Today in History highlights major events across years
On this date numerous historical milestones are listed from 1642 Harvard's first commencement to 1963 JFK approving a wheat sale to the Soviet Union. The note also recalls 1934 assassination of King Alexander I, 1958 Pius XII death, and 1963 wheat deal. It mentions Khrushchev on TV ten years prior and Johnson signing 14 bills after gall bladder surgery.
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Associated Press
Alexander I
Yugoslavia
Marseilles
France
Harvard
Yale College
Minnesota
United States
Britain
China
Pius XII
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Lyndon B. Johnson
Czechoslovakia
West
New Travel Commissioner Named in Virginia
Marshall E. Murdaugh 30 a Reynolds Metals public relations man is named to succeed J Stuart White as State Travel Service commissioner when White retires in April Murdaugh will join the department November 16 as an administrative assistant to prepare for the handover White will stay on in a promotional role.
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Richmond
Marshall E. Murdaugh
Reynolds Metals Co
J. Stuart White
State Travel Service
Marvin M. Sutherland
Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development
White
Murdaugh
Travel Service
Sutherland
Misses' Jumper Pattern 4506 Seizes Morning Fashion
Printed Pattern 4506 offers a wrap jumper with jewel neck blouse option in Misses' sizes 8 through 16. Includes yardage for size 12 and price details for patterns and mail handling plus two sewing books and a fall-winter catalog.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West_17th St
New York
N.Y
Dear Abby Life feels empty after children marry off
A reader laments boredom after raising and sending children away. Abby advises joining projects and causes to give life purpose, noting happiness comes from meaningful effort and not simply taking life easy. A second reader comments on a chastity hoax reply, and others discuss social behavior, tipping musicians, and a personal tale of a broken home.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
M and
Ernie
James Wood FFA selects Susan McIntire as Sweetheart
Susan McIntire, James Wood High School senior, is elected FFA Sweetheart by the James Wood chapter. She is a varsity cheerleader, senior class vice president, and National Honor Society member and will represent the chapter in its activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan McIntire
James Wood High School
Jimmy Norman
James Wood Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Susan
FFA
National Honor Society
Soldier Fined and Reduced in Rank at Fort Eustis
Pfc. Paul S. Weinberg of Boston was fined 110 dollars and reduced to private after being found guilty of unlawful distribution of literature on post. He must forfeit one stripe and 55 dollars a month for two months for distributing the Progressive Labor Party newspaper Challenge on June 28 and August 5.
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Newport News
Eustis
Pfc
Paul S. Weinberg
Boston
Frank Blue
Weinberg
Post
Progressive Labor Party
Challenge
Ft. Eustis
Michael Shapiro
Wall Street Journal
Blue
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the Sweetheart of
Japan
Turner Martin
Consolidated Electric Service
Tlareczince Electric Heating
Kent Circle
Winchester
Loudoun St
Noo St
RCA
AccuColor
Altamira
Cornwell's TV
S. Loudoun ST
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