Bi partisan sessions mark Truman's bid for cooperation
Washington notes detail President Truman's bi partisan meetings with congressional leaders in the 80th Congress. The off the record briefings aim to ease executive legislative friction, though participants are not bound to follow proposals. The piece profiles George A. Dondero, W W Martin Jr, and Charles A Halleck as key figures in the era's leadership.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
Truman
Ravagament
GOP
White House
House
Odd Traffic Signal on Rural Highway Prevents Mishaps
A red traffic light on a remote stretch of Highway 11 near Natural Bridge Virginia warns of the 90 foot Natural Bridge span. The device, activated by a detector 280 feet away, slows speeding motorists and has reduced crashes from 28 in 10 years to none, with 12 fatalities and 63 injuries previously. The system uses a 25 mph trigger, lights sequence, and plans for similar signals at other danger spots.
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Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Highway Department
Cm Clarks Build Modern Cottage In Eight Days
Missouri family Otis and Noah Clark quickly crafted a new home in Madison California after buying a vacant lot. They laid foundations, sourced lumber from multiple yards, and moved in eight days later with Otis praising their speedy effort and no time wasted.
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Madison
Calif
Clarks
Missouri
Otis Clark
Noah Claris
Winters
Otis
Sacramento
Woodland
Noah
Gay designs for important frocks or linens pattern 7111
Pattern 7111 offers transfer details with measurements 1B and lengths 3 by 314 to 644 by 744 inches. An improved pattern-visual with clear charts and photos provides complete directions, making needlework easy.
Big Four rail cities and religious trivia quiz
The quiz asks four cities in the Big Four nickname, Caesar’s war enemy, digamist definition, Fatima as Mohammed’s favorite daughter, Buffalo as windiest city, about 300 traveling carnivals, Adrian IV as the only English pope, and one vehicle per 1,500 people in the US.
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Rubicon
United States
Papal Throne
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Fatima
Buffalo
N. Y
Adrian IV
Worshipers in Egypt Pray To Their Martyrs Bones
In Egypt Coptic churches hold the bones of five or six martyrs. Each reliquary is a two foot long leather container resembling a golf bag, stored in a box. Worshipers fete the relics with prayer as men bow before the bag and women cradle it like a child.
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Egypt
Collier's
Columbus Brought Cattle to Americas on early voyages
The text traces cattle's introduction to the Americas, noting Columbus brought them to the West Indies on his second voyage and Spanish colonists spread them along the Gulf of Mexico to the mainland. It cites authentic records of cattle in Mexico by 1520s.
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Columbus
United States
Spain
West Indies
Gulf of Mexico
America
Ceil
Mexico
Lemon and Water Wake-Up Drink for Constipation Relief
An old health tip promotes dissolving one Sunkist lemon in water each morning to stimulate natural bowel action. The beverage is described as a vitamin C rich, refreshing habit that aids digestion and boosts energy, recommending California Sunkist Lemons.
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Sunkist
California
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