Congress Drops Cabana Plans for U S Diplomats Abroad
Censured budget testimony shows the State Department scrapped cabanas beach huts mountain retreats and cabin boats for diplomats while preserving swimming pools in Teheran Port au Prince and Seoul. A Riviera villa for French training was kept as a costly hard study program for 25 diplomats at a time.
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State Department
U. S
Tehran
Port-au-Prince
Seoul
Foreign Service
House Appropriations
John J. Rooney
U.S. Armed Services
Riviera Villa
Record Low May Be Linked to South Pole Visit
Washington reports that the South Pole may set a new world low after a 100 degree below zero reading already logged at the U S station. Rear Admiral George Dufek notes the prior record of minus 102.1 F from September 17, 1957 at the Amundsen Scott station.
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South Pole
Science Service
Washington
George Dufek
Naval Office of Antarctic Projects
U. S. South Pole Station
Amundsen-Scott International Geophysical Year Station
Puzzle Clues Span A Wide Wordplay Across Across
A daily crossword style clue list appears with numbered hints for entries such as Farewell Pennies social class place of worship and the killer whale Enlarge varying weight fasten half an em three legged stand comfort Rocky Mountain sheep kind of school newspaper and river with many cross references and language notes.
Apple Blossom Festival honors leaders with desk plaques
F L Largent Jr. presides as 31st Apple Blossom Festival leaders receive apple wood desk plaques with golden apples and name plates. C T Cooper Jr. designed and presented them at the Workers' Reception. Shown are Queen and Court and several department heads. others absent for photo.
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F. L. Largent, Jr
C. T. Cooper, Jr
Mr. Weargent
Beverley Wright
Don Larrick
Garland R. Quarles
Mr. Cooper
H. W. Butler, Jr
Carlisle Pisher
Doug
Mount Carmel Booms as Town Celebrates Industrial Growth
Mount Carmel prepares to celebrate a booming period with its main industrial plant driving prosperity. The town braces for a large payout in silver dollars as industry thrives and local employment rises.
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Mount Carmel
Supermarket Ends Yukon Cash-Only Tradition in North Country
In Whitehorse Yukon the new grocery store opened by Bruce Sung ended the Yukon custom of credit buying, pushing cash transactions with fresh produce and milk. Union progress at Thordarson Meissner Co led to a five year wage-freeze contract, boosting employment from 175 to 405 and a 20 percent sales rise to over three million dollars. Thor darson Meissner Week in Mount Carmel will honor the deal with 27 000 silver dollar payments to workers and local merchants valuing each coin at 1.10.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
North Country
Yukon
Bruce Sung
Vancouver
Jim Smith
Vreamwork
Eugene Powers
Mount Carmel
Wabash
Thordarson-Meissner Co
Slow but Sure in Richmond Court Case
John Ly barger charged a customer 26 interest on a suit priced at 29 dollars. The customer waited 28 years to pay the bill.
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Richmond
Ind
John Lybarger
Taxpayer Repeats Refunds to Pay Off $3 71 Tax Bill
A Warren County resident sent six refund checks from mail order firms totaling $3.71 to the sheriff. The payments included two one dollar checks, a 21 cent check, 34 cent check, 10 cent check, and a 4 cent check plus a 2 cent stamp and $1 in real money to reach the sum.
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Bowling Green
Warren County
Science Fiction Misrepresents Science Says Purdue Sociologist
Purdue sociologist Dr. Walter Hirsch finds that science fiction gives a distorted view of science and scientists. From 1926 to 1950 the share of scientist heroes fell from about half to 24 percent while savior roles in natural science and technology declined.
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Lafayette
Ind
Walter Hirsch
Purdue University
Hirsch
Mirrors aid research and practice across professions
The article notes how mirrors illuminate changes in scientific work and cites Dr. Hirsch's March American Journal of Sociology report. It asserts mirrors speed up techniques for dentists, aircraft inspectors and many other scientists, highlighting their invaluable role in professional work.
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Hirsch
American Journal of Sociology
Jefferson Davis Capture Location and Money Sack Return
In Clinton Oklahoma a lost money sack worth 21.90 was found by Mrs. A D Barton and passed to Harry Sullivan and Police Chief Garland Hanks before Burks claimed the money. Jefferson Davis was captured May 10 1865 at Irwinville Georgia.
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Clinton
Okla
W. B. Burks
A. D. Barton
Harry Sullivan
Garland Hanks
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Irwinville
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