Mill City Actor Jim Arness Too Tall for Screens
Minneapolis native Jim Arness stands six foot six and has faced repeated rejections for leading roles because his height eclipses Hollywood stars. After Army service and theater work he won parts in The Farmer's Daughter and Battleground, then Big Jim McLain with John Wayne. Now he appears opposite Victor Mature in Prince of Baghdad and hopes tall-star roles pave the way to stardom.
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Mill City
Hollywood
Jim Arness
Jim
Minneapolis
Dan Dailey
Loretta Young
Alan Ladd
Ladd
Dove Schary
MGM
the People
van Johnson
Clark Gable
Robert Fellows
John Wayne
Wayne
Big Jim McLain
Victor Mature
Raps Children's Singing of Carols
In Birmingham England the vicar of St Peter's Church denounces children singing carols for pennies at Christmas. He calls it a racket and a relic of past hardship, urging donors to demand full carols for value and noting most children only know a few verses.
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Birmingham
England
Church of England
Guy Stanbridge
St. Peter’s Church
Seaton Dies at 70, Kansas Publisher Built Four-State Media
Fay N. Seaton, publisher of the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle, died last night at age 70 after years in poor health. He built a newspaper and radio group across Kansas Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. Survived by his widow and sons Fred M. Seaton Richard M. Seaton.
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Manhattan
Kan
Fay N. Seaton
Seaton
Manhattan Mercury Chronicle
Fred M. Seaton
U. S
Nebraska
Hastings
Neb
Tribune
Richard M. Seaton
Coffeyville
Journal
Kansas
South Dakota
Wyoming
Egg with a second yolk cracks breakfast mystery
In Middle Lake Canada Art Lemon reports a boiled egg containing another complete egg with its own shell and yolk when he split the breakfast egg. This unusual find sparked curiosity about egg formation and shell integrity.
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Middle Lake
Canada
Art Lemon
Communist China tightens control with new agencies and abolished provinces
Peiping radio reported the Government Council expanded central supervision over local governments. It abolished Ping Yuan province, reallocated 29 counties to Shantung, 27 counties plus two towns and an industrial area to Ponan, and split Chahar between Shansi and Hopeh. New bodies include a state planning committee led by Kao Kang and a physical culture and athletics commission with Gen. Ho Lung, among others.
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Peiping Radio
Red
San Francisco
Government Council
Mao Tze-tung
Kao
Manchuria
Kao Kang
Sino-Soviet Friendship Association
Mao
Ho Lung
Ministry of Higher Education
Ma Hsu Lun
Chu Tu Nan
Peiping
Reds
Ping Yuan
Shantung
McKay Qualities Seen As Interior Post Near
Oregon Governor Douglas McKay, poised to become Ike’s interior secretary, expects West coast criticism and national scrutiny. He vows impartial federal decisions on power and reclamation and notes heavy pressure from both sides. Secretary to accompany him to Washington with about 10 000 letters and telegrams received.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Douglas McKay
Eisenhower
Interior
West
United States
McKay
Alene Phillips
Washington
Doctors Meet the Public in Radio TV Talks
Doctors present a public health town meeting in Denver hosted by the Colorado Heart Association with findings on rheumatic fever high blood pressure heart surgery and heart exams. A nationwide NBC telecast from Colorado Psychopathic Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital features a cancer cell film and a mental health recovery segment with experts from Cleveland New York Los Angeles and Rochester Minn.
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Denver
American Medical Association
NBC
Colorado Heart Association
AMA
Cleveland
New York
Los Angeles
Rochester
Minn
Colorado Psychopathic Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Los Angeles County Hospital
Defense Department alters casualty totals in Korea report
The Defense Department will stop listing all men killed wounded and missing as casualties in weekly Korea battle reports. Totals will appear for dead wounded and missing, but not labeled as casualties. As of last Friday 127383 American casualties were reported including 20004 killed and 94367 wounded.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Pentagon
Next of
Defense
Delay Eviction of Over Income Tenants in Minneapolis
Public Housing Administration orders a pause on evictions of over income tenants at Sumner Field in Minneapolis. Commissioner John T. Egan says evictions will be delayed pending a full re examination. Senator Humphrey notes more than 40 tenants exceed income limits and seeks a uniform Minnesota policy.
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Washington
Public Housing Administration
Sumner Field
Minneapolis
Humphrey
D-Minn
John T. Egan
Egan
Minnesota
Cork forms the outer surface of an oak species
A botany note explains that cork constitutes the outer protective layer of a species of oak tree, detailing its composition and role in protecting the trunk and providing a buoyant, insulating bark.
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Doan
Ady
Man 69 Given 7 to 15 Years For Beating Death
ALBANY N Y Harry Stahlberg 69 must serve 7 to 15 years in Clinton State Prison Dannemora for beating to death a fellow resident in a county home for the aged. Stahlberg was sentenced yesterday by Judge Martin Schenck in Albany County Court. He had pleaded guilty of first degree manslaughter.
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Albany
N. Y
Harry Stahlberg
Clinton State
Dannemora
Stahlberg
Martin Schenck
Alpenkrauter Laxative Advertises Proven Relief
Mr. Bothen reports relief from constipation after using Alpenkrauter. The ad claims a gentle laxative stomachic action and improved sleep, appetite, and bowels. It touts 18 medicinal herbs in a secret 80 year formula for prompt relief from constipation's miseries.
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Bothen
Forni
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