Octogenarian founder promotes literacy across nations
Mrs. Welby Fisher, 80, leads World Education Inc. on a six thousand mile cross country tour after arriving from Bogota to celebrate her birthday. She trained 5,000 Indian teachers and established Literacy Village programs in India and Pakistan to boost literacy and community development worldwide.
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New York
Welby Fisher
Dalai Lama
Herbert Hoover
Helen Keller
World Education, Inc
India
Burma
Pakistan
Tanganyika
Lucknow
Marion Banker Gets Harrisonburg Post
Francis Bell Jr. elected to succeed C Grattan Price as first full time president of Rockingham National Bank in Harrisonburg. Price 78, served 36 years, and asked to be relieved last year. Bell was vice president and cashier of Marion National Bank.
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Harrisonburg
Marion
Cescone
Rockingham National Bank
Francis Bell Jr
Marion National Bank
C. Grattan Price
Virginia Insurance
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Price
Union Members Return to Work at General Electric
New York AP Union workers end a three week strike at General Electric with a 3 percent wage raise. Settled after two days of federal mediation, production to resume at 55 plants. IUE leaders defend strategy while GE officials call it a victory for the company.
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New York
International Union of Electrical Workers
TUE
General Electric Co
IUE
James B. Carey
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Philip D. Moore
Carey
Lemuel R. Boulware
Americans Open 60 Million Cans of Food Every Day
A compact column surveys daily American life noting mass can opening figures, quirky fears of Kaiser Wilhelm, calcium facts, remarriage trends, physician exercise habits, and a gallery of trivia from birthstones to tax comparisons and notable figures.
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New York
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
United States
E. W. Howe
Soviet Union
Gunman and bartender duel ends with bartender win
Police report a customer with a shotgun attacked bartender Cecil Dewailly who used a beer bottle to strike the gunman between the eyes. The gunman missed and Dewailly emerged victorious.
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Oklahoma City
Cecil Dewailly
Dewailly
Woman 76 admits driving without license after crash
In East Windsor Connecticut a 76 year old woman injured in a car truck collision admitted to state troopers that she was driving without a license. She said she had no license because she was too old and authorities would not give her one.
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East Windsor
Conn
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