Average man launches high school world peace program
Oscar K Merritt of Mount Airy promotes a High School World Peace and Speaking Program to study and discuss world government, backed by a tax exempt nonprofit. Since 1946 it has reached about 4,000 students in 200 high schools, with 1,000 speakers addressing over 100,000 listeners. The initiative, recognized by UNC Extension, aims to embed peace education in North Carolina schools and has endorsements from officials and educators.
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Evolution of German Government Looms as West Moves
Western leaders press an evolutionary path to a western German government over months, hoping to avoid a Soviet split of Germany. Four zones govern all of Germany with divergent systems, while the bizonal council could gain police and court powers and later a legislative role.
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Towship in South Atlantic: John Owen towed toward Rio
Maritime sources said the North American freighter John Owen, which lost a propeller before Christmas, was reached by the U S freighter Lord Delaware. The Lord Delaware was towing the John Owen toward Rio de Janeiro across South Atlantic waters.
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Melton Uses Helicopter to Fetch Medicine and Sing
Singer James Melton arranged a helicopter shuttle from New Jersey to Sea Wings air field in Westport to deliver insulin for a house guest and to enable his own trip to New York for a singing engagement. Police coordinated the insulin delivery to the airfield before Melton's flight.
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James Melton
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Melton
Westport
New Jersey
Sea Wings Air Field
Sixth Husband Sues Actress For Divorce
Film actress Arline Judge faces a divorce suit from her sixth husband Henry J. Bob Topping Jr of Greenwich alleging intolerable cruelty dating from their May 1 marriage. Topping’s brother Daniel Reid Topping had divorced Miss Judge in 1940. Judge’s prior spouses include Wesley Ruggles James Bryant Capt. James Adams and Vincent Morgan Ryan, all of whom she divorced.
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Conn
Arline Judge
Henry J.bob Topping, Jr
Greenwich
Topping
Daniel Reid Topping
Miss Judge
Henry Topping
Jane Dunham Shadduck Topping
House Group Probes High Spending On Marshall Plan Push
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Chenoweth investigates State Department spending to promote the Marshall plan and the Food Conservation Committee’s $500,000 funding from the foreign aid fund. Hearings will start after the next session. officials say funds were not for salaries.
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America
Citizens Food Conservation Committee
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R-Colo
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Food Conservation Committee
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Warren
Mother Tosses Baby From Burning Home
A young mother trapped on the second floor of her York, Pennsylvania home tossed her five month old daughter to safety into a foot deep snow bank as flames raged today.
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Eight-Year-Old Brings Help to Dying Father in Snowbound Home
In Cranston Rhode Island a 47 year old man suffered a heart attack in the night. His eight year old son William Robinson Jr brave determined and alone made a three quarter mile trek through waist deep snow to reach the Kirby home and summon aid. The Kirbys called the police and a bulldozer opened a path for an ambulance. Dr Max Fershman credited the boy with saving the father’s life.
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R. L. Dee
William Robinson, Jr
Harry F. Kirby
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Max Fershman
Robinson
Family Settles in Tent After Eviction in Lancaster
The Herbert Flowers and their six children aged 9 to 22, evicted after the sale of their home, spent Christmas in a tent and will remain there into the new year. They bought a 16 by 42 foot army squad tent thirteen miles from Lancaster, with most furniture left outside and covered in ice and snow.
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Herbert Flowers
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