Word: va
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Married. John Jacob Astor III, 42, whose fortune, inherited from his great-great-grandfather, is estimated at $70 million; and Dolores Margaret ("Dolly") Fullman, 26, blonde Miami divorcee; he for the third time, she for the second; in Arlington, Va...
...Alfalfa-seed tea, long a favorite home "remedy" for arthritis and diabetes, not only lacks curative powers, but may give the user severe skin eruptions. So reported Dr. William H. Kaufman, after a study of six skin cases in Roanoke, Va. He added that such skin ailments may be hard to diagnose, since most alfalfa-tea enthusiasts are ashamed to admit that they drink the brew...
...play account of how one of the windfall deals worked was furnished by the contractors themselves. Three Washington builders-Herman W. Hutman, Earl J. Preston and Bryan Gordon Jr.-told how they got $13,846,000 in FHA-insured loans to put up the Shirley-Duke apartments in Alexandria, Va. To meet FHA requirements that the sponsor must have put in 10% of the estimated cost of the project, the builders reported that 1) they had spent $750,000 for architect's fees instead of the $63,000 they actually paid; 2) Gordon owned land valued...
...thousands of ex-marines leaped to the defense of the corps. Soon afterwards the President formally apologized to Gates, and the Marines' survival was assured. His Commandant's term at an end, Cliff Gates served out his time as chief of the Marine Corps Schools at Quantico, Va. This week old (60) Leatherneck Gates, D.S.C., Navy Cross, D.S.M., Legion of Merit, Silver Star, was retired with a 17-gun salute and an elaborate ceremony. "Tripe," hard-boiled Cliff Gates called it, blinking down the mist in his eyes. The country needs toughening up, he said, and the Marine...
...president of the University of Houston (see MILESTONES). A graduate of Texas A. & M., Armored Forceman Bruce commanded the 77th Infantry Division in the Pacific during World War II, was the first occupation governor of Hokkaido, later became commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, Va...