President Eisenhower’s preferred fly fishing gear and habits
The story details Ike’s trout fishing routine based on James C. Hagerty notes. He uses a seven foot bamboo Orvis fly rod, dry flies like Chinchilla Royal Coachman and Brown Hackle, and hand rubs his line each morning. He favors short boots over chest-high waders and does not interview privately about fishing.
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James Marlo
Associated Press News
Washington P
Eisenhower
Davy Crockett
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Sherman Adams
New England
Orvis Co
Manchester
Toll Of Lives Rising Over July Weekend Tragedies
The four day Fourth of July period in 1950 recorded 793 traffic deaths with a 491 prior peak. Eight died in a two car collision near Iowa City including two families. Other incidents killed a mother and three children in Ohio, two women in North Carolina, a teen after a roller coaster fall in New Jersey, a roof sleeper in Chicago, and children in unrelated firecracker and structural accidents.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Columbus
Ohio
Cherokee
N.C
Lake Hopatcong
N.J
Chicago
Seattle
Oakland
Leslie
Mich
Oklahoma
First National Commander of AMVET Dies
Atty. Jack W. Hardy, first national commander of AMVETS, died after a heart attack in a Los Angeles restaurant. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1950 for California 14th District, afterward returning to private practice after Stanford and brief service as deputy state attorney general.
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Los Angeles
Jack W. Hardy
The
American Veterans of Ae War II
Amvets
Hardy
Sam W. Yorty
California
Stanford University
U S Faces Another Day In Steam Room
The United States endures another hot day with many areas in the 90s and above. Overnight temps lingered in the 70s and 80s across regions from the Ohio Valley to Texas while rainfall was limited. Cities like Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Minneapolis and Philadelphia report near 95 to 99 degree readings.
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United States
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Texas
Monroe
Jackson
Miss
McAlester
Okla
Knoxville
Tenn
Calumet
Mich
Atlantic Coast
Central Plains
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Washington
Fort Worth
Regional Forecasts From South to Virginia Heat and Showers
Forecast highlights hot and mostly fair conditions across the Carolinas and Virginia. South Carolina sees hot, fair to partly cloudy weather with scattered afternoon thundershowers mainly in the extreme north. North Carolina remains hot with scattered showers mainly in the afternoon and evening, cooler nights in the mountains. Virginia stays mostly fair and hot with possible afternoon or evening storms in the west, high 90s to 95, cooler nights.
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Weather Bureau
Rockies
Great Lakes
Canadian
Central Plains
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Memorial ceremony honors Capt John J Hayes in Linz
The 4th Honored In Europe ceremony near Linz unveiled a memorial to Capt John J Hayes famed for mercy flights to Austrian children with whooping cough. He died on a training flight in December 1954.
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Linz
John J. Hayes
Paris
C. Douglas Dillon
American Legion
Champs Elysees
Arch of Triumph
London
Winthrop Aldrich
Winfield House
Regents Park
Oslo
Abraham Lincoln
Frogner Park
Hope Abandoned For Fliers
The U S Navy and Air Force ended active search for two Marine fliers missing after a Pacific flight near Tokyo eight days earlier. The forces will focus only on land masses and coastlines, after a massive search covering about 85 000 square miles and dozens of ships and planes.
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Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Pacific
Navy
Weather forecast and fire danger update
Tonight low 70 and tomorrow high 95 forecast with today reaching 95 and last night at 66. Sunset at 7 40 p m and sunrise at 5 09 a m. Forest fire danger currently moderate.
Virginia Ponders School Problem Endorsement of Integration Backed by Norfolk
Virginia officials weigh integration as Norfolk School Board endorses the Supreme Court ruling with caveats. The board supports lawfulness and continued public schooling but warns gradual change may prevent disintegration. A special General Assembly session is being prepared to draft legislation to avert forced integration by July.
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Richmond
Virginia Officialdon
School Board
Norfolk
Virginia
Norfolk Board
Supreme Court
State Commission On Public Education
General Assembly
Legislative Commission
Gov. Stanley
Senator Johnson Stricken and Sidelined by Illness
The article notes Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, a longtime leader and frequent presidential contender, is ill. Republican colleagues express regret, emphasizing the Senate cannot spare him and that the nation would be distressed by his absence. Johnson, tall and prominent, entered Parliament in 1937 and Senate in 1948, becoming the youngest majority leader in 1953.
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Sion
Sen. Ives
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Sen
Ruchel
Calif
Johnson
House
Attorney dies at summer home in Flat Rock
Charles A. Young aged 52 of Greenwood Washington died of a heart attack at his summer home in Flat Rock North Carolina. Survivors include his widow and two daughters.
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Flat Rock
N.C
Charles A. Young
Greenwood
D.C
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Miami
New Orleans
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Francisco
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Frigidaire
City Appliance CO
Blue Cross
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Telephone
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J. M. Hargett
John Wesley
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Lambeth, Inc
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Lona
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