Chiperfield Drew Funds of Embassies in 1957 Trip
Rep Robert Chiperfield and an aide used 1358.23 from U S embassies during a 10 day study mission to Venezuela El Salvador and Mexico in 1957. The total taxpayer cost rose to 2446 02 as travel and other expenses. The article notes funds came from counterpart currencies and calls for accountability.
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Washington
Robert Chiperfield
R-Iii
U S
Venezuela
el Salvador
Mexico
Knight
Don Oberdorfer
Walter Pincus
U. S
United States
Chiperfield
State Department
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Schupp
Franklin Schupp
Committee
Herbert Poole
Boston
Poole
Lutheran merger plea opens seven day centennial synod
The seven day centennial synod of the Augustana Lutheran Church opened Monday night with a plea by Dr. Marvin H Lundeen of Minneapolis, president of the denomination, for acceptance of the proposed union of four American Lutheran bodies.
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Augustana Lutheran Church
Marvin H.lundeen
Minneapolis
Americans Getting Taller And Greyer In 20th Century
Hal Boyle notes Americans grow taller with 1900 1 in 25 girls at 5 feet 7 now about 20 percent reach that height. Average Revolutionary War soldier 5 4 vs 5 8 today. 20 percent of young men now stand 6 feet. Also cites average teenage allowance 10 21 weekly and that a third earn extra money.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
New York
U. S
Bernard Shaw
Voters Urged To Use Prayer In Decisions
The Christian Science Board urged voters to rely on prayer for national election decisions. At the Mother Church annual meeting in Boston, over 7,000 scientists heard calls to end apathy and partisanship. Arthur W. Eckman of Cambridge was named president for the coming year.
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Christian Science Board of Directors
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Arthur W. Eckman
Cambridge
Mass
California and New York Voters Choose Delegations
Voters in New York and California select delegates to the national conventions with California and New York each holding primaries. The Democratic and Republican allocations are outlined, with Nixon and Rockefeller chiefly favored for the GOP and Kennedy for the Democrats.
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Associated Press
New York
California
South Dakota
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Edmund &. Brown
Brown
Rockefeller
Rockefeller” Group
Jack Barnes
Barnes
Michael Prendergast
Carmine de Sapio
Tammany Hall
Kennedy
Elgin man fined after assault charge at Carbondale station
Everett Eugene Woods of Elgin was fined 15 dollars after an argument at Martin Oil Service Station in Carbondale. Police say Woods and two others demanded gas, cursed the attendant, and threw money at him. Woods was arrested in De Soto and returned to Carbondale.
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de Soto
Carbondale
Police Today
Everett Eugene Woods
Laurel St
Elgin
Ass’t
Jack Hazel
Woods
Martin Oil
North
Illinois Avenue
Hazel
Edward Mitchell Carterville
Charles T. Towers
Stock Market Talk by Wallace Springer Jr at Rotary
Wallace Springer Jr a partner in a Carbondale stock brokerage spoke Monday to the Herrin Rotary Club about the stock market. He outlined general market conditions and reminded listeners of investment principles.
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Wallace Springer Jr
Herrin
Sammy Davis Jr plans interracial marriage to Mai Britt
Sammy Davis Jr and Swedish actress Mai Britt announced plans to marry after her divorce from Eddie Gregson becomes final on September 28. Davis, 34, said they intend a large family and dismissed objections to their interracial union.
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Sammy Davis Jr
Mai Britt
London
Eddie Gregson
Davis
Miss Britt
City Motto from ancient Philadelphia Maneto
The phrase Philadelphia Maneto translates to Let brotherly love continue and inspired the city’s motto The City of Brotherly Love highlighting a historic claim tied to civic identity.
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Philadelphia
New Healing Substance Shrinks Hemorrhoids Without Surgery
New York reports a science breakthrough with a substance that reduces hemorrhoids and relieves itching and pain without surgery. Case after case shows gradual shrinkage while easing discomfort.
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New York, N. Y
Gasoline Prices Rise Across Northern Illinois
Chicago June 7 AP spokesmen for major oil firms said they would join Standard Oil Co of Indiana in raising wholesale gasoline prices in the northern third of Illinois. Service stations in the Chicago area immediately upped prices by 21 cents a gallon with Standard delivering 16.4 cents for regular and 19.4 for premium before federal tax and dealer markup.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Illinois
Chicago Area
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American Directory of Collection Agencies
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