Hollywood Predictions For 1954
Industry forecasts 1954 foresee Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra rising stars while Monroe makes a big impact. Joe Caine Mutiny wins acclaim. Piltdown Man and wider screens spark chatter. The era of 3D wanes as spectacle dominates and films rely on star power and reissues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Gardner
Frank Sinatra
Terry Moore
Iiyn Monroe
Joe
Mue Goldwyn
Hughes
Hayworth
Dick Haymes
Main
Perey Ki
Malenkov Faces Atomic Policy and Armament Reduction
A wartime era discussion notes Malenkov advocating banning atomic weapons and weapons of mass destruction. It suggests a path toward strict disarmament and a significant reduction of all armaments and armed forces, with economic and regional implications.
Democrats Question White House Plan on Committee Shuffles
Senator Patrick Moynihan urged Eisenhower to reject troublemakers and restore leadership as Democrats question reshuffling, with Sen. Edward Kennedy noting no clear consultation on administration recommendations. Fulbright called the White House move belated and a gesture amid foreign aid controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Eisenhower
Phrey
D-Minn
Hum
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
New Year Marks Ellis Island Detentions for Four
Four detainees on Ellis Island mark another New Year in custody. Karl Heinz Pfeiffer, 22, a German youth, faces possible return to Germany after 19 months aboard Pan American from Frankfurt. He has cost over 1700 in board and officials expect his repatriation soon. The others include Dong Wing Meil and Dong, detained since 1952, and Milutin, an Austrian displaced person, since February 1952.
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New York
Ellis Island
Immion
Karl Heinz Pfeiffer
Frankfurt
Germany
Ellis
Pfeiffer
Dong Wing Me
Dong
Milutin
Wonder Kid 1954 Welcomed With New Year Celebrations
Holiday festivities spread across the United States as citizens celebrate the new year. Tipsy revelers in Hackensack lose car keys to police, Memphians mark city status at year’s end, and U.N. repatriation hopeful Claude Batchelor is noted among POW stories. Servicemen abroad enjoy time off with food and entertainment as bowl games loom on TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
Colorado
San Francisco
Market Street
Miami
Biscayne Boulevard
Michigan
Memphis
Kermit, Tex
O. L. Batchelor
Claude
Reds
Korea
U.N. Com
Hai E. Newyear
Minn
New York
Newyear
Iater
Philadelphia
Mummers
Broad
Second GI Asks Repatriation From Communist Prison Camps
Batchelor and Cpl Edward Dicken seek repatriation from North Camp two months apart. Indian command spokesman says leaders not armed and POWs could leave safely. Batchelor plans to take his wife’s message home to Kermit Texas, then undergo medical checks in Seoul and Japan.
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Batchelor
Cpl
Edward Dicken
Big Stone Gap
North
Dickenson
Indian Command
Kor
Feav
Kermit
Kyoko
Pam
Tokyo
The
Was
Ae Tees
Eens
O. L. Batchelor
Pris
Ieee
Seoul
Japan
Realty Transfers and Trustee Properties Listed
Realty transfers show James M. Green and wife to eetreen Co. Inc. for 16 lots in the R. B. Here. Herman H. Smith as trustee transfers to W. W. Hodgin and wife a tract on W. Farriss Avenue. Russell Robbins and others as trustees convey property on Mitchell Grove Oakdale. Beck and wife deed to Robbins and others on Kivett Drive Extension. The state of Michigan borders four Great Lakes including Michigan and Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Green
Eetreen Co. Inc
R. B
Herman H. Smith
Caroline N. McEwen
W. W. Hodgin
Russell Robbins
Mitchell Grove
Oakdale
V. Beck
Kivett Drive
Ussell Robbins
Russel Robbins
Oakale Road
State of
Michigan
Great Lakes
Huron
Weather outlook with temperature highs and lows
The forecast lists a low of 28 tonight and a high of 56 tomorrow. Today’s high was 52 with a 28 degree low last night. Sunset is at 5 17 p m and sunrise is at 31 a m tomorrow.
Police Add Two Ranks to Cut Vacancies
The city police department filled two vacancies to reach a full 80 officers with one new recruit, J. E. Auman, 506 Ferndale Dr, recently discharged from the U S Army. Veteran officer J. E. Staley was transferred from the regular force to the investigations bureau, leaving two vacancies total. Staley had spent almost a year in the department and most recently worked in the traffic division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Auman
Ferndale
Auman
U. S. Army
Bureau of Investigation
Stoker
J. E. Staley
Allman
Staley
Lice Department
Record Number Visits Blue Ridge Parkway
Roanoke Virginia reports 1953 visitation to the Blue Ridge Parkway reached 4,266,974. Superintendent Sam Weems notes this exceeds four million for the first time in years and marks a 16.6 percent rise from 1952's 3,558,139 across 320 miles in Virginia and North Carolina. The parkway may lead all national parks in attendance for a third straight year.
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Roanoke
Blue Ridge Parkway
Sam Weems
National Park
Pene
Virginia
North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Epstein Knighted by Queen in New Year Honors List
Jacob Epstein, a controversial sculptor from New York who became a British subject 47 years ago, received knight hood today from Queen Elizabeth II. He is among 59 recipients in the Queen's New Year honors list amid prior debates over works such as Genesis Oscar Wilde Memorial and Figure of Christ.
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London
Jacob Epstein
New York
East Side
Epstein
Oscar Wilde
Christ
New Zealand
North Carolina forest fire loss expected to drop in 1953
State forester Fred H. Claridge says 1953 fire losses through November totaled about 1.232 million dollars, below 1952’s 1.409 million. He notes 3,040 fires occurred through December 1 under the Conservation and Development Department’s forestry division, down from 3,768 in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Fred H. Claridge
Claridge
Conservation and Development Department
Forestry Division
Greensboro GOP candidate declines Washington trip for U.S. attorney post
Herbert F. Seawell Jr. of Carthage remains a candidate for the U.S. attorney spot in North Carolina's Middle District. State GOP leaders including T E B St Sr plan talks with Washington as a conference date for Seawell's appointment is set.
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Greensboro
Blican
U. S
North Carolina
Middle
Washington
Herbert F. Seawell Jr
Carthage
Justice Department
GOP
T. EB. St Sr
North Wilkesboro
Seawell
New Superior Court Judge Moore to Open Bladen County Term
Raleigh reports that 53 year old C L Moore will begin his first term as Superior Court Judge in Bladen County on Tuesday. Moore, former solicitor of the 8th Judicial District, was appointed by Gov Umstead to replace Judge John J Burney who retired. Burney Jr 29 will assume Moore’s duties as solicitor and be sworn in Monday.
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Raleigh
Ees Superior Court
C. L. Moore
Bladen County
Moore
8Th Judicial District
Umstead
John J. Burney
Semna J. Burney Jr
Workshops Planned Across North Carolina in 1934
The State Department of Conservation and Development will hold workshops in 100 counties to promote industrial development. C D Director Ben Douglas announced the first workshop in Oxford, with others in Smithfield January 8, Durham January 12, Lumberton January 14, and Pittsboro January 15.
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Raleigh
State Department of Conservation and Movement
C&d
Ben Douglas
Oxford
Smithfie
Durham
Lumberton
Pittsboro
Prisoner Escapes From Goldsboro Work Gang
Ernest Aycock, 47 year old Negro escapee from a road work gang near Adamsville Prison, fled yesterday afternoon. Prison guard Johnny Bland picked up a hitchhiker this morning, not recognizing Aycock until he sat in the car. Aycock fled when recognition occurred as guards searched New Year’s Day for the partly blind captive sentenced at Clinton for larceny and drunken driving.
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Goldsboro
Ernest Aycock
Adamsville
Johnny E. Bland
Mt. Olive
Aycock
Bland
Clinton
North Carolina Jaycee to name Man of Year for 1953
The North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce will name its outstanding young man of 1953 at a Greensboro board meeting in mid February. Chairman Richard H. Bennett of Goldsboro said about 40 nominations are expected from the state's 97 Jaycee units. Horace Carter, 32, editor of the Tabor City News, was named outstanding young man of 1952 for his battle against the Ku Klux Klan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro
Richard H. Bennett
Goldsboro
Bennett
Horace Carter
Tabor City
Visitor Ends Up In Jail At Police Headquarters
A Pueblo visitor joined a line of prisoners being escorted back to cells from police court and caused a disruption inside the jail. He claimed he only wanted to use the restroom, but officers counted noses to confirm all present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Burlington Mills reports record 1953 sales and cautious outlook
Burlington Mills posts 1953 sales of 839 000 a company high and a third straight new peak. net earnings rise to 10 877 000 but gains are modest after including Peerless Woolen Division. industry demand, prices and imports loom as risks in the coming year with government purchases dwindling and exports softening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Bu Mills
Irman J. Love
Love
Burlington
Competit
Sales Corporation
Eee Serating
Russians Lose Many Outstanding Citizens
A Soviet-era report lists numerous high ranking officials and senior Red Army officers who disappeared or were arrested after Stalin's death. It names Maj. Gen. Peter Kosyakin and Prof. Arseni Rusakov among others, with several Kremlin security leaders and Transcaucasian party chiefs also unaccounted for or dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. G. Dekanazov
Beria
Red Army
Stalin
Moscow
Kremlin
Peter Kosyakin
Kosyakin
Arseni Rusakov
Vassily Stalin
Smirnov
Semyon Ignatiev
Munist Party
Ignatiev
Ryumin
Alexander Poskrebyshev
P. A. Artemiev
K. R. Smilov
N. K. Spiridonov
U.S.S.R
A. I. Mgeladze
Communist Party
V. M. Bakradze
Mir Bagi- Tov
Azerbaijan
G. A. Arutinov
Armenia
Mgeladze
Soviet
Georgia
A. N. Rapava
M. I. Baramia
I. S. Zodelava
Wake Forest Drive to End January 12
Wake Forest College stands $153 402 short of a $3 million challenge and will learn on January 12 if the goal is met. President Harold W. Tribble said final figures include December 30, with books held open to January 10 for last contributions. An anonymous donor offered two million if others matched.
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Winston-Salem
Wake Forest College
Wake Forest
Harold W. Tribble
Tribble
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