James Perkins Named Seventh President of Cornell
James Perkins, 61, newly named president of Cornell University as the seventh leader, brings a background as a professor, federal economic administrator, and foreign policy official. He plans to study conditions first, favors increased state aid, and envisions a broader democratic influence while acknowledging long timelines for Africa and Southeast Asia.
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Shay
Perkins
Office of Price Administration
Foreign Economic’ Administration
Carl Sandburg
Charles, Frankel
Pendleton ‘Herring
Japan
Mexico
Africa
Southeast Asia
Budget Axes Seen From Kennedy 99 Billion Request
House Appropriations Committee leaders trimmed the Kennedy $99 billion fiscal 1964 budget aiming for deep cuts up to $10 billion. Chairman Clarence Cannon and Rep. Ben Jensen criticized the proposal as excessive and argued reductions could be found in nondefense areas while preserving essential programs. Defense accounts for about half the anticipated budget, with cuts in nonmilitary payrolls and items suggested.
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House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Clarence Cannon
DMO
Cannon
Ben F. Jensen
Iowa
Jesen
Jensen
Strike Costs Hampton Roads Port Amid Ongoing Walkout
A prolonged longshore strike in Hampton Roads costs the port over 1 million dollars weekly, idling hundreds of workers beyond the 2,000 dockers who walked out December 24. Losses include 900,000 in general care ships not calling, 210,000 in wages, grain exports halted, idle tugs and pilots down 60 percent, with eight ships idle and elevator workers laid off at Sewells Point. Pilotage fees also decline as Virginia Pilot Association reports a 60 percent drop in business.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Henry Fisher
Continental Grain
Sewells Point
L. L. Jones
Virginia Pilot Association
Motives in Templeman Slayings May Never Be Known
A probation report on Templeman, filed after the slayings of Mrs. Fred S. Hofer and Cristie Sue Hofer in Chesterfield, details a troubled youth with a harsh, abusive, and controlling father. The youth, apprehended on the Blue Ridge Parkway, had a history of running away and a prior probation for threatening a grandmother.
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Fred S. Hofer
Cristie Sue
Templeman
Chesterfield
Carl N. Cimino
Templemen
Hofers
Chesterfield Farm
Richmond
Blue Ridge Parkway
Cimino
Young Templean
Young Templeman
Henrico County
Millinery Workers May End Strike
Representatives of striking millinery workers and their employers reached a tentative three-year contract on Tuesday. About 10 000 members of AFL CIO United Hatters Cap and Millinery Workers Union had struck 350 manufacturers last week. The agreement, retroactive to January 1, awaits ratification by the union and the Eastern Women's Hat Wear Association. It would raise salaried workers pay by 74 percent and other workers by 10 percent over three years, with prestrike wages around 80 dollars per week jousting seven months a year.
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New York
Afl-Cio United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union
Eastern Women’s Hat Wear Association
Man Seeks Tax Break For Stolen Phoenix Area Home
Chicago man Edward G. Pence asks Sheriff L C Boles to record his vanished one room house 16 miles north of Phoenix as a tax deduction. Pence notes tractor tracks and says he intends to pursue the matter with officials.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Chicago
Edward G. Pence
Pence
L. C. Boles
Biscuit Recipe Notes Mention Curry Powder Addition
The fragment references serving biscuits with curry powder added to the dry ingredients. It mentions a Land Grant College Act dated July 2, 1862 and notes about a house and income in a disjointed context.
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Cornell
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Winchester, VA
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Berryville
Strasburg
Front, Royal, Luray
Perry Engineering Co., Inc
Winchester Phone
Mma
Boies
Lax
Crider & Shockey
Grant
Everglaze
Joeee 7Tiers
Tia
Cpt
Grant’s
W.T. Grant CO
N. Loudoun ST
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