Lowell Thomas To Reach 150th CBS Radio News Broadcast
Charles Mercer reports Lowell Thomas will reach his 150th CBS radio newscast by June 3, marking the longest continuously run news program in radio history. Thomas has traveled millions of miles and broadcast from unusual places, shaping American radio news since 1930.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Lowell Thomas
CBS
the News
Thomas
West Coast
Cinerama
Fox Movietone News
Empire State Building
Floyd Gibbons
Gibbons
William S. Paley
Ogden Nash
Dale Carnegie
Lhasa
Forbidden City
Tibet
Germans Bet On Big Market For Small Cars
Frankfurt reports that West German automakers expect a growing market for small cars as American buyers turn to cheaper models. About 114000 West German motor vehicles were imported to the United States last year, nearly double 1956, with annual doubling trends noted. A spokesman for the Auto Industry Assn. says savings drive the shift as the American economy faces crisis.
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Frankfurt
Germany
America
Detroit
United States
Assn
Little Leaguers Honored At Rotary Meeting
Sons of Rotary Club members who play Little League baseball in Decatur were honored at the Rotary Club's Lyons Hotel gathering. Seven boys were named: Bum Evans Jerry Taylor Bob Ruffner Alvin Turner Dickie Dewey Jody Duncan and Mathew Power. Bud Ruffner spoke on the league's start in 1955 with 50 boys and current 600 players, noting about 100 cannot play due to facilities shortages and calls for more fields for the Pony League age 15 and 16.
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Rotary Club
Decatur
Lyons Hotel
Bum Bum Evans
O. B. Evans
Jerry Taylor
Avery Taylor
Bob Ruffner
E. H. Ruffner
Alvin Turner
Holmes Turner
Dickie Dewey
R. H. Dewey
Jody Duncan
W. J. Duncan III
Mathew Power
John Power
Bud Ruffner
Ruffner
TB Association To Hold Annual Meeting
The North Alabama Tuberculosis Association for Morgan Limestone and Madison Counties will hold its annual meeting at the Russell Erskine Hotel in Huntsville on Tuesday June 3 at 7 p.m. DST. Reservations to P O Box 977 Athens are urged. Dinner is one dollar at the door. Dr Edward T Bloomquist will speak on Tomorrow's Tuberculosis Begins Today.
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Huntsville
North Alabama Tuberculosis Association
Morgan
Limestone
Madison Counties
Russell Erskine Hotel
P. O. Box
Athens
Edward T. Bloomquist
United States Public Health Service
Chemstrand Names New Plant Laboratory Chief and Staff
Dr. Harry Hamme is named area superintendent in charge of the chemical laboratory at the Acrilan Plant in Decatur Alabama. Dr. John son announces Jesse L. Stimson as technical staff assistant in the Plant Technical Department as part of a laboratory reorganization to support plant growth. Dr. Hamme’s relocation from the Nylon Plant in Pensacola Florida is noted along with his Alabama doctorate and Elizabethtown College background.
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Decatur
Ala
Harry Hamme
Chemstrand Acrilan
Ken Johnson
Johnson
Jesse L. Stimson
Chemical Laboratory
Acrilan
Dr. Hamme
Chemstrand
Pengacola
Fla
Elizabethtown College
Penn
University of Alabama
Hamme
Ethel
Summerlane
Decaturt
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Franklin, N. H
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