Oddities and remarks in Boyle’s Column from HAL BOYLE
A compact collection of curiosities and wry observations. Notes on Nigeria’s dentist shortage, Athens subway smoker cars, Greek garlic tolerance, czars banning berets, freezing temps, Alaska’s sparse population, famous family sizes, famed figures’ origins, and odd laws.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Nigeria
Athens
Greece
Alaska
U.S
Josh Billings
George Washington
Alfred Tennyson
Ben Franklin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Joan Crawford
J. Edgar Hoover
Weighing War’s Edge and the Loss of Ethical Sense
Earl L. Douglass argues in Strength for Today that humanity faces its gravest danger. despite Enlightenment, nations threaten world destruction with weapons and bombing. He contrasts calls to abolish arms with the need for deterrence in a perilous era.
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Earl L. Douglass
Resignations Shake American Stock Exchange Leadership
Joseph F. Reilly resigned as chair man and president pro tem of the American Stock Exchange. Edwin Posner was elected president pro tem and is a candidate for chairman at the Feb 12 election amid SEC probes. Also resigning were Charles J. Bocklet and Governors James R. Dyer and Joan J. Mann. The SEC cites abuses of trading rules under the four leaders.
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NEW York
Joseph F. Reilly
American Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Edwin Posner
Posner
Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reilly
Edward T. McCormick
Charles J. Bocklet
James R. Dyer
Joan J. Mann
SEC
Capitol budget debate and obituary of Willard R. Smith
The House received the President's 1963 spending requests totaling 92.5 billion with revenue forecasts of 93 billion and a contested path to a balanced budget. Rep. Charles M. Mathias urges restraint and anti waste measures, while GAO praise calls for new safeguards. Also notes the death of Willard R. Smith, longtime Wisconsin Capitol correspondent for the Milwaukee Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Congress
Madison
Wis
Willard R. Smith
Wisconsin
State Capitol
Smith
Milwaukee Journal
United Press
Wisconsin State Journal
Milwaukee
Kennedy budget notes vast changes since 1920s
The article analyzes President Kennedy's fiscal plan for the year starting July 1, comparing today with the 1920s. It highlights defense spending, foreign aid, and a brief, lightly noted glimpse of CIA funding, size, and secrecy within the overall budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press News
Washington
Kennedy
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
America
CIA
Althrough
Congress
Ex-Governor Sharpe Dies in South Dakota
Merrel Quentin Sharpe, 74, who was South Dakota governor from 1942 to 1946 and earlier attorney general, died Monday in Kennebec. Born in Maryville Kansas, he had a long public career and served in state government.
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Kennebec
S.D
Merrel Quentin Sharpe
South Dakota
Sharpe
Maryville
Kan
Why Automobile Insurance Rates Vary Geographically
Public service column explains territorial rating in auto liability insurance. Rates are based on the territory where a car is garaged and driven, reflecting drivers histories and regional loss experience. It urges careful driving to avoid higher local rates and invites reader questions to The Frederick News-Post.
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New York City
Miami
Florida
Lowner
Frederick News-Post
Frederick County Association of Insurance Agents
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Boyle
Spyros Skouras
Catholic Digest
Minneapolis
Nebraska
Stock Exchange
McCone
Senate Armed Services Committee
John A. McCone
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Fred Korth
Fort Worth
Tex
Navy
Neil E. Harlan
Harvard
Air Force
RAND
Yellow Springs
George L. Twentey
Austin A. Summers
Robert Fry
George C. Stull
Edgar K. Martz
Charles C. T. Stull Sr
Howard Andrews
Charles C. T. Stull Jr
Cimens
Dominican Republic
P. Boundly
Qenter
Santo Domingo National Shrine
Independence Park
Rudolph A. Matern
Jamaica
N. Y
Capitol Comment
Charles “Mac” Mathias
Maryland
United States General Accounting Office
GAO
Marlow
Rochester
N.Y
Rochester Humane Society
Duke
Seneca Park Zoo
Baltimore
Civic Center
Kobe
Japan
Mitsubishi Dockyard
Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
Fullbright
Farmers Supply “Co
Delaval Milkers
MAB
Monument
South Carroll St. Frederick
Fairbanka-Morse Water
Nes the Beatt
Sonotone of
Hiagerstown
X ‘Tur
Hagerstown, Md
Chevy Biscayne
Ford Galaxie
Piie
Dart
Lized
Darth
Watkins-Burdette Motor CO
East Fourth Street
Frederick, Md
EDGE
Detams
Frederick County
Coblentz
Main, Inc. Insurance
BK. Court
Insurance Agency
General Insurance Real Estate Travel Service
Shafer & Bowers
General Insurance
Mom
Ave
Brunswick, MD
Stoffer
Sanner Insurance Agency, Inc
North Court ST
J. Ward Kerrigan
HiWerest
East Main St
Ammitsburg
South Market
Baker-Kefauver, Inc
West Church Street
Frederick
Frederick Underwriters, Inc
West Patrick St
Nicodemus
de Fe
N. Court
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