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Racine Journal Times Sunday Bulletin (Newspaper) - August 20, 1961, Racine, Wisconsin
Statue of Gen. Grant Sparks verbal Battle w q new York a a no defense of the Model executed guts in says an artist of by sculptor Paul Manship of a proposed statue of Ulysses s. Grant. New York City. Seize $250,000 in bogus $20 s Washington a exquisite a says another in thus the Battle lines were drawn saturday Over the statue the state civil War Centennial commission plans to erect in front of the general to Tomb Hajje. Fund drive and a skirmish was in the making Over the commission to plan to conduct a fund raising nearly $250,000 in counterfeit drive in schools to help finance $20 Bills and the engraving the project estimated to Cost plates used in making them $200,000. Were seized saturday in Ghat there was disagreement Ham va., the secret service too on whether Grant was a reported. A hard or a a of gentle Man. The discovery followed the the statue modelled in mini arrest Here of Morris Leon nature 24 years ago shows the Chaney 29, who was charged civil War general sitting erect with Possession of nearly $30,-1 by on a horse that stands too Worth of the counterfeit quietly its head lowered. The Bills. General is wearing a knee the secret service said a length coat and holding a Broad subsequent raid on Chaney to brimmed hat in his right hand Home in Chatham uncovered n0 a of harshness the Bills and plates two for juice Janet Macfarlane i each Side of the Bills in Crar Ane a orc Intfen Rector of the Albany Institute jars in the basement. Ian no. A a no a of history and Art said Chaney was identified As the1 owner of the Piedmont pub 11 has none of the harsh Lishing co. Chatham. Ness 1 would to in Chaney to arrest Here Foj Herent in . Grant led a rugged Lowed apprehension of Fred life Leander Waddell 37, of Dan a omy Grandfather despite his Ville on charges of passing military accomplishments was counterfeit $20 Bills Friday a mild and gentle person a said the Shenandoah Downs race maj. Gen. U. S. Grant Iii Trace near Charlestown w. A. State Auto death every 9.4 hours his Home in Clinton in upstate new York. The civil War general to grandson chairman of the National civil War Centennial commission holds a a Ofine impression of the Model he saw several years a go. Madison a in the ,.t. .a. W. ,. I a there Doest seem to be Wisconsin motor vehicle de Numi. D. D. Any guts in Robert blood who Eda in Tzi Suin residence the sche Accident every 9 4 hours in Nec Tady museum asserted. Quot 1960 has such Neutral feelm.8 the worst month for traffic a Quot Ough stuff in to fatalities last year was Deceron a Quot a Ber with 124 killed. The year to total was 930, the third High vast Coal reserves est in the state to history. The to i a 11 c c d worst year was 1956 when 955 a a Scove Reo in . Persons were killed. Moscow up a a Coal there were 31.263 persons Basin capable of producing up injured last year compared to 250 million tons of Coal an with 29,973 the previous year dually has been found in East the pedestrian toll in 1960 Kazakhstan the soviet news was 132. I Agency Tass said saturday. Haunt monday bulletin auf. In Imi Are. I me 3 Meany is welcoming locals defecting from Hoffa s Union Washington a and the Al Cio under pres. George Meany is quietly extending a warm Welcome to defecting units of James r. Hoffa to teamsters Union. But Meany the same time is As determined As Ever to spurn bids for the ousted teamsters organization to be brought Back into the federa for Sale Auto freshly wrecked san Juan puerto Rico a opt a Herminie Pagan to cars skidded off a Road plunged Down a Cliff and landed wrecked on a Beach. Bruised but unshaken Pagan made his report to police then stood on the Beach and auctioned off salvageable parts to the crowd of spectators. And what bargains the tires went for $25. A Owell i might As Well make the Best of a said Pagan a guard attached to h e governor to residence. A othe car is so badly wrecked Wasny to Worth carting Back up on the ?� Tion so Long As Hoffa remains As Union president. Sources close to Meany confirmed saturday that the Al Cio played an encouraging role with Meany to full Advance knowledge and consent a in the decision of four Cincinnati Ohio teamsters locals to break away from Hoffa to Union. The Welcome mat is out these sources said for these locals comprising about 4,000 Union members to join up with individual Al Cio unions. Some already Are talking with the Al Cio brewery workers. The Al Cion to regional Man in Cincinnati William l. Kircher was reliably reported to have Lent encouragement and worked along with James Lunken head of Cincinnati area teamsters and a longtime foe of Hoffa. The John Marshall. Registration closes beginning Law clones att. Amp eve., sept. Ii Law school Institute Courtn Tiffin kept. In for Catalon address registrar Box 22 315 Plymouth ., Chicago 4. Ina 3-5211 to from Jackson Between state and Dearborn prefer their own a Lawrence Bud Thoune ii 14, and his brother Richard Dick 13, decided to a build to suite themselves on a vacant lot in Spring Valley. The boys sons of or. And mrs. Lawrence Thoune of 1321 Harrington drive built the a Ohomer in two weeks. Neighbor if llbmep1bph Cynthia Jepsen 14, daughter of or. And mrs. Hans Jepsen of 1342 Harrington drive lends the feminine touch in the curtain department. to built to suit the boys but will pass the minimum housing code a journal times photo report recession recovery was swifter than anticipated Washington a up a the Quick recovery from the Winter recession was even More vigorous than previously calculated the Commerce department said saturday. The department said the annual rate of the Gross National product a the value of All goods and services produced a Rose from a recession Low of $500.8 billion in the january March Quarter to $516.1 billion in the april june period. A month ago the department made an april june estimate which was lower by $4.1 billion. A Othis represents a faster turnaround than experienced in any of the Othef Post War recessions a the report said. A othe second Quarter sizable Advance follows three quarters of mild decline and brought real output Back to the pre recession Peak of a year ?� nearly half of the Rise in Gnu was attributed to an upturn in the production and Sale of new autos. The Only Bleak spot was International Trade. In transfers of goods and services the surplus of exports Over import dropped from $5.3 billion to $3.9 billion on an annual basis. Purchases by All Levels of government advanced the rate of $2.3 billion to $107.3 billion. Defense spending moved to a three year High and is continuing upward. Spending for personal consumption increased from $330.7 billion to $336.1 billion. Private investment in housing plants and equipment and inventories Rose from $59.8 by i lion to $68.8 billion. A owe just missed Quot a the new phone directory that is. That to Why we to like to emphasize that our phone number is Melrose 7-8336 dial me 7-8336let Irma Kotoff make your vacation a memorable one. 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