Ike Plays With Best But Golf Average
President Eisenhower is portrayed as an average golfer who enjoys speed on the first tee, dislikes losing balls, and remains unsatisfied with his score. The piece notes his absence from DAR and ASNE gatherings, explains rotation among major press events, and mentions his Augusta tan and pre Georgia sun exposure.
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Merriman Smith
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Eisnhower
Cally
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Eisen
Sisters of the Dar
Augusta
Georgia
Last Link In Paved Mexico Canada Road Dedication
The Canadian River Bridge on SH 70 near Pampa Texas, the last link in a paved highway from Canada to Mexico, is set for dedication April 29. The two mile span and its approaches opened to traffic Friday, connecting SH 70 with US 277 and US 83 to form a border to barrier route. E H Thornton Jr and other Highway Commission members will attend the dedication, with former commissioner Robert Lee Bobbitt speaking at a banquet that night.
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Pampa
Tex
Canada
Mexico
U.S. 277
U.S. 83
E. H. Thornton Jr
State Highway Commission
Graham Pipes His Talks In Churches
Glasgow report says Billy Graham announced that sermons piped by telephone to churches across Britain are drawing four times as many converts as his Tell Scotland crusade meetings. He told a Kelvin Hall crowd that about 3,682 listeners made decisions for Christ, with 400 stepping forward at the Glasgow event. He noted church hookups extend to Northern and Southern Ireland and that London listeners exceed last year’s single meeting attendance.
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Glasgow
Billy Graham
Britain
Scotland
Kelvin Hall
Graham
England
Ireland
Christ
London
Prize Givers Stir in Honolulu Baby Contests
Photographer Gordon Morse of the Honolulu Advertiser photographed two of his three children winning local baby contests in Honolulu. The prizes were free photos of his children.
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Honolulu
Gordon Morse
Wounded Swedish Ship Sails For Australia
The freighter Parramatta sailed from Long Beach for Australia after owners posted 1,314,000 to cover damage suits from a collision with the yacht Suomi. Five yachtsmen died in the crash as the Parramatta’s lookout was below decks making coffee when the ship struck the Suomi off Point Armuela at 4 am Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Parramatta
Australia
Point Armuela
Air Force cuts 241 officers and civilians for loyalty risks
Maj. Gen. J B Cave roles testimony to a House subcommittee shows the Air Force has dropped 241 officers and enlisted personnel since 1949 for loyalty and security concerns and removed 9123 civilian workers since 1947. None were spies for Russia. Some had affiliations or sympathies with the Communist movement. Civilian cases include 34 suspensions and 460 in processing.
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Washington
Air Force
House Appropriations
J.B. Caveroll
FBI
Office of Special Investigations
Carroll
Russia
Communist Movement
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SEARS
Apc
Boyville Jr
Washfast Rayon
Hercules
Texas Ave
Baytown, Tex
Patricia Wall Inset
Pittsburgh
Michael J. Joyce
International Soundphotos
Ike
Hower
American Newspapers Publishers ’Association
A.P
Anpa J
New York
Mexico-Canada
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Monn Stores
Miss Norway
Sandy Young
Gonibye
Los Angeles
Nienort
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