Side Swipes Herald Dial Telephones and Postal Quirks
A Sept 21 rollout note from Southwestern Bell announces direct distance dialing across the nation with instruction booklets mailed to patrons. Kansas City reports a penny inside a 6 cent airmail stamp letter as a sliver of airmail postage. a California sender explains not having a penny. Local election boards warn of checked ballots tossed for X alternatives. a post office box near the city hall endures repeated damage from snouty use. Pittsburgh notes a 3 cent stamp with a third of another on a four cent rate envelope and the postal tweaks continue.
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Ottawa
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas City
William W. Woods
West Gist
Arkady A. St
Calif
Pittsburgh
UN Assembly Opens Debate On Mideast
United Nations General Assembly opens an emergency session in New York to discuss the Middle East. The session aims to seat a Communist China replacement and move toward real business next Tuesday or Wednesday, after a Security Council backed compromise resolution. The plan avoids direct charges over UAR indirect aggression in Lebanon and calls for withdrawal timing of U.S. and British forces.
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United .Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Soviet Union
Communist Ching
Special Assembly
Security Council
U.S
United Arab Republic
Lebanon
Jordan
Bee Stinger Removed From Man's Eyeball in Rare Operation
AP reports Manuel Parvis 27 from Temple Hills Maryland had a bee sting in the cornea of his right eye while driving home. Washington Hospital Center performed a 30 minute operation to remove the stinger, a rare procedure with only two other similar cases known. It was unclear if sight would be preserved.
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Washington
Washington Hospital Center
Manuel Parvis
Temple Hills
Purvis
Tax Levy Revisions Boost Ottawa Tax Picture
The Ottawa tax outlook improves with a revised levy, now stated at 1.71 dollars per 1000 valuation less than last year, reflecting adjustments in county city and school district budgets. Forecasts predict clear to partly cloudy weather through Saturday with highs near 90 and lows around 70, plus higher temperatures yesterday reaching 87.
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The
Herald
Schell
Lodge urges broad plan for Middle East crisis
U S Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge told the Council the special session should tackle fundamental problems of the troubled area beyond stop gap fixes to stabilize the immediate situation. Informed sources said the U S delegation was hammering out a far reaching political economic program for the Middle East to submit.
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U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Council
U.S
Middle East
Employment In U S Increases in July
Washington AP reports unemployment fell by 143000 to 5294000. Government notes July usual drop. Employment rose by 298000 to curb. The rise not as large as typical for July, and the data reflects seasonal patterns in the labor market.
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Washington
Eco
Wasson
Franklin County Teachers Plan Active Year Ahead
Franklin County teachers association with about 120 members plans meetings and a three-meeting year. The group promotes National Education Week and offers a $100 scholarship. officers include Holloway as president. Employment data show July job decline softened by gains in soft goods, offset by durable goods losses, with overall activity steady.
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Pando inAuetcias
Herbert R. Holloway
The
County Teachers Association
Cee
Franklin County
Merce
Ottawa
Holloway
Princeton Schools
National Education Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Topeka
Ruth Stout
Franklin County Teachers Association
Kansas State Teachers Association
NEA
Alden ‘Ike’ Cearfoss
Marjorie Giffin
Idyl Murray
Apparent low bidder named for Stage 1 flood project at Ottawa
Army Engineers opened bids for Stage 1 flood control work in Ottawa with McCarthy Improvement Co. of Davenport the apparent low bidder at 979,707.50, below the government estimate of 888,145.65. The project includes river widening and levee work in Ottawa and Osawatomie with Pomona reservoir, part of a 14 million dollar plan.
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Ottawa City Hall
Lloyd Ballhagen
Army Engineers
McCarthy Improvement Co
Davenport
Iowa
Corps of Engineers
Osawa
Tomie
Laurion
Pomona
Melvern
Congress
Tron
Pomona Reservoir
Army
Charles R. Perry
S. Main
Main Street
Marais Des Cygnes- Osage Valley
Kansas
Mis
Kierdorf Admitted Burned In Shop Fire Case Unfolds
Michigan Attorney General Paul L. Adams said Frank Lierdorf admitted on his deathbed to suffering fatal burns while setting a dry cleaning shop fire in Flint. He indicated Herman Kierdorf, 68, was at the scene and is being sought nationwide. Adams noted other Teamsters officials may face questioning as the arson case widens. Local 299 figures linked to Hoffa, and a secret witness described a possible getaway Cadillac.
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Pontiac
Mich
Michgan Atty
Paul L. Adams
Frank Lierdorf
Flint
Adams
Teamsters Union
Herman Kierdorf
Frank
Tony Spiel
Kierdorf
Teamster
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamster Local 299
Detroit
James . R. Hoffa
The
Lhud
Nautilus completes Arctic voyage under polar ice cap
President Eisenhower announces the nuclear submarine Nautilus completed a historic undersea transit from the Bering Strait to the Greenland Sea. Cmdr. William Anderson led a crew that traveled about 8 000 miles beneath Arctic ice to reach the North Pole, signaling a potential new seaway between the oceans. The mission, conducted mostly in international waters, earned the crew the Navy’s first peacetime Legion of Merit award.
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Washington
Ed States
Arctic
Pissenhower
Polar
Bering Seall
Greenland Sea
Hip Ollie Etn
Ai Ales Reoreade
Cmdr
W. R. An
Waverly, Tenn
Point, Barrow
Alaska
Atlantic Ocean
Greenland
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Ilé
Pole
Anderson
Eienhower
Navy
Gates
Driver bids farewell amid aging reflexes and shift
A letter states after thirty years of safe driving the driver admits reflexes have slowed and announces retirement from the road. The note references Father Gas and Grand s Da Wheel and mentions Lamb Insured Payment Plan in an ad-like aside.
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Father Gas
Grands
Murphy Leaves Addis Ababa for London on Middle East Tour
U S special envoy Robert Murphy departed Addis Ababa by plane for London. Deputy undersecretary of state arrived from Cairo to begin a trouble shooting tour of the Middle East.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Robert Murphy
U.S
London
Cairo
Middle East
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