Lowell Thomas still a radio fixture after 37 years
AP profile recalls Lowell Thomas as a multitalented figure: veteran CBS radio newscaster at 6:45 nightly for decades, adventurer, author of 52 books, and Quaker Hill developer. Born in Ohio, he rose from mining-town youth to global broadcaster, balancing travel, family life, and occasional TV work while preserving his disembodied voice and steady, fact-focused reporting style.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Lowell Thomas
Ad‘venturer
Ith the Duke of Windsor
Arctic
Tibet
Lawrence of Arabia
Count Felix von Luckher
Quaker Hill
Pawling
N.Y
Lowel Thomas
Cinerama
Thomas
Floyd Gibbons
CBS
Gibbons
William Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
NBC Radio
Brooks Brothers
Ohio
Lowell
Colorado
T. E. Lawrence
Arabia
Allenby
United States
London
Fran
the Nightly Voice
Lowell Thomas, Sr
Big Demonstration Supporting U. S. Held In The Hague
In The Hague a large pro American demonstration gathered about two thousand participants to back the United States and counter anti American protests. The marchers pressed to the U S Embassy where Ambassador William R Tyler received a delegation with thanks. Counter demonstrators handed out pamphlets and staged smoke bomb incidents as arrests were reported. The ambassador reportedly had tears as he acknowledged the support.
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Hague
Netherlands
United States
U.S
William R. Tyler
Charcoal House Restaurant on Riverside Drive Quotation
A famous quotation attributed to Epicurus on wealth contrasts with possessions and wants. The note mentions the Charcoal House Restaurant located on Riverside Drive as context for the quotation.
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Epicurus
Charcoal House
Riverside Drive
Fuller To Teach Course On Community Development At Shaw
Raleigh Negro activist Howard Fuller will teach a course in community organization and development at Shaw University in Raleigh. Fuller, linked to the Foundation for Community Development in Durham, resigned from UNC Chapel Hill and faced arrest charges in Durham, later acquitted on assault and appealing a four month sentence.
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Raleigh
Howard Fuller
Shaw University
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Foundation For Community Development
Durham
James E. Cheek
Shaw
Fuller
UNC
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