Global Snippets and Oddities From Around the World
A string of quirky brief items from cities including Charleston Alton Dallas Cologne Washington Salt Lake City Paris Atlanta Barcelona Dallas Vienna. Vignettes cover a Santa letter plea an oil spill drinking water bizarre court remarks a prison pig theft no parking fine lost passport and an elephant stealing travel documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S.C
Santa Claus
Alton
Ill
Mississippi River
Steel Mill Leads Midwest In Reducing Auto Accidents
A midwestern steel mill, praised for its safety program, partnered with state police to cut injuries and raise the region's traffic safety ranking. The initiative uses integrated safety education, stickered employees, belt equipped vehicles, beeping reverse gear alerts, and color coded hats to identify drivers’ skill and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Middle West
Stephen N. Ranich
Indiana
Steelways
American Iron and Steel Institute
Yale Light Display Contest Seeks Cedar Rapids Entries
Three days remain to file entries for the 1955 Christmas Home Lighting contest co sponsored by Iowa Electric Light and Power and Cedar Rapids Playground and Recreation Commission. Deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday. Entries may be mailed to the Recreation Office at 601 City Hall or called to 48121. An auto tour will follow the entries and be published in The Gazette. Displays visible from the street within Cedar Rapids will be judged December 25 to January 1 on artistic effect range spirit originality and use of surroundings. Merchandise certificates will be awarded to the top three in each section with a city champion and runner up chosen from the 12 finalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Hunt
Thirty-sixth Street
Soviet Ball Bearing Factory Impresses American Experts
Three American automation specialists toured the Kaganovich ball bearing plant in Moscow and said they were very impressed. Nevin Bean of Ford Motor Company Albert Hall of Bendix Aviation Corporation and Weldon Brandt of Westinghouse Electric Company observed that the plant produced ball bearings without human hands and noted it as the first and one of the largest in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kaganiovich
Nevin Bean
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Albert Hall
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Weldon Brandt
Westinghouse Electric Company
Pittsburgh
Russia
Europe
British Peer To Marry an American Girl
Lord Porchester, 31, heir to the Earl of Carnarvon, plans a New York wedding to Jean Wallop of Wyoming. The couple met in 1954 at Uckfield House and became engaged last November, with a quiet England-based marriage to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Princess Margaret
New York
Wyoming
Henry George Reginald Molyneux
Herbert Porchester
Earl of Carnarvon
Margaret Set
Lord Porchester
Jean Wallop
Oliver Malcolm Wallop
Big Horn
Wyo
Miss Wallop
Earl of Portsmouth
Porchester
Jean
Britain
Lord
Lady Robert Nevill
Uckfield House
Sussex County
England
Ly. S
Wallop Ranch
George William
Earl of Coventry
Grenadier Guards
Mimi Medart
St. Louis
William S. Medart
France
Mimi
Aparty
West End
Coventry
Croome Court
Worcester
iGrosvenor Square
David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy
Earl of Airlie
Debrett
Ogilvy
Victor Mature
Virginia Fortune Ryan
Canadian Boy Wins Christmas Coloring Contest
A seven year old Montreal boy named Andy Malolepszy won the 1955 Little People’s Christmas coloring contest. His entry, submitted by the Montreal Herald, was chosen from 278 national finalists by NEA Service judges. Andy flew to New York on Trans Canada Air Lines and appeared on Perry Como’s NBC show with a Chevrolet car awaiting him at the Statler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
NEA
Andrew Malolepszy
Andy
Montreal Alouettes
Canada
Montreal
Montreal Herald
NEA Service, Inc
Trans- Canada Air Lines
New York
Perry Como
Thomas F. Troy
the Statler
U.S
Mexico
Man Held For Vagrancy Bond Cash Dismissed
Frederick Reichfelt, 62, booked on vagrancy in St. Petersburg. When confronted for a $15 bond he produced an envelope with $4,805. Charge dismissed under local vagrancy ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Frederick Heinrich Reichfelt
Reichfelt
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Fred B. Walters
Philadelphia
Popeye
Doris Fanning
Doris
Philadelphia Police Department
Fanning
U.S. Senate
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Glausgow Driscoll
Thomas McDermott
Thomas P. Gibbons
McDermott
Samuel Cash
Burdell Beaman
Israel Span
Police Academy
Span
Miss Fanning
Gibbons
Glasgow Driscoll
International News Service
Dallas
Senate
Cologne
Germany
Washington— District of Columbia
Salt Lake City
Anne C. Milne
Paris
Nicolas Tcherkassov
Tcherkassov
Atlanta
Edward Scott Holler
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Barcelona
Spain
Monserrat Ruis Valles
Texas
Vienna
Leopold Stovcek
Rome
Stovcek
Yale
Wallace Hullett
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Lord Algy
Highclere Castle
Newbury
Berkshire County
Letic Blueblood
Hiltbrunner
Big Wmt
Paramount Theater
Iowa
Ford Roberts
WMT
Weet
Towie
Esplanade
Towle
King Richard Cheese Knits
Silver
Prastka
Third Ave
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