Only Woman FCC Member Getting Boot
Frieda B. Hennock, the FCC’s first and only woman member, clears her desk in a tearful send-off arranged by rank-and-file staff. About 900 people attend, praising her tenure and nickname Frieda. In other news, Iowa reports hybrid corn raising yields from 35 to 52.5 bushels per acre.
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FCC
Washington
Bionde Frieda B. Hennock
Federal Communications’s Commission
Miss Hennock
Frieda
Iowa
Free Water Safety Instruction Offered by Red Cross
Red Cross Water Safety Committee chair Lewis Garrett announced free public swimming instruction in Decatur. New classes start soon with formats for Children, Intermediates, Adult Beginners and Intermediates, Swimmers, Junior and Senior Life Saving, and Crippled Children, all taught by trained Red Cross instructors.
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Blue Haven
Garnett Wade
E. W. Fisher
Red Cross
Court House Annex
Red Cross Water Safety Committee
Decatur
Lewis Garrett
Morgan District
American Red Cross
Cullman GI Earns Overseas Promotion to Corporal
James E. Blair 19 son of Mrs Myrtle Blair Cullman 4 recently promoted to corporal on Okinawa with the 75th Regimental Combat Team He serves as a communications specialist in Company G Blair arrived on Okinawa last February from Fort Jackson South Carolina where he completed basic training He entered the Army in May 1954.
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Okinawa
James E. Blair
Myrtle E. Blair
Cullman 4
75Th Regimental Combat Team
Cpl. Blair
Fort Jackson
S. C
Army
Chapel Hill Woman's Society Hears Mrs Mitchell
Mrs Ada Ferguson presided at the Chapel Hill Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting held at the church. Mrs Estelle Mitchell presented the program from the mission study book The Master Calleth For Thee with prayers by several members.
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Ada Ferguson
Chapel Hill
Ferguson
Nylon Stockings Dissolve Amid Air Fumes Warns New York Woman
Mrs. Laura A. Cauble testified at a city hearing that sulfuric acid fumes in the air caused her nylon stockings to disintegrate last year. She warned the Department of Air Pollution Control that such fumes could trigger a mass strip-tease, arguing women are almost fully clothed in nylon.
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New York
City Department of Air Pollution Control
Laura A. Cauble
Woman Marine recruiter to visit Decatur for enlistment talks
Staff Sgt. Patricia Mulcahy, a woman Marine recruiter, will set up in Decatur’s Post Office Building to process applications from women ages 18 to 30. Requirements include high school graduation or equivalency, single status with no dependents, U.S. citizenship, and passing medical and aptitude tests.
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Patricia Mulcahy
Birmingham
Decatur
Henry Lorenzo
Mulcahy
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S
British Seamen Call Off Strike
Striking British seamen halt their wildcat walkout after 26 days, easing disruption to the trans Atlantic passenger fleet. About 18,000 stevedores remain at work stoppages amid inter union clashes for bargaining rights. many seamen have already returned as funds dwindle and under-26 mobilization looms. At Liverpool the strike began with 150 men aboard the Cunard liner Ascania. returning on a condition linked to the strike committee.
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London
Britain
Liverpool
Ascania
Navy to Recruit Aviation Cadets in Decatur Thursday
Two representatives from the NAVCAD Procurement Office at the U S Naval Air Station Birmingham will be at the Decatur Navy recruiting station Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to recruit applicants for a Naval Flying Career. Eligibility includes single status, ages 18 to 25, and two years of college. Successful cadets receive a $70 000 education, Navy wings of gold, designation as naval aviator, and a commission as ensign.
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Naval Aviation Cadet Procurement Office
U. S. Naval Air Station
Birmingham
Decatur Navy
Navy Wings of Gold
U. S. Navy
Navcad
Naval Air Station
Ala
Seamen Vote Reinstatement Ends Liverpool Strike Wave
Reports from Liverpool indicate the merchant navy committee will likely be reinstated. In Southampton, sailors who joined the June 4 strike ceased action after learning Liverpool crew members voted to return to their ships.
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Merchant Navy
Liverpool
Southampton
Michigan reports births vs deaths ratio in 1954
Michigan records show 316 births for every 100 deaths in 1954, indicating a high birth rate relative to mortality. The state data reflect demographic trends and population growth during the year.
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Michigan
U.S. Amateur Photographers Boast About Cameras
Report notes that American amateur photographers possess roughly 34 million cameras, highlighting widespread access to imaging gear and hobbyist activity across the country.
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U. S
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