Highway program under fire in Senate inquiry
A four part investigation into the federal highway program highlights land acquisition abuses and questionable contracts. West Virginia Florida and Massachusetts reports point to land speculation fraud and under the table payments. Indiana’s long-running land disputes and court battles show high costs and large jury awards.
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Federal Highway Program
Weeks House
West Virginia
Florida
Massachusetts
Ing
Carpenters
Harry Doggett
Maurice Hutcheson
Carpenters’ Union
Indianapolis
Madison Avenue
Indiana
Edwin K. Steers
Steers
Boone County
Lincoln Memorial Gardens
Jackson County
Elmo J. Briner
Briner
Clark County
James E .Hawes
John M. Lewis
Jackson Circuit Court
Lewis
Harold W. Handley
Craig
Scouts Plan Get Out the Vote Campaign Countywide
The 655 Boy Scouts in Winchester Frederick and Clarke Counties join five million other scouts in a nonpartisan Get-Out-The-Vote effort. Placards will be distributed to forty million homes with front door hanging and window displays until Election Day.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Boy Scouts of America and Freedoms Foundation, Inc
Valley Forge
Liberty Bell
Freedoms Foundation
Boy Scouts of America
Algerians Train in Soviet Sabotage School in East Germany
Western intelligence says many Algerians travel to East Germany to attend Camp Molkenberg near Fuerstenwalde for six months of indoctrination and espionage training before return to West Germany. Authorities estimate 3000 to 5000 Algerians live in West Germany, with some forming theft rings or acting as sleeper agents.
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Bonn
Germany
East Germany
Camp Molkenberg
West Germany
Nehru's Daughter Visits in Mexico
Mrs Indira Nehru Gandhi arrives in Mexico City for a 10 day visit as guest of the Mexican government. She is president of India's ruling Congress party and daughter of Prime Minister Nehru.
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Mexico City
Indira Nehru Gandhi
India
Congress Party
Nehru
Bridge Match Winners Named at George Washington Hotel
Mitchell duplicate bridge event by the Monday Contract Bridge Club named two sets of winners. In north-south, Mr and Mrs W W Kline topped with runners-up Mrs Nelson Page and Mrs Harold Brown. In east-west, Mrs Preston Avery and Mrs Grace Roberts won, with runners-up Mr and Mrs S H Reaves. The next meeting, open to all, is Oct 31 at 8 pm at the George Washington Hotel.
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Monday Contract
George Washington Hotel
W. W. Kline
Nelson Page
Harold Brown
Preston Avery
Grace Roberts
S. H. Reaves
Woman Speaker Named for Local Club Event
In Plainville Connecticut the Business and Professional Women's Club chose Mrs Dorothy Joiner to address the group on the topic of Membership.
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Plainville, Conn
Business and Professional Women's Club
Dorothy Joiner
Aide Disproves Alibi In Nashville Call
Sheriff deputy Ray Cartwright relayed a call in which a woman asked if her husband was jailed over the weekend. Cartwright checked records and said he had not. the woman then accused someone of lying and said he had been out with another woman.
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Massachusetts
Indiana
Indiana Department of Securities
House
Nashville, Tenn
Ray Cartwright
Wright
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Bem Price
Washington
Congress
Miami
State
Tampa
Cone Brothers
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Bureau
Department of Justice
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
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Virgil W. Smith
Highway Commission
Smith
GOP
Crawford F. Parker
Matthew E Welsh
Handley
Welsh
Reblicans
Ghway Commission
John Peters
Peters
Robert E. Hughes
Parker
Bureau of Public Roads
Illinois
Ohio
Bureau of Roads
King OF Beers
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
ST. Louis
Newark
Los Angeles
Fuerstenwalde
Berlin
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mexico
Nixon
Big Brother
Richard Nixon
Virginians
Nixon & Lodge Vv
Catazella
N. Loudoun St
Nixon Lodge
Footers Cleaners
Drug Fair
W. Amherst
S. Loudoun St
Raul
Poplin
Coats
Loden Green
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