Washington Today Highlights Subsidies Teaching Scholarships Surviving Sons
Washington roundup notes housing subsidy funds under review in Congress with hopes for restoration. A plan to create a national teacher corps faces House pushback, while education grants would aid undergraduates and middle income students. Surviving sons policy restoration allows sole heirs to request noncombat duty. Johnson leaves Bethesda for outdoor hospital pageant as NAO notes key Capitol items including Rusk on China and planned Klan hearings.
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Across and Down Puzzle Clues From Old Songs
A compact listing of across and down crossword clues from an old song-themed puzzle. Includes entries like There’ll be a-time and Bird in a gilded high, with corresponding down clues such as Furnaces and Untrue, plus various archaic or glossed terms.
Missing $1.35 Prompted Bus Fare Thefts Clue
Hutchinson Kansas AP reports Ethel Atkinson a case operator found $1.35 short in receipts. Days later an envelope arrived with a $1.35 ticket and cash taped to cardboard. Postal postmark pointed to Rush Center Kansas as the clue in the small mystery.
Freshman Wins Watermelon Eating Contest at NMS College
Albuquerque freshman Larry Lodges at New Mexico State College won the watermelon eating contest during the Mesilla Valley Chamber of Commerce welcome for 1 500 first year students. Lodges consumed seven and a half watermelons weighing about 100 pounds and earned two watermelons and 15 gallons of gasoline as his prize.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico State College
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Scopes Tells About Monkey Trial In Book
James Thomas Scopes confirms he has not wavered in his belief in individual rights after the 1925 Tennessee trial over teaching evolution. He discusses the case in a book due November 1 from Louisiana State University Press.
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Trucker Buys Welsh Rainbow Tearoom on Main Route
Trucker Clifford Shaw bought the Rainbow Tearoom on a 20 mile stretch in Cheshire after learning it would close. He used savings and bank help to secure the deal, hoping to break even as the sole tea and snack stop in the area.
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Mill Green
England
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Newest Satellite Clears First Hurdle in Orbit
Washington AP reports the United States latest unmanned satellite OGO 2 has entered orbit with five of its twenty experiments active and others soon. Engineers confirm earthward orientation using infrared horizon scanners and gas jets for attitude control after launch from Van Denberg Air Force Base California.
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Ecuador
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Golden anniversary of first transcontinental telephone call
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark transcontinental telephone call bridging the nation. The event showcased long distance communication advances and highlighted pivotal moments in U S telecommunication history.
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