Lodge
Clarence V. Beck
Kansas
Treassurer
Senator Duff
Sen
Frank Carlson
Gaia
Eisenhower candidacy question muddied by responses
In Vermont the race heated up as General Eisenhower offered no final statement. When pressed for a definite assurance of his candidacy, Senator Duff dodged the question and suggested asking Senator Dodge. Duff added that if he doubted Eisenhower’s availability he would be in Florida fishing that morning.
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Vermont
Eisenhower
Senator Duff
Flix
Senator Dodge
Duff
Florida
Residential building rebounds with 1951 pace
New non-farm housing starts exceeded one million for a third consecutive year, reaching nearly 1.1 million in 1951. Builders faced material limits, tight credit, and mortgage money scares, while 1952 projections show 800,000 to 850,000 starts including 200,000 to 259,000 for defense housing.
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New York
Commerce Departments See Big 1950 Spending Rise
The first 11 months showed cumulative outlay running about two billion dollars above the 1950 record as Commerce Departments reported. The figure highlights a sharp rise in government spending through November compared with the prior year.
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Commerce Departments
Railroads See Net Income Drop in 1951
New York report shows modest demand growth with passenger traffic up eight percent the first rise since 1918 while freight tonnage climbs over nine percent. Rail carriers spent about 143 billion dollars on new tracks and equipment, adding 96 000 freight cars and 2 500 locomotives under wartime government supervision after a late August 1959 seizure to avert labor strikes.
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New York
U. S. Army
Sherbow to Quit Beach Seat on Maryland Supreme Bench
Maryland Supreme Bench judge Joseph Sherbay told Governor Mc Heldht he will resign his seat on the court to practice law in Baltimore. The eight year veteran, known for anti gambling and narcotics rulings, earns fifteen thousand dollars annually and shaped legal actions against bookmakers and bettors. His resignation follows criticism of the gambling laws’ enforcement and court procedures during his tenure.
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Baltimore
Joseph Sherbay
McHeldht
Jude
Ballimore
Supreme Bench
Sherbean
Maryland
Sherhow
Tne
Maine
Press of the World
Maryhind
New York warned on foreign policy and New Year intoxication hazards
The dispatch notes Secretary Dean Acheson urging restraint in year end foreign policy, warning against partisan zeal in 1952 campaigns, while in Adirondack Saranac Lake police offer a "Operation Cocktail" safe ride home on New Year’s Eve. Chief William Wallace briefs the levy on ferrying celebrants, advising intoxicated revelers to call for a free ride home with no questions asked.
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New York
Den
Dean Avhoswr
Orl
Korea
Réinialn
United States
Saranac Lake
N.Y
Adirondack
William Wallace
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