Lighter Side: Boxing Probe Spurs Echoes of War and Aging
Dick West narrates a trip to a Senate antitrust hearing on boxing underworlds and promoters with Kefauver and Dirksen. The piece blends satire on the sport with reflections on aging veterans like Harold Russell andStan Allen, noting shifts in generations and the tolls of time.
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Dick West Press International
Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate Caucus Room
Senate Subcommittee On Antitrust and Monopoly
Senatoria
Sens
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Everett M. Dirksen
R-N
Kefauver
Underworld
Alexander Wiley
R Wis
Wiley
Gibson
Truman K. Gibson Jr
Cage
Tional Boxing Club
net _ IBC
Gibon
Cer
Pearl Harbor Day in Washington 1941 Reflections
Washington mourns and recalls December 7, 1941 as Pearl Harbor changed the nation. The piece recounts the press corps rush to cover the attack, censorship pressures, and the sense of national shock amid a quiet Sunday in the capital.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
UPI
mid-Atlantic Seaboard
Secretary of Navy
Navy
House of Representatives
John J. Jouett
National Aeronautical Association
Griffith Stadium
Redskins
United States
Capital Press Corps
Proud of Parachute Memories At War Time
A narrator recalls veteran Russell, fresh from paratrooper school, proud enough to wear a parachute on furlough and stir crowds in Grand Central Station. He reflects on Pearl Harbor memories while friends exchange war tales and jokes about his handicaps and prowess.
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Russell
New York
Grand Central Station
Pearl Harbor
Nead
WMU Program Presented by Mrs J B Nivens
ESTELLINE Special First Methodist WSCS met December 5 in the church for a study by Mrs Joe Bob Nivens. Mrs Nivens gave the devotional and opening prayer was led by Mrs James Futch. The session closed with unison prayer with Mesdames Cecil Adams F E Leary Rab Haoland Lonnie Richbur Nivens and Futch present.
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First
Methodist
WSCS
Joe Bob Nivens
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Frankie Garbo
Estes
Keef’ Rover
Mink Allman
Blinky
Palermo
Warth
Harold Russell
Amvets
Stan Allen
World Veterans Foundation
Saim
Washington, D.C
Steve Early
White House
Louise Hachmeister
Steve
Moo
Army
Montgomery
China
Johann Haviland
Golden Brent
ORION
Gore Everett
Bottie
TOY
WMU
J.B. Nivens
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