Montana claims bigger state status despite surveys
Gov Sam C Ford told a Northwest Officers Association meeting in Butte that Montana is the largest state if mountains are flattened, challenging Texas and California in traditional size rankings. The claim comes as geographers list Texas first and California second. In Oceanside California Marines trained with FBI instructors in a two week Camp Pendleton police course covering theft, sex offenses, search and seizure laws, court testimony and road methods.
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Presidential Choice Is Put In Place
Gov. J Strom Thurmond returned home to South Carolina after being nominated for president by the States' Rights Democrats in Houston Texas. He examined the Houston paper showing his arrival and his wife Jean on the front page and noted the presidential nominee on page seven.
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U.P
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Houston
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Texas
Jean
Thurmond
Mystery Solved in Fort Worth Missing Legion Booth
An American Legion member wondered where a legion recruiting booth would go and learned it was nowhere. Inquiry revealed a nearby construction site had accidentally collected the booth after high winds caused its collapse, then added it to materials.
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Fort Worth
Tex
American Legion
Legion
Family bus named house helps 12 Tippmann children
In Fort Wayne Indiana Laurence Tippmann and wife Mary pack 14 people aboard a custom built bus they call the house. The vehicle serves as transport for daily life and weekend outings to football games and parks.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
U.Y
Laurence Tippmann
Tippmann
Mary
Davenport
Merrill's Marauders To Hold Reunion in Philadelphia
The Merrill's Marauders reunion will take place in Philadelphia on Sept 11 and 12 with Maj Gen Frank D Merrill as honored guest. Phillip Piazi was elected president. Capt John K Benfield Jr chairs the committee at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel where Merrill will be speaker.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Frank D. Merrill
Phillip Piazi
Bridgeport
Conn
Welfare Services Feel Pinch Of Inflation
Welfare costs across three major services have risen sharply since 1941. The Community Fund of Chicago reports an 213 to 289 percent increase through 1949, with 192 agencies seeing higher operating costs. The fund seeks 8.679 million dollars this fall, up 15.5 percent from last year.
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Chicago
Community Fund of Chicago, Inc
U S Citizen Escapes From Iron Curtain
Ludwig Huettner and his Austrian born wife fled Europe after Communists nationalized their 80 acre farm in Czechoslovakia. They sought to return to the United States, received U S aid including travel expenses and $115, and settled briefly with relatives before finding work in Columbus Ohio at St Marys Hospital.
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Life under a Communist regime described by Huettner
Huettner, born 1878 in Platte County Nebraska, recalls life under the regime. He notes strict permit rules for moving between villages and compulsory voting with only Communist candidates on ballots. He cites limited Red Cross aid and a 1911 move to Europe ending on a farm that became part of Czechoslovakia after World War I.
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Red Cross
Platte County
Neb
Europe
Anto Huettner
Austria
Czechoslovakia
They All Do It In Wilkes-Barre Parking Fine
Michael Reiser a special patrolman who enforces parking rules in Wilkes-Barre was fined one dollar for parking overtime in a metered zone.
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Wilkes-Barre
U.P
Michael Reiser
Kindness Brings Help as Elderly Woman Finds Aid
In McCracken Kansas Mrs Rowena Rush benefits from a neighborly act as Freeman and Parnes family provide housing and support. Their generosity ends a two year housing shortage for the elderly woman and marks a turning point in the community effort.
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McCracken, Kan
Rowena Rush
Freeman Parnes
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