Failure of Thomasville Foundation Drive to Delay Projects
Thomasville City Memorial Hospital, expanding, is set to receive the largest share of funds from the Community Foundation Drive, which fell short of its 1953 goal. Foundation president Harry B. Finch said $471,942.69 has been spent with federal and state aid, and about $25,000 may be allocated to hospital equipment beyond $13,556.67 designated. Several planned improvements, including a bath house and Civic Center equipment, are postponed due to the shortfall. bond money remains tied to bath house plans, with bids higher than the issue.
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Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
E Community Foundation
Harry B. Finch
Finch
Bath House
Foundation
Draft Chief Says 19-Year-Olds Cannot Escape Callups
Washington March 21 UPI Draft Director Lewis B Hershey said 19-year-olds cannot escape calls despite Defense Secretary Wilson's plan to cut drafts. He noted the manpower pool is thin and monthly calls around 53,000 will require large reductions. Hershey plans tighter deferments for college students and fathers, highlighting that many 19-year-olds are already being drafted and that fathering should not substitute service.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Defense
Charles E
Hershey
Wilson
Armed Services
Annual Wage Guarantee To Top UAW Demands
Walter P. Reuther announced the UAW has drafted a guaranteed annual wage blueprint aimed at exceeding next contract demands. He outlined a $230 monthly pension goal for 1955 contracts and projected pension funds nearing one billion dollars by 1960. Reuther urged management and economists to weigh in while confirming no breach of the guaranteed income principle.
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Glenn Engle
Atlantic City
N. J
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
CIO
UAW
Conflicting Plane Crash Stories Focus Investigation
A DC-4 crash near Alvarado California killed 35, with Air Force personnel aboard bound for the Far East. Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Authority and the Air Force examine conflicting statements from Transocean Airlines and Oakland airport controllers about weather delays and approach procedures.
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Alvarado
Calif
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Air Force
Transocean Airlines
Oakland
Far East
Transocean
Lee Houseman
Oakland Aiport
Houseman
509Th
Van Fleet Calls for Bold Action to Defeat Communism
General James A. Van Fleet urged decisive action to beat communism in Korea and elsewhere. He stressed allied support and a large, capable U S army, and warned freedom worldwide remains in danger while any nation falls to communists. He spoke at the University of Florida during a centennial event before testifying in Washington on ammunition shortages.
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Gainesville
Fla
James A. van Fleet
Korea
8Th Army
University of Florida
U. N
Free Nations
America
van Fleet
Washington
Senate
Earth
Anonymous gift returned to University of Nebraska
Chancellor R G Gustavson of the University of Nebraska found an anonymous letter on his desk containing two $100 bills. The sender said he had cheated the university of that amount during student days and asked forgiveness with the return of money.
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Lincoln, Neb
R. G. Gustavson
University of Nebraska
Gustavson
Thomasville Kite Contest Winners Named
Thomasville district youths competed in a City recreation department kite contest. Winners included Jim Sink who took first in largest kite and second in novelty with a two stick clear plastic kite. Other victors spanned Colonial Drive School Liberty Drive School Kern Street School and Liberty Drive School among others.
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Thomasville
Jimmy Sink
Colonial Drive School
City Recreation Department
Sink
Seo Oat
J. D. Foust
Steve Sink
Colonial Drive
Douglas Woodall
Clayton Smith, Jr
Liberty Drive
Nolangins
Tommy Holliday
Robert Beasley
Farrell Boyles
Kern Street School
Big Game Comes to You In India
Calcutta reports an urban hunter Tarapada Chakravarty living 18 miles from the city center used a bicycle light spear and an axe to kill two leopards at a pond after his neighbor joined him with a spear. His wife summoned aid and the incident ended with the leopard slain by Chakravarty.
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Calcutta
India
Tarapada Chakravarty
70-Year-Old Co-ed Plans Homes Away From Home For Working Girls
Virginia Golson, 70, Appalachian State Teachers College student from Danville Virginia, aims to campaign for church run homes for working girls away from home. She describes homes as not paid, but shared, offering care and guidance to shield from negative influence.
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Miss Golson
Virginia
Unclear fragment locates 90 miles from Keyhn Fla
Fragment mentions a distance of about 90 miles from Key hn Florida to the nearest point in an unspecified area. No further readable context or entities available to determine the exact place, event, or subject.
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Key Hn Fla
Tree Farm Project Expands Along Parkersburg Airport
Wallace Bennon, field manager, leads Woody County Airport in a sideline to grow Christmas trees. Three years ago he harvested hay between landing strips. This spring he planted 2000 Scotch pine and spruce. He aims for 100,900 bordering the field and plans to sell table size trees in three years and room sized trees in five years.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Woody County
Wallace Bennon
Bennon
Army Chaplain Weitzel Travels 1000 Miles Monthly for Soldiers
Gettysburg’s Army Chaplain William H. Weitzel serves U S troops in Korea, traveling about 1000 miles each month to meet religious needs. Alaska statehood would place it eighth in recoverable coal reserves with nearly 100 billion tons remaining to be mined, according to the Twentieth Century Fund.
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William H. Weitzel
Gettysburg
Korea
Alaska
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