Truman strolls through Rockefeller Center for TV appearance
Former President Truman walked to a NBC news studio in Rockefeller Center during an early morning stroll. He chatted with a sidewalk interviewer about his 20 year habit of morning walks and mingled with autograph seekers before planning social calls and meetings with labor and liberal leaders and former White House staff about his memoirs.
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Truman
NBC News
Rockefeller Center
Mr. Truman
Margaret
Times Square
Waldorf- Astoria Towers
Labor
Liberal Party
David Dubinsky
International Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union
AFL
Channing Tobias
Walter White
Jacob Blaustein
Baltimore
White House
Life Magazine
Girl 17 Confesses Killing Hitchhiker For $13 In Texas
A 17 year old girl told authorities she killed a hitchhiker for 13 dollars near Texarkana and dumped the body in a ditch. Idaho and Texas investigators cross checked her tale, and local officers say the story matches available facts.
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Decatur
Tex
Here
St. Anthony
Ida
Texas
Idaho
Texarkana
State College Alumni Head Is Elected
Raleigh’s Frank B. Turner elected president of the North Carolina State College Alumni Association to succeed Rudolph Mintz. Turner, 1928 mechanical engineering graduate and State Budget Bureau chief engineer, defeats Melzar A. Morgan who becomes vice president. Mintz becomes Board of Directors chairman. Ralph H. Scott and Carl H. Harris elected alumni reps on the Athletic Council. Five new directors named for three year terms.
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Raleigh
Frank B. Turner
North Carolina State College Alumni Association
Rudolph I. Mintz
Wilmington
Turner
State Budget Bureau
Melzar A. Morgan
Smithfield
Mintz
Ralph H. Scott
Burlington
Carl H. Harris
Durham
State College Athletic Council
Harris
Scott
Allie P. Baggett
Knoxville
Tenn
Rudolph J. Barnes
Charlotte
Fred Fletcher
Josephus Daniels Pell
Rocky Mount
H. H. Underwood
Sanford
Vanderbilt Divorces Fifth Wife in Greenwich Marriage Tie
Cornelius Van derbilt Jr., son of the famed railroad builder, ended his marriage to Patricia Murphy Wallace Vanderbilt at Greenwich Connecticut. The couple, ages 55 and 33, cited cruelty as the ground for divorce in a terse transfer of the marital ties.
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Ren
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Vanderbilt
Patricia Murphy Wallace Vanderbilt
Greenwich
Conn
Dulles Possible Korea Trip Raises Negotiation Stakes
In Seoul there is growing speculation that U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles may travel to Korea to press a deal with President Syngman Rhee. Some see Walter Robertson as more likely to reach a compromise truce plan while Rhee favors Dulles heading the delegation to gain prestige for a war battered republic.
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Earnest Hobbrecht
United Press
Seoul
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Walter Robertson
Rhee
Dulles
Robertson
Eisenhower
Washington
Pacific
Republic of Korea
Republic
Japan
First White Woman Given Death Sentence In Alabama
Alabama Supreme Court sentences Mrs. Earle Dennison the first white woman to face electrocution in Kilby prison. Convicted of arsenic murders to cash insurance on two year old Shirley Weldon. sister Polly Ann Weldon died earlier. Dennison attempted suicide twice after arrest and in custody.
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Montgomery
Ala
Earle Dennison
Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama
Kilby
Dennison
Shirley Diana Weldon
Shirley Diana
Polly Ann Weldon
Polly Ann
Credit Group Hears Talk On Farm Prices
Arthur T. Esgate from Washington spoke to the South Carolina Production Credit Association on farm prices and costs. Robert L. Farrington, unable to attend, sent a prepared message urging delegates to address farmers directly to keep associations strong. Over 101 delegates from North and South Carolina and Georgia attended. Next year’s meeting will be in Charleston during June.
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Asheville
Washington
South Carolina Production Credit Association
Arthur T. Esgate
Robert L. Farrington
Agricultural Credit Services
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farrington
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Charleston
Chaplain Recovers Spittoon as Symbol of Hardy Race
In New Orleans Army chaplain Col. Paul H. Maurer, chief chaplain for the Fourth Army area, requests a spittoon from Kincardine Ontario. He salvages the relic from Canada and polishes it as a symbol of a harder era, describing it as a cherished token from soldiers.
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New Orleans
Canada
Paul H. Maurer
Fourth Army
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Men’s Club of
Kincardine
Ont
Maurer
Men of
Men of Kincardine
Price Drop In Eyeglasses Reported
Optical houses in 24 states report price reductions in eyeglasses since the 1951 consent decree barring doctor kickbacks. Some doctors say they now deal in eyeglasses themselves, but two thirds limit practice to professional functions. The DOJ report grows from 1946 and 1948 anti trust cases to end rebates to doctors.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Department
Prayers Answered Prematurely In Olney Texas
In Olney Texas a public prayer service for rain moved indoors due to rain, changing the event at Tom Griffin Park into a thanksgiving service. The gathering retained its religious focus with attendees praising the weather outcome.
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Olney
Tex
Tom Griffin Park
Tobacco Leaders Meet to Discuss Price Plan in Georgia
Tobacco men from five states convene in Waycross to thrash out a plan to remove price supports on loose Carolina Virginia tobacco sold in Georgia and Florida markets. L. T. Weeks signals supports may not be supplied this year, while Frank Williamson pushes opposition. James E. Thigpen notes the meeting will address tied and untied crops.
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Waycross
Georgia
Florida
L. T. Weeks
South Carolina Farm Bureau
Stabilization Corporation
Co-Op
Commodity Credit Corp
James E. Thigpen
Tobacco
Production and Garneting Administration
Enlisted Men Vote Miss Neutral Zone of 1953
In Munsan Korea the demilitarized base camp held a vote for Miss Neutral Zone of 1953 with Christine Jorgen winning the title.
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Munsan
Korea
Probers Begin Drafting Final Report On Hearings
House investigators move to draft a final report on 17 months of probes into the Justice Department under four attorneys general. Chairman Keating aims for a month end finish after 109 hearings and 302 witnesses across 29 subjects. Clark declined a subpoena as the judiciary committee rejected the subcommittee request.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Kenneth B. Keating
Keating
Herbert Brownell Jr
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
McGrath
Newbold Morris
James P. McGranery
Brownell
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Clark
Money Sinks Elevator In Missouri Coin Stacking
ST. LOUIS Mo. (UP) Elevator operator Harry Barrett loaded 36 sacks of nickels and pennies totaling $6,150 into his car at the second floor landing. The weight sunk the car to the subbasement, taking 10 minutes to recover the elevator and coin cargo to the unloading platform.
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ST. Louts, Mo
City Hall
Harry Barrett
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Support For Backache
Nagging backache and loss of pep may signal slow kidney function. Stress and minor bladder irritations can disrupt it, causing night trips or frequent passages. Doctors note good kidney health is vital. Doan's Pills provide mild diuretic relief used by millions for over 50 years.
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Dean
Doan
Queen Elizabeth II Traced to Woden Ancestor and Wednesday Namesake
Historical tracing links Queen Elizabeth II to an early Woden figure, a 4th century Germanic tribal king later deified as Cidin, whose name is connected to the day Wednesday in English tradition.
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Elizabeth II
Woden
Cidin
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