Career Kids Pages Lead Busy Lives
A first person account by 18 year old Donald Wilson of Kentland Indiana describes life as a U. S. Senate page. He details daily schedule from 5:30 a.m. classes at the Page School to desk setup for senators, errands between the Capitol and Senate Office Buildings, and late night homework. Pages are paid 950 a month during sessions, but emphasis is on education and exposure to leaders in a key democratic institution.
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U. S. Senate
Donald §. Wilson
Kentland
Ind
Donald
Wilson
Associated Press
United States Capitol
Senate Chamber
Senate
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Ind.) High School
Capitol Page School
Library of Congress
Acti i
Capitol
Names Selected For New Subs And Destroyer Byrd
The Navy announced three Polaris missile firing submarines named for Presidents John Adams James Monroe and revolutionary Patriot Nathan Hale. It also named the guided missile destroyer U S S Byrd for Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd the Arctic explorer.
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Washington
John Adams
James Monroe
Nathan Hale
Navy
U.S.S. Byrd
Richard E. Byrd
Horse Island Lad Runs Loose Near Randall Park
A race horse named Island Lad escaped its pony boy handler and galloped along a Cleveland highway near Randall Park race track on Monday. No rider was with the horse during the wild trot through traffic.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Randall Park Race Track
Island Lad
Death Lurked At Corner In Sicily 18 Years Ago
New York AP recounts a vivid Sicily battle episode from 18 years past where Brig. Gen. Maurice Rose halted a rush to Palermo. A German gunner warned of an 88 mm behind a bend. American flanking troops and a halftrack’s advance led to the gun’s destruction and a swift victory, saving locals.
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Sicily
New York
Palermo
Mediterranean
Italy
Gen. Paton
U.S. Navy
Iu’n
U.S
Mander
Maurice Rose
Jdo
Rose
Patton
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Richard Manville
Westport
Conn
Bill Farden
Fishing & Hunting News
Spokane
Jonathan Meigs
Chestnut Hill
Mass
States
Mexico
Fredrick W. Machon
Niles
California
Latin America
Eak
Rampler
Burt Hoffman
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Martin H. Stolley
Clinton
Towa
Randolph H. Carter
Warrenton
Virginia
Paul C. Hosfeldt
Porterville, California
Lown
Harold Hedger
Loveland
Colo
George F. Morris
U. S. Coast Guard
Ipswich
American Motors
William J. Heath
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Loren M. Wood
Wood & Anderson
St. Louis
Charlotte Marsteller
Uniontown
Penna
Pearl Harbor
Rambler
James F. Barkley
Henry Barkley
RFC 1
Baldwin
U. S. Army
Ottawa
Fort Hood
Tex
First National Bank
Franklin County
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Parrott Electric
S. Main
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