UP President Denounces Argentine Ban on News
Hugh Baillie of United Press says Argentina’s government is closing the curtain on North American press reports, cutting off news to its people while planning a congressional probe. He notes AP, UP, INS and NYT coverage to Buenos Aires is halted, forcing reliance on Reuters and the French service.
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Washington
Hugh Baillie
United Press
White House
Peron
Argentina
North America
Baillie
Eisenhower
Europe
Reuters
Eisenhower to Sail Last Cruise on Presidential Yacht Williamsburg
President Eisenhower plans a final voyage aboard the Williamsburg this weekend, leaving Yorktown Thursday afternoon and cruising Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis and the Naval Academy. The yacht will be turned over to the Navy in May and later used for Korean veterans cruises before joining the mothball fleet.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Chesapeake Bay
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Navy
Iit
Navy Gun Factory
Naval Mine Depot
Yorktown
Annapolis Naval Academy
Naval Academy
Indicted Technician Larceny Swap In Blood Donor Payments
A 27 year old X ray technician Helen Hood was indicted on three grand larceny counts for stealing $10 000 from a Baptist Hospital by directing blood donor payments to herself and her boyfriends. Deputies planned arraignment in Columbia Mississippi after the Hinds County grand jury return the bills. Hood held bachelor and master degrees and was described as a brilliant scholar. Her scheme allegedly paid donors 25 dollars each with 5 dollars going to the donors while the rest went to Hood and nursing staff misrepresented to donors.
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Miss Hood
South Mississippi
Hinds County
Stevenson Should Have Run In India
In New Delhi U S Ambassador George V Allen told Adlai Stevenson that if 360 million Indians could vote there would be no doubt about the outcome, remarking Stevenson is in solid Democratic territory. Stevenson quipped that he should have run for office there, then visited Gandhi's cremation site.
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New Delhi
India
U. S
George V. Allen
Democratic Party
Adlai Stevenson
Allen
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Far East
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Little Cause For Excitement In Mountain Rescue
Five year-old Jimmy Bill was found after 24 hours lost in the mountains near Los Angeles by a 300-man search party aided by bloodhounds an amphibian plane and a helicopter He greeted his father with the question How come you're home today updating the domestic rescue success in LA Honda California.
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LA Honda
Calif
Jimmy Bill
Ig Mantel
Jimmy
Celebrities Vie In Palm Beach Open Pro-Am
WESTBURY N Y UP A pro am event pairing top golf pros with amateurs including the Duke of Windsor and Bob Hope will be played at Meadow Reck golf course as a Palm Beach tournament precursor. The Palm Beach tourney features 16 pros in a round robin starting Thursday. Today 25 fourball groups consist of one pro and three amateurs.
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Westbury
N. Y
Duke of Windsor
Bob Hope
Meadow Reck
Palm Beach
Mystery movie star from Winnetka born 1924 identified by stage name
A newcomer on the film scene, born November 17 1924 in Winnetka Illinois, served in the Navy, once delivered mail to a famous press agent, screen test yielded a result. His filmography includes Shoplifter Undertow Fighter Squadron The Iron Man Bright Victory Here Come the Nelsons Scarlet Angel Bend of the River Has Anyone Seen My God. The person’s real name Roy Fitzgerald is different on billboards.
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Winnetka
Ill
Navy
God
Roy Fitzgerald
Child Born This Date Hints At Fortune Ahead
A dated note speaks of monetary success hinted for the coming year while reminding that all that glitters is not gold. It closes with a hopeful blessing for the child born on this date.
Oblique defined as inclined and indirect term
The word oblique is described as slanting and not straightforward with origins in French and Latin. It derives from ob plus liquis and carries meanings of indirect or underhand usage in various contexts.
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Obliquus
Unlucky Month Noted For Three Sports Figures
The thirteenth of the month has not been unlucky for Daphne Du Maurier, novelist, Joe Louis former heavyweight boxing champion, and Clif Fannin of big league baseball fame.
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Daphne du Maurier
Joe Louis
Clif Fannin
Unknown 1944 pianist composer obituary clue
Article fragment notes Lilian Campbell by Central Press Writer mentions a 4 pianist with many songs and instrumental works, popular in its time. It states she died in 1944 and ends with a quote from William Ewart Gladstone about duty. The name at bottom of column is sought.
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Lilian Campbell
Central Press
Wiliam Ewart Gladstone
Jamestown Founded and Churchill Speech Highlight Historic Dates
The entry notes 1607 Jamestown settlement as America's first permanent colony, 1846 US declares war on Mexico, and 1940 Winston Churchill delivers a landmark speech urging British resolve with the phrase blood, sweat and tears.
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Jamestown
America
United States
Mexico
Winston Churchill
England
Britain
Quiz Elements and Phrases Across Time
A concise dental of questions and references spans biblical book Revelation New Hampshire family ties and a Gilbert operetta line. It notes Homer before 800 B C Buddha and the Sixth Century B C with a garbled ending.
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St. John
New Hampshire
Capt. Corcoran
W. S. Gilbert
Homer
B. C
Buddha
Open Door Policy Earns Praise From White House Press
Merriman Smith of United Press told Indiana University’s Sigma Delta Chi banquet that the Eisenhower administration is pursuing a genuine effort to keep the nation informed. He credited press secretary James Hagerty for a more open door, noting early opposition faded as reporters gained access and cooperation improved.
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Bloomington
Ind
White House
Merriman Smith
United Press
Smith
Indiana University
James C. Hagerty
Hapgood Divorce Granted After Dish-Throw Allegation
Mrs. Robert R. Hapgood received an uncontested divorce in Boston after testifying her husband would remove his upper dental plate and throw it at her. The hearing took place Tuesday under the ULP report.
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Boston, Mass
ULP
Robert R. Hapgood
Tonga: Last Polynesian Kingdom in Oceania Says National Geographic
The National Geographic Society identifies Tonga as the final remaining Polynesian kingdom in Oceania, highlighting its unique political and cultural status within the region.
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Tonga
Oceania
National Geographic Society
Wait For A Teacher Sign Found In New Mexico
State police reported a traffic sign in a school zone carried a childish scrawl reading Wait for a teacher. The incident was noted as a cautionary message found in New Mexico.
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Jal, N.M
Tidelands Bill Expected To Get Easy Approval
Washington reports the tide lands oil bill, a central 83rd Congress clash, near final House approval to match the Senate version and head to President Eisenhower for signature. The measure would grant coastal states title to submerged lands to their historic boundaries, three miles offshore generally, extending to the continental shelf edge in waves of 150 miles.
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Washington
Tidelands
House
Senate
White House
Eisenhower
Senate House
Congress
Supreme Court
Texas
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Subcommittee Ends Baseball Hearings
A Senate subcommittee finished week long hearings on television and radio legislation in baseball and may take a couple of weeks to prepare a report. Chairman Edwin C Johnson said the panel will act soon on a bill to ban broadcasts of a team’s games in another team’s home territory. The final hearing featured a dispute over whether play by play accounts of games are lawful, with Lou Carroll for the National League and Texas broadcaster Gordon McLendon as principals.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Johnson
Lou Carroll
National League
Texas
Gordon McLendon
Burglars Lose $499 After Robbery at Nixon Store
In Whittier California burglars smashed into Donald Nixon’s supermarket and fled with $1 after a watchdog alarmed them. Police found $500 worth of burglary tools left at the scene. The incident links to the brother of Vice President Richard Nixon.
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Whittier
Calif
Donald Nixon
Richard Nixon
Snow Evaporation Noted Over Cold Winter
Observation notes snow tends to evaporate into the air rather than melting, while the ancient world widely used oil of cloves in various remedies and rituals.
Cocoa origins and production shift to Africa
The statement notes that cocoa originated in the New World and that Africa now accounts for about two-thirds of global supply, highlighting a major shift in production geography.
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Africa
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