Grand Opera Returns to Capital at Loewe Theater
President Truman and Mrs Truman attend Verdi’s Aida at Loewe Capitol Theater with a 400 strong audience including cabinet members and society figures. Zinka Milanov Blanche Thebom Mario Del Monaco Leonard Warren star as the opera draws steady applause and the Trumans depart after midnight with the President calling it very fine.
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Trumans
Golden Horseshoe
America
Washington
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Cafrite
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John R. Steelman
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Marvin Braverman
Wash
Margaret
Truman
Mme
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Frances Nash
Conoer Eant
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Thesident
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Mr. Truman
Zinka Milanov
Aida
Blanche Thebom
Amneris
Mario del Monaco
Radames
Leonard Warren
Amonasro
De Gaulle Forces Suffer Setback in Senate Elections
Paris reports Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s Rally of the French People lost its strongest showing in the most populous department. The RPF shed 78 delegates as factions shifted toward Premier Antoine Pinay’s Radical and Independent backers.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Rally of the French People Party
RPF
Antoine Pinay
Move Against Italian Red Labor Leader
ROME UP Confiscation of the passport of Italian Communist labor leader Giuseppe DiVittorio marks a first step toward a trial for anti national activities. Vittorio said police seized his passport after crossing from Austria into Italy, and he has been charged with writing an article offensive to Italy published by Pravda.
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Rome
Giuseppe DiVittorio
Vittorio
Austria
Italy
Pravda
Nomination Confirmed for Rear Admiral Dennison
The Senate confirmed yesterday the nomination of Rear Adm. Robert L. Dennison, President Truman's naval aide, to be a permanent rear admiral. Dennison had held temporary rank prior to the vote.
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Senate
Robert L. Dennison
Truman
Dennison
Judge Rejects Bid to Quash Klan Indictments in N Carolina
In Whiteville North Carolina Superior Judge Clawson Williams denied defense motions to quash indictments against 13 of 27 men accused in four Ku Klux Klan kidnapings and floggings during an 18 month period. The case, tied to a broader hooded violence campaign in Columbus County, may move to trial as juries are seated and testimony begins, with potential life sentences for many defendants.
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N.C
Clawson Williams
Columbus County
Williams
New Hanover County
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Grant
Johnson
Delees
Contingency fund battle over capital square land purchase
Governor Scott presses the Council of State to use the Contingency and Emergency fund to buy land around capital square, arguing urgent need despite attorney general opposition. The dispute hinges on statutory limits, past appropriations, and possible use of general fund surplus without new authorization.
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Erner Scott
Counscil of State
McMullan
General Assembly
Council
Scott
Council of State
State Auditorie
Brandon Hodges
C&e
Capital Square
Anson
Fneo
Alfred Wilious
Edenton
Halifax
N. Salisbury
Capitol
Ernor Scott
Fae
Council of Ite
Onion
Bronx Zoo 1951 attendance and concessions totals
About one quarter of 2,583,471 visitors to the Bronx Zoo in 1951 showed up. The park sold 606,456 hot dogs and 428,604 ice cream cones during the year.
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HOT Dogs
New York
Bronx Zoo
Detroit Ordinance Bans Reading Papers in Street Midst
The Detroit city ordinance prohibits persons from sitting in the middle of the street to read a newspaper, outlining the behavior as an enforceable public conduct rule.
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