Christmas Club reaches $114 billion in savings milestone
Christmas Club savings hit $114 billion for the first time as Edward Dorset reports the 1961 total will be $1,510,460,060 with checks mailed to over 13 million members by about 8,800 banks. New York leads with 2,652,959 members and $305,407,064 in savings, while Pennsylvania and California follow in size. The 1961 distribution allocates 30 percent for purchases, 42 percent for savings, 17 percent for taxes, 5 percent for year end bills, and 6 percent for miscellaneous. The annual total marks the tenth straight year with disbursements over a billion dollars.
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Christmas Club
Edward Dorset
Christmas Club Re
Christmas Club Corporation
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
California
Dismal Fall Weather Over Northern U S
The Associated Press reports fog drizzle and cool conditions spread across the northern half of the nation. Light rain affected eastern regions from Florida to New England, with snow in parts of the central and northern Rockies and cloud cover elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Texas
Florida
Cape Hatteras
N.C
New England
Rockies
Mrs. Giffin Names Chest Drive Workers
Mrs. Roy S. Giffin announced 71 women serving as volunteer solicitors for the Red Feather chest drive. The list names team captains and workers across many households and locations. Temperatures ranged from the 30s in most areas, with colder readings in parts of New England.
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Mrs. Giffin
Chest Drive
Roy S. Giffin
Progress
Red Feather
John Reid
Forrest Sirbaugh
Mary Smith
Rebecca Myers
Carolyn Shuler
Janet Dove
J. R. Yerby
Donna Thompson
Lewis Dorsey
Smith Dorsey
Jesse Kiracore, Jr
John Setzer
Henry Koontz
Harry Ridgeway
Charles Dick
John Blackburn
Charles Schmidt
Catherine Robertson
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Walter Mazan
W.R. Strader, Jr
Jacquelin Smith
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Emily Kuykendall
Edna Kuykendall
G. Frank Stinnett
H. S. Duffey
A. E. Beauchamp
William Huntsberry
James Barthelow
Richard Kern
Donald Stewart
Richard Rosenberger
Horace Scott, Jr
Emma Kay
Joan Luck
A. G. Harden
John Sencindiver
George Lake
Jack Dunn
William Dunn
Frank Loy
Wilbur Feltner
James Merriner
Charles Wechsler
William Lawrence, III
Glenn Seabright
George Ritter
Doris Sartelle
John R. Fisher
Emory Washington
Patsy Boyne
H. Robert Edwards
Robert Hileman
William Price
James Sempeles
Kenneth Thomas
Linda Garber
W. B. Diehl
Dennis W. Getz
Paul E. Clevenger
H. B. Ritter, Jr
Wayne Godlove
Melinda Williams
Pat Wilkins
Maurice Blosser
Gerald Hoffman
Holmes Newcome
Lester Singhass
C. L. Beard
Benny Gilbert
Sar Harris
Ralph Boon
John Jackson
Leonard Perry
Richard Solfe
James Tubbesing
Sidney Shull
Helen Surface
Margaret Shawen
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Across clues and down clues list partial puzzle entries with abbreviations and definitions for a newspaper crossword. The grid includes hints like wide and compass points while filling for common crossword answers.
Harrison backs Implied Consent Law proposal in Virginia race
In Richmond AP report Harrison and running mate Godwin support a Virginia Advisory Legislative Council recommendation for an implied consent law targeting offenses by candidates in the No. 7 general election campaign. Rival Pearson pushes higher education goals as campaigns tour districts. Button illness limits Democratic campaigning. Barger and Owens also active in respective races.
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Richmond
Virginia
Albertis
Harrison Jr
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
H. Clyde Pearson
U. S
Harrison
Lee County
Godwin
Pulaski
Roanoke
Robert Y. Button
Pearson
Fredericksburg
Haze K. Barger
Princess Anne County
Norfolk
Leon Owens
Powers father holds hope for U2 pilot in Soviet camp
Oliver W Powers of Roanoke says Francis Gary Powers is likely en route to a Soviet labor camp. He notes the single letter this month and two new photos from his son, who was shot down May 1 1960, and remains in Moscow prison with a two part sentence.
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Roanoke
Francis Gary Powers
Oliver W. Powers
Powers
Moscow
Francis Powers
Russia
Carl McAftee
Virginia PTA Elect Officers Today
Roanoke AP Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers will elect officers today. The nominating committee slate is unopposed with Mrs. H T Gerry of Petersburg nominated for president to succeed Dr Edgar M Johnson. Delegates heard about shifts in the family structure and greater democratic practices in American families.
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Roanoke
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
H .T. Gerry
Petersburg
Edgar M. Johnson
Longwood College
America
Evelyn Millis Duvall
Chicago
Reinhardt College aims for open access for working students
Reinhardt College president James Rowland Burgess Jr says any good student willing to work for its education should attend. About 286 students study there this year with nearly half working after classes as cooks servers secretaries and cleaners in a Methodist supported campus in the north Georgia hills.
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Waleska
Reinhardt College
James Rowland Burgess, Jr
North Georgia Hills
Reinhardt
Harrison Burg Appearance Tonight in Loudoun Clarke Counties
Dates in Loudoun and Clarke Counties include a Harrisonburg appearance scheduled for tonight. Officials urge residents to attend and note possible traffic impacts and event details.
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Loudoun
Clarke Counties
Harrisonburg
Kennedy to Help Direct New D C Club
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy plans to aid in directing a new Federal Club in Washington. He cannot support the club's policy against Negroes as guests or members, and the club will not be racially segregated. Stephen Smith, brother-in-law of Kennedy, is slated as a director, with Charles Bartlett organizer.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Washington Star
Betty Beale
Federal Club
Miss Beale
Stephen Smith
Charles Bartlett
Chattanooga (Tenn
Old fire station sold for remodeling in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa an old fire station building was purchased by a business firm led by Fred J Reineke. A ceiling moulding was removed and a storage area yielded half a bushel of oats. The fire department’s horse driven equipment had been motorized in 1914.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fred J. Reineke
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