U.S. Firms Earn Big Abroad With Engineering Skills
American engineering and construction firms report sizable overseas earnings and activity. The National Constructors Association notes about 200 foreign jobs employing 500 U.S. workers and 30,000 foreign laborers, while Stone & Webster cites engineers abroad in two dozen countries and 665000 miles of travel in 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
U.S
United States
National Constructors Association
Stone & Webster Engineering
Boston
Inter
Juveniles Seized After Jail Break Near Manassas
Four juveniles escaped from a Manassas area jail and were later captured within minutes. Sheriff Ralph G. Shumate reported guards were attacked during the break when the cell block door opened. A pursuit by Town Patrolman J. B. Hobbs and aids from state troopers and police dogs ended with the five youths flushed from a 10 square mile area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manassas
William County
Ralph G. Shumate
Shirley Clark
J. B. (Smiley) Hobbs
Hobbs
Theenty
Fairfax County Poice
Stafford
Haymarket
Beverly Hills Hotel Becomes Hollywood Status Symbol
Hollywood report details the Beverly Hills Hotel as a central status symbol for stars and tycoons. It notes the 312 rooms, 90 percent year round capacity, and room rates from 25 to 160 dollars a day. Guests mentioned include Marilyn Monroe Liz Taylor and others. It also covers the hotels formal friendly service and prime business location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Liz Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Sukarno
Indonesia
Shelley Barman
Judy Garland
Henry Ford II
John Huston
Bob Newhart
Beverly Hills
B.H.H
Stewart Hathaway
Bev Hills
Misused words guide on preposition use
A language note explains proper phrasing for common misuses. It emphasizes avoiding awkward constructions like he came out from the house and suggests alternatives such as he came out of the house.
State Revenues Rise $23 Million in 11 Months
Virginia general fund revenues through May totaled 165 million, up from 142 million a year earlier. Cigarette and cigar taxes added about 12.7 million and liquor taxes over 8.2 million. Final figures depend on June receipts from individuals and corporations and public utility taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Sidney C. Day
Day
General Fund
Special Fund
Children’s Story Telling Hour Opens Thursday
The first Story Telling Hour of this summer’s series starts Thursday in the Handley Library’s new Children’s Reading Room from 10 30 to 11 30 a m for children aged 6 through 10. Sponsored by AAUW and the Women’s Civic League the weekly sessions run through Aug 24 with Mrs George Williams telling the first stories and Mrs J A Hotinger chairing. Registration is handled by Mrs Nevin Hall and Mrs Paul Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
AAUW
Women’s Civic League
George Williams
J. A. Hotinger
Nevin Hall
Paul Moore
W. B. Price
W. H. Dalrymple
Congo Parliament Set for June 25 at Lovanium University
Rival regimes of Kasavubu and Gizenga announce reconvening Congo Parliament on June 25 at Lovanium University Leopoldville to form a unified government. Delegates agree all Congolese deposit arms in a U N guarded warehouse during sessions and be housed there with no outside contact. United Nations to block arms money and negotiables and cut phone lines at the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville, the Congo
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Antoine Gizenga
Lovanium University
Leopoldville
Stanleyville
U.N
Lovanium
United Nations
Katanga
Gen Maxwell Taylor eyed as White House military adviser
New York AP report says President Kennedy is considering Gen Maxwell D Taylor for a White House military adviser role. The posting would recreate a personal chief of staff to the commander in chief, a position once held by Fleet Adm William D Leahy. Taylor, 59, leads the Lincoln Center in New York and previously served as Army chief of staff from 1955 to 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennedy
Maxwell D. Taylor
White House
New York Times
Washington
Fleet
William D. Leahy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Taylor
Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
New York City
Army
Finger Bowl Etiquette for Formal Dinners
When a finger bowl is used at a formal dinner do not submerge both hands. Dip only the fingertips of one hand into the bowl at a time.
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National Committee
Beverley Hills
China
Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Sie
Avon Poet
Little
Liberate
Venti
Viper
Beach
Ude Cabin
Sitiai
Gen. Taylor
Winchester
Eve
Heavenly Body
Catalina
Pontiac
Lincoln
Capri Sedan
DODGE
FORD
Ineer
Anglia
GEO. Washington Garage
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