Moment of truth for Dragnet series? Jack Webb weighs future
AP report on Jack Webb reflecting in New York about Dragnet after seven years on NBC TV. He considers whether the show will continue, notes fatigue in Joe Friday’s partnership, and previews Pete Kelly's Blues pilot while signaling other Mark VII projects.
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Jack Webb
New York
Seville
Broadway
Nbc-Tv
Joe Friday
Joe
Dragnet
Pete Kelly
Stamps Promote Health Education and Medical Honorees
Health educator W. W. Bauer notes stamps and seals raise funds for disease campaigns and honor medical history. He cites stamps honoring Darwin Grenfell Philip and others across countries, including WHO symbolism, and lists many American physicians and institutions featured on postage stamps as a constructive use of philatelic publicity.
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Denmark
Charles Darwin
Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
Wilfred Grenfell
Newfoundland
Labrador
Robert Philip
Britain
World Health Organization
World Health Assembly
Minneapolis
United Nations
Walter Reed
William C. Gorgas
Panama Canal
Crawford W. Long
William Beaumont
Joseph Goldberger
William Stewart Halsted
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William Henry Welch
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Pahl Named VP to Lead Flour Milling at Nebraska Consolidated
Henry D. Pahl will join Nebraska Consolidated Mills as vice president and head of flour milling on July 1. He will supervise mills in Decatur Alabama Greensburg Indiana Omaha and other sites, bringing 36 years of milling experience including a recent presidency at Mennel Milling. The firm sells flour to bakers and some to consumers.
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Omaha
Henry D. Pahl
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Co
J. A. Mactier
Machier
Pahl
Mennel Milling Company
Toledo
General Mills
Decatur
Ala
Greensburg
Ind
Grand Island
Fremont
Nebr
Red Hat Feed
Tunnel Hill
Patterson to rely on Folsom appointees for early program start
The incoming governor faces a months long period where major state functions and welfare policy are controlled by holdover Folsom appointees. Key boards including Pensions and Security and Parole carry veto and appointment powers, with several terms expiring after Patterson takes office. Holdovers dominate until 1961 to 1963, limiting Patterson’s ability to reshape agencies quickly.
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Montgomery
Folsom
John Patterson
James E. Folsom
Patterson
State Board of Pensions and Security
Pensions and Security Department
Welfare Board
Gordon Persons
Persons
Bryant Whitmire
Birmingham
Aubrey Taylor
Sylacauga
Tom Blake Howle
Anniston
J. J. Walls
Alexander City
C. F. Halstead
O. H. Finney Jr
Albertville
State Senate
State Personnel Board
O. D. Coston
Bessemer
Rex Edwards
Gadsden
Louis Oppert
Dothan
NYC Shoots for Pentagon Scale as Office Buildings Rise
Sixty New York City office towers under construction will yield floor space equal to three of Washington's Pentagon buildings, highlighting a massive urban development push and expanding the city’s commercial footprint.
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New York City
Washington
Pentagon
Duke Kahanamoku Joins Honolulu Police Force
Duke Kahanamoku, renowned for world swimming titles, has joined the Honolulu police force, expanding the department with a celebrated athlete and local hero. He brings Olympic era fame and public recognition to the department and community.
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Duke Kahanamoku
Honolulu
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American Medical Association
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Edith Cavell-Marie Depage
Saint Camille Schools of
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Gorgas
Ancon
Cuba
Finland
Niversary
Finnish Red Cross
France
Red Cross
East Germany
Jean Henri Dunant
International Red Cross
West Germany
Benjamin Franklin
William Harvey
Billy Sunday
Frances Robinson
Prattville
W. H. Swearingen
Phil Campbell
Sam Esslinger
Florence
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
State Liquortrol Board
Sterchi’s
2Nd Ave
Fedders
RED Hill Appliance & Furniture
Dobson’s
Kingsway and
John C. Roberts
Second Avenue
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