Stanford Acquires Priceless William James Letters
Stanford University adds 21 letters from philosopher William James to its permanent archives. The notes, written 1900 to 1909 on onion skin, detail life in Northern California around the 1906 quake and Mount Vesuvius eruptions. James describes a guest lectureship at Stanford and a confident view of the university’s future.
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Stanford, Calif
William James
California
San Francisco
Stanford University
James
Henry James
Stanford
Mount Vesuvius
John D. Goheen
Frank Low-Beer
Rome
Goheen
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford
Utah fights to reclaim streets
Flood crisis in Utah shows progress as sandbag canal on State Street drains the downtown river. Crews, hampered by sinkholes, clear debris with dynamite and augers to restore traffic. Three more counties added to disaster aid list amid $300 million in damage and three deaths including an infant.
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Salt Lake City
State Street
Utah
E.L
Bud’’ Willoughby
Willoughby
Scott Matheson
Tooele
Box Elder
Summit
Great Salt Lake
Fire forces evacuation of United 727 at O'Hare
A United Airlines 727 aborted takeoff at O'Hare International Airport after an engine fire broke out on the left engine. Police reported 159 people aboard with six slightly injured during a calm evacuation. five were hospitalized for non serious injuries. Crew and passengers prepared for alternate arrangements as firefighters contained the blaze.
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Chicago
United Airlines
O’hare International
Tampa
Fla
Jerome Mallen
Jim Yunker
Yunker
Mallon
Resurrection Hospital
Presbyterians unite choose Southern head J Randolph Taylor
The Rev. J Randolph Taylor of Charlotte was elected leader of the reunited Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. He won 717 votes on the first ballot, with 814,000 Southern and 2.4 million Northern members shaping a 3.2 million member denomination. Taylor, a civil rights and peace activist, pledged a life toward outward service and inward duties, and accepted the role amid a wave of joy.
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George W. Cornell
Atlanta
J. Randolph Taylor
Charlotte
N.C
Taylor
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
F. Andrew Carhartt
Boulder
Colo
John Zimmerman
Richland
Wash
U.S
United Presbyterian Church
Southern
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Little University
Europe
New York City
East River
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Max Peterson
State Street Canal
City Creek
Cee
Roswell
N. Main
Presbyterians
Southern Head
Joan S. Campbell
Philadelphia
Meyers Park Presbyterian Church
Washington, D.C
China
Washington
Selma
Ala
Alabama
Blazers
Dad
THE
Ball & Ray Clothiers
D.I.Y
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