Sex Stressed On Newstands Probers Seek Censorship Balance
A House special committee weighing porn on magazine stands considers how to protect the public from obscenity without censorship. Witnesses note about 1100 magazines have no purpose beyond pictorial prostitution. Officials seek quicker action under interstate commerce and mail laws to curb objectionable material.
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Harry P. Snyder
Washington
Rep. Gathings
D-Ark
Margaret Culkin Banning
Postoffice Department
Eisenhower picks new aides for defense and security roles
The report names John Foster Dulles as secretary of state designate with James B. Saeeeegeemeent of Harvard heading a conference group including Harold E. Stassen and Roger M. Kyes. Kyes will act as deputy secretary of defense amid the transition, as Hagerty notes no firm link to the Korean War trip. Eisenhower plans quiet weekends until inauguration. church services scheduled.
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Danger
James B. Saeeeegeemeent
Harvard
Eisenhower
Conant
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Brownell
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
Roger M. Kyes
General Motors
Defense
Kyes
Charles E. Wilson
James C. Hagerty
Korean War
Hagerty
Low Bidders To Be Announced Monday
The State Highway Department will announce the lowest bids Monday for road and bridge projects totaling more than 2.5 million dollars. Bids on 21 projects were opened yesterday but not fully tabulated by closing time. The package includes 14 federal state county jobs with five financed by state and county funds and three by federal and state road bonds.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
Princess of Mine and Island of Desire Showings List
Movie listings for MLLE TODAY ROXY SUNSET HATFIELD STRAND RANCH and Ranch venues. Includes film titles such as Because You're Mine Yank In Indo China Island of Desire and Force of Arms with cast listings and showtimes across multiple theatres.
Thirty-Five Small Town Notes and Docket Items
Fifteen cases appeared on the recorder’s docket with offenses including disorderly conduct prohibition violations intoxication on a public street and red light violations. Local residents and visitors announce Christmas plans with families in Decatur Birmingham and Washington among others. A lodge meeting is announced and city payroll timing for Christmas Eve is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder’s Court
Paris presses for Tunisian self rule and Bey’s fate
Paris signals new Tunisian measures as foot dragging continues. The Bey faces pressure from France over governance while rioting and UN action fuel unrest. Reports hint at exile threats to the Bey’s heirs, but officials deny immediate plans.
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Mands
de Hauteclocque
Paris
Chedley
Zakia
Bey
United Nations
Births Soar Above Deaths in Alabama Third Quarter 1952
Alabama State Health Department reports 22,705 births and 6,252 deaths in July to September 1952, excluding still births. The births outnumber deaths by more than three and a half to one.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Health Department
Man Sentenced In Piracy Case
In Tangier International Zone Morocco US Consular Court jailed Sidney H. Paley known as Nylon Sid, 32, of Jersey City, for three years on two counts of aiding piracy tied to the hijacking of 100000 in American cigarettes from a Dutch vessel. Elliott Forrest led the attack on the Dutch motorship Combinatie offshore Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
International Zone
Morocco
U.S
Jersey City
Sidney H
Nylon Sid) Paley
Combinatie
Mediterranean
Spain
Milton J. Helmick
Barbary Coast
Helmick
Paley
New York
Elliott Forrest
Forrest
Esme
Neal Ruge
United States
Vacanti Leads Marines To Win Over Benning
Sam Vacanti a 30 year old former Purdue star threw four TD passes and set up two more as the Parris Island Marines routed Ft Benning 49 to 0 in Tallahassee. A sparse 1138 paying fans watched a rainy Southeastern service football championship game amid a lineup of ex college and pro players.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Sam Vacanti
Purdue
Parris Island Marines
Ft. Benning
Marines
Marine
Vacanti
Ken MacAfee
Billy Granger
Bob Schnelker
Dick Travagline
Phil Dettore
Leo Elter
Billy Hayes
Elter
Hayes
Schneiker
MacAfee
Granger
Travagline
Dettore
Ed Brandenberg
Paul Anders
Parris Island
Anders
George
Ding Dong) Bell
Fall painful incident in Birmingham injures man
Robert Brewer aged 51 was attacked by a dog as it tried to bite him. He kicked at the animal and then fell, suffering mouth injuries. He was treated at Carraway Methodist Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Robert Brewer
Brewer
Carraway Methodist Hospital
Legion seeks probe into VML loan accessibility
The American Legion in Panama City Florida urged formation of a committee to investigate what it calls the inability of veterans to obtain loans through the Veterans Mortgage Loan plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Fla
American Legion
Alaska C124 Crash Kills 52 In Snowbound Flight
An Air Force C124 Globemaster wrecked near Larson Alaska on November 22 killing 52. The accident amid snow delayed recovery as rescuers battled wet ground. Survivors described a high impact crash with bodies scattered and flames burning. The Air Force ordered an overseas safety chief to lead a rapid investigation.
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North Pacific Rim
Korea
Montana
Alaska
Air Force
Here
Militarias
United States
Larson
Antonio
Richard O’keefe
Baker
State Patrol
Charles B. Welker
Clarksville
Tenn
Ferguson
Bobby J. Wilbanks
West Monroe
FBI Probes Wiring On Mobile Rail Line After Alert
The FBI investigated wiring found beneath a Mobile Louisville and Nashville track amid fears of an explosion attempt. Two unidentified Brookley Air Force Base workers reported a man digging near the rail and fleeing. No explosives were found and traffic resumed after a brief halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
FBI
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Pan American
Brookley Air Force Base
H. O. Hawkins
Air Force flight crash probe after low ceiling and snow
The Air Force described a training flight incident with servicemen seeking rides to different U S points. Officials said the cause is undetermined, noting light snow but not declaring it a hazard. The ceiling was 500 feet and visibility two miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
United States
Probers Seek Cause of Globe Master Crash at Moses Lake
Washington dispatch reports a 124 Globemaster crash at Moses Lake Washington killing about 86 servicemen. Investigators from Air Force Navy and Civil Aeronautics Administration search for causes amid prior crashes in the North Pacific Alaska area. Congress may review, with weather cited as a possible factor in most incidents.
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Elton C. Fay Washington
Ph — Stirr
Moses Lake
Wash
Air Force
Navy
North Pacific
United States-Alaska
Congress
Kilday
D-Tex
House Armed Services Committee
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Service Committee
Senate Armed Service Committee, Said: “I Think the Air Force
W. Sterling Cole
Montana
Tactical Air Command
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Toll toll rises in Alabama Christmas tragedy
A midnight crash and home fires lift Alabama’s weekend toll to 13 with six dead in a single wreck near Albertville. Gov. Gordon Persons urged personal responsibility as the state braces for holiday highway deaths, with an estimated 26 expected and 886 accidents during the period.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Highway Patrol
Accident Records Bureau
Albertville
Newton Hilley
Vera
Rose Reynolds
Reynolds
Collie Mae Reynolds
Attalla
Cecil Helms
Boaz
Harold Ray Brewster
Boaz Rt. 2
Birmingham
Juliet Sims
David
Clara Mae Hughes
Willie Harris Thompson
Crash May Be Worst Ever
Casualties from a massive military transport plane crash at Larson Air Force Base Washington appeared to be the worst air disaster in aviation history. Earlier record losses included the Cardiff Wales disaster on March 12 1950 and other notable crashes in Lake Michigan and beyond.
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New York
Larson Air Force Base
Wash
Cardiff
Wales
Lake Michigan
U. S. Air Force
Mont Dore
France
Mediterranean
Oakland
Calif
Crystal Moon
Colo
Constellation
U. S. Navy
Key West
Fla
Markets Report From Decatur Cotton Prices and Grains
Farm markets in Decatur show middling cotton at 33.50 cents and strict low 31.50. No 2 mile at 2.95, No 2 wheat 2.05, No 2 oats 85 cents. No 2 white ear corn 2.10, No 2 yellow ear corn 1.70. Hogs priced at 17.00 cents.
Wall Street posts 1952 high on week of gains
The market closed at a 1952 high as investors debated a potential pause before year end rally. The Associated Press average rose 90 cents for the week to 114.80, led by railroads with 1.9 million shares traded and notable gains for Alleghany, Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central, and Pennsylvania Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Alleghany Corp
Missouri Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Pepsi-Cola
New York Central
Northe
Ohio authorities seek parolee John Lucas on serious charge
Ohio authorities were notified they can pick up John Lucas a 43 year old parolee wanted on a serious case charge. Lucas was arrested by an FBI agent and a deputy sheriff yesterday and signed a waiver for extradition. He had been paroled from a 1943 sentence and is accused in a serious incident involving a Black woman in Cincinnati last May according to the FBI.
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Montgomery
Ohio
John Lucas
FBI
Lucas
Cincinnati
Britain enforces universal conscription for two years
A historical record lists yearly civilian and military aviation disasters and missing flights. It notes dates from December 6 to March 1, detailing aircraft types, locations, and death tolls, including incidents near Bermuda, Alaska, Korea, Sicily, Nice, and Elizabeth New Jersey.
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Bermuda
Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Korea
Brazil
Los Angeles
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Frankfurt
Germany
Nice
France
Sicily
Elizabeth N. J
North Pacific
British Columbia
Disabled Vets Flown Home for Christmas
Two disabled servicemen from Alabama and Louisiana returned home for Christmas as part of Operation Santa Claus. Air Force Cpl. Randall Musick of Boaz lost both arms after electrocution and Marine Pvt. Robert D. Robinson of New Orleans lost a leg from Korean War front injuries. Both were flown from West Coast hospitals to Brookley and will rejoin medical care after the holidays.
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Mobile
Air Force
Randall
Musick
Boaz
Ala
Marine
Robert D. Robinson
New Orleans
Military Air Transport
Neah Bay Air Force Base
Washington
Robinson
Brookley Air Force Base
Gadsden
H. W. Musick
Office Move to Birmingham by U S Pipe & Foundry
U S Pipe & Foundry Co announced the relocation of its general offices from Burlington New Jersey to Birmingham Alabama. The move affects 150 to 175 executives and families and follows the company’s Southeastern growth with plants in Bessemer Birmingham and other sites.
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Birmingham
U. S. Pipe & Foundry Co
Burlington
N. J
U. S. Pipe & Foundry
Bessemer
Ala
Chattanooga
S. Pipe & Foundry
E S. Lawson
United Nations Debates Aggression Definition Amid Cold War Clash
The Assembly debated a 15 nation committee to study a definition of aggression with the United States abstaining. Russia opposed any U N involvement while Gromyko urged the move as essential for peace. Czechoslovakia and Ukraine officials assailed U S policy as hostile to world security.
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Russia
U. N
Britain
France
U. S
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
A. M. Baranovsky
Soviet Ukraine
Gertrud Sekaninova
Czechoslovakia
Economic Committee
Jan Cech
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Legislators Invited to Attend Blue Gray Game
Alabama Gov Gordon Persons invites lawmakers to be guests at the Blue Gray football game for a third year. About 105 House members and 35 senators will watch the North and South all-star teams compete on December 27 in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Gordon Persons
S'Aives
Senators
Five room house with porch on corner lot
Selling a five room residence with sleeping porch and screened back porch. Gas heat available. Located on a corner lot on paved streets at 222 6th Avenue S W. C. R. Ferguson.
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6Th Avenue
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