Sick Leave Abuse Ends Mail Careers
Philadelphia report confirms dismissal of 10 Upper Darby post office workers and suspension of four others for sick leave abuse. Disciplinary actions followed a GAO study cited by the House Post Office Committee, noting widespread abuse costing millions in substitute pay.
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Philadelphia
Upper Darby Post Office
Donald A. Myers
Postoffice Department
Myers
General Accounting Office
House Postoffice Committee
GAO
Wife seeks share of estate left to others in desert death
Mrs. Elaine Wilson sues to contest Calvert S. Wilson's will after his $40,000 estate largely left to daughters Brenda and Tamara and a childhood sweetheart, Algene Hoskins of North Carolina. She alleges influence by ex-private investigator Roderick J. Wilson in depriving her of her rightful claim.
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Burbank
Elaine Wilson
Calvert S. Wilson
Brenda
Tamara
Algene Hoskins
Southern Pines
N. C
New Tax Rules Set On Radios TV Sales
Texas dealers must obtain a permit and post a bond before Sept. 6 for the 2.10 percent excise tax on radios and televisions. N A Ferguson of the state comptroller warns bonds must be three times the monthly tax prior six months, with a minimum of $100. Permit blanks available at the comptroller's Austin office.
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Texas
N. A. Ferguson
State Comptroller’s Department
Austin
Sam Rayburn to Speak at Texoma Labor Day Event
Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn has accepted invitation from Denison labor leaders to be principal speaker at Labor Day festivities at Lake Texoma on Monday September 5. He will address attendees at the observation area near the dam and the program includes a barbecue dinner at the spillway beside Denison Dam.
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Sam Rayburn
Denison Labor
Lake Texoma
Rayburn
Denison Dam
Birds Targeted by Davy Crockett Craze Draw BB Fire
Sarasota Bird Club reports a rise in BB gun use by youths inspired by the Davy Crockett craze. Club advocates parental supervision and limiting shooting to inanimate targets to protect birds.
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Sarasota
Fla
Dallas Weighs 1960 World's Fair Hope
Chamber of Commerce President Jerome K Crossman said Dallas is exploring a 1960 world's fair. Backers include bankers Ben Wooten and Fred Florence. He noted no definite plan until fall with an estimated cost up to 3 million dollars and a four month run starting July or August on enlarged State Fair grounds.
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Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Jerome K. Crossman
Crossman
Ben Wooten
Fred Florence
Bells Boy Is 12th Polio Case In Grayson County
Billy Don Washburn eight from Bells is recovering at home from non-paralytic polio. He is the county eighth patient this year treated three days at Madonna Hospital in Denison, reported by his physician.
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Billy Don Washburn
Bells
Jack Washburn
Grayson County Health Unit
Madonna Hospital
Denison
Northwestern Bell resolves 500-operator strike in Des Moines
Officials of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. settled a strike by about 500 operators in Des Moines Iowa promptly today ending work stoppage. They pledged to buy an air conditioner almost immediately to aid the workers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Safe Crackers Target Non Union Union Hall
Safe crackers who looted the Pasadena Labor Temple left a sign on a broken safe reading This job is non union Please don t patronize. The incident occurred yesterday as authorities investigated the theft of 400 dollars from the facility.
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Safe Crackers
Pasadena
Calif
Labor Temple
Little Lines by Margie B Boswell
A reflective verse piece ponders how language can cut and heal the mind. It contrasts sharp lines with tender kindness and notes how art endures beyond bleak skies and fading light.
Jokes and jests from a quirky crowd of misfits
A lighthearted collage features a flippant Raleigh cloak dig, a boastful tailor quip, a boastful classmate misdefining RSVP, a juror’s missing member, a shrewish wife and tactful husband, a tax joke about dependent cover, a man seeking a watchdog who gets a Great Dane, and a dealer selling a feisty watchdog with a sleeping big dog.
Wedding Couple Receives Photo Proofs In Excited Unveiling
After the ceremony the newly married couple paused for photographs outside the church. A large envelope arrived and was opened with evident anticipation. Inside were several studies of a young couple, captured for keepsake proof images.
Guardianship seeks oil lease for Grayson County minors
Emma Lou Baggott as guardian for Mary Belle Robinson and Patricia Louise Robinson seeks authority to lease land in the Samuel Stewart Survey Grayson County Texas for oil gas and minerals. The 361.34 acre property in Abstract 1069 is held in undivided 1 70th interests. Hearing set August 22 1955 at 10:00 AM in Grayson County Court Sherman Texas.
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Emma_Lou Baggott
Mary Belle Robinson
Patricia Louise Robinson
Grayson County
Texas
Samuel Stewart
Metes
Holman League
Red River
Court House
Sherman
Emma Lou Baggott
Whitewright Sun
Rugged baby on rug prompts sizing request
A baby lies on a rug with a printed message on its back asking to state clearly which size is required and how many.
Ballot Moment Sparks Questioning Kiss by Name
A small daughter watches her mother voting and asks if she voted for the man she loved, noting the kiss marked beside his name. The mother, surprised, questions why the child asks, revealing a tender moment at the polls.
Farm Couple View Night Sights of White House
A farm couple walking near the White House remark on the shared lights, noting in a light, humorous aside that a two person family uses plenty of electricity as they observe the capital at night.
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White House
Divorce Citation for Lindquist in Grayson County Texas
The State of Texas issues citation to Donald Vincent Lindquist to appear and answer a divorce petition filed by Dora Mae Lindquist. The case No. 63241 in the 15th District Court, Grayson County, Sherman, with issuance August 2, 1955, requiring response by September 19, 1955.
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State OF
Texas
Donald Vincent Lindquist
15Th District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Dora Mae Lindquist
A. D
Ss. V. Earnest
Shirley Davis
Whitewright Sun
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