Woman War Reporter Honored for 1950 Courage Award
The Overseas Press Club of America named Miss Higgins the Folk Memorial Award winner for 1950 citing her courage and enterprise in the Korean War. The event also honored Homer Bigart Life Duncan Duncan?. James Reston Hal Boyle and Edward R Murrow with other foreign reporting and interpretation prizes.
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New York
Overseas Press Club of America
Higgins
Korea
David Douglas Duncan
Life Magazine
James Reston
New York Times
Washington, D.C
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Edward R. Murrow
Columbia Broadcasting System
Riot by epileptic patients disrupts New Castle facility
In New Castle Indiana a riot by ten epileptic patients at a state institution drew twelve state troopers to restore order. Supervisor Chester Shadday suffered head injuries possibly a fractured skull after attendants were discharged, as director W C Van Nuys described the unrest. The event also notes Morgan G Bulkeley as Hartford Conn first president of the National League in 1876 with a one year tenure.
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New Castle
Ind
Indiana
W. C. van Nuys
Iocals
Chester Shadday
van Nuys
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Hartford
Conn
National League
Sewing Pattern 8692 for Women’s Frock sizes 10 to 20
Pattern No. 8692 offers a stylish frock with pockets, waist trim, and optional collar and cuffs. Sizes 10 12 4 16 18 20. 4 yards of fabric required for size 12. Send 25 cents and pattern number to Sue Burnett at Point Enterprises, New York. Spring and Summer Fashion issue includes 48 pages of styles and news. Banks report record net profits of $937 million for last year, up 13 percent from 1949 per American Banker.
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Ator-Sports
Patte
Sue Burnett
Point Enterprise
Ave. Americas
New York 19
N. Y
Money Getting the Blame For the Cost of Living
HAL BOYLE writes on money losing its luster and power as prices rise. The piece muses how money used to symbolize status and happiness but now is scorned as costs shift and the value of cash frays under modern living, urging action on the cost of living.
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Livi
Look Younger and Be More Beautiful Diet Secret
In London I spoke to English physicians on balanced dieting for vitality and looks. I compared Beauty Farm results to animal feeding and urged iron rich foods like liver, apricots, eggs, and whole wheat to improve blood and complexion. A practical, family friendly plan ends with tomorrow's eye diet tip.
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London
New Health Society
Arbuthnot Lane
George V
England
America
Doucy
Sealyham
Winter Storm Causes Record Glass Claims in Nation
The November windstorm across the northeast caused nearly 1.5 million dollars in insurance claims for broken plate glass windows, marking the worst losses from a single weather event, according to the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies.
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New York
Association of Casualty and Surety Companies
German Rhineland Polls Signal Schuman Plan Backing
In Rhineland Palatinate the Christian Democrats gained 43 seats to 38 for the Socialists, a CDU victory seen as support for the Schuman Plan. The Free Democrats surged, collecting 240,087 votes, while the Socialists fell short with 488,391.
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Frankfurt
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats Today
Rhineland
Schuman
Rhineland Palatinate
Christian Democrats
Estern Europe
Eee
Adenauer
Free Democrats
Anna Hoe Tati
Copavinn
Design by Descent Snowflakes Pattern Drift
Descent patterns show snowflakes forming from water and oxygen. Flakes begin with simple shapes then grow more intricate as they fall, revealing evolving hexagonal structures in the air.
Communists fail to win seats as 4.4 percent vote share
The communists polled 62 462 votes, amounting to 4.4 percent of the total, and thus lost all of their seats in the old Parliament as they did not reach the 5 percent threshold required for assembly seats.
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Duke Power Company
Bution
Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc
Piedmont Company
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Duke Power
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Gayelord Hauser
Il Orkin
Mors. Bonding & Ine Co
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Burlington Mills
High Point
Younts Grocery
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Monark Quick
Tentine
Monark Shade Co
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