Aunt Mary Pyle Celebrates 90 in Dana Indiana
Dana Indiana notes 90th birthday of Mary Bales known as Aunt Mary in Ernie Pyle dispatches. She planned to teach Sunday School at Bono Methodist Church and pass time reading and quilting. She recalls Pyle’s visits and notes hearing loss now affects her as she contemplates stepping back from her mission society.
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Dana
Ind
Ernie Pyles
Mary
Mary Bales
Scripps-Howard
Bono Methodist Church
Pyle
Pacific
Marws
Mission Society
France Joins Spratly Claims In South China Sea
France asserts sovereignty over the Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea, becoming the fourth nation to claim the disputed group. Andre Boizet presented at the Philippine foreign office detailing occupation claims dating to 1932 33 by France.
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Manila
France
South China Sea
China
Viet Nam
Andre Jacques Boizet
Philippine Foreign Office
Spratly
Infant Granted Fishing License By Footprint Signature
In Indianapolis Indiana on June 9 authorities allowed two week old Alfred Eubanks Jr to obtain a fishing and hunting license by signing with his footprint. The infant’s father, a sportsman, explained the unique method was the only feasible option.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Alfred Eubanks Jr
Eubanks
Flood Control Bill Advances for Mississippi River Work
The Senate Appropriations Committee approves a 62.791 million dollar outlay for the Mississippi River Commission for the coming fiscal year. The increase over the House total funds additional revetment and major construction, including levees and channel improvements across the Mississippi watershed.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mississippi River Commission
Mississippi River
House
Allen J. Ellender
D.la
Old River Centre
Negro congressman Powell warns of mail bomb threat
Rep Adam Clayton Powell says he received a typewritten threat stating Do not be surprised if you receive a bomb in your mail The letter was turned to the Justice Department which forwarded it to the Civil Rights division Powell who is Black criticized racial discrimination and civil rights legislation and said the letter claimed to come from the Protestant Teachers Council and was signed Mary A Healy of New York City
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Washington
Dprep
Adam Clayton Powell
D.N.Y
Justice Department
Department
Civil Rights Division
Powell
Protestant Teachers Council
Mary A. Healy
Fifth Avenue
New York City
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