Buick 1950 Models Cut Prices With Roomier Bodies
Buick announces 1950 models with stronger engines, roomier bodies, and lower prices across seven cars in the Super and Roadmaster lines. New jetback and fourback bodies, redesigned dashboards, push button door locks, dual map lights, and a 7.2 to 1 compression ratio mark the changes. The Roadmaster and Super gain improved performance and a deluxe added to the special series, with a torque converter transmission standard on the Roadmaster.
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David J. Wilkie
Associated Press
Flint
Mich
Buick
Spy Ring Figure's Ex Weds Vanderbilt Kin in New York
The New York Sun says Anita Cohen Boyer, ex wife of Canadian atomic spy suspect Dr. Raymond Boyer, married Frederick Vanderbilt Field of New York on July 17. The ceremony took place in Las Vegas Nevada, and Field is described as a great grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the family fortune.
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New York
New York Sun
Anita Cohen Boyer
Montreal
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
the Sun
Boyer
Raymond Boyer
Field
Las Vegas
Ney
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Britain Critics Name Top Films and Stars of 1949
The London Daily Express tribunal awards The Third Man best film of 1949 with Orson Welles among the cast. Edith Evans is actress of the year for The Last Days of Colwyn and The Queen of Spades. Alec Guinness and Richard Todd tie as actors of the year. Fred Astaire earns honorable mention. Script honors go to Compton Mackenzie and Angus MacPhail for Whiskey Galore. Special award honors Passport to Pimlico Whiskey Galore and Kind Hearts and Corridors.
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London
Screen Folk
London Daily Express Film Tribunal
Carol Reed
Vienna
Harry Lime
Orson Welles
Dame Edith Evans
Alec Guinness
Richard Todd
Fred Astaire
Compton MacKenzie
Angus McPhail
Tadios
Evelyn Waugh
Leigh Ashton
Victoria and Albert Museum
Anona Winn
Leonard Mosley
The
Daily Express
C. A. LeJeune
London Sunday Observer
Kenneth Clark
National Gallery of Art
Two Harlem Prison Inmates Stabbed in Farm Fight
Two inmates from Harlem State Prison Farm, Pete Navarro and Medar do Silva, were stabbed in a fight and are in critical condition at Central Prison Farm Hospital. Navarro, 41, serving 15 years for felony theft, was stabbed six times. Silva, 35, serving 30 years for robbery, was slashed on the face and arms. The warden said five attackers targeted the trusties in a farm tank or dormitory.
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Sugar Land
Harlem State Prison Farm
Joe Hines
Pete Navarro
Harris County
Medardo Silva
Central Prison Farm Hospital
Navarro
Silva
Hines
Death of Matthew Caldwell Known Indian Fighter and Texan Leader
Matthew Caldwell born 1798 in Kentucky and long associated with Texas military actions died December 28, 1842 in Gonzales. He led Texans at Plum Creek and commanded during the Santa Fe Expedition before being imprisoned in Mexico until 1842. His death followed hardships endured in captivity.
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Matthew
Caldwell
Kentucky
Sabine County
Plum Creek
Mexico
Woll
San Antonio
Gonzales
Rio Grande
Vet Federal Official Seeks Senate Seat
Albert Levitt an assistant attorney general under three presidents announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate in California. He challenges Democrat Sheridan Downey as fellow candidates Richard Nixon and Helen Gahagan Douglas also vie for the seat. Levitt previously served as special assistant to the attorney general during Harding Coolidge and F D R administrations and was a Virgin Islands district court judge.
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Los Angeles
Albert Levitt
Esday
United States Senate
California
Senate
Sheridan Downey
Richard Nixon
Whittier
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Levitt
Harding
Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
District Court of the
Truman Enjoys Pleasant Christmas Visit and Chili
President Truman spent a five day Christmas visit in Independence Missouri mixing routine work with friend greeting. He attended a party at the Blevins home, met William Forrest Smith and John Hendren, and sampled Ernie Ahlfeldt’s six gallon chili made with beef tenderloin peppers and beans.
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Truman
Missouri
Ernie Ahlfeldt
Blevins Vis
Davis
Washington
Rufus Burruss
Muehlach
White House
Charlies G. Ross
Forrest Smith
John Hendren
J. E. (Buck) Taylor
Forrest C. Donnell
J. Vivian Truman
Mary Jane ‘Truman
Roger’ T. Sermon
Ahlfeldt
Treasury Department
Alcohol Tax Unit
Secret Service
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Richter
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LeBlanc Corporation
Latayene
Louisiana
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Mr. Perkins
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Lucien
Mississippi
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Jeanerette
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Mobile
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