Dorsey Dies in Sleep After Illness and Divorce Drama
Band leader Tommy Dorsey dies in his sleep at about 2 a.m. in Greenwich Connecticut. A medical examiner cites choking on food particles after a heavy Italian dinner. Dorsey’s third wife Janie, two children, and others were present. note details and family lines are noted, with burial planned in Shenandoah Pennsylvania.
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Tommy
Greenwich, Conn
Teresa
Janie
Greenwich
Conn
Tommy Dorsey
C. Stanley Knapp
Knapp
Dorsey
Vincent Carbone
Carbone
Jimmy
New York
Inlaw
Ruth New
Atlanta
Tina Barzie
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Barzie
Susie
Steve
Mildred Kraft
Lester Hooker
Richmond
Roosevelt urges UN action over Suez crisis comments
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt told the Durham chapter of the American Association for the United Nations that US protest in 1951 could have changed the Suez crisis. She linked Middle East oil interests to inaction and supported Israel's right to act against Egypt while condemning Britain and France. She urged greater public interest and faith in the UN before departing Raleigh Durham airport.
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Durham
Eleanor Roosevelt
United States
United Nations
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N
Roosevelt
American Assny
Raleigh-Durham
Middle East
Hun
Israel
Britain
France
Nuclear Engineer Is Hired For Carolinas Virginia Power Plan
Raleigh reports Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates moved forward with hiring E. C. Fiss of Charlotte as engineering director. Fiss begins December 1, and the four power companies appoint a permanent steering committee to contract an engineering consulting firm for reactor design and construction. Columbia hosts the next meeting January 8. Congressman Durham urges recruiting more nuclear engineers and training programs.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Virginia
E. C. Fiss
Charlotte
Duke Power Co
Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates
Fiss
C. J. Miller
H. B. Robinson
Carolina Power & Light Co
Miles Cary
Virginia Electric & Power Co
F. R. McMeekin
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Columbia
U.S
Carl. T. Durham
Chapel Hill
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Oak Ridge
Argonne
Wilson limits Army air power and missile range
President follows through on a Wilson order reshaping roles of the armed services. The Army loses independent air support and long range missile plans with ranges over 200 miles. Air Force gains control of long range antiaircraft missiles and Bomarc deployment. Navy retains ship based missiles and intermediate range missile duties.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
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Thomas F. Dorsey
Hawaii
Pat Dane
Walter Cook
Wilson
Esso Standard Oil Company
West Bend
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Smith Hot-Water Hesters
New York, N. Y
Whitehall Pharmace Company
Belks
Boys’ Wool Blend
Hanes
S. M
L. White
LT Ue
Men’‘S
Bonaire
N. Main & Montlieu Avenue
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Esso
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