Sanctuary at Burning Tree: Eisenhower and Fugitives Share Golf Quiet
The Washington club Burning Tree, a male enclave with a ban on women, hosts presidents and top officials including Eisenhower, Nixon, and Twining in a privacy-minded setting. Members insist politics stay off the course, though chatter and legends surround the famed gatherings and the club’s storied, discreet culture.
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Burning Tree
Eisenhower
Nathan F Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Congress
Washington
Walter R. Ruckerman
Potomac River
Twining
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower to keynote one day food conference in Washington
President Eisenhower will keynote a one day national food conference February 23 to promote better nutrition and reduce farm surpluses. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau led the planning as backers include farm and food groups while the National Farmers Union criticizes the event as processor driven without discussing prices or government aid.
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Charles Halleck
Indiana
Clarence S. Irvine
Air Force
Truman
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Leslie Arends
R-Ii
Omar Bradley
Scott Lucas
D-Ili
Symington
King
Judge Whitaker
Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Washington
Eisenhower
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Azalea Festival Set for March 27 30 in Wilmington
Wilmington prepares for the 11th Azalea Festival March 27 30 with a parade fireworks harness racing folk music jamboree street dancing garden tours outdoor art exhibit coronation pageants dances and a community worship service. The event coincides with the Azalea Open Golf Tournament offering 15000 in prize money and Arnold Palmer as defending champion.
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Azalea XI
Arnold Palmer
Barrington Rhode Island Once Partly Owned by Pilgrim Captain
Barrington Rhode Island was formerly partially owned by Captain Myles Standish of the Pilgrim colony. The note links the town to early colonial landholding and Standish's influence in regional development.
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Barrington
R. I
Myles Standish
Pilgrim Colony
Jane's Fighting Ships Celebrates Sixty Years Of Naval Reference
London reports mark the 60th edition of Jane's Fighting Ships a landmark in naval reference. The annual volume documents 10 600 warships of 65 nations with thousands of photographs and scale drawings while noting cooperation and occasional non cooperation from fleets including the Soviet Navy.
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London
Nikolai Eliseyenko
Lord Mountbatten
Britain
Sampson, Low
Marston la
Sampson
Jane
Fred Jane
Krema
Jane’s
United States
Zhdanov
Yermak
Jane's
Securiy
U.S
Russia
Portsmouth
Raymond V. B. Blackman
Blackman
The
Red
Former Patrolman Heads North Carolina ABC Enforcement
William S. Hunt, a former highway patrol lieutenant, now chairs the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in Raleigh. He declares strict enforcement of beer wine and whiskey laws, starting with private clubs, and aims to police 8 000 licensed outlets with 38 inspectors. He emphasizes fairness, recalls 23 years in service, and plans to settle in Raleigh with wife Mary and children Bill Jr and Mary Jean while pursuing hobbies and fishing when possible.
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Raleigh
William S. Hunt
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Hunt
Highway Patrol
ABC
Gov. Hodges
Bill Hunt
Luther Hodges
Fayetteville
David Elder Hunt
Johnston County
Virginia
Richmond
Oxford
Bill
Mary Taylo
Bill Jr
Naval Academy
J.G
Mary Jean
Wake Forest College
Winston-Salem
Mary Hunt
Warrenton
Kiwanis Club
Patrol
Williamston
Washington
Zebulon
Murfreesboro
Robersonville
Elizabeth City
Watermelons Found Growing Wild in Africa
David Jaig traced the wild origin of watermelons to Africa where they were found growing wild, resolving a long held belief about their Asian roots.
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Asia
Africa
David Jaig
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Capital
Court of Claims
Samuel Whitaker
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Douglas MacArthur
Secret Service
Nassau
Tom Clark
Stanley Reed
Homer Capehart
Burning Tree Golf Club
Ike
Wilmington
W. Washington ST
Cilber Optical CO
Gilbert Optical CO
New State
Hodges
Hetter Ride
Pontiac
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