Thousands of Scouts Arrive for National Jamboree in California
Thousands of Boy Scouts pour into JAMBOREE CITY California for the third National Jamboree as contingents from 17 nations and many US states set up camps. The event features tours of Hollywood sites, beaches, oil fields, and Catalina Island with daily sea swims and a focus on the slogan Forward Together on Liberty's Team.
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Calif
California
Holly Griffith Park Zoo
Catalina Island
Pacific
Huntington Beach State Park
Liberty
Texas
Oklahoma
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Canada
Japan
Brazil
Cuba
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Israel
Mexico
Norway
Sweden
Turkey
Pakistan
Venezuela
Switzerland
Philippine Islands
Paul Juenker
Buffalo
N. Y
Miss Universe Contests First Event Set Tonight
Forty two American beauties compete in Long Beach for Miss United States finalists. Susan Anthony Day of Florence and Mary Kemp Griffin of Myrtle Beach lead South Carolina contenders in the telecast preliminaries with top winners earning movie contracts and luxury prizes.
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Long Beach
Calif
South Carolina
Miss
Florence
Myrtle Beach
Mary Kemp Griffin
U. S
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Universal-International Studio
Inoculation Drive Planned for Macon County Children
Federal state and Macon County officials prepare to inoculate thousands of children under 10 against polio in Central Illinois. Gamma globulin allocation of 133 000 cubic centimeters will be distributed by the Illinois State Health Department to Macon County, with 18 753 children under 10 in the county and 13 000 in Decatur. Inoculations tentatively set to begin Friday, pending parental consent and voluntary cooperation.
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Decatur
Ill
Macon County
C. Elliott Bell
Macon County Medical Society
Public Health Service
Washington
Illinois
Illinois State Health Department
Roland R. Cross
Mllneis
Dr. Bell
Office of Defense
Peterborough Library Noted as First Tax Supported in US
The first tax supported library in the United States began in Peterborough New Hampshire in 1833. Since then a majority of communities across the nation have established them.
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United States
Peterborough
N. H
Virginia Democrats pick Stanley or Fenwick for governor race
Virginia Democrats chose between Thomas B. Stanley and Charles R. Fenwick in the primary to face Republican Ted Dalton next fall. Dalton, nominated by the GOP, is seen as a strong challenger as Byrd era Democrats back Stanley. Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. EST.
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Richmond
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Ted Dalton
Radford
Dalton
Stanley
Fenwick
Democratic
Harry F. Byrd
Stan
Ley
Jet Ace Jabara Fears Cars Despite Speed Record
Maj James Jabara the world’s first jet ace says he can handle supersonic flight but fears driving cars. He notes driving slower since taking up jets, unable to explain the caution. He recalls the Ranger’s salute from a foreign country and cites Capt John Paul Jones as its skipper.
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Maj
James Jabara
Wichita
Kans
Ranger
Portsmouth
N. H
John Paul Jones
Lennon to be sworn in as sixth Hoey pick for Senate debut
Raleigh reports that Alton Asa Lennon will take the oath as U S Senator, making Hoey the presenter for the fifth time. Lennon will be the youngest North Carolinian to enter the Senate since 1895, with a Raleigh send-off and special Pullmans to Washington for supporters.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Alton Asa Lennon
United States Senate
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
Senate
J. W. Bailey
William Umstead
J. Melville Broughton
Umstead
Eton
Frank P. Graham
Graham
Willis Smith
Smith
Allen Lennon
Ted
Washington
Lennon
Marion Butler
Butler
F. M. Simmons
Parison Cameron Morrison
Frank Graham
Lee S,rman
J. W. Bailz
Robert R. Pye About
J. M. Broughton
Joseph Abbott
New Hanover
Marian Butler
Sampson County
Simmons
Jones
New Bern
Wilmington
Bailey, Broughton
Durham
Chapel Hill
To To the Toads: Newton School Boss Archives Surfeit
Newton Massachusetts superintendent Harold Gores faced a flood of horned toads sent by towns and schools nationwide after Elmer the toad died earlier. Florida Texas and New Mexico specimens arrived, with 23 hopping about at the Boston Museum of Science for the summer as mass mail brings more.
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Elmer
Albuquerque, N. M
Davis School
Associated Press
Harlingen
Boston
American Airlines
Mexco
Gores
Boston Museum of Science
Milton Eisenhower Meets Chilean President
Milton Eisenhower arrives in Santiago Chile for a goodwill tour of Latin America and meets with President Carlos Ibanez. He is the seventh leader he has visited during the trip and traveled here from Peru.
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Milton Eisenhower
Santiago
Chile
Milton
Eisenhower
Carlos Ibanez
Peru
Bargain Offers At Auction In New York
The City of New York offered items for sale at auction including one snowplow a few lamp posts and a crank type telephone system.
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New York
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