Strike Threat Hangs Over A and P Stores in Maryland
A retail clerks union threatens a statewide strike against A and P supermarkets in Maryland and the Delmarva Peninsula beginning Monday. Local 692 of the Retail Store Employees Union AFL CIO says talks over wages health and pension benefits are far apart with 7600 members in 300 stores. a labor action could trigger a broader lockout of other chains.
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A&p Stores
Maryland
Baltimore, Md
A&p
Alvin Altman
Altman
Delmarva Peninsula
Acme
Big Valu
Food Fair
Giant
Grand Union
Safeway
New Women's Dress and Coat Pattern 4995 Advertised
This Winchester Evening Star pattern advertisement promotes Spring-Summer Pattern 4995 for women sizes 34 to 44. It details a polyester knit dress with a sheltering coat, lists yardage for size 36 (bust 40) as 234 for the dress and 314 for the coat, and notes pricing of sixty-five cents per pattern plus mailing handling. Send to Anne Adams Pattern Dept New York address with required details and a free pattern coupon offer.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Hunton Named VCU Rector After Dabney Resigns
Richmond lawyer Eppa Hunton IV was elected rector of the Virginia Commonwealth University board of visitors, succeeding Virginius Dabney who stepped down to focus on a Virginia history project. Dabney remains on the board’s executive committee with two years left in his term, amid prior protests by black students labeling him segregationist.
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Richmond
Eppa Hunton IV
Board of
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginius Dabney
Dabney
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia
VCU
Godwin
the Proscript
Astronauts Reunited With Apollo 11 Command Module
The Apollo 11 command module Columbia was moved to the lunar quarantine station in Houston for inspection and gear retrieval. Astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin visited the module. Apollo 12 crew Conrad Gordon Bean discussed future moon walks. researchers tested moon material on mice while releasing new moon photos and film from the mission.
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Lunar
Conrad
Richard Gordon
Alan Bean
Space Agency
Moon
Armstrong
Aldrin
The
Collins
Middle names in U.S. presidents and Army Nurse Corps history
The text notes that before 1750 middle names were rare among the first 17 presidents, with only three having them, while among the last 19 presidents all but three have middle names. It also states the Army Nurse Corps was all women until 1955 when male nurses were first accepted.
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U.S. Army Nurse Corps
Potatoes Destroyed as Prices Dip Nationwide
Farmers in Oregon and other states plowed under parts of their potato crops after a price drop triggered by a three to four percent cutback call from the National Farmers Organization. Oregon alone saw about 1 000 acres destroyed, with total U.S. losses tied to a surplus report from the Department of Agriculture. Welfare and charity groups would receive salvageable spuds.
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Associated .Press
Oregon
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Staley
Corning
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Washington
Glen Eppich
Adams County
Wash
Neil Venturacci
Ontario
Iorc
Misnomer over Joe Miller Jest Book authorship
After Joe Miller’s death John Mottley published a jokes collection titled Joe Miller’s Jest Book. Only three jokes are known to have been told by Miller, making the title a misnomer for the work.
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Joe Miller
Miller
John Mottley
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NASA
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F.d.1.c
Ray Westrick
NFC
Pennsylvania
Westrick
Ed Petrasek
Klamath Falls County
Ore
Columbia Basin
Music Center, Inc
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Chrysle Motors Corpo
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Pine Motor CO
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