Americans Explore Sari Fashion at Nehru House
Barbara Eisenhower joins Indian guests in New Delhi to study sari wearing. Guests from 14 states show varied styles from pinned, pleated to draped seven to eight feet lengths. Barbara wears navy dress while Indira Gandhi dons a sari without pins.
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New Delhi
India
Barbara Eisenhower
Barbara
Eisenhower
Indira Gandhi
Nehru
Mrs. Gandhi
Maharashtra
Madras
Coorg
Punjab
Rajendra Prasad
Washington
Katwari Sarai
Brigitte Bardot’s Husband Charrier Granted Temporary Army Discharge
Jacques Charrier husband of actress Brigitte Bardot received a temporary medical discharge from the French Army after a board review in Paris. He will be eligible for possible call back in a year. Charrier has been treated for a nervous breakdown at Val de Grace Military Hospital. Questions were raised in the National Assembly and Paris Municipal Council about possible special treatment. Brigitte, expecting a baby early next year, wrote to a Paris newspaper saying she only wanted her husband to...
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Paris
Jacques Charrier
Brigitte Bardot
Army
Charrier
Val de Grace
National Assembly
Brigitte
New Scout Manual Ready For Printer Is Best Seller
The Boy Scouts of America announced the sixth edition of the Handbook, already a top seller behind the Bible. The 480-page book debuts next Tuesday at a dollar, tracing changes in uniforms, camp gear, and hiking norms from 1910 to 1959.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
New York
Boy Scouts of America
America
Boston
Gen. Pershing
Tide Turns in Asia Ike visit shifts trust to U S
AP review notes Eisenhower’s Asia trip boosts Western confidence as Nehru cites timing and the visit signals a real tide toward the United States. It discusses Tibetan oppression, border tensions, and India’s cautious tilt toward the West amid China’s actions.
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New Delhi
India
China
Free Asia
United States
Eisenhower
U.S
Asia
America
Nehru
Subcontinent
South
Southeast Asia
Bhutan
Nepal
Indian
Indonesia
Eisenhowser
Red China
U. S. State Department
West
Tibet
Escape Leader Pleads Guilty In Federal Charge
The ringleader of 20 escaped North Carolina convicts, Charles W. Stewart, 52, pled guilty to transporting a weapon in interstate commerce. He waived a hearing, was jailed in Roanoke, and will face the February term of U.S. District Court in Danville. Stewart, held on 50 000 bond, said he preferred trial away from North Carolina authorities. State police captured him after a car crash and a woods flee, with a .38 revolver found. Only three escapees remain at large.
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Martinsville, Va
North Carolina
Charles W. (Yonk) Stewart
Roanoke
U.S. Dist
Danville
Stewart
U. S
English Ford
Ivy Bluff
Tokyo Raiders Trophies Displayed At Air Force Academy
Jimmy Doolittle donated eighty silver cups to the Air Force Academy to honor the Tokyo Raiders raid of April 18, 1942. The cups are kept on display and will be collected yearly for the Tokyo Raiders reunion. A brandy bottle rests at the center of the trophy case to be drunk by the last survivor.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Hornet
Tokyo Raiders
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