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...round project for local industries. On his return to the Press, where he writes a fishing column, he also found time to write stories on the handicapped and chivvy personnel managers into hiring them. As a result, Houston employers hired 2,280 handicapped people in 1953. When a crippled vet gets out of a hospital in Houston, boasts Anderson, "he don't loaf more than 36 hours." For those still in the hospital, Anderson puts on a wild-game dinner every fall. Last year he fed 5,000 disabled veterans on 100 deer, 1,500 ducks and numerous quail...
...Davison packed his bags, investigators began to "P.V." (for "Positively Vet") 14,000 scientists and clerks in Britain's atom project. The British recognize that American misgivings about British security measures are one reason why the U.S. refuses to trade atomic information with its closest ally...
...enlarged upon one of its earlier ideas in March, 1948, when it opened the first political action school for the education of the voter and the person interested in politics. In the fall of 1946 it had started a "make every vet a voter" program by setting up a booth in front of Widener and giving veterans information on candidates and outlining requirements for registration and voting in all the states...
...wanna tell about a club," the old vet said, "ya gotta look at 'em down the middle...
...following years he did less quipping, but he still managed to make small-type headlines. Samples: OLD PETE, BROKE, IN VET HOSPITAL; ALEXANDER COLLAPSES; GROVER ALEXANDER SENT TO BELLEVUE; NECK BROKEN, ALEXANDER WALKS OUT OF HOSPITAL. Last week, at 63, Old Pete's troubles came to an end. Back in St. Paul, Neb., his old home town, he died peacefully in his sleep. Baseball fans, remembering the one-foot difference between hero and bum, remembered the record of one of baseball's greatest pitchers: 373 games won,* 90 by shutout, winning percentage...