Quiz answers from the 1950s column tease
A reader question page offers multiple choice prompts about food spending, Olympic participation, railroads mascots, wartime timelines, Nob Hill landmarks, DDS as a profession, and a movie star’s upcoming project. Answers promised on Page 9A.
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U.S
Cortina
Italy
Phoebe Erst
Chessie the Cat
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Nob Hill
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Bob Hope Returns Home After Global Trip
Hollywood comedian Bob Hope lands at International Airport with his wife and four children after three months abroad. He wears a monocle homburg hat and cane while the family also sports monocles. Hope says he will rest and regain his sun tan after Europe’s bad weather.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Globe
International Airport
Ug T
Europe
Missing Jefferson Davis Highway marker found missing in San Diego plaza
Bronze plaque marking the first Pacific terminal of the Jefferson Davis Highway disappeared from its granite base in a San Diego city plaza. City officials and the San Diego Historical Society recall controversy over routes and names, with another monument to Coolidge dating from 1926 still in place.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific
Allen Perry
Parks
Daughters of the Confederacy
Perry
California State Highway Division
St. Augustine
Fla
Jefferson Davis
Dixie Overland Highway Association
Savannah
Texas
Oscar Award MCs Named
Actress Claudette Colbert will host with comedian Jerry Lewis as masters of ceremonies for the 28th annual motion picture Oscar awards on March 21 in Hollywood. Colbert will preside from New York while Lewis anchors from Hollywood. The pairing aims to bring a lively television and radio presentation to the broadcast.
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Hollywood
Claudette Colbert
New York
Jerry Lewis
Opposition Candidates File in North Carolina Democratic Primary
Charles F. Gold and Frank Crane face challenges as John N. Frederick of Charlotte and H. B. Lambeth Jr. file for Gold and Crane seats respectively. Rep Thurmond Chatham of Winston-Salem also enters, with Ralph J. Scott announcing a challenge in the Fifth District.
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Raleigh
Charles F. Gold
Frank Crane
John N. Frederick
Charlotte
Gold
Frederick
Anson County
H. B. Lambeth Jr
Whitsett
Guilford County
Crane
Thurmond Chatham
Winston-Salem
Ralph J. Scott
Danbury
Chatham
Woman's College Probe Opens Tomorrow in Greensboro
A three day inquiry into conflicts between faculty and administration at Woman's College begins in Greensboro tomorrow. Pro and anti administration factions have held off campus sessions, with two meetings by pro admin forces and an anti group gathering after a WC teacher's letter to the Greensboro Daily News.
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Greensboro
Woman's College
Greensboro Daily News
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John William Younger
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Okla
Frank D. Russell
Little Rock
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Leavenworth, Kan
Federal Penitentiary
Frigidaire
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Bill's Heating CO
Howington
Fligh Point
N. C
Security Patrol Service, Inc
Jack S. Davis
William Friday
Consolidated University of North Carolina
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Essotane
N. Main & Montlieu Ave
P.O
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Ayos
New England
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Mann Drug CO
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Carolina Giant
North Carolina
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Carolina Giant Cement Company
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