Oldest U S Department of State Begins Its Duties
Walter A Shead outlines the origins and structure of the U S Department of State as of 1949 noting its 22 000 employees split between 8 000 in Washington and 14 000 in the foreign service staffing 280 missions The piece highlights Dean Acheson as secretary of state and details the department's organization and global duties.
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Department of State of the United States
Walter A. Shead
Western
Union
Washington
Washington, D. C
Department of State
United States of America
Thomas Jefferson
State Department
Foreign Service
Dean Gooder
Nam Acheson
Middletown
Conn
Eleanor
Edward Campion Acheson
Groton
Yale
Harvard
Wesleyan
Alice Stanley
Jane
Dudley W. Brown
David Campion Acheson
Mary Eleanor
William P Bundy
Louis D. Brandeis
U.S Supreme Court
Covington, Gurling
Rublee
Ensign
U.S. Navy
United States
Organization of the United Nations
Dean Acheson
21St Street NW
State
17Th Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Department of Government
Secretary of State
Department
James E. Webb
North Carolina
Philip C. Jessup
New York
John E. Pearifoy
South Carolina
Elbert G. Mathews
Lene Woods From Portsmouth Makes Hollywood Breaks
Portsmouth radio personality Lene Woods earned 11 dollars weekly on local programs at age 11 and later joined CBS Steve Allen and Disney Cinderella. She later moved west with her husband, a musical arranger, and their daughter. Lloyd Bridges, en route Rome to Hollywood, stopped in New York briefly during promotions.
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Lene Woods
Steve Allen
Walt Disney
Portsmouth
N. H
Paul Whiteman
Miss Woods
Disney Organization
Lloyd Bridges
New York
Rome
Hollywood
Crossword puzzle across and down items list
A mixed crossword puzzle list with numbered across clues covering architecture parts weapons natives instruments helmets fertile spots and verbs plus down entries for coin insect egg bobbin brain covering comfort cuckoos flag maker nourished think produce prosecute finish per to balsam frozen water varying weight fastener not many clump of trees serpert…
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Bobbin
Comfort
Cuckoos
India
Word Puzzle Clue Revisit of Week's Answer
A brief puzzle note lists last week's answer clues with three hints: Nurse orient, City jap, and Terminate. The item hints at a crossword style answer update and puzzle bylines.
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Orient
Fresh Fish and a Love Locked by Tradition
Tommy Hunter tries to win Dolores in Ortegna by becoming a rival fish seller to Senor Jacinto to persuade her father to consent to marriage. After weeks of struggle, Jacinto refuses, but Tommy uses a mobile fish cart to win favor and tension, ending with a wary compromise on Dolores’s wedding.
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Tommy Hunter
Tommy
Dolores
Senor Jacinto
Ortegna
One of One Thousand Win chester rifles gains fame in small towns
A nationwide hunt finds 16 of the rare One of One Thousand Model 1873 rifles in towns under 50,000 population and 12 in towns under 10,000. Only about 130 were made from 1874 to 1881, with values rising from $4.50 to collectable prices well above. Notables and owners across the country are listed, including Dalton gang links and Granville Stuart.
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Winchester
James C. Hartley
Winchester Repeating Arms Company
Olin Industries, Inc
Hartley
American Rifleman
Robert Abels
New York
Abels
Dalton Gang
Granville Stuart
Montana
South
Lloyd Bender
Gallon
James YT. Fowler
Osawatomie
Kan
Louis A. Ostendorp
Bergwn
Scott Merry
Tacoma
Wash
Stanley W. Ollason
Hollister
Cal
D. W. Peckham
Middlefield
Whitmore
Charles A. Alden
St. Petersburg
Fla
Thomas H. Oster
Cloverdale
John D. Morley
Lodi
Sam G. Bachelder
Santa Cruz
Richard Larsen
Visalia
Phil M. Brown
Watseka
T. R. Jordan
Seattle
Oliver R. Jones
North Hollywood
Harry Ll. Kemp
Judith Gap
Mont
Clyde Schurman
Woodland
John 8S. Friend
Cassaway
W. Va
Greenwood
Greenwood Mills
Bell Carillon Foundry
Granville Stuart Abbot
Lewistown
Greenwood Plan aims at grass roots anti propaganda drive
From Greenwood South Carolina a Grass Roots campaign proposed to counter Soviet propaganda. The Greenwood Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Greenwood Plan modeled on a Marshall Plan of ideas. A national committee would collect ideas from local communities and broadcast plans to persuade behind the iron curtain.
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Greenwood
S. C
Columbia
America
Greenwood Chamber of Commerce
William O. Benton
Connecticut
Washington
Smal
Greenwood Plan
Voice of America
Marshall Plan of Ideas
Would you find the doctor guilty or not guilty of murder
A wealthy father plans to starve his son with a fake will to provoke a reaction then dies. The doctor allegedly aids or withholds treatment to influence the son’s actions. The tale centers on whether the physician's role constitutes murder or moral complicity in the drama.
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Andrew Horton
Jay Gould School
Andrew, Jr
East
Fortune Teller's Vague Bet Sparks Witty Exchange
A playful exchange unfolds as a fortune teller predicts a future husband, prompting the amused girl to demand specifics. The fortune teller hints at four tall, dark men, inviting a humorous back-and-forth about accuracy and romance.
Winchester Rifles Shaped the West and Its Legends
Winchesters influenced western settlement with guns valued up to 5000 dollars. Guns were owned by famous gunmen and outlaws, and some served officers. One rifle was seized from the Dalton gang after their defeat. Notably, Ad Toeppenwein achieved a remarkable feat with a model 73 Winchester, hitting wooden blocks with only nine misses in 72 500 shots.
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Dalton Gang
Ad Toeppenwein
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