Assorted Kennedy era labor, defense, and space policy notes
A roundup discusses the Missile Sites Labor Commission and wage abuses in base contracts. It weighs defense spending against domestic needs, notes potential deficits, and urges cautious budgeting while emphasizing strong fiscal defense measures. The piece ends with a quip about space and parking.
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Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Kennedy
Missile Sites Labor Commission
U. S
Washington
Louis Agassiz shaped American science and museums
Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz arrived in Boston in 1846 and became a pivotal figure in American science. He built the Museum of Comparative Zoology, funded expeditions to Brazil and the Strait of Magellan, helped found Woods Hole marine biology, and mentored students while advancing glacier and fossil studies. He died in 1873 at age 66 after a career that transformed natural history in the United States.
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Louis Agassiz
Boston
United States
Agassiz
University of Neuchatel
Friedrich Wilhelm Ivi
Prussia
America
Estap Lowell
Harvard
Longfellow
Nahant
Cambridge
Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
University of Zurich
Heidleberg
Munich
Baron Cuvier
Science of
Comparative Anatomy
Cuvier
Cecile Braun
New World
Lance Scientific Neil
Jarden Des Plantes
Massachusetts
Museum of Comparative Zoology
The
Amazon River
Brazil
Strait of Magellan
Hassler
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ageassiz
Culver Pictures
Rumor of Massive Moscow Shelter Program
Rumors claim Moscow plans a vast shelter program to blunt Western nuclear retaliation deterrence. Proponents argue such a system would leave the United States’ nuclear response far less effective if fully built.
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Moscow
America
Daily Meditation on Proving God’s Existence
The meditation argues that proofs for God are unattainable, likening God to unseen realities like electricity or love. It suggests faith rests not on proof but on wisdom handed down through ages and accepted as a reliable guide.
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God
By Earh Douglas and the Belief in God’s Existence
A reflection argues that belief in God is not proven by logic but by inner conviction and testimony. It cites Anselm’s view that religious truth starts with belief, and suggests personal experience guides understanding in religion.
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God
Anselm
Mayor of Cowpens Seeks Remains of General Morgan
The Star Files notes in 1951 that Cowpens Mayor D C sent for General Daniel Morgan’s remains buried at Mt Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. Cemetery superintendent Oscar Harry expressed regret and the matter remained unresolved. Carroll H Henkel attended UNC Institute in Furniture Cost Accounting. Mrs J C Horn returned home to Winchester after a month in Mexico.
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Cowpens
D.C
Winchester
Daniel Morgan
Mt. Hebron
Oscar Harry
Carroll H. Henkel
University of North Carolina
J. C. Horn
Mexico
Fascists advance in Spain amid heavy casualties
25 Years Ago 1936 report notes Fascists moved two miles in Spain with about 300 killed and 1,000 wounded. Royal Family members found in rebel territory faced jail. Grace Clevenger and M H Childs arrived in New York aboard SS Acquitania after touring Norway and attending a World Sunday Schools convention in Oslo. Mr and Mrs Lee Hollar welcomed daughter Mary Anne Ebert Hollar, the mother being Mary Anna Ebert of the city.
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Spain
Grace Clevenger
M. H. Childs
New York
Cunard
White Star Line
Norway
Oslo
Lee Hollar
Mary Anne Ebert Hollar
Hollar
Mary Anna Ebert
Social Notes from Clarke and nearby towns in 1911
Fifty years ago Miss Lucy Dean and Miss Florence Guard of Stephens City visited Miss Emily Miller of Martinsburg. Mr and Mrs Donald Newcomer Gilpin returned from a sea voyage and were summering at Kentmere in Clarke County with Mr Gilpin's parents. Mrs G L Carter of Berryville and Mrs J H Symons of Gaylord visited Mrs William A Johnston at Wickliffe.
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Lucy Dean
Florence Guard
Stephens City
Emily Miller
Martinsburg
Donald Newcomer Gilpin
Sumer
Kentmere
Mr. Gilpin
Clarke County
G. L. Carter
Berryville
J. H. Symons
Gaylord
William A. Johnston
Wickliffe
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Winchester Evening Star
Mohawk
H. F. Byrd, JR
A D. Koontz
Eugene Miller
Associated Press
Gallagher-DeLisser, Inc
East 44Th Street
New York City
Assail
McClellan Committee
Arthur Goldberg
Presidential Commission
Commission
Soviet Union
Russia
Cavanes
W. Va
Sat
By Louise Hall Tharp
Harvard Yard
Europe
Switzerland
Elizabeth Cabot Cary
China
France
Follansbee Pond
Adirondacks
William J. Stillman
Stillman
Emerson
Concord Free Library
Concord
H, Douglas
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