FCC approves Evansville TV station on channel 7
The FCC granted Evansville Television Inc. a channel 7 TV license in Evansville Indiana, denying On The Air Inc. permission for channel 7. The decision favors Evansville Television due to integrated ownership and active management, with a studio located just outside Evansville under a waived rule.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Evansville Television Inc
Evansville
Ind
On the Air, Inc
GBF
Wmll-Fm
Indiana
Illinois
Rex Schepp
Martinsville
Columbia Broadcasting System
KPHO
Phoenix
Ariz
WFIE
WEHT
Henderson
Evansville-Jarfield
UBF TV
WKLO
Louisville
Hatfield
Rosel H. Hyde
Robert T. Bartley
Channel 7
Evansville Television
Mass Communication Media
Half Billion Dollars Donated To U S Colleges In 1954 55
A survey by the American College Public Relations Association and the Council for Financial Aid to Education shows 748 four year colleges reported 370 030 106 in donations for 1954 55 with total estimated grants and gifts reaching 507 million across the sector. Non alumni donors topped sources at 17 6 percent while endowments accounted for about a third. The study notes higher research grants would push business giving to the top. Ford Foundation grants are included in the totals.
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Washington
American College Public Relations Association
Council For Financial Aid To Education
New York
Wilson Compton
Compton
Ford Foundation
Ford
Marty Wins Best Motion Picture Title in Critics Poll
New York film critics on Tuesday selected Marty as 1955's best motion picture on the third ballot. Mr. Roberts took second place. Ernest Borgnine was named best actor for Marty, and Anna Magnani won best actress for The Rose Tattoo.
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New York
New York Film Critics Tuesday
Marty
Russian oil output to nearly double 1950 level
The Soviet government announced on Tuesday that oil production this year will be almost twice 1950 figures. Petroleum Minister Mikhail A. Erysenko told the Supreme Soviet he would fulfill an 85 percent increase target for the year.
Illinois Education Assn Chief urges tax overhaul for schools
The Illinois Education Association president William H. Carruthers says the state must change its tax structure or limit school activities to relieve heavy local tax burdens. He spoke as about 300 delegates gathered for the association’s 102nd convention.
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Chicago
Illinois Education Assn
William H. Carruthers
Soviet Union
Carruthers
Farm Loans Change Planned
The Agriculture Department announced a reduction in the minimum holding period for insured farm purchase loans before the government can buy the notes. Private lenders must hold loans 5 years instead of 10. The change aims to widen private participation while loan terms for farmers remain unchanged, with loans payable up to 40 years.
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Wasminglon
Agriculture Department
Record Christmas traffic toll spikes past 600 deaths
The holiday period traffic deaths reached 609 with 68 fire fatalities and 105 from other causes, pushing total deaths to 772 for the season. National Safety Council president Ned H Dearborn urges improved driving and New Year restraint. The period ran from Friday evening to Monday midnight, longer than expected.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Summitville
Priscilla Club
Cor
Alexandria
Rosalind Morgan
Safety Council
Tess
Sperry Rand Sues IBM for 90 Million in Treble Damages
Sperry Rand Corp. sues International Business Machines Corp. in federal court seeking 90 million dollars in treble damages alleging IBM tainted business by pressuring users to lease IBM machines instead of buying Sperry Rand products. Thomas W. Watson Sr. denied any violations of antitrust laws and said IBM acted in the legitimate business interests of the company.
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New York
Sperry Rand Corp
International Business Machines Corp
IBM
Martha Tt
Ry Rand
Mrs. Marys
Jane Brewer
Associated Press
Cama
Sperry
Thomas W. Watson Sr
Watson
Doctor's Wife Found Dead After Quarrel
CHICAGO UP Mrs Hazel Todd wife of a suburban physician was found dead December 3 after a family quarrel. Coroner Dr Walter J R Camp said death came from a powerful sleeping drug. Todd, 43, is jailed on murder charges and admitted striking his wife during the quarrel. The coroner will forward the report to the state's attorney for action.
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Chicago
Hazel, Todd
Walter J.R. Camp
Hobart H. Todd
Skokie
Sim
Todd
Walter McCarron
State's Attorney’s Office
Man and wife die minutes apart on farm in North Dakota
In North Dakota over Christmas an elderly farm couple Julius Tellefson and his wife died within minutes of each other from heart attacks. Julius, 75, died at the Hiddenwood home while his 70 year old wife, who reached for the telephone to summon aid, perished before help arrived. Their son Roy found them on Sunday with the wife still holding the telephone receiver.
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Minut
N. D
Julius Tellefson
Hiddenwood Farm
Minot
Roy
Soviet higher education enrollment tops 1.85 million
In Moscow, V P Yelyutin reports 1,856,000 students in Soviet higher education with 727,000 studying and working. He claims Ukraine hosts more schools than Britain, France, Greece and Holland combined as part of the 1956 budget debate and defense spending cuts. Safety belts roll out on 1600 America Fire Insurance Group cars.
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Soviet Union
V. P. Yelyutin
Ukraine
Britain
France
Greece
Holland
Yelyutin
Council
Safety Bests
Des Moines, In
America Fire Insurance Group
Local clubs host Christmas gatherings and yearend notices
A Keenan gathering at Olive Bair’s home features vice president Belva Forrest presiding as Doris Frazier conducts contests. Nativity decorations and a Christmas luncheon mark the event. The Ever Ready Club held a dinner and party with gifts and prizes at Edith Warner’s home. next meeting set for January 25. Summitville school closes for Christmas break.
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Waven
Marjorie
Mary McLain
Esther
Lis
Madelyn Wimelick
Dorothy
McMahan
Martha van Ness
Ious
Ly Ware
Lois
Long
Grace Eines
Indiana
Grover van Ness
aSaca
van Bien Darsott
Kentucky
Michimen
Minnesota
Olive Bair
Souri
Nebraska
Doris Frazier
North Dakota
Ohio
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Belva Forrest
Ray Merrill
Rowena
Harvey Warner Jr
Alicia
Latter
Summitville
Longest American Marriage Ends as Hartley Dies at 96
Sagle Idaho reports the death of Benjamin J Hartley 96 ending an 80 year marriage to Drusilla Hartley. The couple wed in Tennessee at age 16 and had lived with their son Leo Hartley in Idaho since 1938 after moving from Kansas. Hartley died following a July 12 fall on his son's farm with his wife and Leo present.
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Sagle
Idaho
Ben
Drusilla Hartley
Benjamin J. Hartley
Tennessee
Here
Leo Hartley
Leo
Hartleys
Kansas
Elderly Woman Hauls Hidden Cash After Death in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota an 80 year old woman Ida Cushner died Sunday leaving nearly fifty thousand dollars hidden in her room at a boarding house. Officials recovered over thirty four thousand dollars in cash and twelve thousand in bonds and securities stored in cans jars trunks and purses. Some cash including a stack of twenty three one thousand dollar bills was found wrapped in rags.
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Duluth
Minn
Ida Cushner
Alma Mithun
Verdict delayed in fatal Freels double shooting case
In South Bend Indiana a coroner's verdict was postponed while investigations continue into the fatal shooting of Gentry Y. Freels 47 and his wife Nina 45 at their home. The couple were found after a gunfire incident with a 20 gauge shotgun and a revolver involved.
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South Bend
Ind
Gentry Y. Freels
Nina
Freels
Oakland
Calif
Wood
Soanes
Oakland Tribune
Geen
Brothers Meet In Unusual Way In Wisconsin Crash
Three brothers in Superior Wisconsin were involved in a head on car collision Tuesday. Fred Monaghan 21 drove his car into another vehicle driven by Patrick Monaghan 24. Ambulance crewman was Wilbur Monaghan a third brother who attended to Fred.
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Superior, Wis
Fred Monaghan
Headon
Patrick
Fred
Wilbur Monaghan
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