Man With Longest US Name Claims 666 Letters
Hubert B Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff of Philadelphia says his legal name runs 666 letters plus 26 given names and signs only the first 35. His 44 letter shortened form appears on his Social Security card. An Army draft in 1942 used a clipped Anglicized version. The article also notes a Parkersburg boy, son of the county coroner, who died after apparently strangling on a backyard fence.
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Philadelphia
United States
Hubert B. Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff
Hubert
John Hancock Mutual Life, Insurance Co
Hubert B
Adolph Blaine Charles David
Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin
Yancy Zeus
Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelche Vor
Alternzwolfhundertrausendfahresverandieerschweinen von
Parkersburg
W. Va
Wood County
Richard W. Corbitt
Robert Emmitt Corbitt
Keller Gracefully Aged at 84 as Friends Visit
Helen Keller, soon to be 84, is described as a dignified woman aging with grace. She has stopped writing and giving lectures and avoids reporters and photographers. Old friends and relatives visit her white clapboard home for chats.
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Associated Press
Easton
Power Plant Considered Near Rowlesburg
Monongahela Power Co plans a $40 million plant near Rowlesburg Preston County. The company asked the Federal Power Commission for permission to study feasibility of the project.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Preston County
Rowlesburg
Monongahela Power Co
Federal Power Commission
High School Youth Crowned? Drowning at Hanover Lake
Richmond AP reports 16-year-old Hermitage High School student Fendall Cullen Edwards III drowned in a Hanover County lake last night. Parents say he did not swim well. a companion sought swimming lessons, and a girl found him submerged about 7:15 p.m. Resuscitation failed.
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Richmond
Fendall Cullen Edwards III
Hermitage High School
Hanover County
Cullen Edwards
Henrico County
Edwards
Pollination Mix-Up Grows Tomatoes Among Potatoes
In Wichita, Arlie Looney reports a garden mix-up as pollination errors produced potato vines with tomatoes in the foliage and potatoes sprouting from the roots. The unusual result highlights unintended cross-pollination effects.
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Wichita, Kan
Arlie Looney
Congress pushes three bills in summer drive
In a summer push, the House advanced four measures and a budget authority package. A transit aid bill cleared 212 to 189, a pay raise for Congress and federal workers won unanimous support, and a foreign aid cut faced resistance. Taxes bills passed 77 to 2 with amendments, and a temporary funding resolution directs agencies to spend at current levels through August 31.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Scotland Yard to relocate after 135 years in current buildings
Scotland Yard, which has moved only once previously in its 135 year history, will soon move into larger, more spacious quarters.
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Scotland Yard
Virginia counties to receive drought aid totaling 975000
The Agriculture Department announced 64 Virginia counties will share 975000 in drought relief. The funds form part of 2,610,000 distributed to eight states across 235 drought affected counties.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Virginia
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