Showmanship and faith in Greensboro Billy Graham drive
In Greensboro the Billy Graham revival funds are being raised to roughly 30,000 to cover half the tab for a temporary tabernacle. The writer questions the true impact of large campaigns, suggesting locals compare Greensboro's daily religious life with the Columbia South Carolina crowds and urging focus on steady ministers over spectacular shows.
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Greensboro
Tabernacle
Columbia
South Carolina
Billy Graham
High Point
Harper’s
Spain
Peter DeVries
The
New Yorker
Clemenko
TV Guide
Lillian Ross
Hollywood
Hiroshima
Movietown
Thomas Mann
New Mag
Billy Rose
Robin Harris
Look
Sugar Ray
Hollywood Bout Ends With Romantic Drama and Broken Engagement
A film star dispute over Barbara Polyton spilled into a Thursday boxing match between Franchot Tone and Tom Neal. Tone won the bout and the girl after Neal outshone Tone in a dramatic face off, leaving Tone with injuries and the audience buzzing about the real life love triangle.
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Franchot Tone
Tom Neal
Randy Turpin
Sugar Ray Robinson
Franchot
Neal
Tone
Barbara Polyton
Franchoia Tone
Hollywood
Miss Payton
B.H
Hollywood brawl critique fuels editor’s weekend note
Bill Hackney’s sports column denounces a sensational Hollywood feud over a woman as lacking originality and taste. The editors lament the brawling actors, loud reporters, and press agents, and condemn newspapers for promoting such entertainment.
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Bill Hackney
Hollywood
Ike backs unified European army plan gains global traction
The Big Three foreign ministers Acheson Morrison and Schuman endorsed a unified European army with German participation. Ike’s unqualified support signals Western resolve against Soviet expansion and boosts Europe morale. Observers see a push toward a Western European federation and potentially a world federation for lasting peace.
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Eisenhower
Messrs. Acheson
Morrison
Schuman
Acheson
Ike
Europe
Fisenhower
The Mad House The Amazing Thing Is That They Do Not Scream Out All the Time
Washington. Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois vents a scream amid a heated arms bill debate. The piece paints senators as overworked, constantly briefed on dangerous secrets, enduring long days, and theatrically prone to outbursts. Lyndon Johnson is noted briefly with a domestic incident.
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Washington
Paul Douglas
Ofllinois
Senate
Douglas
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Tom Heflin
Alabama
Senator Wiley
Wisconsin
Senator Langer
North Dakota
Langer
Senator Neely
West Virginia
MacArthur
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Tecifes Jong
Will
Senator Morse
Oregon
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Mary Wrather
Miss Wrather
Costs and reforms for the U S Post Office
The piece argues Congress should curb deficits by modern management and efficiency rather than raising rates. It urges engineering and accounting reforms, subsidy considerations, and phasing out costly services like special delivery and third class mail, criticizing rate hikes as insufficient.
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Post Office
Congress
Hoover Commission
Post
Senate
Administration
Quotes From Leaders and Public Figures Across Realms
A collection of quoted lines includes a German Social Democratic leader on Germany’s ruined cities as true monuments and others condemning impatience in politics and economics. Syria’s premier Hasan Makim argues for bloc alignment amid neutrality limits, while Dagmar and a RC church voice critique gender issues and media roles.
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Hitler
Germany
Waldemar von Knoeringen
Reno
H. A. Reinhold
Hasan Makim
Syria
Debonair Meek and Markets On A Turbulent Week
A column mixes humor and opinion on quality, debt, and public life. A veteran jailed over a fatal accident frames a note on freedom and duty. Marshall’s record is debated amid China policy and a shift to color TV market tones.
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Dewey Thurston
Concord
Cabarrus Superior Court
Korea
Broadway and boxing notes drive New York entertainment scene
The piece surveys Sugar Ray Robinson and Turpin in a contentious bout, reviews Hedging shows in New Haven and Philadelphia, notes ticket scalping for The King and I, and previews films like The River and Captain Horatio Hornblower while fielding critics on radio and literary premieres. It highlights industry chatter, varying receptions, and the week’s media buzz across stage, screen, and screens.
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Theatre Week
Bagels
Vox
Randy Turpin
New York
New Haven
Lindsay-Crouse
Variety
Sentinel
King and I
S. Pacific
the Cinemagicians
Horatio Hornblower
Gregory Peck
Mariner
Virginia Mayo
O’hara
Spencer Tracy
Turpin
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