Sidelights On Costello by Winchell
Walter Winchell profiles Frank Costello the notorious NY mob figure. The piece recounts Costello refusing a loan note, his taxicab cash loss and legal fights, his battles with mob rivals and Mayors, and anecdotes with Hylan and LaGuardia. It frames Costello as a powerful, publicized figure amid city politics.
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Walter Winchell
Rank Costello
Schmeaux
Godfreys
Berles
Caesars
Biteseeker
Mr. C
Ostello
LaGuardia
Little Flower
Frank C
Red Cross
Costello
Czech scientists claim alcoholism cure with stopethyl pills
Prague AP reports Czechoslovak scientists claim a new pill stopethyl fights alcoholism. Patients take three or four pills daily for a week, pause, then resume with a gradually reduced dose. The medicine replaces a Danish imported product in use.
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Prague
Denmark
What Every Hearing Aid User Should Know
Copy of a free booklet by an author of a large text on hearing instruments outlines what to know before buying a hearing aid. It answers common questions about size wind cords and battery needs and promises a plain wrapper mailed to Cedar Rapids Iowa with no obligation.
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New York
Hylan
Red Mike
Palm Beach
Costello
Central Park West
8Th Ave
F. C
R. G. Touro
Third Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fulbright Calls for Wide Probe of Government Morals
Washington INS report quotes Senator Fulbright who argues there is a crisis in government morals and urges a complete study of ethics led by a special independent commission. He cites RFC probe results and Kefauver findings as proof of improper conduct, urging broader investigation beyond Congress.
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Washington
INS
Senate Rfc
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Congress
Congressional Committee
RFC
Kefauver Crime Committee
Hoey
Mystic Amazon River Journey From Ocean to Andean Sources
The Amazon measures about 3,900 miles from its Atlantic mouths near the Equator, winding west through Brazil and south through Peru. It culminates in the glacial Apurimac headwaters high in the Peruvian Andes, roughly 120 miles west of Lake Titicaca.
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Amazon River
Equator
Brazil
Peru
Peruvian Andes
Lake
Titicaca
New Atomic Tests Planned at Eniwetok in May
Congressional sources say the United States will test its newest atomic weapons at Eniwetok in the first week of May. The program may include an underwater detonation and a hydrogen bomb related test, with weapons launched from surface ships and possible atomic torpedoes. The operation involves 10,000 plus personnel, many ships, and an estimated cost of at least 25 million dollars.
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Eniwetok
Washington
INS
America
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific
U. S
Marshall Islands
Pacific Atoll
Atomic tests and new joint task force planned
The report notes 14 bombs exploded including Hiroshima and the 1949 Russian blast announced by President Truman. It states no Soviet atomic blast since that announcement. A new Eni Wetek experiments will be run by a joint task force from the army navy air force and the Atomic Energy Commission with Lt Gen Elwood R Quesada commanding Task Force 3.
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Hiroshima
Truman
Atomic Energy
Russia
Eniwetok
Army
Navy
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Elwood R. Quesada
USAF
Joint Task Force 3
Missing Girl 14 Held as Witness in San Diego
Nancy McFate 14 from LeClaire Iowa reportedly in federal custody in San Diego as a material witness in a white slave act case involving Davenport man Larry Zier. Also in custody are Max Chester 20 and James Osborne 16 of Davenport, detained after being picked up in Tijuana and turned over to federal officials.
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Davenport
LeClaire
San Diego
Scott County
Pete Wildman
Nancy McFate
Howard McFate
West
Larry Zier
Zier
U. S
George R. Baird
FBI
Max Chester
James Osborne
Chester
Osborne
Tijuana
Mexico
Get That Tag For the Pooch
City Treasurer Walter E. Miller reminded Cedar Rapids dog owners that the 1951 dogtag deadline is March 31. Licenses cost 2 dollars for males and spayed females, 3 dollars for other females, with a 1 dollar penalty after March 31. Licenses available at city hall or by mail. funds support the Linn County Humane Shelter.
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Walter E. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Miller
Linn County Humane Shelter
Death Takes Former Allamakee Sheriff
John King 68 a former Allamakee county sheriff died Friday night in Iowa City from a heart ailment Born near Waukon he served as deputy four years before becoming sheriff in 1935 He held that office until 1941 moved to Seattle then returned about a year ago Survivors include wife two sons a daughter two sisters and a brother Funeral services are tentatively set for Wednesday morning at St Patrick s church The body is at Martins funeral home in Waukon
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Waukon
John King
Allamakee
Iowa City
Seattle
St. Patrick’s Church
Martin’s Funeral Home
Kit Carson’s Grave Near Taos Highlighted
The famous frontiersman Kit Carson is buried near Taos New Mexico, a town that became his adopted home.
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Kit Carson
Taos, N. M
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Carthage Hydrocol, Inc
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D-Nl
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D-N. C
William K. Hutchinson
Alamogordo
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Reliable Furniture Company
Studios
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Dave No
Duran
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