Marine Captain Wins $64,000 on The $64,000 Question
Marine Corps Captain Richard McCutchen, 28, famed for culinary skill, won CBS TV’s The $64,000 Question, the largest radio television prize to date. He described seven menu items from a Buckingham Palace dinner for the French president and wife, choosing to invest the prize and remain in the Marines.
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McCutchen
Richard McCutchen
New York
Marine Corps
Leatherneck
CBS
Buckingham Palace
Hal March
John C. McCutchen
Walter Says Red Cell Evidenced
Chairman Walter of the Un American Activities Committee said evidence shows a substantial Communist cell operated in the federal government as recently as last year. He noted hearings will begin after Congress reconvenes in January and that about 150 people may have belonged to the cell at one time.
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Washington
Walter
D-Pa
Congress
New York
of Senate
War Labor
Spinster Lawyer Leaves Big Estate in St Louis
Bertha J. Bremer, 72, died May 16 1952 with no will. Public Administrator Thomas M Brady says cash totaling 41448 and securities 155034 will be shared among 30 first second and third cousins living in Germany. Money found in a small safe in her home.
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St.louis P
Thomas M. Brady
Germany
Bertha J. Bremer
Miami Beach favored for 1958 Episcopal convention
A joint committee of bishops and deputies recommended Miami Beach Florida as the site for the 1958 Protestant Episcopal convention citing a good racial record and convention plans. The House of Bishops must approve the selection with October 1958 proposed. the budget for the next three years was set at 6.8 million dollars to fund expanded missionary work.
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Honolulu
Houston
Tex
Gardiner M. Day
Cambridge
Mass
Joint Committee
Miami Beach
House of Bishops
Ship carries white python to Philadelphia Zoo amid mishap
In Wilmington North Carolina the cargo unloading from the Isthmian freighter Steel Surveyor ended peacefully after a crane boom nearly toppled toward onlookers while a seven and a half foot white python nicknamed bad luck was removed. Swiss trapper Peter Ruhmer blamed the curse as riots floods and a tiger incident followed the ship’s voyage before the snake departed for the Philadelphia Zoo.
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Wilmington
N. C
Steel Surveyor
Far East
Peter Ruhmer
Ruhmer
Singapore
India
Red Sea
Philadelphia Zoo
New Telescope Tracks Radioactive Cloud Shapes
AEC scientist describes Sky Scanner as a pair of detectors that sweep the sky and emit pulses when X rays from a cloud are detected. The system maps cloud size, shape and direction and helps estimate dilution rates to keep radiation inside safe levels, though limited for bomb-test clouds.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Minneapolis
Atomic Energy Commission
American Chemical Society
G. Victor Beard
Health and Safety Division
Idaho Operations Office
AEC
Idaho
Way to Relieve Itchy Pimples
When skin irritations bring pimples and itching, use Peterson's Ointment for fast relief. A 50 cent box promises prompt soothing balm, reducing smarting and itching and improving skin appearance with a money back guarantee if not delighted.
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Peterson
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