Summerfield asks Congress to raise postal rates nationwide
Postmaster General Summerfield urged Congress to lift letter rates from 3 to 4 cents and air mail from 6 to 7 cents to cover rising costs and growing mail volume. The plan also seeks increases for second and third class mail, totaling over 332 million dollars yearly, plus a 5 percent pay raise for about 500 000 postal workers and salary reforms.
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Washington
Summerfield
Congress
Post Office Department
Eisenhower
Dunlap Funeral Held for Hollie B Dunlap
Hollie B. Dunlap died Friday after a long illness at 806 Berryville Ave. A funeral service was held yesterday at 3 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home led by Dr. William E Eisenberg and Rev. Robert A Whitten. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Hollie B. Dunlap
Berryville Ave
Jones Funeral Home
William E. Eisenberg
Robert A. Whitten
George H. Eagle
Haven M. Wolfe
Ensley B. Potts
Holmes Fletcher
Ernest F. Smith
James M. Fiddler
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Joe and Marilyn Visit in Boston
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio secretly stayed in Boston and dined with DiMaggio's brother Dom and his wife. A reporter pressed about reconciliation. Monroe and DiMaggio avoided confirming any romance, she calling it a visit.
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Joe
Marilyn
Boston
Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
New York
Man Kills Wife Then Dies By Suspected Suicide
In South Bend Indiana Peter Verselder aged 46 killed his wife age 40 with a revolver in the eye during a dispute over driving her car. He then wounded their daughter aged 19 five times. While questioned he began breathing heavily and died within minutes. Police suspect an overdose of sleeping tablets. He had held police outside his home until tear gas drove him out.
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South Bend
Ind
Peter Verselder
Verselder
Parish approves plan for parish hall expansion
Berryville notes show Endowment Fund now holds over 38000 dollars. J W Olcott reports 43 Sunday School pupils with 37 percent average attendance in six age groups. Gilbert McKown submits Vestry reports on building plans for four ground level rooms and a large basement area to be partitioned into up to four rooms with enlarged kitchen. Vestry unanimously authorized proceeding to finance the addition.
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Ralph Dorsey
J. W. Olcott
Gilbert McKown
Big Birthday Party Planned For Gen Douglas MacArthur
Los Angeles gears for the largest birthday event in its history for Gen. Douglas MacArthur turning 75. Dignitaries and up to a million citizens plan to greet him on arrival from New York. A monument will be unveiled in MacArthur Park and he will deliver speeches at a luncheon and an American Legion dinner.
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Los Angeles
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
New York
MacArthur Park
Episcopalian Diocese of
American Legion
Two Children Burn To Death In Chesterfield Fire
In Chesterfield County a blaze claimed the lives of two young Mason siblings Larry 2 months and Diana 2 years. Their mother 21 raced from a store but could not reach the burning home. Three older Mason children Eddie Jerry 4 and Dennis 3 escaped. Grandparents George and Mrs Smith were away. father worked in Richmond.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Larry Mason
Diana Mason
Eddie Mason
Jerry Mason
Dennis Mason
George Smith
Earthquake Shakes Three-State Area
An earthquake shook the corners of Tennessee Missouri and Arkansas early today but caused no property damage. Patrol reports indicated the quake covered the area from Dyersburg Tennessee to Poplar Bluff Missouri and from Sikeston Missouri to Blytheville Arkansas.
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Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Highway Patrol
Dyersburg
Tenn
Sikeston
Blytheville
Ark
Aborted Pocomoke Jewelry Holdup Police Cite Norfolk Suspects
In Pocomoke City Maryland an attempted jewelry store holdup failed as the two armed men fled after a brief struggle. Four Norfolk men identified by the victims were arrested later at Little Creek Virginia while investigators pursued the case. The incident ended with the robbers leaving $62 behind on a chair.
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Pocomore City
O. L. Thompson
Thompson
Little Creek
Howard Covington
Mrs. Thompson
Covington
Norfolk
Pocomoke City
David McClamy
Charles Winston Swift
Samuel Bynum
Augusta White
Virginia
Kiptopeake
Delmarva Peninsula
Nine Korean Boys Die in Antitank Grenade Accident
Police report nine Korean boys were killed yesterday in Pusan when an antitank hand grenade they were playing with exploded.
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Pusan
Korea
January thaw regular in Eastern United States or superstition
A period of mild weather in January recurs with some regularity from New England to Georgia, typically between January 20 and 23, with earlier onset in the Midwest. New England literature notes the January thaw as far back as 1798.
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United States
New Eng
Georgia
Midwest
New England
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