Teague Proposes Lower Cost Vets Aid Bill
Teague unveils a lower cost substitute aimed at aiding seriously disabled veterans as an alternative to the committee bill backed by the American Legion. The plan would roughly raise disability pay by about 10 percent, with total disability compensation moving from 181 to 253 dollars monthly, and other pensions adjusted accordingly.
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Teague
American Legion
Eisenhower
Rayburn
Tex
House
Legion
Senate
Texas Democrat
United States
Flabby Rhode Island students join campus workout program
The University of Rhode Island started a special body building course for men who failed physical tests. Of 92 enrolled, 74 showed gains up to 244 points, average 139.8, from a freshman class where 27 percent could not pass the standard test.
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Kingston, R. L—t
University of
Rhode Island
Carl Slader
Slader
U.R.I
Franklin Advises LaFayette to Name Children After States
In a Sept. 17 1782 letter, Benjamin Franklin counseled his friend the Marquis de LaFayette to name his newborn daughter after American states. He praised the “great race” and urged using all thirteen states, noting difficulties with Massachusetts and Connecticut as names for boys.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Marquis de LaFayette
Franklin
Mme. de LaFayette
LaFayettes
Virginia
Carolina
Georgia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Balloons Release Spreads Gospel Tracts in Flint
In Flint Michigan Sunday school attendees at Riverside Tabernacle released 1000 helium balloons each carrying a Gospel tract and a postcard asking finders to mail the card back to home base.
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Flint, Mich
Riverside Tabernacle
Mother Nature
Fish navigate by the sun says University of Wisconsin scientist
Madison June 23 P Fish of the University of Wisconsin reports minnows trained to expect food from one of two dishes use landmarks but rely on the angle of an artificial sun to navigate when landmarks are moved. Hasler notes sun navigation may need an internal clock and remains to be proven in nature.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Arthur D. Hasler
Hasler
Atlantic Ocean
Karl von Frisch
Frisch
Munich
Algiers Gun Battle Leaves Three Dead
Rival Arab and European gangs unleashed terror in Algiers with raids through avenues and bazaars. At least three people were killed and 11 wounded, including a European civilian and two policemen. The S S United States completed its 81st Atlantic round trip on March 1 1956 carrying over 250 000 passengers in three years eight months of service.
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Algiers
S.S. United States
Atlantic Ocean
Four Suspects Caught After Box Car Hat Theft
Railroad special agent L. R. Troxell tracked four men who broke into a box car in Fort Worth. The floor was chalked with lime while white footprints in a hobo area led to the arrests. The men wore new straw hats. The piece ends with an ad praising low cost Want Ads.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Railroad
L. R. Troxell
Troxell
Sales Work Best Training Ground for Top Executives
A Jacar Corp survey finds sales experience builds self reliance mature judgment and people skills key to top management. About two thirds rose from general fields such as sales administration production rather than specialized domains. The typical executive started in his twenties and now leads a firm after about 30 years with the same company.
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Chicago
Jacar Corp
Wisconsin jailer and matron must be on duty at all times
Attorney General Vernon Thomson ruled that a jailer must be present and awake at all times while a prisoner is lodged in a Wisconsin jail and that a matron must be present and awake whenever a female prisoner is in the jail. The San Francisco Bay Bridge is eight miles long while the ferry route to Alameda is four miles.
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Madison
Wis
Vernon Thomson
Wisconsin
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Oakland
Alameda
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Olin E. Teague
D.-Tex
Veterans Payments Bill
House Veterans Affairs Committee
R. I
Lafayette
Gospel BY Air
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Terre Haute
Derby Hill
Vate
eTeen All Watts
Fillman’s
Eed
Hillman’s
Wabash Ave
Indiana
Hillman's
Hillman
Middle West
Jewel Bulova
Terre
Jewel Hamilton
Jewel Elgin
Jewel Egiln
HAUTE
Steort
Interiock
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