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Rolling Road lived up to its name in the early 1900s
100 Years Ago Rolling out the welcome mat In the Times social column: "Mr. Henry J. Bender has returned to his home on Rolling Road after visiting friends in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Davis have returned to their home on Rolling Road after...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, World War II (1939-1945), Patapsco, Germany, Casablanca (movie)
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Isabel Benham dies at 103; first female partner on Wall Street
Isabel Benham, whose deep knowledge of the railroad industry made her an influential bond analyst at a time when few women held positions of authority on Wall Street, has died. She was 103. She died May 18 in her New York City apartment, according to...Tags: New York City, Finance, U.S. Congress, Obituaries, Manhattan (New York City)
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The fiscal cliff ... of '32
Close your eyes in Washington these days and you can almost hear the echoes of 1932. Eighty years ago, just like today, a fiscal crisis almost totally dominated the nation's capital. Then, as now, fiscal conservatives demanded immediate action to fix...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John Nance, Fiscal Cliff, U.S. Senate, Taxation
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Mail Call - July 20
“This is a message for Skip, the mayor of Boonsboro, and just the town overall, for having a great show Saturday, the Country Current band, the Navy band. They did a great show, and another great job for Boonsboro. Thanks a lot.” —...Tags: NASCAR, Petroleum Industry, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government, White House
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Derring-do: More from 101-year-old shipbuilder
Several details from a lengthy interview with Newport News retiree and former shipyard designer Russell Derring didn't make it into a lengthy May 10 profile. Derring, 101, started his shipbuilding career in 1929, and as an apprentice installed pipes on...Tags: Shipbuilding, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Christopher Johnson, U.S. Navy, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Rocklin Company to Bring Jobs Back to California
FOX40 NewsGutter guard manufacturer Gutterglove, Inc. announced Wednesday that it plans to bring jobs back to California from China. Due to rising production costs, Gutterglove founder Robert Lenney opted to do business with a Chinese production company. Lenney...Tags: Consumers, U.S. Army
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Tensions grow at Occupy L.A. as deadline nears
Activists and L.A. officials faced difficult choices over the next phase of the Occupy L.A. movement as a 12:01 Monday deadline approached for the departure of nearly 700 protesters from an encampment on City Hall grounds.
On Sunday evening, Mayor...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, NOFX (music group), Demonstration, Political Dissent, Civil Unrest
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Letters to the Editor - Sept. 30
Dreyfuss’ efforts should be applauded To the editor: I applaud the efforts of Richard Dreyfuss to establish The Dreyfuss Initiative to advocate for the return of civics as a core course in public school education. The need to understand our...Tags: Citizens Initiative and Recall, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Constitutional Issues, Israel, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Remembering the Hoovervilles of 1932
It was the spring of 1932, and veterans of World War I were camped in a Hooverville (a shanty town built by the homeless and named after President Hoover) near Anacostia in a muddy field. They had constructed tents from any piece of debris they could find...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Veterans Affairs, U.S. Army, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
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PASSINGS: Hubert Schlafly, Alice Ward, Emil 'Jack' Kluever, Philip F. Jones
Hubert Schlafly
Inventor of the teleprompter
Hubert "Hub" Schlafly, 91, a key member of the team that invented the teleprompter, died April 20 at a hospital in Stamford, Conn., after a brief illness.
Schlafly helped start the TelePrompTer Corp.,...Tags: Judges, NASA, Academy Awards, Southeast Missouri State University , Boston
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Arrested Attempted Murder Suspect Commits 22 Felonies In The Last Year
Staff reporterA Ponchatoula man accused of attempted murder of an elderly victim during a recent home invasion was arrested on a total of 39 charges in the last year, including 22 felonies and four burglaries in the month. Ponchatoula Assistant Chief of Police Jim...Tags: Trials, Criminals, Theft, Police Arrests, Teen-agers
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'My Father's Bonus March' by Adam Langer
My Father's
Bonus March
Adam Langer
Spiegel & Grau: 244 pp., $26
In June 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, a ragtag collection of World War I veterans converged on Washington, D.C., to demand money the government had promised them. About...Tags: Documentary (genre), World War I (1914-1918), Veterans Affairs, Judaism, Washington, DC
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