Senators Battle Over Air Force Academy Site
The Baytown Sun reports a heated Senate debate over where the new Air Force Academy should be located. Senators from Kansas Nebraska and Illinois argue for their states claiming central geography training advantages. Others push a unification plan for West Point and Annapolis. The commission will decide and report to Air Secretary Talbott.
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Baytown
United States
Hugh Butler
Neb
Charles Lindberg
Lincoln
Nebraska
Albert Gore
Air Force Academy
West Point
Annapolis
Air Force
Senate
Air
Harold Talbott
From the Lower East Side to the Nation’s Bright Signs
In a New York City profile, Sidney Lipkins, a man who rose from a tenement to head a major maintenance firm now lighting 30,000 signs nationwide, recounts his path from artist at a sign company to founder of a sprawling Long Island City headquarters. His tale reflects a drive to rise beyond the maze of poverty in the city’s immigrant neighborhoods.
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New York
Lower East Side
14Th Street
Sidney Lipkins
America
Times Square
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Lincoln Tunnel
Graumman Plane
From notable waxed mustache to Broadway sign cleaner tycoon
Mel Heime profiles Lipkins, a former sign cleaner who built a growing business by selling and repairing electric signs on Broadway. He started with $200 capital, rented desk space for $10 monthly, and now employs 730 regular workers and up to 3000 for special jobs while expanding into electronic controls and traffic signal maintenance.
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Lipkins
Broadway
Lower East Side
Lipking
Oak Ridge
New York
America
Rivington Street
When Old Films Reflect Our Fractured Time
A nostalgic reminiscence on early cinema and the rapid pace of modern life. The piece contrasts a 20th century car breakdown with a graveyard scene from ancestor Hezekiah Osborn, advocating self-reliance and faith over sprawling technology.
Shimmy Queen Gilda Gray returns to spectacle tours
Hollywood veteran Gilda Gray, famed for her 1920s shimmy, previews her comeback at the Turnabout Theater. She derides modern burlesque as imitation, praises a personal style that blends dance with story, and recalls past film roles while noting a recent out-of-court settlement over her Gilda story.
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Gilda Gray
Marilyn Monroe
Siegfeld
Miss Gray
Barbara Stanwyck
Greer Garson
Mary Pickford
Greta Garbo
Clark Gable
Wally Beery
John Barrymore
St. Louis
Betty Grable
Wabash Avenue
Aloma
South Seas
Denver
Columbia Studio
Gilda
Winged Victory Chorus remade into civilian life after Army glory
Twenty five of the 36 members who formed the Winged Victory Chorus in the 43rd Infantry under Maj Gen Kenneth Cramer stayed together after discharge. Organized in 1952 by Sgt Joseph Baris the group toured Europe with two weekly AFN broadcasts and won early praise, even appearing on Eddie Fisher and Danny Kaye tours.
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Winged Victory
Europe
Otyten
Joseph Baris
Kenneth F. Cramer
43Rd Infantry
Meeling Murray Rosen
43Rd
Champion
Origins & Group
Winged Victory Chorus forms new Beacon group
By Jack Gaver the Winged Victory Chorus leaders quit jobs to join the group. Dan Tatum and Charles Green are soloists among members from across the country. Headquarters remain in Beacon at a small hotel with a communal fund covering expenses. Early concerts are sponsored by American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Chambers of Commerce. Ralph Meeker leads in Picnic rising to stage star on tour after New York run ends April 10.
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Dan Tatum
Charles Green
Winged Victory Chorus
Beacon
American Legion
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Chambers of Commerce
Ralph Meeker
New York
You’re Telling Me!. The comic blast on nuclear slang
A playful column by William Ritt jokes about a Michigan scientist padteurizing meat with radioactive “shes” and riffs on the buzz around A-bomb and H-bomb talk. The piece pivots to a light note about household pets in America, noting a rising doe population in the United States and the playful tone persists throughout.
Wife of Interior Secretary Mabel McKay known for cakes
Washington dished a light profile of Mrs. Mabel McKay wife of Interior Secretary Douglas McKay. The piece highlights her cake baking hobby mentions Cabinet peers who praise her, and includes a whimsical angel food recipe with step by step oven temperatures.
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Interior
Mabel McKay
Washington
Harman W. Nicnoll
Eisenhower
McKay
Douglas
Eldon Barret
Salem
Ore
Jenny Rice
Angel
Try And Stop Me MARK TWAIN Quick Thinking Episode
Mark Twain was asked to name his best example of quick thinking. He recalls a Virginia City fire at Central House where Hankinson on the fourth floor could not be reached by ladders. He tossed a rope, told him to tie it around his waist, and pulled him to safety without harm to his whiskers.
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Osborns
Lttle
Osborn
Herz
Hezekiah Osborn
Hezekiah
Mark Twain
Mark
Virginia City
Hankin Son
Hankias
Hankinson
Grab Bag Of Easy Knowledge The Answers Quick
A collage of trivia prompts and answers covering Oklahoma origin, Adlai Stevenson era, ambassador to Canada, landlocked European nations, and the Costa Rican status, plus a birthday greeting to Tom Connally and a quiz segment with historical names and dates.
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Oklahoma
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. S
Dominion of Canada
Costa Rica
Openheimer Advice on War End May Have Changed Course
Washington column notes that Oppenheimer urged the atomic bomb would end the war, while leaders like Leahy Marshall and Groves doubted him. It suggests higher authorities allowed Soviet gains in Asia to secure Red Army help, and questions whether Russia would have been kept from contested territories if his view had prevailed. The piece also covers Viet Nam diplomacy, smuggling, and Congress salary politics.
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Drew Pearson Washington
J. Robertppenheimer
Russia
Kurile Islands
Sakhalin
Staf
Desates Hallveen
Asia
Red Army
Japan
Robert Oppenheimer
U.S
William Leahy
George Marshall
Leslie Groves
United States
Ishima
Nagasaki
Oppenhimer
Viet Nam
Washington
Indo-China
Tra van Kha
Indo- China
Kha
French Union Assembly
Red China
Southeast Asia
Jose
Did You Know And World Facts From Mailbag Notes
George Washington appears on stamps, Martha Washington travels, and the Poinsettia is named for Joek Poinsett who brought it from Mexico. Human eyesight tends to become nearsighted in dim light. The Merry-Go-Round discusses threats to Queen Elizabeth with Scotland Yard collaboration. About 70 percent of the world’s surface is water and a severe earthquake hit the area in 1811.
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Scotland Yard
Elizabeth
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