U S Debutantes Dance at Palace of Versailles Ball
At Versailles on July 11 debutantes from the United States and France danced in the Orangerie ballroom. Sixty American debs wore white gowns beside 200 French peers while cadets and NATO officers partnered. Hostess Countess of Lafayette welcomed guests as bonbons, champagne, and a palace spectacle framed the event.
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Versailles
France
UPI
Orangerie
Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV
NATO
Mary
Stuart Montague-Price
New York
Washington
Elizabeth II
England
Bonnie
Wilkie
Des Plaines
Ill
Barbara Buchenau
Beverly Hills
Calif
St. Cyr Military Academy
Naval Academy
Polytechnique Engineering Institute
Sorbonne Law School
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers
Europe
Meyer Davis
Orangerie Hall
Debs
Lafayette
Linda Fietcher
Scarsdale
N.Y
Richard Fiez
Nancy Gail Smith
Pelham Manor
N. Y
U. S
Amory Houghton
Paris
Loire Valley
London
El Salvador Leader Lemus Plans U S Visit
The White House says President Jose Maria Lemus of El Salvador will visit the United States early next year. The six day trip, at President Eisenhower's invitation, will begin in Washington with three days of meetings and end touring other regions.
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Washington
White House
Jose Maria Lemus
el Salvador
United States
Eisenhower
Lemus
Ark Builder Sails Giant See Scout to South America
Ex farmer Charles Poliquin launched a 70 foot ark named the See Scout into Minnesota River near North Mankato after a first mudbound failure. Crowds cheered as the 13 ton wooden craft, built with nails and aluminum sheathing, partially filled with water before being pumped out. Poliquin planned a river voyage to the Mississippi Gulf, then Florida, wintering there before a later South American trek.
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North Mankato
Minn
Charles Poliquin
Minnesota River
Poliquin
South America
Sharon Hiller
Rapidan
Ark
See
Minnesota
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Uncle Sam's Land Holds Vast American Vast Territory
Uncle Sam owns about one fifth of the continental United States, totaling 407 900 000 acres or 21 4 percent of the nation s total area.
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Uncle Sam
Continental
United States
Recluse admits fatal shooting of two children in New Mexico
Norman A Foose, a former mental patient living as a recluse in northern New Mexico, confessed to killing a 12 year old girl and a 14 year old boy in Cuba. He said he killed to reduce overpopulation. State police closed in after a dawn chase. Foose was wounded in the foot and taken to Cuba for treatment and questioning. Witnesses identified him as the shooter. The victims were Arlene Cebada and Eddie Cebada.
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Regina
N.M
Norman ‘A. Foose
New Mexico
Faose
Foose
Cuba
Lonely Mountain
Fonse
Sam Hill
Milton Matteson
Dist. Atty
Paul Robinson
Sandoval
Rudy Montoya
Robinson
State Mental Hospital
Blackfoot
Idaho
Norman Atle Foose
Veterans Administration Mental Hospital
Salt Lake City
VA Hospital
Bernalillo County Indian Hospital
Albuquerque
Richard Velarde
Vernor Weldon
Arlene Cebada
Pedro Cebada
Eddie Cebada
Petra Cebada
State Victory Seen in Milk Price Order
Dairy leaders predict Connecticut farmers will win a separate milk price order as hearings at the state capital adjourn after days of testimony. Observers say the proceedings set a record for length and Ken E. Geyer, head of the Connecticut Milk Producers Assn, expects an order close to the producers’ original proposals.
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Martford
Connecticut
State
Ken E. Geyer
Connecticut Milk* Producers Assn
Bobby Locke to wed Miss Fenton in London ceremony
Bobby Locke, South African golfer and four time British Open winner, will marry Mary Elizabeth Fenton of Rutland in London later this month. Fenton’s mother announced the engagement. After the wedding the couple will reside in Johannesburg. Locke became a pro in 1938, served as a WWII RAF pilot, and came to the United States in 1947. Fenton is a Wellesley graduate and former OSS analyst now with Central Vermont Public Service Corp. The marriage date has not been released.
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Rutland
Bobby Locke
Mary Elizabeth Fenton
London
Miss Fenton
Walter S. Fenton
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tocke
United States
Wellesley College
Office of Strategic Services
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Purtell Seeks Funds for Connecticut Harbor Projects
Sen. William A. Purtell proposes Senate legislation to provide 1.541 million dollars for Connecticut water projects authorized last week after President Eisenhower signed the bills. He aims to fund a Bridgeport harbor pre-construction survey and dredging, plus smaller allocations for three dams in the Winsted Torrington area, beach erosion work along Saugatuck to Byram rivers, and East River to New Haven harbor. The package is part of a 30 million dollar Connecticut share of 1.12 billion nationwide water projects.
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Washington
William A. Purtell
R-Conn
Senate
Connecticut
Eisenhower
Congress
Purtell
Bridgeport Harbor
Purnell
Winsted- Torrington
Mad River
Hall Meadow Brook
East Roat
Saugatuck
Byram
East River
New Haven Harbor
Littleville Reservoir
Massachusetts
Bobwhites May House Sixteen Eggs In A Brood
The passage notes bobwhites usually hatch a single brood annually but may produce from six to eighteen or more young, describing a range larger than standard expectations and highlighting variability in brood size.
Strippers Arrested in New Orleans Raids
Orleans Parish Chief Investigator Johnny Grosch leads a two week drive to purge Bourbon Street of strip clubs as he raids the Quarter arresting 21 strippers, owners, and barkers. He warned no more filthy dancing until workers take legitimate jobs or return home.
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New Orleans
UPI
Bourbon Street
Orleans Parish
Johnny Grosch
French Quarter
Grosch
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