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...also house executive offices (hence the switchboard), are used primarily for two "sacred ordinances": "marriage for eternity" and "baptism of the dead" (for which the London Temple has a massive font supported by twelve bronze oxen). Couples marrying for eternity first disrobe (hence the locker rooms), dress in white linen (the powder rooms), visit a small auditorium (Celestial room No. 1) to see slides showing "where we came from, why we are here, where we are going, and the laws which must be obeyed to attain the celestial degree of glory in the Kingdom of God." From there they move...
...Barlow told it to the police, she had returned to their Bradford home at lunch time from the laundry where she worked, done some housework, and gone to bed right after tea. At 9:20 p.m., Barlow said, he found she had vomited in bed, so he changed the linen. She took off her sweat-soaked pajamas and went to take a bath. He dozed. At 11:20 he awoke, found her in the tub, drowned. He pulled the plug and, said he, tried artificial respiration to no avail...
...company was 65, and the citizens of Flint, Mich, gathered to do him honor. As General Motors' Harlow Curtice waited in the wings of Flint's Industrial Mutual Association auditorium, an orchestra played You, Gee, But You're Wonderful, You, and colored balloons floated above the linen-covered tables. Then up stepped Curtice, the very model of a modern American optimist, with some cheery predictions for the future. Said Curtice, who has been more often right than wrong: In 1959 the auto industry will sell about 5,500.000 cars (v. an estimated...
...Buffalo, when a union struck one linen-supply company and seven other supply companies shut down in sympathy, both the National Labor Relations Board and the U.S. Supreme Court approved the companies' concerted action...
Students selling milk and doughnuts earn from $600 to $900 a year. The earnings for students in the Beer Mug and Banner Agency, the Birthday Cake Agency, the Watson Rink Refreshment Agency, and the Blotter Agency are about the same. The Student Linen Agency and one or two others, are even more rewarding...