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...South Dakota, to John Zwach (rhymes with clock), Republican Rep resentative from Minnesota. In between are Schneebeli (Shnay-ble), Republican Representative from Pennsylvania, and Kluczynski (Kloo-chin-skee), Dem ocratic Representative from Illinois. Especially rich-sounding are the Gs in the House. Among them: Gaydos (Gay-duss), Pennsylvania Democrat; Giaimo (Gy-moe), Connecticut Democrat; Gubser (Goob-ser), Republican from California; and Gude (Goo-dee), Republican from Maryland. The only of fice that has remained impervious to the phonetic assault is, of course, the presidency itself. But Spiro Agnew is within shouting distance...
...First District. Democratic Senatorial Candidate Thomas Dodd's old stamping ground, and thereby snatched away from the Democrats the only one of Connecticut's six House seats that remained in Democratic hands after 1954. (In the heavily Italian Third District, which centers on New Haven, Democrat Robert Giaimo waited only 47 minutes after the polls had closed before conceding that Republican Albert Cretella had won a third term...
...electrically operated metal hand for victims of paralysis and for amputees with some types of artificial hands has been invented by Charles V. Giaimo, vice president of Lionel Corp. (toy trains). Manufactured on a nonprofit basis by Lionel, the glovelike device fits snugly over the thumb and forefinger. Two powerdriven cables move the paralyzed fingers; the cables in turn are controlled by a pushbutton that can be worked by the other hand, by blowing through a tube or by pressure under the armpit. The metal hand has already enabled handicapped individuals to write, use the telephone and eating utensils, brush...
...probate court in Cuyahoga County for 20 years, was three times reelected. It was Brewer's responsibility to appoint trustees and guardians to manage the funds of widows, orphans and insane persons, and to approve (or disapprove) their periodic accounts. The first thing that struck Reporters Allen and Giaimo as off-key was the judge's policy of doling out trusteeships; Judge Brewer limited them to a few lawyers, named one lawyer (who had previously been suspended for faulty accounting) to handle assets of $245,000 for 25 mentally ill persons. From this lawyer, the trail...
Services for the Dead. But it was the case of the late Thomas Wracan that really nailed Judge Brewer. For 17 years, reported Allen and Giaimo, Brewer had been acting as guardian of a dead man. For his mythical services, Brewer had paid himself $500 in fees and failed to turn over $359 more. In all, charged the Press, Brewer, instead of winding up his guardianships when he first became a judge, was still short in accounts by $6,300; with interest, that brought the amount Brewer owed to nearly...