Civil Service Plums Hint At Merit Patronage Balance
A Washington opinion notes the Civil Service Commission公布s a revised list of jobs exempt from competitive service. It cites posts such as interpreters for Chinese Japanese and Hindu, coast guard lamplighters, two teachers at Chichi Jima, cadet hostesses at the Air Force Academy, and other roles including tomato and celery information assistants and defense office positions, reflecting partisan views on merit versus patronage.
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UPI
Civil Service Commission
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Chichi Jima
Bonin-Volcano Islands
U.S. Air Force Academy
New” Air Force
Indian Arts and Crafts Board
Swan Island
International Security
Civil and Defense Mobilization
Vatican bishops propose 2000 topics for ecumenical council
Catholic bishops presented more than 2,000 discussion topics for the ecumenical council. The topics fill about 10,000 pages across 14 printed volumes the size of telephone directories.
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Vatican City
First federal public service building powered by oxen
Philadelphia Mint opened as Congress authorized public service. President George Washington signed the act on April 2, 1792. Coining operations began the same year, powered by two oxen.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Mint
Congress
George Washington
Saint Nicholas Feast Runs Different in Bari Italy
In Bari Italy the feast of Saint Nicholas is celebrated differently from Christmas. Saint Nicholas, revered as patron of children brides to be sailors and prisoners, rests in Bari. Christmas passes as a normal day for his followers in Bari, distinct from the Santa Claus story.
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Italy
UPI
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Nicolaus
St. Nick
Befana Visits Monticello College Area Music Tree
A 20-foot tuning fork shaped tree near the Department of Music at Monticello College is linked to Bari traditions. Italian children receive gifts from La Befana on January 6, not Santa, with coal for the naughty. Saint Nicholas is honored as a fourth century saint whose relics rest under a silver altar.
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Alton, Il
UPI
Department of ‘Music
Monticello College
Bari
Santa
la Befana
Befana
Nicholas
Asia
U.S. plastics production seen at record eight billion pounds in 1963
Akron Ohio report notes industry forecasters expect U S production of plastics and resin materials to reach an all time high of more than eight billion pounds in 1963, a ten percent rise from 1962.
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Akron
Ohio
United States
Chicken cooking links to family income and education
Houston survey finds chicken prep links to affluence and education. Higher income and broader backgrounds favor barbecued or baked chicken while fried or stewed dishes decline in popularity among families.
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Houston
Texas
UPI
Texas Agricultural Station
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