New Yorkers Plan Big New Year’s Eve
New Yorkers plan a big New Year’s Eve with many venues sold out or near capacity. Top prices reach 30 dollars per person at Embassy Club and Knight Box in the Ambassador Hotel on Park Avenue, with reservations ahead of last year.
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Copacabana
Latin Quarter
Versailles
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East 52Nd Street
Flying Disease Could Wreck U S Corn Crop
ATLANTA reports a rust disease that floats in air and migrates like birds threatens the U S corn crop. Scientists note resistant strains from Mexico and South America and warn it could cause millions in damage if new strains spread. Researchers study hybrids but commercial seed will take years.
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America
Mexico
South America
J. G. Dickson
P. M. Oe
Flangas
Tts
University of Wisconsif
Corn
Ike's Name May Be Placed On Ballot
Pennsylvania Republicans discussed placing Dwight Eisenhower on the ballot for a possible run again. James H. Duff stated that if Eisenhower’s health improves, he will likely seek the nomination. GOP cadets in Pennsylvania attacked the camp and questioned his intentions. Owlett and Pew supported Eisenhower, while Owens showed enthusiasm for backing him.
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Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
James H. Duff
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Hon
GOP
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Eisenower
G. Mason Owlett
Fay
Owlett
Pew
Airman Held In Bank Robbery Case in Richmond
Airman 3C Charles F Fearnow 18 of Mechanicsville to be arraigned in Richmond on federal conspiracy charges in a Dec bank robbery in South Carolina. Fearnow, stationed at Charleston Air Force Base, was arrested yesterday in connection with the crime amid a lone bandit who forced five tellers to lie down and took cash.
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Richmond
Charles F. Fearnow
Mechanicsville
U.S
Melvin Flegenheimer
South Carolina
Fearnow
Sareetion
Midway
Ol Tancastey
8.C
James H. Gale
Charleston, S.C. Air Force Base
Jake Baker Jr
Kershaw
S.C
Julie Wilson Weds Harvey Bernhard in Las Vegas Ceremony
Las Vegas reports singer Julie Wilson and apartment house owner Harvey Bernhard married last night with Justice of the Peace John F. Mendoza presiding. Attendees included Milton Berle, Donald O’Connor, Louis Prima, Keeley Smith, Hank Henry, and Sparky Kaye. The couple, both 31, noted it is Wilson’s second marriage. she heads to Broadway’s Pajama Game next month.
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Harvey Bernhard
Justice of the Peace
John F. Mendoza
Milton Berle
Donald O'Connor
Louis Prima
Keeley Smith
Hank Henry
Sparky Kaye
Miss Wilson
Bernhard
Fund Theft Hearing Postponed In Norfolk Embezzlement Case
Miss Minnie C. Mangum, 52, assistant secretary treasurer of Commonwealth Bus & Loan Assn., faces a police court hearing postponed to Feb. 7 as auditors expand an embezzlement probe. Aiding irregularities could total at least eight hundred thousand dollars beyond an initial hundred thousand over five years. Mangum was arrested and released on 25 000 bond. a lengthy audit may determine the final loss to the firm, one of eastern Virginia’s largest. She lived in Portsmouth with her sister.
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Norfolk
Minnie C. Mangum
Commonwealth
Linwood B. Tabb Jr
Max R. Broudy
Tabb
Virginia
Portsmouth
Extremely cold air shifts southeast across the Midwest
Arctic air centered in northern Midwest sent temperatures to 15 degrees below zero in northern Wisconsin. The icy air moderated as it moved southeast into the Southern Plains and Ohio Valley where readings were near freezing. A moist Gulf air mass remained entrenched in much of the South.
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Weather notes give cool to mild temperatures
The forecast shows tonight’s low around 26 and tomorrow’s high near 38. Daytime high today about 42 with a low around last night’s. Sunset is 5 p m today and sunrise is 30 am tomorrow.
Weather Cast Warns Snow Across Great Lakes and Rockies
Official Weather Bureau records show snow expected tonight in the Great Lakes area and central and southern Rockies. Snow or rain will spread to the southern Plains, central Pacific coast and western Nevada, with rain on the Gulf coast and Tennessee. Cold in the Southeast persists while the northern Plains warm.
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Tennessee
North Carolina and South Carolina five day forecast summary
Forecasts show mostly cloudy conditions with light rain and mountain snow in NC this afternoon. Temperatures will run 6 to 8 degrees below normal through Wednesday with little precipitation expected. SC will be cloudy and cool today with scattered light rain in the northwest, clearing tonight and Saturday, then cooler into early next week with normal highs 50 to 60.
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North Carolina
North
South Carolina
Dr J Harris Parks Likely To Step From UNC President Post
Dr J Harris Parks said he had no comment on reports he will resign as president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina to become executive director of the State Board of Higher Education. Parks, 54, a Georgia native, joined the university in 1954 as provost and later served as acting president when Gordon Gray left to join the Defense Department. The Board of Higher Education was created by the 1955 General Assembly to reduce duplication among 12 state colleges and universities.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
J Harris Parks
Consolidated University of North Carolina
State Board of Higher Education
Parks
Geora
University
Gordon Gray
Board of Higher Education
General Assembly
Foresters To Meet In Durham January Meeting
More than 150 members are expected at the Appalachian Section Society of American Foresters winter meeting in Durham January 27-28. E S Harrar of Duke University says the theme is Economic Aids and Incentives for Forest Management Some Recent Developments. Paul M Dunn of St Regis Paper Co will speak at the January 27 dinner meeting. Officers will be elected January 28.
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Appalachian Sec
Society of American Forest
E. S. Harrar
Duke University
Schocker Forestry
Paul M. Dunn
St. Regis Paper Co
New York City
Wisconsin Man to Face Charges in Bank Robbery
Robert James Schibline 24 of Fond du Lac Wisconsin waived extradition and will be sent to Wisconsin to face charges in a $4734 gunpoint bank robbery December 13 at a Merton Wisconsin branch. Roy Norman Kuehl of Wisconsin was arrested December 16 in St. Louis Missouri. FBI agents earlier arrested Schibline December 31 near his relatives home after he boasted he wouldn’t be taken alive.
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N.C
Wisconsin
FBI
Robert James Schibline
Fond du Lac
Wis
U. S
T. L. Hon. Schibline
Roy Norman Kuehl
Merton
Here
Kuehl
St. Louis
Forgery Masterpieces Reported In Two Texas Cities
Charlotte and Amarillo police issued alerts as they seek more fake checks described as real looking forged pieces. Two bogus checks passed in Charlotte two weeks ago featured red and black ink and perforations to mimic company checks. Amarillo police reported similar checks cashed there last Monday. The suspect is described as about 28 years old and 160 pounds.
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas
Greensboro Attorney Accepts Post with Hoover Committee
Greensboro attorney G. Neil Daniels will serve as North Carolina chairman for the Hoover Commission Citizens Committee. Clarence Francis, national chair man, announced Daniels accepted the post as the bipartisan group promotes findings from the Hoover Commission on the U.S. executive branch. Former President Herbert Hoover headed the studies.
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Greensboro
G. Neil Daniels
North Carolina
Clarence Francis
Daniels
Citizens Committee
U.S
Herbert Hoover
Dance Masters End Convention in Charlotte
The Carolina Dance Masters ended their annual convention with more instruction sessions and a business meeting. About 200 attendees came from the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, New York and Washington, D. C. The banquet was held last night and sessions covered ballet, tap, jitterbug, and the Merengue among other social and artistic dance topics.
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Carolina Dance Masters
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
New York
Waon
D. C
Reds Have Many More Aircraft In Korea
General Laurence Kuter states in the Army-Navy-Air Force Journal that Communist air strength in Asia exceeds 7,000 aircraft, while U S forces in Korea have about 2,000 planes including B57 jets replacing obsolete B26s. He notes MIG15s on new bases and warns stronger US tactics and aircraft will curb Communist behavior.
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Far East
Korea
Laurence S. Kuter
Army-Navy-Air Force Journal
Asia
North Korea
United States
South Korea
Woman Awaits Action On Stolen Car and Manslaughter Charges
A 26 year old Newport Kentucky woman, Ethel Cadeen Stacy, awaits federal and Ohio action on stolen car and two manslaughter charges after being held in Iredell County on driving without a license and no registration. Sheriff Rumple said the car, stolen December 24 from Virgil R. Smith, was involved in a wreck near Portsmouth Ohio that killed two and injured seven. A hearing on Statesville charges is expected next Tuesday.
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Statesville
N.C
Newport
Ohio
Iredell County
Ethel Cadeen Stacy
J. Charles Rumple
Portsmouth
Rumple
FBI
Ohio State Patrol
12 Year Old Girl Receives Horse After Auction
In Greenwich Connecticut twelve year old Karen Ann McGuire wins a horse from the Woodward estate sale after bidding with her savings. Nashua the top star fetched 1 251 200 dollars at the sale in Wethellan New York. The Hanover Bank, handling the auction, awards Karen a horse as a reward for her passion and saved funds.
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Greenwich, Conn
Karen Ann McGuire
Nashua
Belair Stud
Round Hill
Wethellan N.Y
William Woodward Jr
Karen
Hanover Bank
Woodward
Free Paddy Wagon Service for New Year Weekend
Baltimore police chief James M. Hepbrow announced a free paddy wagon service over New Year weekend to curb holiday traffic deaths. Patrolmen will assist drunken motorists by calling taxis, enlisting families or friends, or taking them to bus and streetcar stops as a last resort.
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Baltimore
James M. Hepbrow
Robbery Near Police Station in Tulsa
The Ideal Co operative Investment Co. near the police station was robbed yesterday of 800 dollars by an armed bandit. The crime occurred within close proximity to law enforcement, prompting police investigation and security alerts.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ideal Cooperative Investment Co
Tobacco growers approve quotas under federal controls
Growers nationwide vote to keep marketing quotas for burley and Maryland sun cured types for three years while earlier referenda favored continued controls for other tobaccos. Pennsylvania cigar fillers largely oppose quotas as farm law links price supports to quota status.
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Washington
Burley
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Rley
Virginia Sun
Mother Kills Two Sons
A year old mother, Kathryn Davis, confessed to officers that she shot her two young sons, John and Kevin, 21 months, to death. John Davis, 32, the husband, found the bodies when he returned home. she awaits an inquest on the killings. The mother had been treated for a nervous disorder and had spent time in sanitariums.
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ST. Louis
Kathryn Davis
John
Kevin
John Davis
Beaver Stands as North America’s Largest Rodent
The beaver holds the title as the largest rodent in North America and ranks as the world’s second largest rodent overall.
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