FCC authorizes Evansville TV station on channel 7
The FCC approved Evansville Television Inc to operate a channel 7 TV station in Evansville Indiana, dismissing On The Air Incs competing channel 7 bid. Evansville Television favored for integrated ownership and active management, with a studio permitted just outside Evansville. Two commissioners dissented citing unresolved UHF VHF unmixing.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Evansville Television Inc
Evansville
Ind
On the Air, Inc
WGBF
Wmll-Fm
Indiana
Illinois
Rex, Schepp
Martinsville, Inc
Columbia Broadcasting System
KPHO
Phoenix
Ariz
WFIE
WEHT
Henderson
Evansville-Jarfield
WKLO
Louisville
Hatfield
Rosel H. Hyde
Robert T. Bartley
Channel 7
Evansville Television
Mass Communication Media
Marty Wins Picture Honor by New York Critics
New York film critics group of 16 from seven newspapers and associations named Marty best motion picture of 1955 on the third ballot. Ernest Borgnine was cited for the best acting in Marty and Anna Magnani won best actress for The Rose Tattoo.
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New York
New York Film Critics Tuesday
Marty
Mr. Roberts
Ernest Borgnine
Anna Mangnani
Russian Oil Output Set for Major Rise This Year
MOSCOW (UP) Russia plans an 85 percent increase in oil production this year compared with 1950. Petroleum Minister Mikhail A. Erysenko told the Supreme Soviet that the eastern regions now produce 58 percent of output, up from 6 percent before World War II.
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Moscow
Russia
Mikhail A. Erysenko
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Half Billion in Grants Aid U.S. Colleges and Universities
A survey by the American College Public Relations Association and the Council for Financial Aid to Education finds 1954-55 donations to 748 four year institutions totaling about 507 million dollars, with endowment and capital funds making up over a third and non alumni gifts the largest single source.
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Washington
American College Public Relations Association
Council For Financial Aid To Education
New York
Wilson Compton
Council
General Welfare Foundations
Compton
Ford Foundation
Ford
Farm Loans Change Planned
The Agriculture Department announced a reduction in the required holding period for insured farm purchase loans from 10 to 5 years before the government may buy the notes. The change aims to spur private participation without altering loan terms. Loans run up to 40 years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Illinois Education Assn Leader Urges Tax Reform
President William H. Carruthers told about 500 delegates at the 102nd annual convention in Chicago that Illinois must overhaul its basic tax structure or limit school activities. He said reliance on local property taxes imposes a heavy burden on real estate owners and urged action to relieve schools from that burden.
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Chicago
Illinois Education Assn
William H. Carruthers
Carruthers
Association
90 Million Suit Filed By Sperry Rand Against IBM
Sperry Rand Corp sues International Business Machines Corp for 90 million dollars in treble damages alleging interference with normal operations and a shift by customers from buying to leasing IBM machines. Thomas W. Watson Sr. denies any violation of antitrust laws or adverse conduct.
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New York
Sperry Rand Corp
International Business Machines Corp
IBM
Sperry Rand
Sperry
Thomas W. Watson Sr
Watson
Man and Wife Die Minutes Apart in Christmas Tragedy
In Minot North Dakota an elderly farm couple Julius Tellefson 75 and his wife 70 died within minutes of each other from heart attacks over Christmas. Julius died at their Hiddenwood farm home and Mrs Tellefson reached for the telephone to call for help but died before aid arrived discovered by their son Roy and his family.
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Minot
N. D
Julius Tellefson
Hiddenwood Farm
Roy
Soviet higher education gains 1.856 million students
Moscow reports 1,856,000 higher education students in the Soviet Union with 727,000 studying and working at once. V P Yel yutin states Ukraine has more schools than Britain, France, Greece and Holland combined as part of a budget debate in the Council of Nationalities.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
V. P. Yelyutin
Ukraine
Britain
France
Greece
Holland
Yelyutin
Council of Nationalities
Supreme Soviet
Parliament
Fire Insurance Group Equips Fleet With Safety Belts
Des Moines Indiana. The America Fire Insurance Group outfits its 1600 passenger cars with safety belts to improve in-vehicle safety for drivers and passengers.
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Des Moines, In
America Fire Insurance Group
Priscilla Club Holds Meeting in Summitville
In Summitville the Modern Priscilla Club held a Christmas luncheon at the Corner Cupboard near Alexandria with Rosalind Morgan as host. Mrs. Martha Van Ness led the business session after a literary talk by Mary Jane Brewer. Next meeting set for Jan 11 at Mrs. Grover Van Ness.
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Summitville
Priscilla Club
Alexandria
Rosalind Morgan
Martha van Ness
Mary Jane Brewer
Mesdames
Marjorie Prough
Mary McLain
Esther Inglis
Madelyn Himelick
Dorothy McMahan
Martha VanNess
Lilly Warner
Floa Black
Edith Long
Lois
Long
Grover VanNess
van Buren Democrat
Olive Bair
Doris Frazier
Belva Forrest
Rowena Latter
Latter
Coroner delays verdict in Freels double shooting case
In South Bend Indiana a coroner's verdict was postponed Tuesday as detectives probe the fatal shooting of Gentry Y. Freels aged 47 and his wife Nina 45 found in their home. Freels lay ill and was found Monday night with a 20 gauge shotgun across his knees. Nina Freels was shot in the back.
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South Bend
Ind
Gentry Y. Freels
Nina
Freels
Record Christmas traffic toll hits new year fears
The Associated Press reports 609 traffic deaths during a 78 hour Christmas period with 68 fires and 105 other accidental deaths. States list Illinois 40 Ohio 40 Michigan 40 Wisconsin 21 among totals, while safety leaders urge better driving.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Misssouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Longest U.S. marriage ends as Ben Hartley dies at 96
Sagle Idaho remembers Benjamin J Hartley who died at 96 after an 80 year marriage to Drusilla Hartley. He wed his childhood sweetheart in Tennessee at age 16 and had been in declining health after a fall at his son Leo Hartley’s farm on July 11. He died with his wife and son present. the couple moved from Kansas in 1938 to live with their family.
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Sagle
Idaho
Ben
Drusilla Hartley
Benjamin J. Hartley
Tennessee
Here
Leo Hartley
Leo
Hartleys
Kansas
Elderly Woman Left Nearly Fifty Thousand In Room Cache
In Duluth Minnesota an 80 year old woman died and a room in a boarding house contained nearly 50 000 dollars. Officials reported 34 000 in cash and 12 000 in bonds hidden in cans cups jars trunks and purses. Money was found in rags tied around bundles. The deceased was Ida Cushner and she lived with sister Alma Mithun.
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Duluth
Minn
Ida Cushner
Alma Mithun
Doctor's Wife Found Dead After Quarrel
CHICAGO UP Mrs Hazel Todd wife of a wealthy suburban physician was found dead Dec 3 after a family quarrel. Coroner's physician said she died of a powerful sleeping drug. Dr Hobart H Todd 43 of Skokie faces murder charges and says the report clears him.
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Chicago
Hazel Todd
Walter J.R. Camp
Hobart H. Todd
Skokie
Todd
Coroner to Send Report on Domestic Incident to State Attorney
Coroner Walter McCarron said the report on the domestic incident would be forwarded to the state's attorney's office for a decision on possible charges. The remarks followed an argument in which a woman was allegedly slapped during the dispute.
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Walter McCarron
State’s Attorney's Office
Bedford tavern owner shot. 21-year-old held
Roy Neal a 51-year-old tavern owner died from pistol fire through a tavern door in Bedford. Paul Owens aged 21 surrendered to police shortly after the Christmas Eve shooting and was held without charge.
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Bedford
Ind
Paul Owens
Roy Neal
Owens
Five Haynes Stellite workers hurt in vat explosion
Five workers from Haynes Stellite Co. were hospitalized with serious injuries after a vat of hot water and molten metal splashed when hot metal fell into it. The incident occurred Tuesday in Kokomo, Indiana, sending a safety response to St Joseph's Hospital.
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Kokomo, Ind
Haynes Stellite Co
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Brothers Meet In Unusual Car Collision
Three Monaghan brothers were involved in a head on crash near Superior Wisconsin on Tuesday. Fred Monaghan 21 suffered head lacerations and was treated at the scene Patrick Monaghan 24 was the other driver and Wilbur Monaghan helped ambulance transport.
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Superior, Wis
Fred Monaghan
Headon
Patrick
Fred
Wilbur Monaghan
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