Boyle's Christmas Tip Nothing Like a Good Book
Hal Boyle suggests reading as a remedy for TV repair lulls and urges gifting books this Christmas. He lists playful suggested titles tied to famous figures and public personalities, mixing humor with literary encouragement and a nudge to surprise friends with books.
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President Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Adlai Stevenson
Sophie Tucker
Rebel
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Peter
Margaret Rose
Carmine DeSapio
New York
Georgia
Ohio
Michigan
Mister Eisenhower
Mrs. Eisenhower
Prophet
Japanese Diet Members Push for Asian Atomic Center
Three government party members urged U S Ambassador John M Allison to locate the projected Asian atomic energy center in Japan. The center would study peaceful uses of atomic energy. Reports had said the facility might be placed in the Philippines or Ceylon.
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Tokyo
Diet
U. S
John M. Allison
Japan
Philippines
Ceylon
New Guinea Matrons Use Lime and Ashes Along Sepik
Report notes that matrons living along the Sepik River in New Guinea customarily apply lime mixed with ashes as cosmetic makeup during daily life and ceremonies.
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New Guinea
Sepik
Christmas in Australia Bright Heat and Beach Family Time
The piece paints a Christmas in summer with temperatures from 80 to 100 degrees as Australians relax after church. Factories close and families flee to beaches or mountains while keeping Christmas as a family day with English style turkey ham plum pudding and brandy sauce.
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Sydney
Australia
Czech Star George Voskovec on NBC Drama
Biography of George Voskovec traces his escape from Nazis, immigration kerfuffle, and ten months at Ellis Island while proving loyalty to America. He becomes a notable American actor with NBC Armstrong Circle Theater dramatizing his own story.
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New York
Bob Hope
Hitler
Switzerland
United States
Office of War Information
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Paris
Unesco
United Nations Organization
America
Ellis Island
George Voskovec
Filis Island
NBC
Armstrong Circle Theater
Satellites Intensify Propaganda Drive Against West
New York Russia’s Fast European satellites have stepped up propaganda against Western radio broadcasts. Radio Free Europe reports the increase evident since the Geneva summit last July and includes intensified attacks in newspapers magazines and official radio broadcasts.
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New York
Russia
Radio Free Europe
Free Europe
Lip in NBC post keeps Durocher busy and vocal
Ex Giants star Leo Durocher starts at NBC with a reported 50 000 a year job handling varied duties from talent relations to memo writing. He also performs on shows including Ethel Merman and a mock Reds game while denying any return to baseball.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Leo Durocher
TV Network
New York Giants
NBC
Bob Sarnoff
Durocher
Ethel Merman
Cincinnati Reds
O'Toole
Moscow
Fire destroys Swingland Ballroom in Lake View Iowa
A blaze Sunday night at Lake View's Swingland Ballroom destroyed the 70 by 120 foot wooden structure, leaving it burned to the foundation. Owner Fred Shaw estimated damage at 20000 dollars with cause under investigation.
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Lake View
Iowa
Fred Shaw
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