North and South Carolina help birgitta Ahlberg earn medical degree
Birgitta Ahlberg, now 27, received her Doctor of Medicine degree in Stockholm after years of support from Greensboro and Carolina donors. An accident in 1958 left her severely injured, yet Greensboro volunteers funded medical bills and 11 plastic surgeries plus schooling, financing her path to psychiatry.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Birgitta Ahlberg
North
South Carolina
Birgitta
Greensboro
N.C
Carolinas
Banks to Merge Shenandoah and Charlottesville Firms Form Central Virginia
The boards of First National Bank of Shenandoah and Peoples National Bank of Charlottesville agree to merge to form Central Virginia. Stockholders must approve, with exchange of 1.6 Peoples shares for each Shenandoah share. Executives Graves Harrison Eppard assume top roles.
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Charlottesville
Shenandoah
First National Bank of Shenandoah
Peoples National Bank of Charlottesville
Peoples National Bank of
Central Virginia
C. C. Graves
W. Wright Harrison
Peoples
Peoples National
First National
F. W. Eppard
New Bank
Graves
New Institution
Military Quits Mousetrap Business
The Defense Supply Agency relinquishes control of all rat and mouse trap purchases to the General Services Administration. An interagency committee approved the shift quietly as the government consolidates procurement duties for military and civilian needs.
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Fred
Hoffman Hog
Defense Supply Agency
Pentagon
General Services Administration
GSA
Federal
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Interagency
Housewife Shows Budget Stretching With Freezing Tips
The Associated Press outlines how a smart housewife can stretch budgets by freezing vegetables and using sales. Broiler-fryers at 29 cents a pound in New York area outlets help economize, with beans corn peas squash and other produce available for later meals and year-round use.
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New York Area
From Gun Youth to Engineer Aims After Record Cleared
New York youth Robert Nazzaro once faced a gun arrest and a criminal record but with judge Davidson and prosecutor Nadjari overseeing reforms the record was cleared. Now 18 he works construction and pursues engineering through night courses at St John’s University. The judge urged he stay on track saying if he stays away they will know they won.
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New York
Robert Nazzaro
Nazzaro
Nazzar
General Sessions
Irwin D. Davidson
Robert
St. John’s University
Davidson
Asst. Dist. Atty
Maurice Nadjari
Western Maryland furloughs 69 workers in Elkins shop
The Western Maryland Railway announced that 69 employees were furloughed at its Elkins car shop. Some may be recalled in about 30 days when a hopper bar rebodying program starts.
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Elkins
W. Va
Western Maryland Railway
Pioneering Movie Critic Elizabeth Gaynor Dies at 63
Elizabeth Bland Gaynor aged 63, among the nation's first film critics, died Wednesday. She wrote for Variety Telegraph and the New York Mirror under the alias Pland Johaneson.
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Reading
Elizabeth Bland Gaynor
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Fred Baldasare
Florida
Friederike von Bernhardi
Munich
Baldasare
Calais
France
Sandwich Bay
England
Peoples Supply
North George Street
North Samuel Street
Charles Town
West Virginia
Military
THE
Associated Press
Maryland
Winchester Savings & Loan Association
W. Boscawen St
Potomac Edison
Fiuthein
Virginia
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