Another Roosevelt Opens Congress Seat in California
James Roosevelt, eldest son of the late president, moves into an office in the old House building and will be sworn in as representative for California's 26th district. He aims to focus on education, labor, and foreign affairs, while signaling restraint on floor speeches.
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James Roosevelt
Congress
California
Franklin Jr
New York City
Ma “Simmy
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Sam Rayburn
House
Education and Labor Committee
Earl Warren
Stephen A. Mitchell
Air Force hits 1000 B-47s in 1954, SAC reports
Omaha Jan 5 UP The Strategic Air Command announced it received 1,000 B 47 Stratojets since the start of 1954 and logged about 1 million flying hours in 1954. The year saw an all time low accident rate of 13 mishaps per 100000 flying hours. Production of jet B 52 began and the last B 36 was built in 1954. Orders were issued for Convair B 58 and F 105A Voodoo faster than sound planes and for the C 125 jet transport.
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Strategic Air Command
SAC
Houston Interests Buy 1 500 Mexican Cattle
Houston interests announce a major purchase of 4 500 Hereford steers from Hal Mangum Estate Ranch near Muzquiz Coahuila. The cattle will be driven across the border to assist Britiff ranches in Webb and Austin counties and at Lake Prudence La. The Metropolit an Transit Authority seeks a six inch bus width increase to gain more elbow room, per MTA counsel William B. Downey.
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David C. Bintliff
Hal Mangum
Muzquiz
Coahuila
Iff
Webb
Austin Counties
Texas
Lake Prudence
Boston
Metropolitan Transit Authority
MTA
William B. Downey
General Motors to raise 325 million in stock offering
General Motors plans to raise 325 million through common stock sales to fund growth and restore working capital after heavy postwar expansion. President Harlow Curtice and Chairman Alfred Sloan Jr. said funds would help production keep pace with demand. GM stock traded actively on the New York Exchange, closing at 105.13 after a 7.25 rise.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Harlow H. Curtice
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
New York Stock Exchange
General Motors
SHO
Urtice and
Sloan
SEC
Six Point Water Plan Urged By Engineers
The Texas Society of Professional Engineers on January 5 urged a six point program for water resource development in Texas. The plan includes continuing the Texas Water Resources committee with adequate funding, strengthening the state board of water engineers, defining water rights under riparian use, consolidating pollution law enforcement, enabling interim financing with state aid, and authorizing a master plan for statewide water resources utilization.
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Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Texas
Allan Shivers
Frank Drought
San Antonio
Texas Water Resources Committee
State Board of Water Engineers
Board of Water Engineers
Armed Forces Order Rapid Desegregation In Schools
The Defense Department will lift the color bar in all military post schools as soon as practicable and no later than Sept. 1 1955. Fifteen to be integrated at Air Force bases Maxwell MacDill Tyndall Patrick Andrews Randolph Sheppard Lackland Langley and the Army at Pine Bluff Arsenal Fort Sill Fort Bliss Fort Sam Houston Fort Hood.
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Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Justice Department
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Eral
Defense
Charles TH. Wilson
Wilson
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Maxwell
Ala
MacDilllin
Tyndiwl
Patrick
Florida
Andrews
Randolph, Sheppard and Lackland
Texas
Langley
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Ark
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Bliss
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Hood
Purdom marriage blamed on Hollywood life and ego
Mrs. Edmund Purdom says divorce was sparked by Hollywood life and her husband's erratic behavior after he rose to fame. She recalls their London beginnings, the move to America, and their Beverly Hills era amid socialite circles, while hinting at his relationship with Linda Christian and her own plans to resume her career.
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Hollywood
Edmund Purdom
Tita
Purdom
Colony
Ermines
Mink
Edmund
Jekyll and Hyde
Mrs. Purdom
Beverly Hills
the Purdoms
London
Sadler's Wells Ballet
Opera
America
England
Purdoms
Fourdom
Linda Christian
Tyrone Power
Tifa
Beause
Retired Banker Named To Head FOA In Italy
Clarence E. Hill, a retired Minneapolis banker, was named deputy director of the Foreign Operations Administration mission in Italy. Hill has spent the last year as an FOA consultant in Germany and Italy.
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FOA
Italy
Washington
Clarence E. Hill
Minneapolis
Foreign Operations Administration
Hill
Germany
Department Store Sales Rise in Dallas District
Department store sales in the Dallas Federal Reserve district rose 13 per cent in the week ending Christmas Day compared with the same period last year, according to a bank report released Tuesday.
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Dallas
Federal Reserve District
Schenley Industries Buys Park and Tilford Distillers
New York Jan 5 Schenley Industries Inc has purchased a controlling interest in Park and Tilford Distillers Corp for more than 6.5 million dollars it was announced Wednesday Sea birds provide a valuable fertilizer known as guand
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New York
Schenley Industries, Inc
Park and Tilford Distillers Corp
Gleason Signs $5 Million CBS Deal With Stage Show Plan
Hollywood dispatch reports Jackie Gleason signed a $5 million CBS contract to star in a half hour program with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and the June Taylor dancers. He will produce the show through Jackie Gleason Enterprises, with a 15 year exclusive arrangement and $100,000 yearly guarantee if idle.
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Jackie Gleason
Columbia Broadcasting System
General Motors
Gleason
CBS
Funny Man
Tommy
Jimmy Dorsey
June Taylor
Jackie
Jackie Gleason Enterprises
George
Bullets) Durgom
Qeason
Buick
Durgom
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