Plea From Yugoslav Girl Spurs Global Letter Movement
Jasenka Majer of Karlovac Yugoslavia wrote a sheriff in Augusta County seeking a American pen pal. A Staunton Leader print sparked Friendship Letters International led by Jasenka and Staunton residents. Her enrollment at Madison College in Harrisonburg connects the group to broader exchanges and a Nixon signed note.
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Jasenka Majer
Karlovac
Yugoslavia
Augusta County
America
Shenandoah Valley
United States
Jasenka
Staunton Leader
Horn
Parker
Friendship Letters International
Japan
Virginia
Horns
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Focund Colleuk
Ekiga
Jasenka Maier
Friendship Letters Organization
Washington
SAGE Air Defense Center Opens In New Jersey
Air Warning Network Center dedicated at McGuire AFB marks the first operational Semi Automatic Ground Environment site. Gen. Curtis LeMay called the inauguration a major step in air defense, detailing radar units, gap filler radars, and two acre computers that monitor aircraft positions. He cautioned SAGE cannot track ballistic weapons or defend against them. The center serves densely populated metro areas including New York and Philadelphia.
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North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
New York
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
Air Force
North America
LeMay
Former Nansemond Deputy Sheriff Convicted of Bribe
Jesse B. Eure a 47 year old former Nansemond County deputy sheriff was convicted of accepting a bribe to keep a case out of court Judge Thomas C Andrews fined Eure 100 dollars and sentenced him to six months in jail three months of the sentence suspended on payment of the fine and costs Eure is free on 500 dollar bond An appeal to the Circuit Court was noted Eure and John R Riddick a former part time deputy sheriff were accused of taking 108 for not reporting a morals case against Jacob Montgomery Riddick will be tried Monday
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Suffolk
Jesse B. Eure
Nansemond County
Nansemond
Thomas C. Andrews
Eure
Robert J.parr
John R. Riddick
Jacob Montgomery
Riddick
Puerto Rico Plans Drama Festival
Puerto Rico plans a theater festival in San Juan from January 13 to March 8 featuring several recent Broadway plays. Barry B. Yellen manages the fete with Sidney Walters as artistic supervisor. Negotiations are underway for seven U. S. productions.
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New York
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Barry B. Yellen
Sidney Walters
U. S
Daily Crossword Clues From an Old Ledger
A list of crossword clues with numbers for across and down entries including Foam, a support, town mass, sea duc, mature, employ, donkey, behold, rendering one, sesame, against, skin, corporation officers, malt beverages, cry as a cow, cereal grain, hot tempered, girl s nickname Franklin, contend for, fencing swords, Coral Island, laughing, rustic, runs before a gale, snow vehicles and down clues such as founder of psycho analysis, golf mound, fall on water, vocations, international games, cut off tops, plague s man forth, vexed, shouts of Yesterday s, flex, water in Cologne, affirmative votes var, Sanskrit school.
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Franklin
Coral Island
Recession Boosts Nation's Humor Says Carson
New York AP report quotes Johnny Carson on tough times sharpening humor. Carson cites American trait of laughter amid recession and credits early life in Corning and Norfolk with shaping his path from magician to ventriloquist to comedian.
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New York
Johnny Carson
Johnny
Corning
Town
Norfolk
Net
West Coast
Red Skelton
Skelton
Jack Benny
W C. Fields
Laurel and Hardy
Sid Caesar
George Burns
Jimmy Durante
Private television humor reflects audience resilience
The piece notes television comedians offer gentler humor with intimacy suited to the medium. It argues viewers prefer not to hear personal problems and recognize comics are well paid for their sorrows. The insight contrasts weekly earnings like $90 with emotional displays in home settings.
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