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BITTER RECOLLECTION James Raymond (left), jani
tor at the Chicago parochial school where 92 persons
perished in a fire early this month, tells a coroner's in
quest that he had discovered the fire some 20 to 25
minutes before the first fire alarm was turned in. He
said he had told the rectory housekeeper to call the
fire department, but was unsure whether or not she had
done so. Raymond was credited with rescuing many of
the children from the fire, by dashing into the blazing
building several times. At right is Coroner McCarron.
WONT GIVE UP Mrs. Ella Williams, 55-year-old widow
evicted from her home in Norton, Va., stands amid her
household furnishings on the lawn outside her ex-home.
Since the eviction, Mrs. Williams has spent four nights
and days outside in sub-freezing temperatures, refusing
to go anywhere else. The house was sold by court order
to settle debts against her.
Back Stairs: Identification Passes
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI WhiU House Reporter
Washington-dTD-Back stairs
at the White House:
The White House is in the
process of preparing new
identification passes for all
members of the executive
staff, plus other government
officials, reporters, photog
raphers and broadcasting per
sonnel entitled to access to
the executive mansion.
One thing new about the
passes is that the identifica
tion pictures are larger than
usual and are made in full
, color. In fact, the Secret
Service has dropped the re
quirement that White House
passes carry the thumbprint
on the bearer because the
color photographs are regard
ed as quicker, more positive
identification than fingerprints.
The color pictures are being
made in an improvised por
trait studio in the executive
office building next door to
the White House. The East
man Kodak Co. technicians
manning the color camera say
they ve noticed one traceable
result of the decision to record
the employees in living color.
A noticeable number of
girls are putting on blue or
green eye shadow just before
facing the camera.
With or without eye shad
ow, the Secret Service likes
the idea of identification by
color photograph. Laminated
between layers of plastic, the
new pictures are expected to
stand up as long as the con
ventional black and white
which have been in use on
White House credentials since
the early days of World War
II.
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The system of identification
passes for White House em
ployees, and later the press,
began as recently as 1939.
Just before the British king
and queen visited Washington
that year, the need arose for
determining who should be
permitted within the building
Actually, the public had free
access to the White House
grounds until the time of
Pearl Harbor. Until war
changed the entire concept of
security, government work
ers and department store em
ployees used the grounds as
an east-west short cut, stream
ing by beneath the windows
where the President was con
ducting the affairs of state.
War, however, closed the
gates and led to an ironclad
system of personal identifica
tion. The new color passes
would seem to answer all
questions with the possible ex-
ception-what happens if a girl
changes the shade of her eye
shadow? Will it invalidate her
pass?
Ladies Pleased
The ladies are particularly
pleased by the new passes
which will be distributed after
the first of the year. The old
passes included, along with a
thumbprint, the bearer's age
and weight. Not so with the
new pass, just name, address
and signature.
No damning proof of a
lady's age or tonnage.
University Has
'ID' Card System
Iowa City, Iowa - (UPD - Stu
dents at the State University
of Iowa are putting to good
use this year a new time-sav
ing "I.O." card system which
has been described as
"unique" among major educa
tional institutions.
Registrar Ted McCarrel
said the idea is to expedite
services to students, and to
increase the accuracy and ef
ficiency of the university's
recording and filing system
The plastic black and gold
card bears the students sig
nature and is embossed with
his name and "I.D." number.
It resembles a department
store charge plate and is is
sued in much the same man
ner.
Various offices and depart
ments on campus have "hand
registers" similar to those
used in stores where the cus
tomer's name is transferred
from his credit card to the
firm's billing form.
For .university purposes,
this procedure is used for re
cording services a student
might receive at the library,
the dental clinic, student
health center, athletic depart
ment, and so on.
There are about 5,000 mink
farmers in the U. S.
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Police Patrol
Construction Job
Niagara Falls, N. Y.-IUPD-A
police force stationed a few
miles outside this city has
only a small corrugated metal
shack for headquarters. Yet
it is larger than the law en
forcement agencies of most
villages around the country.
Capt. M. Alvin Johnson, a
veteran of 27 years in police
and fire service, heads a 64
man force on duty at the
giant Niagara power project
now under construction.
Johnson said his men's pri
mary job is "to enforce safety
rules, prevent uninvited
guests from invading con
struction areas and prevent
thefts and pilferage of the mil
lions of dollars worth of
equipment and material being
used here."
The unusual police force
has two patrol cars and also
operates the project ambu
lance when necessary.
Active Club
Plans Party
A New Year's Eve party is
planned for members of the
Medford Active club, a spokes
man said today. .
Plans are to hold it at the
Rogue Riviera. Details will be
given during the next Active
club meeting, it was explained.
Candidates for the coming
election include Dick Nelson
for president, Jim Cox for
vice president, Joe Sayres for
secretary, Paul Jenny for trea
surer, Bob Trout for historian,
Gordon Casey for activator
and Jack Cummings and Dick
Nelson for board members.
Nominations will be received
from the floor also.
Space Soldier
Puts New Face
On Air Defense
Offutt AFB, Neb. CPD
That space-age soldier, the
"missile man," has been with
the Strategic Air Command
for nearly a year now.
His coming has put a. brand
new face on the air arm of
.America's defense.
SAC's mission is still to
maintain the mighty bomber
force aimed at discouraging
attack on -the United States,
a bomber force large enough
to wipe out much of Russia
Missiles Added
Meanwhile, a glistening
and powerful complement of
missiles has been added to
SAC's array of potential wea
pons. SAC's job is to train
and maintain crews to fire
the intercontinental and inter
mediate ballistic missiles.
Construction was begun at
Francis E. Warren Air Force
Base, Wyo., to prepare it as,
the nation's first ICBM base,
Other launching sites were
marked off around Offutt,
Fairchild AFB, Wash., and
Forbes AFB, Kan.
Home of Snark
Lowry AFB, Colo., became
a Titan ICBM base and Prew
que Isle AFB, Maine, was
planned as the home of a
squadron of Snark ICM's.
Vandcnberg AFB, Calif.,
took -on British Royal Air
Force crews for training in
operating the Atlas ICBM and
the Department of Defense
shipped a supply of the suc
cessful missiles to England
And defense officials flew to
Italy recently to discuss de
ployment of an unannounced
IRBM there.
Other U. S. launching sites
will be set up as the SAC mis
sile arsenal continues to
grow.
California leads the states
in turkey production.
Two Injured in
Trailer Blast
Newberg, Ore. - (UPD Two
deaf mutes were injured Sun
day when an explosion and
fire wrecked a trailer house
near Tigard. V
Mrs. Rita Mount, about 45,
suffered burns, bruises and
shock. Robert D. Monroe,
about 35, suffered burns about
the hands and face.
Cause of the explosion
wasn't immediately known.
District Attorney Francis
Link later . of Washington
county said Monroe was held
under $5000 bail on a charge
of assault with a deadly
weapon. He said the charge
resulted from alleged threats
made with a knife against
Donald Wyatt, Silverton, dur
ing an argument at the Mount
residence prior to the fire.
Police said that Monroe's
trailer had been parked on
the Mount property.
Officers said it was not pos
sible to question the two in
jured persons immediately be
cause both communicate with
their hands, which were burn
ed. State Patrolman James Bau
man said it was possible that
gas from a stove had filled the
room and was ignited by a
lighted match or cigarette.
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FACING charges he misap
plied as much as $216,000 of
First National Bank funds,
Lynn Franklin .. Arnett is
under arrest in Orange, Calif.
Santa's' peppy reindeer is
really in tup with Christ
Cms! His holiday expenses.
re paid in advance, thanks
Co th Christmas Savings
Club check ht.. received
from U. S. National.
tS. Non-mode can Join
U. S. National's Christmas
Savings Club, too. The only
requirement is a small de
posit, 'made each week
throughout the year. Then
next November, U. S. Na
tional will tend you the en
tire amount-plus interest
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Two Sets of Twins
On School Faculty
Dwight, IU.-OJPD-The Dwight
Elementary school has two
sets of identical twins on its
faculty.
Josephine and Catherine
Wiegman both teach sixth
grade classes. They live to
gether, . dress alike and be
long to the same professional
and social organizations. They
both graduated from Illinois
State Normal university and
earned masters' degrees from
the University of Illinois.
Tom and Tim Hall are the
other Dwight faculty twins.
But they don't dress alike
and they do not live together.
Tom is married and has three
children. Tim is a bachelor.
The brothers were gradu
ated from Iowa Wesleyan but
then each went his own way.
Tom did his graduate work
at Illinois Normal; Tim was
awarded his master's degree
from Southern Illinois Uni
versity. Tim is a coach, physical ed
ucation instructor and eighth
grade social studies teacher
at Dwight. Tom is principal
of the school.
Of all the people of the
world, an estimated 790 mil
lion have' accepted Christian
ity as their basic religion.
One-tenth of Italy's electric
power is derived from volcan
ic steam.
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CHALLENGING NEVADA LAW forbidding marriages between Caucasians and Ori
entals, Longshore Leader Harry Bridges and Noriko Sawada, 32, San Francisco legal
secretary, went to court in Reno in attempt to force marriage clerk to issue license
An average U. S. farm
worker in 1880 harvested 21
acres of land. By 1950 the
average was 47 acres and it is
now nearing the 56 acre mark.
Pineapple is the most popu
lar of the canned fruits in the
U.S. today but canned peaches
rate second by only a slight
difference.
Lake Michigan is the only
Great lake wholly within
American borders.
There are about 250 reli
gious denominations within
the United States.
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