Colonial Pipeline: Largest Private Construction Project Fully Details
The piece argues the Colonial Pipeline, a privately financed deliverer of petroleum, is the largest private construction job in U S history nearing completion. It runs 2600 miles from Houston through the southeast to New York Harbor, with 70 million vehicles consuming over 10 million barrels daily and an initial 600000 barrels daily moving later this year.
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Houston
Texas
New York Harbor
United States
Interplanetary Talk Might Take Hours to Reach Earth
The piece notes radio and light delays in space communications. Even with Mariner II proving long distance transmission to Venus, messages between Earth and Uranus could require up to twelve hours for a reply. A continuous chatter approach could reduce specific-question waits.
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Venus
Uranus
Earth
Three Minutes A Day By James Keller
A vignette on perseverance inspired by Thomas Edison who pursued 90000 failed experiments for a substitute battery material. The narrator urges steady, God-guided effort, citing Luke and urging readers to ask seek and knock to overcome doubt and keep striving toward a worthwhile goal.
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James Keller
Heaven
Boyle Opens His Mailbag to Oddities and Facts
New York columnist HAL Boyle surveys curious trivia from baldness cures to failed ice cream flavors, Mars dates, and old educator salaries. He notes advances in eyewear among baseball players, quirky laws, and a grandmotherly quip about a baby’s face, all wrapped in breezy, zany vignettes.
Jottings From Yesteryears 40 Years Ago In Maryland
Albert Fitz of Waynesboro and Earl Sandy of Hagerstown suffered minor injuries when their motorcycle overturned and plunged down an embankment on the Western Pike. The Reedy Brothers grocery lost its front steps when a Michigan motorist turned too sharply to avoid a truck at Mulberry and Baltimore streets. Mary J. and Lollie Whe had bought for $4000 Harry Rudy's home on Summit Avenue. Mrs. Rudy was building a new home on The Terrace. Prices soared at City Market with eggs at five cents a dozen and lima beans two cents a quart. Clifford E. Stoner won the merit medal for serial flight in New Guinea. The Social Security Board marked its eighth birthday but celebrated little as staff processed cards for war workers. J. Clyde Thomas noted. The Knoxile home at 419 Guilford Ave. was damaged by a kerosene water heater fire in the cellar. John D. Hollyday, Nicodemus National Bank president, was named county chairman for the Third War Loan. Five unidentified persons were swept over Daw No. 5 in the Potomac River without serious injury. Thurman Mills, 17, Hancock, escaped serious injury after losing control of his car. Treated at the Emergency Room were Maggie Brawls, Terrance Donegan, Gerald B. Bowers, and Evelyn Kight.
Voices praise Reservoir Park minor league effort and Buzz Bonebreak
Readers commend Buzz Bonebreak the league manager and four coaches for organizing the Reservoir Park teams. The program gave boys aged out of Little League a chance to play and learn teamwork with Charles Socks Jr and assistants Path Slavick and Cyrus Jackson leading practices. Next year may expand to six teams with same staff.
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Buzz Bonebreak
Thant
Buzz
Charles Socks Jr
Path Slavick
Cyrus Jackson
Buez
Gall bladder disease risks and surgical choices explained
Chronic gall bladder disease often causes indigestion and upper abdominal discomfort after fatty meals. Acute cholecystitis can produce severe colic and fever, sometimes treated conservatively, but many surgeons now remove the inflamed gall bladder within 24 to 48 hours to shorten recovery and reduce complications.
Just Folks No Time To Write Poem About a Son’s Quick Note
A hurried poet writes a brief letter home to reassure his mother. He laments not writing a fuller note before rushing to work, noting he could have penned lines in sixty seconds. The casual verse captures a loving message in tight time.
Thoughts Pleasant Words as Benevolence and Courtesy
A paraphrase of a Frederick Saunders sentiment on kind words. It notes thoughts and phrases act like honey for the soul and health for the body, blessing both speaker and listener through benevolence and courtesy.
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Frederick Saunders
Gruening Questions Russia Good Faith on Test Ban Pact
Senator Gruening bluntly questions the reliability of the nuclear test ban with Russia citing violations of war and fishing agreements off Atlantic Pacific and Alaskan waters. Rep Hosmer and Rep Rogers join in urging vigorous action, warning Moscow may not honor treaties.
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Daliska
Russia
Gruening
U.S
Alaskan
Graig Hosmer
R-Calif
White House
State Department
Moscow
Seagle
Hussia
Kremlin
Medicine chest of a family of pillions and pastimes
A humorous column describes a home medicine chest annex filled with dozens of pills ointments and cosmetics reflecting family life in the early 1960s. The narrator notes items labeled with dates and brands while pondering future shelving and the meaning of modern medical culture.
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