Italy's New Government Doomed to Short Life
A 61-year-old Attilio Piccioni, a Christian Democrat and former aide to Alcide de Gasperi, is named to lead Italy amid fragile parliamentary support. Analysts expect a short-lived government due to strained ties among Communists monarchists neo fascists right wing Socialists and US alignment concerns.
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Phil Newsom
United Press
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Rome
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United States
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Moscow
Crisis in England as nudes scarce for Folies Bergere show
London producer Dick Hurran laments the shortage of nude showgirls in Britain. He weighs a possible law to ban exports of undraped British women as he cannot assemble enough nudes for a 50 000 pound London Folies Bergere review.
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Robert Musel
United Press
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Dick Hurran
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Prince of Wales Theater
Estelle
Lou Walters
New York
Veronica
Italy
Scandinavia
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Hungary May Be Ready To Free Newsman
London reports Hungary may release Edgar Sanders a British businessman jailed in 1950 for espionage alongside American Robert Vogeler Sanders cousin of actor George Sanders wife Winifred Sanders invited to meet Hungarian minister Imre Horvath Kyiv Not present but the potential move mirrors past exchanges including Oatis and a Chinese girl guerrilla barter offer rejected by Churchill based on human lives.
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Hungary
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Imre Horvath
London Daily Express
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Standard Electric Company
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Vogeler
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Winston Churchill
Minister Tests Honesty of Greenfield Citizens
Reverend Paul Neal conducted a field honesty test in Greenfield Ohio by placing a five dollar bill and a note under car wipers across eight locations for three days. The bill remained untouched, suggesting strong local honesty.
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Paul Neal
Ohio
Indianapolis
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Salem clerk loses ring after vigorous handshake
Salem Oregon Pat Carmichael a clerk at an auto parts store was startled when a customer closed a sale with a strong handshake. Later Carmichael found his $75 gold ring was missing, with no further clues.
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Pat Carmichael
Salem
Carmichael
Farm humor and wartime hazy tale twist in cherry tree joke
A farmer punishes his son for chopping a cherry tree while the boy cites George Washington. The farmer retorts that Washington’s father was not present, then shifts to a Waldorf lobby encounter with a dapper regimental type and a monocled Englishman. The text ends noting copyright and distribution details.
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Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
World Jewish Congress Opens Third Assembly
The World Jewish Congress opened its third plenary assembly in Geneva with about 275 delegates from 65 countries and observers from the United Nations. Dr Nahum Goldman noted that Iron Curtain restrictions have cut official Jewish representation and cited Soviet hostility to indemnification for Nazi losses.
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Naples wine merchant freed after 19 years in prison
Carlo Corbisiero walked free in Naples after 19 years and two months in prison for the murder of two peasants. A death bed confession to Father Aniello Conte, then chaplain at Ponza prison, identified another inmate Enrico Manzi as the killer and exonerated Corbisiero.
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Carlo Corbisiero
Aniello Conte
Corbisiero
Ponza
Enrico Manzi
Congressmen Seek Higher Pay For Lawmakers And Judges
Congress sent to the White House a bill creating an 18 member commission to recommend a new and higher pay scale for Congress and federal judges. Within 60 days of the next session, lawmakers would consider the commission's proposal and enact a new pay level not exceeding its recommendation. The panel weighs needed qualifications, opportunity costs, sacrifices, two homes, and travel expenses.
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Congress
Ingie
White House
Bag Se
Prison Term Saves Man From Forger
A Dallas ex convict posted 25 bond after arrest for evading payment of several 1950 traffic tickets. He pleaded innocent before Judge Frank O'Brien claiming forged signatures. The judge asked about his location and the defendant replied he was in the tertiary. O'Brien found him innocent and returned the bond.
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Dallas
Tex
Frank O’brien
O'Brien
Thieves Raid Alms Boxes in Five Churches
Police Chief Glenn Lamers said two burglars netted less than five dollars in a church alms box raid across five churches in Watkins Glen. They forced entry by breaking doors and stained glass before worshipers arrived for Sunday services, targeting Roman Catholic Episcopal Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian churches.
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Watkins Glen
N. Y
Glenn Lamers
The Doctor's Column on Overactive Thyroid
The column explains hyperthyroidism causes weight loss and nervousness from excess thyroid hormone and possible eye protrusion. Treatments include partial thyroid removal, iodine, anti thyroid drugs, and radioactive iodine for safer, effective control. A reader asks how to prevent cavities in a five year old and the answer cites fluoride varnish application.
Regular Dental Visits and Diet Help Prevent Cavities
Advice emphasizes taking children to the dentist for examinations and fillings as needed. A well balanced diet is suggested as a contributing factor to reducing cavity risk.
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