Preserving Our Old Buildings in Virginia Heritage
Residents of the Shenandoah Valley and Elkton plan events to honor history as the Centennial of the Confederate War nears. A National Trust survey funded by the Old Dominion Foundation found Virginia has at least 2 000 buildings worth preserving, though many are being destroyed by suburban development and highways.
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Shenandoah Valley
Elkton
Virginia
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Old Dominion
Old Dominion Foundation
Richard Harding Howland
Trust
No Time for Deficit Spending Opinion Piece
The Charlottesville Daily Progress discusses Americans for Democratic Action calling for bold programs and deficits to boost outlays from 74 to 78 or 80 billion dollars. It argues for pump priming economics, questions the need amid a perceived recession, and suggests balancing through nonmilitary cuts if defense rises.
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Eisenhower
Americans For Democratic Action
Farm Incomes Shift With Nonfarm Earnings Rise
A report notes that more than one third of net income for American farmers now comes from nonfarm sources. The observation highlights a growing diversification in farming families income portfolios and its impacts on rural economies.
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America
Startling Statistic From Outlook Conference Highlights Farm Income
The U S Department of Agriculture report shows low income and marginal farmers receive most non-farm income. Two million medium to high production farms earned about one fourth of total family income off farm in 1956 while 2.7 million low production farms gained three fourths from non farm sources. Low income farmers supplement off farm work to stay in farming as overall living remains low and the number of low production farms is declining.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Editorial Digest From Daily Inter Office Collection
A digest pairing editorials from multiple papers highlights shared themes on national policy and public concerns. Curated excerpts offer perspectives from several regions on governance, economy, and social issues.
Lucille Ball Des Arnaz Baby Arrival Reported
The Star notes the birth of a boy awaited by television fans nationwide. Mrs. Henry Baker of High Point North Carolina visited Mrs. Allen Bond on Apple Pie Ridge. Mrs. Warren Whetzel and Nancy Larrick are linked to Fairbanks Alaska with the Air Corp. Police in Yokohama detain 138 Japanese during a raid on the Singer Sewing Machine Company as movable property and records are destroyed amid labor trouble. Junior Century Club meets at Miss Mary Greenway Russell’s South Stewart Street home.
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Henry Baker
High Point
N. C
Allen Bond
Apple Pie Ridge
Warren Whetzel
Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Corp
Whetzel
Nancy Lee Larrick
Yokohama
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Junior Century Club
Mary Greenway Russell
South Stewart Street
Virginia Governor Tuck submits half billion budget in 1948
Ten years earlier, Governor William M. Tuck sent the first half billion dollar budget to the Virginia Legislature. A fire of unknown origin destroyed Audacille Lumber Company storage buildings in Pront Royal, with damage around 40000 dollars. Miss Virginia Grace Brown wed Cyrus Patrick Lewis in Charles Town.
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William M. Tuck
Virginia
Audacille Lumber Company
Pront Royal
Virginia Grace Brown
Oscar 8. Brown
Cyrus Patrick Lewis
Wave Lewis
Charles Town
Winchester Common Council Meet in 1933
A fragment notes the 25 years ago meeting of Winchester Common Council in 1933. The unreadable text hints at council proceedings but offers no clear actions, decisions, or outcomes to specify.
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Winchester Common Council
Leap Year bachelors face perils in early 1900s Berryville scare
In 1908 Nemo notes a trying time for bachelors during Leap Year. A theater fire alarm triggers panic as a moving picture machine ignites. About 200 flee Winston Hall with minor injuries but no serious harm reported. guests include Mrs. Pannie Baker of Charles Town visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Newcome near town.
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Nemo
The
Star
Berryville
Winston Hall
G. A. Newcome
Town
Pannie Baker
Charlies Town
Tardy Pentagon Decisions Draw Fire From Senator
Senator Cotton attacked delays in Pentagon decision making as Congress probes faster defense measures. He argued many civilian officials slow missiles programs and questioned the need for over 30 civilian Pentagon aides, noting World War II-era staffing. Meanwhile a Senate House panel created an outer space propulsion subcommittee led by Senator Anderson to push nuclear rocket development for moon missions.
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Washington
Sen
Cotton
R-Nh
Pentagon
Senate
House
Armed Services
Eisenhower
Defense Department
House Committee On Atomic Energy
Anderson
D-Nm
Atomic Energy Commission
Pearson Elected Leader of Canada's Liberal Party
Lester B Pearson won the Liberal leadership at the national convention by a wide margin 1074 to 305 defeating Paul Martin. The 60 year old diplomat pledged to renew the party and begin consultations on timing and means of a new election. Pearson will become prime minister if Liberals win the next vote after Louis St Laurent retired.
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Liberal Party
Paul Martin
Pearson
Louis St. Laurent
Strength For The Day By FARL L. DOUGLASS
In reviewing early American history the text cites Cornwallis at Yorktown abandoning outer fortifications to reveal the inner line to siege guns. The comparison with Jesus cleansing the Temple argues that guarding outer defenses protects inner holy spaces and moral character, urging wide margins of safety around the soul.
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Cornwallis
Yorktown
America
Jesus
Temple of Jerusalem
Temple
The Doctor Speaks on Swimming Precautions
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen warns that thousands drown in summer and many cannot swim. Start winter training at the YMCA/YWCA, learn four post rescue care steps, and seek hospital care quickly. Also answers a reader question on muscular dystrophy and arm weakness in children.
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Herman N. Bundesen
M.D
YMCA
Ywca Pool
How's Your IQ How to Score and Answers Included
Quiz style item listing questions with multiple choice style prompts and instructions. Mentions Ferenc Nagy Jair scuppernong proverb Franklin D Roosevelt pronunciation of the cold corps cousins eyes Egyptian burial cremation and radioactive waters at Hot Springs National Park with radium content at 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
Poland
Latvia
Jair
Kingdom of
Judah
Israel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S
Kentucky
Hot Springs
Ark
National Park
Worry Clinic Links Religion and Science in Marriage Help
Clergymen act as practical applied psychologists using medical and psychological facts to support spiritual ideals for happy marriages. Father Rudolph Hodik exemplifies this trend by distributing Dr Crane booklets to new brides and counseling parishioners, with clergy nationwide leading marriage clinics and teen hygiene forums.
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Father Hodik
George W. Crane
Rudolph Hodik
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Michigan
America
Physician Says Fingerprints Can Be Changed
New Orleans physician Dr. James W. Burks reports in Archives of Dermatology that fingerprints can be permanently altered. He describes two cases where skin planing removed fingerprint patterns and allowed regrowth with blank marks, making identification unreliable and impacting legal decisions.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Dermatology
The
American Medical Assn
James W. Burks
Burke
Burks
Tulane University School of Medicine
Ku Klux Klan Rally Sparks Lumbee Tension in North Carolina
Lumbee Indians of Robeson County face KKK warnings of a rally near Pembroke aimed at race mixing. Cross burnings in St Pauls and Lumberton prompt Maxton officials, Pembroke officials, and Police Chief Fisher to urge calm and deter violence.
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Maxton
N. C
Robeson County
KKK
Pembroke
J. C. Oxendine
St. Pauls
Lumberton
Castro Leads Rebel Raid on Veguitas
Rebels led by Fidel Castro swept into Veguitas in eastern Cuba and clashed with government forces. They blockaded Manzanillo, burned sugar cane fields, and held Veguitas for about two hours before withdrawing to the Sierra Maestra. Government casualties were reported but civilian toll remained unmentioned.
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Havanap
Fidel Castro
Veguitas
Cuba
Castro
Sivar
Manzanillo
Fulgencio Batista
Sierra Maestra
Bayamo
Why beer comes in amber bottles and when musical comedy rose
Beer is stored in amber and sometimes green bottles to block ultraviolet rays that spoil proteins and cause haze. Musical comedy gained respect after Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pinafore in 1878, with later works by De Koven and Herbert cementing the field.
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Gilbert and Sullivan
Reginald de Koven
Victor Herbert
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Sen. Gore D-Tenn
AEC
Farl L. Douglass
Doctor
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I.Q
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Ku Klux Klan
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