Fearless Forecasts From Our Swami Wilson
A spoof column of celebrity predictions covers Bing Crosby presidential puns CBS NBC rivalries and Hollywood gossip. The piece lampoons TV plans and public figures with punchlines about Sinatra Gardner Gleason Lemmon Magnani and more, mixed with cheeky one liners and odd quips.
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Swami Wilson
Bing Crosby
CBS
Jack Paar
NBC
Khruschev
Louella Parsons
Walter Winchell
Ed Sullivan
Los Angeles
Brooklyn Dodgers
Herb Bhuiner
Jack
E. Leonard
Jack Carter
Frank Sinatra
Ava Gardner
Europe
Nixon
Jackie Gleason
Man 96 Beats Odds to Collect Insurance and Plans Paris Trip
John DeWolf, aged 96 in Chicago, will collect $75,000 from Northwestern Mutual Life after surviving odds of 100,000 to 3. He bought six 20 year policies for about $17,000 in premiums and now plans a Europe trip to see old friends. The adventurer says doctors estimate 20 more years.
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Chicago
John DeWolf
Paris
Europe
DeWolf
Insurance Statisticians
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Railroads Build Record Locomotives in 1951
In 1951 U S railroads added more new locomotive units than in any year since 1923 Trenton New Jersey adopted an ordinance in 1857 restricting hoop skirts to five feet in diameter.
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U.S
Trenton
N. J
Air Force plans Bomarc sites manned by reserves
The Air Force disclosed plans to operate Bomarc guided missile sites with Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve units. Lt. Gen. Hall said interceptors may not be fired and maintenance could dominate staffing for months or years. A May memorandum ordered investigation into Reserve technicians for Bomarc program.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Air Force
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
William E. Hall
Continental Air Command
Hall
Aviation Writers Assn
Acig Force
Curtis LeMay
Oldest Civil War Veteran Signs For Pension
Col. Walter Williams, 115, signed an X on a Confederate pension application in Houston. He is the oldest surviving Civil War veteran and lives with his daughter Mrs. Willie Bowles. Eisenhower signed a law granting federal pensions to surviving Confederate veterans. The monthly payment is $101.59 or $135.45 with a full-time attendant.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Williams
Willie Bowles
Eisenhower
Grand Teton Rim Reaches 13000 Feet Near Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole in Wyoming sits beside the Grand Teton National Park where a mountain rim ascends to about 13 000 feet, shaping the surrounding skyline.
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Jackson Hole
Wyo
Grand Teton National Park
Graham urged to decide June extension for Bay Area crusade
Billy Graham, addressing 12 000 at the Cow Palace, asked supporters to choose whether his Bay Area crusade should extend one or two weeks beyond June 15 or end then. Mordecai Ham, 86, said Graham is better known than the President or the Pope. After the sermon 293 decisions were made.
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San Francisco
Billy Graham
San Francisco Bay Area
Cow Palace
the Crusade
Mordecai Ham
Louisville
Graham
Christ
North Carolina
Ham
Scoth And Water Trips Burglar
Wilfred Dart, 53, a former Boston bootlegger, broke into a New York dentist’s office for about $30 in stamps. He drank scotch for hours and then tried to leave via a window as dawn broke. Window washer Thomas Lenahan saw him hosing the sidewalk outside.
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Dart
Boston
Thomas _ Lenahan
Lenahan
Vacation Bible Schools and Revival Services Across District
District Diary reports Lebanon M E Church hosting Speak Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. June 2 inviting all denominations. Hartselle Pack 30 meets Friday at 7 30 p m at the American Legion Home. Tanner Methodist Church hosts Vacation Bible School June 2 6 supervised by Mrs T N Kitchens for children from kindergarten to intermediate. Athens Cambridge Methodist Church revival starts June 1 to June 6 at 8 p m with Rev W L Cole Jr pastor and Evangelist Rev E L McFee of First Methodist Athens.
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Lebanon M.E. Church
Hartselle
American Legion
Tanner
Tanner Methodist Church
T. N. Kitchens
Athens
Cambridge Methodist Church
W. L. Cole, Jr
E. L. McFee
First Methodist Church
Window washer confronts suspect during burglary incident
A man identified as Dart claimed to be the window washer when confronted by Lenahan who sprayed him with a hose until police arrived. Dart was booked on burglary and possession of burglar's tools charges.
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Dart
Lenahan Lenahan
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