Editors Battle in Bermuda Shorts Contest in Columbus
In Columbus Georgia editors from Alabama and Georgia stage a lighthearted showdown at Kirvens department store wearing Bermuda shorts and long trousers. Participants include Grover Hall Jr Neil C Davis Sylvan Meyer Joe Parham and Bob Brown with judges from New York Alabama and Georgia to determine the best dressed knee display.
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Don Wasson
Columbus Ledger
Associated Press
Columbus
Georgia
Alabama
Kirven’s
Grover Hall Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Neil C. Davis
Lee County
Bulletin
Sylvan Meyer
Gainesville
Meyer
Albany
Brown
Davis
Parham
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Macon
John Bloomer
Carlton Johnson
Tom Sellers
Ray Jenkins
Advertiser
Hall
Emporium
Department Store
New York
Frank Kirven
Tin-base Alloys Used in Costume Jewelry and Ornaments
Tin-base alloys see wide use in costume jewelry and ornamental handles for tableware. The material’s versatility supports decorative items as well as functional parts in household wares.
Typing Task Load Figures From Historic Study
Engineers report a historical finding that the average typist completes about 14,745,000 keystrokes annually. The estimate reflects total typing activity across all tasks and contexts used in the study.
Remarried Airman's Wife Faces Choice Between Husbands
In Cisco Grove California 20 year old Mrs. Alfred Fine, remarried after her airman husband was listed missing, prepares to visit A2C Daniel Schmidt returning from captivity in China. Her 24 year old son accompanies her as she weighs returning to Schmidt or staying with her husband.
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Cisco Grove
Calif
Alford Fine
Daniel Schmidt
Cour D’alene
Idaho
High Sierra
Schmidt
Danny
Fine
Air Force
Clapp Resigns NY City Deputy Administrator Post
Gordon Clapp, former TVA chairman, resigns from his $20,000 a year post as deputy city administrator in New York City. A City Hall statement says he is leaving to take new opportunities.
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New York
Gordon Clapp
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Clapp
Nightmare Ends as Folsom Denies Extradition
Frank A. Beverley, living as a model California citizen under the alias of Oscar Fred Twildahl, learns his Alabama prison record will not trigger extradition. His past crime involved embezzling $150. he served two years of a one to five year sentence. His wife stood by him as friends and bail bondsman Abe Spiegelman supported him.
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Los Angeles
Frank A. Beverley
Frank A. Bverley
Alabama State Penitentiary
Beverley
Oscar Fred Twildahl
Twildah
California
Beverleys
Alabama
Abe Spiegelman
Spiegelman
Beverly
Court of Municipal
Louis W. Kaufman
Ala
Consulting move links TVA chief Clapp with Lilienthal connection
The report states J. R. Clapp will engage in private consulting work and be associated with David E. Lilienthal, former Atomic Energy Commission chair from 1946 to 1950 and predecessor to Clapp at the TVA. Clapp took the city post last year after his TVA chair term ended and was not renewed by President Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Clapp
TVA
Eisenhower
Three Men Held In Rifle Attack Near Capitol Transit
LITTLE ROCK three men were held without charge after a rifle attack on Capitol Transit Co property Monday night. About 10 pm shots hit two 15 000 gallon fuel tanks guarded by firm staff. Prosecutor Frank Holt said Simpson 19 and Smith 31 signed statements tying themselves to planning the shooting while George Royce 26 refused to talk.
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Little Rock
Struck
Capitol Transit Co
Frank Holt
Clarence Lee Simpson
Clarence Lee Smith
George Royce
Holt
Simpson
Smith
Strike Halts 178 AFL Mechanics Over Contract Talks
Both contended Royce did the shooting and said they planned with him but withdrew from active involvement. The four day AFL and mechanics strike followed failed contract talks with a demand for a 14 cent hourly wage increase. existing scale ranged from $1.31 to $1.61.
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Royce
Afls
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Equinox
nColumbus
Amy
Goidel’s Drug Store
See Ave. & W. Decatur
George Connelly
Veronica Connelly
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Veronica
Mary Lawler
Queens
By Leonard Lefkow
N.Y
Sterchi
NORGE
Troy
Souths
2Nd Ave
Frank Beverley
Folsom
Bama
Doris Day
James Cagney
Love Me
Princess
Avy
HERTZ
Decatur Transit
Dyno
APEX
H.P
South
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