Foot Size Sketch of Miss America Contestants
A Miami Daily News feature notes that many Miss America contestants had large feet with Miss Pennsylvania at 9 B and Miss Kentucky at 9 AAAA among 19 of the beauties. The piece compares Greta Garbo’s feet, once a Hollywood standard, to current fashion trends.
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New Orleans
Miami Daily News
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Greta Garbo
Greta
Hollywood
The Shears and The Pen Editorial Reprints
The column reprints editorials from other papers to share what editors write and to show what may be considered suitable for reprinting. It notes readers may enjoy the selections and hints editors’ work outlives them as old editors paste away.
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Shelby N. C
Daily Star
Aim High theme guides twenty eighth year of women clubs
Promise of Future Bright for B and P highlights how recognizing women’s achievements inspires professionals to greater effort. The piece argues women will take on higher roles as the nation benefits from trained professionals. It champions Aim High as the guiding theme for the National Business and Professional Women’s Clubs’ twenty eighth year.
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America
Platte Center Welcomes Gruenther in Nostalgic Homecoming
Gen Alfred M Gruenther supreme Allied commander in Europe, a Platte Center native, flies over Main Street en route to Norfolk memorial dedication for Karl Stefan. Residents cheer as the big plane circles then passes overhead, reminding locals of his boyhood days and hometown ties.
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Platte Center
Neb
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
United States
Washington
Norfolk
Neh
Karl Stefan
Omcha
Main Street
Ervin Cronin
Frank Pedraza
Forrestal Ready to Join Fleet as First Super Carrier
PORTSMOUTH VA The carrier Forrestal ready to join the fleet after an afternoon commissioning ceremony. The ship will become the largest warship in the Navy with 3 500 crew and about 76 000 tons displacement and a thousand planes. Subsequent Forrestal class ships expected to cost around 189 million for the fourth ship Independence.
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Portsmouth
Forrestal
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Five Injured in Two Car Wreck at Hope Airport Gate
Five persons were hurt in a two car collision about 8 PM at the junction of Highways 4 and 32 near the Hope Municipal Airport gate. Injured include Mr and Mrs Herbert R Hicks and three Black men Julius Walker Theodore Walker and Jim Wingfield from the Washington area. All sustained broken limbs cuts and bruises. extent unknown. Oakcrest and Herndon-Cornelius ambulances transported them to local hospitals.
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Hope Municipal Airport
Herbert R. Hicks
Julius Walker
Theodore Walker
Jim Wingfield
Washington
Oakcrest
Herndon- Cornelius
Eisenhower Medical Progress Fuels GOP Campaign Hopes
Republicans, encouraged by President Eisenhower’s heart progress, view him as the party’s top campaigner even if he does not run. Strategists expect he could lift the GOP by promoting his program via television and support a successor who carries his agenda, with Leonard Hall backing continued campaign plans.
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Washington
LLP
Eisenhower
GOP
Denver
Republican National
Leonard W Hall
National Committee
Water fight rages over nations abundant resource
Washington reports a nationwide struggle over irrigation and domestic water as population growth and industry demand soar. The Hoover Commission warns of rising stringencies while the Federal Reclamation Bureau touts billions spent on dams, pumps, and canals to irrigate arid western lands and fuel national output.
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Washington
Amerca
Hoover Commisson Task Force
Congress
Colorado
Upper
Ohio
Hoover Commission Task Force
Mahoning River
Youngstown
U.S
U.S. Treasury
Hoover Dam
Arizona
Nevada
Shasta
California
Hun Blyasvsee
Montana
Grand Coulee
Missouri River
U. S
Federal Reclamation Bureau
Bureau
San Francisco rocked by mysterious earthquake blast
A 15 square mile area of San Francisco was jolted by a powerful blast described as an earthquake last night. Meteorologists physicists and the military offered no explanation. Thousands fled into streets with near panic in one neighborhood as jet planes crashing the sound barrier were suggested but the Air Force denied any jets over the city.
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San Francisco
Air Force
Moscow Rejects Eisenhower Plan for Aerial Inspections
Washington dispatches report new Moscow broadcasts showing the Soviet Union rejecting President Eisenhower’s proposal for an aerial inspections exchange as part of a broader global disarmament framework. Premier Bulganin sent a letter raising objections yet did not oppose the principle, urging steps be part of a comprehensive arms reduction system.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Esenhower
United States
Russia
Rosston NFA Heads to National Contest in Atlanta
Rosston Chapter of New Farmers of America wins state livestock and poultry judging and quiz contests. Artis G Mendenhall Dell Mor ris Blakley Fred H Williams Roy Co Joe and Reubin A Moss will attend the national NFA convention in Atlanta with travel funded by the Arkansas Association. Ira W Harris will accompany as advisor and coach.
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Rosston
New Farmers of America
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Atlanta
Georgia
Arkansas Association of New Farmers of America
Oak Grove High School
Artis G. Mendenhall
Dell Morris Blakley
Fred H. Williams
Roy Co. Joe
Reubin A. Mossa
A. M. & N. College
Almot
Ira W. Harris
Boston N. F. A
Typhoon Threat Persists For Japan After Kyushu Devastation
A powerful typhoon moved toward northern Japan after tearing Kyushu with 172 mph gusts in Iwo Jima and leaving 20 dead 10 missing 105 injured. Police reported about 1 000 houses destroyed and 1 500 seriously damaged as floods loomed with up to 16 inches of rain.
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Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Kyushu
Iwo Jima
Doctor White supports Eisenhower running again
Boston reported remark by Dr. Paul Dudley White, famed heart specialist, saying he would have no objection to Eisenhower running for a second term. He clarified on NBC To day that he never advised the President to seek another term and stressed his own lack of desire for the strain of a second presidency.
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Boston
Paul Dudley White
Denver
Eisenhower
White
Paul D. White
United States of America
Curtis Girl Exhibits Prize Calf in Third District Show
Ruth Thomas of Curtis Ark earned the grand champion in the Third District Livestock Show Fat Calf class. Worth Matteson III of Foreman took reserve. Auction top bid came from Tol-E-Tex of Hope for Imon Brown’s calf at 247.20.
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Ruth Thomas
Curtis
Arkansas
Ruth
Little Rock
Worth Matteson III
Foreman
Tol-E-Tex
Hope
Imon Brown
Blevins
Ralph
Johnny Heath
Mena
Gene Evans
Little Rock Packing Co
Joe Stanton
Saratoga
Don Fuller
Polio Vaccine Doses Released for Immediate Use
The Public Health Service released 2,604,153 doses of Salk polio vaccine for immediate use. Of these, 2,035,355 go to states for youngsters under the voluntary distribution plan, 568,618 go to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis for free inoculation, and 326,664 reserved doses are reallocated to states. Foundation president Basil O’Connor said enough vaccine exists to complete second shots for about 7,000,000 schoolchildren this fall, aiming to inoculate 24,000,000 children overall.
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Washington
Public Health Service Today
National Foundation For
The
Health Service
Foundation
Basil O'Connor
Moegle's 95 Yard Cotton Bowl TD Stuns Alabama
Dickey Moegle broke Cotton Bowl scoring records with a 95 yard touchdown run against Alabama on January 1 1954. The play sparked controversy as Moegle was tackled by an Alabama bench warmer during the dash.
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Dickey Moegle
Alabama
Moegle
Talent Winners Named In Local Club Contest
Five winners were chosen Friday morning to advance to the state meet with three moving on to the national stage. Winners include LaDon Ward and Elizabeth Butler, Kathy Frith of Howard County, Brenda Beck and Edythe Addington, and Shirley Barrick with Barbara Barrick and Suzanne Kuester. Additional participants covered include Rita Sanders, Nancy Garrett, Gail Davidson, Phillip Rowe, and Myra McLery among others. judges were Mrs. Haskell Jones, Mrs. Bess Evans, and H. T. Baber.
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LaDon Ward
Elizabethe Butler
Bodcan
Kathy Frith
Howard Co
Dierks
Reading
Brenda Beck
Edythe Addington
Miller
Texarkana
Shirley Barrick
Barbara Barrick
Suzanne Kuester
Garland
Hot Springs
Donna Hatcher
Ann Hardin
Patsy Southerland
Patsy Prince
Hot Springs Co
Eddie Polk
Sevier
DeQueen
Sue Keeley
Wanda Dial
Nevada
Prescott
William Earl Naven
Richard Webb
Little Rock
Linda Dunlap
Sandra Reese
Pike Co
Kirby
Haskell Jones
Hope
Bess Evans
H. T. Baber
Arkadelphia
Probers Peek Into Air Contract Details
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee will send investigators to the St. Louis plant of McDonnell Aircraft Co. to probe the F3H-1 Demon jet fighter contract. Navy Secretary Thomas cites inadequate procurement and vows steps to prevent a recurrence as criticisms focus on engine failures and rushed production after Korea. Defense Secretary Wilson notes the hurried postwar development and wartime uncertainties.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
St. Louis
McDonnell Aircraft Co
Navy
Thomas
Truman
Defense
Wilson
Korea
Ohio Bread Price War Reaches Climax in St Marys
In St Marys Ohio a bread price war between two supermarkets ends with white bread selling at a penny a loaf 20 ounce loaves. Each store limits customers to 10 loaves as prices collapse from 21 cents to four cents. Residents stockpile as winter meat grows scarce. Stores are about a mile apart.
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ST. Marys
Ohio
Life
Health talk at Hempstead County club meeting
Miss Helen Robinson, Extension Health Specialist from Little Rock, led Hempstead County Home Demonstration Club Health Leaders in a Thursday session in the Hempstead County Courthouse. She outlined seven health maintenance goals from mental and physical health to budgeting for illness costs and environment, stressing home practices as the cheapest plan. Leaders in attendance included Mrs. Haller McCorkle, Victory. Mrs. Tom Drake, Hinton. Mrs. W. C. Beck, Centerville. Mrs. Clifford Messer, Rocky Mound. Mrs. Merlin Cox, Baker. Mrs. Doyle Rogers, Melrose. Mrs. A. B. King, Liberty Hill. Mrs. Ernest Graham, Hopewell. Mrs. Carl Gilbert, Columbus. and Mrs. Art Fincher, Shover Springs.
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Helen Robinson
Little Rock
Hempstead County
Lorraine B. Wylie
Hempstead
Robinson
Haller McCorkle
Victory
Tom Drake
Hinton
W. C. Beck
Centerville
Clifford Messer
Rocky Mound
Merlin Cox
Baker
Doyle Rogers
Melrose
A. B. King
Liberty Hill
Ernest Graham
Hopewell
Carl Gilbert
Columbus
Art Fincher
Shover Springs
Dickerson Conviction Upheld by Military Appeals Court
The Court of Military Appeals in Washington upheld Corp. Edward Dickersons conviction and 10 year sentence for collaborating with Communist captors in Korea. Aubrey Rothrock, an amateur gold champion from South Carolina, is a UNC student from Spartanburg.
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Washington
Court of Military Appeals
Corp
Edward Dickerson
Korea
South Carolina
Aubrey Rothrock
University of North Carolina
Spartanburg, S. C
Sultan Moulay Arafa Flees Rabat for Tangier Flight
Sultan Moulay Arafa left Rabat at dawn and flew to Tangier to join a planned peace move toward limited self rule in the North African enclave. He departed with a motorcade of twelve cars toward the capital's airport, amid a long line of officials and a rising sun over a great mosque.
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Sultan M Ben Arafa
Bis
Tangier
Moulay Arafa
Rabat
Sam
Bou Regreg Rabat
Rodeo Final Show Tonight At Third District Livestock
Rainy weather did not deter a fair crowd for the Third District Livestock Show rodeo final. Calf roping winners include Doyce Carmon Jerry Texarkana and Bill Enid with times 11.2 12.6 and 14.3. Bull riding and bronc events list competitors from Texas Oklahoma and Kansas with top rides noted.
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Doyce Carmon
Allister
Oxfa
Jerry
Texarkana
Bill Enid
Okla
Bill Procton
Mont
Io Een
Oe Hacghie
Texas
Waterman
Waxahachie
Hershel Williams
Canada
Red Avery
Bill Proctor
Bernis
Fort Worth
Ben Boganmont
Derald Burgess
Kansas
Pete
Clarksville
Frank Rhed
Pete Jones
Tonca City
Young Actor James Dean Dies in Wreck
Hollywood reports confirm James Dean, 24, died in a head on collision on a California highway while en route to a road race. Dean’s Porsche Spyder collided with a left turning car driven by Donald Speed, a 23 year old Tulare student. Dean died instantly with fatal injuries.
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Hollywood
James Dean
boBby
Dean
Fromlywood
California
Paso Robles
Donald Speed
Tulare
Calif
Ford Plans Record Half Billion Expansion in 1956
Ford Motor Co., at Mahwah New Jersey, unveils a record five hundred million expansion program for 1956. Henry II asserts the plan reflects conviction in the American economy and will be funded from earnings, not borrowing.
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Mahwah
N.J
Henry II
Ford Motor
Autom
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