France seeks 1961 defense aid for 16 new divisions
Petsche reports France will request funding for a self-imposed plan to create and field 16 new army divisions. Paris agrees to a $6.71 billion rearmament program to bolster Western Europe amid U.S. defense pressure. Antares, the red star in Scorpius, is the largest measured star with a diameter of 390 million miles.
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Petsche
France
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Acheson
Antares
Scorpion
Choked Nile Vegetation Cleared by British Gunboats
Floating masses of vegetation formed 20 foot deep blocks a mile long in the Nile until 1900 when British gunboats broke them apart with hawsera. The account comes from the Encyclopedia Britannica describing the river obstruction and its removal.
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Nile River
Battle for Pennsylvania Senate Seat Sparks National Interest
Philadelphia witnesses a heated race for the U S Senate as Republican Governor James H Duff and Democrat Francia Myers vie for the seat held by Myers. The campaign centers on national issues with graft probes and primary divisions shaping the contest.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
U. S
Francia Myers
Senate
Myers
Duff
Joseph R. Grundy
Grundy
Mason Owlett
Pittsburgh
Richardson Dilworth
G. I
John §. Fine
Luzerne County
Joseph F. Guffey
Agr
Edward Martin
Guffey
AFI
CIO
Alate
Martie
AFL
Truman
Seattle man cites abroad mail for unpaid parking fines
Paul Fitzpatrick of Seattle sent three one dollar bills and three parking tickets with a note confessing a delay. Police found the tickets dated September 10 for overtime parking a prohibited area and railroad property. The postmark shows Seoul Korea October 4.
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Seattle
Paul Fitzpatrick
Seoul
Korea
Silence on fashion choices keeps harmony at home
A domestic note advises avoiding criticism of a spouse's necktie. The guidance emphasizes restraint to prevent reflecting on the partner's taste and maintaining harmony in daily life.
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Lester Mrothers
U. S. Senate
Pennsy
Hagerstown
To & P
St.Joseph
Jeremy Co
Jacobson
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