Liquor Free Kerr Home Shapes White House Hopeful Wife
Mrs. Grace Kerr, wife of Oklahoma Senator Robert Kerr, leads a teetotaler household as he pursues the Democratic presidential nomination. The couple, devout Baptists, say liquor is never served at home though they do not judge others who drink. Grace Kerr, 51, a former aspiring singer, is tall and graceful, supportive of her husband while wary of the White House spotlight.
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Washington
Robert S. Kerr
White House
Winston Churchill
Oklahoma
Kerr
Mrs. Kerr
Grace Breene Kerr
Senator
Bob Jr
Bill
Breene
Kay
Wellesley
Korea
Ft. Monmouth
Billy
Quaker High School
Bob Kerr
Ada
Oklo
Grace Kerr
Senate
Kerrs
Not Dead But Sleeping in Wrecked Car
Baytown Texas witnesses report a man found sleeping in a wrecked car after authorities prepared to pronounce him dead. Joseph Mingo, 23, explained he was unhurt in the overturn and chose to stay in the vehicle overnight before seeking assistance.
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Baytown
Tex
M. M. Brown
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Mingo
Army tests contact lenses for combat soldiers at Fort Knox
Kansas City reports the Army medical service is testing contact lenses at Fort Knox Kentucky to give second sight to riflemen tank drivers gunners and other fighters. The aim is to reduce broken glasses during combat where eye glasses are a hazard and can expose wearers to enemy fire.
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Kansas City
Army Medical Service
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Fort Knox
Korea
Another Wrinkle In Tax Deductions For Club Memberships
Chicago businessmen claiming club dues as business expenses must prove the membership advances their business. Internal Revenue Bureau questions whether club use is exclusively for work or partly personal. A Commerce Clearing House report cites a court ruling permitting a architect to deduct dues after joining groups to promote business, though he did not golf or hunt ducks.
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Chicago
Commerce Clearing House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hese
Four Room 1704 John Fenno House Moves to Sturbridge
An aged four room farmhouse built in 1704 known as the John Fenno House has been moved from Canton to Old Sturbridge Village where it is being restored. The village recreates a New England town around 1799.
Rubber Scrap Pays Off For Property Owner
Amedee Gobeil in Auburn Maine invited shoe factories to dump rubber scraps on his property to level land for building. A junk dealer offered 20 a ton but Gobeil found buyers at 80 a ton. He sold two railroad car loads at that price.
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Auburn
Amedee Gobeil
Gobeil
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