NBC Sticks With Chevalier Amid Past Flops
NBC continues to back Maurice Chevalier for next season despite previous TV flops. Fran Warren eyeing Belle Baker biopic on television. Eddie Bracken shifts to drama in Awake with Fear on Alcoa. Industry forms Arts and Sciences Academy with Bing Crosby as honorary chair and Nat King Cole among board.
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Indianola Girl Elected Governor of Girls State
Judy Pilmer of Indianola won the post of governor at the Winkeye Girls State event, defeating Jager Anon Lamparek of Cedar Rapids. Federalists swept several top offices including lieutenant governor Karen Branson and secretary of state Katherine Ray, with other nationalists and Federalists winning in various roles.
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Four En Route for Visit at Hospital Injured in Crash
Four people traveling to visit a Marshalltown hospital were treated as patients in an ambulance after a two car collision on a rural road 344 miles east of Toledo around 10 a.m. Thursday. Calvin L. Adkins of Montour and three passengers Mrs. Adkins Bonnie and Mrs. Ernest Klenk Toledo were injured. Adkins had a broken knee and others severe facial lacerations. Lance Wacha 17 Toledo escaped serious injury.
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Hoover Foundation names officers and trustees in West Branch
The Hoover Girthplace Foundation re elected Louis L. Strauss national chairman of the Serbert foundation and named Walter Harnischfeger of Milwaukee as trustee. Allan Hoover was named committee chairman to recruit three more trustees while Neil MacNeil joined the executive committee. All current officers and executive members were re elected.
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Reds Retort To Ending of Korean Ban
AP dispatch from Panmunjom reports the U.N. command lifting the Korean armistice ban on new weapons. U.S. officials say jets capable of carrying atomic arms may be added but no atomic weapons will be given ground forces. North Korea and China accuse the move of violating the armistice.
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Robinson Jr Sued for Fifty Thousand By Car Passenger
Hollywood news reports Edward G. Robinson Jr was sued for 50000 by Martin Barth who lost sight in one eye when Robinson s car hit four parked cars on June 21 1856 Barth was a passenger in the vehicle The 4 year old son of actor Edward G Robinson was convicted of a misdemeanor drunk driving on June 3 and is serving an all day term at the Los Angeles county jail honor farm
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Rights Bill Put on Senate Calendar
Civil rights supporters won a Senate victory by bypassing the judiciary committee to place the House passed right to vote bill on the calendar. The move, 45 to 39, could allow debate but faces a likely Southern filibuster, easing a major obstacle to civil rights legislation. Cep Leader Knowland led the push with Northern Democratic support.
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Bob Considine’s Mother Dies At 84 In Washington
Sophie Considine mother of International News Service Reporter Bob Considine died in Washington on Thursday at age 66. Born in Baltimore September 17, 1870 she moved to Washington as a child and is survived by four children ten grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. President Eisenhower sent warm greetings on her milestone birthday.
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Iowa Farmers Union names new secretary James Croghan
Maurice O'Reilly announced that the Iowa Farmers Union board selected James Croghan, a Woodbine farmer, to replace Howard Potter as secretary. Potter resigned to start a Rexburg Idaho business.
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Man Returns to Prison After Escape Attempt
Milwaukee George Faust, 31, returned to prison after leaving in September. He said he could not find a job since his release and smashed a service station window to flee, but requested to go back to jail and was sent there.
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Illinois Couple Die in Iowa Crash
A Elmhurst couple Lyle E. Hahan 28 and Juan 28 were killed Thursday afternoon in a fiery crash near Havelock Iowa when their car failed to stop at a junction on highway 17 and collided with a grain truck. Hubert L Fraster 34 Ruthven suffered arm and face burns and was in fair condition at Emmetsburg hospital and driver Fiesler escaped.
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Mamie Eisenhower Returns Home After Hospital Visit
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower left Walter Reed hospital after a three day stay for a routine checkup. Doctors reported everything was fine and the White House noted the examination was normal.
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