Pleasant Surprise On Capitol Hill News Recaps Aug 17 1959
In a surprise move the House passed anti racketeering legislation 229 to 201 signaling a strong stand against labor union corruption. The piece notes expected Senate challenges and mentions Governor Earl Long of Louisiana facing a rare legislature rebuke over a mental illness policy and a chaotic political scene.
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House of Represntatives
Eisenhower
Congress
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Gov. Long
Uncle Earl
Huey
Earl
Do Miracles Still Occur If We Have Faith
A meditation argues miracles persist beyond doubt and hinge on faith. It asserts miracles occur today and in the past, citing physician tales and providential happenings as evidence that the loving hand of God guides outcomes. Belief could unleash millions more miracles with sufficient faith.
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Futhermore
Margaret Mitchell Marsh Dies After Auto Injury
The Star Files notes 1949 report that 43 year old author Margaret Mitchell Marsh, of Gone With The Wind fame, died in Atlanta from injuries after being struck by a car. Also recorded: JCC July safe driver award to Mrs Ralph Hardy of North Loudoun Street for 25 years without an accident. Winchester municipal band won 125 first prize at the V J Day parade in Charles Town with Rev Tally Hanna as drum major and two out of town majorettes.
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Margaret Mitchell Marsh
Atlanta
JCC
Ralph Hardy
North Loudoun Street
Winchester Municipal
Charles Town
Tally Hanna
Boyce
County farmers receive emergency seed loans and naval work advances
25 Years Ago 1934 County Agent Fred Stine reported 40 Frederick county farmers received emergency seed loans totaling 3380 during the past season. For the first time since shortly after World War, work was underway at the Norfolk navy yard on two destroyers. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter M. Stine hosted Miss Lois Virginia Kemp of Baltimore at Fort Collier Farm.
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Fred Stine
Frederick County
Norfolk Havy Yard
Hunter M. Stine
Fort Collier Farm
Lois Virginia Kemp
Baltimore
Byrd in the House Feels Valued by Winchester Democrats
The Danville Register reprints a Danville story noting Richard Evelyn Byrd as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. James McIntosh and William Murnan have left for Philadelphia to take jobs. Fred Vickery and Nellie Anderson Vickery of Winchester visit Cumberland.
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Danville Register
Byrd
Winchester
Frederick County
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Virginia House of Delegates
Messrs
James McIntosh
William Murnan
Philadelphia
Fred Vickery
Cumberland
The
City
Vickey
Nellie Anderson
Consumer buys despite heat amid midyear market strength
Commerce shows retail sales 4 to 8 percent higher than a year ago with strong cash-in on government bonds. Despite steel strikes, consumer demand remains robust, aided by credit cards and a mixed stock market.
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William Ferris
AP Business New
New York (P
Dun & Bradstreet
Piam
Treasury
Congress
Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Doctor Advice to Prepare Children for School
Dr Bundesen urges complete physicals for kindergartners and first graders and booster immunizations for smallpox diphtheria and tetanus. Emphasizes dental care rest outdoor activity and good breakfasts with protein heavy foods to support school performance. Also includes a Q and A about catarrh requiring an ophthalmic evaluation rather than diet remedies.
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Herman N. Bundesen
Crossing sign sprayed with resident name in Portland
Portland highway officials were startled to find a railroad crossing sign painted white with the resident’s name and an arrow pointing to his house. An official commented that this is carrying free enterprise too far.
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Portland
India
Ancient Greek wonder drug and witty anecdotes arc
A collage of humorous quips and trivia from mid century columns. Jokes about Hippopotamus fat as a tonic, Mme Pompadour perfume spends, Lincoln with a beard, Greenwich Village fashion, and light social observations on traffic cops and daily life. Includes trivia on telephones and quotations.
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New York
Mme. Pompadour
Louis XV
George de Witt
Schick Electric Razor
U.S
Abraham Lincoln
Greenwich Village
Eisenhower weighs goals to spur work over leisure
President Eisenhower worries Americans favor leisure and money over work as he eyes a private funded goals committee to set national aims. He contrasts U S freedom with Khrushchev's seven year plan and stresses voluntary goals within a free market.
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Eisenhower
United States
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
America
Soviet Union
France
Hitler
Edward Gibbon
Gibbon
Khrushchev
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