Ex General Ike Delights At Abilene Party
Retired general Dwight D. Eisenhower, campaigning for presidential nomination, greeted about 300 to 400 guests at Otis Landes home in Abilene and Dane Hansen’s gathering. He shook hands, chatted, and skipped drinks or coffee, joking about VIPs while Sen. Frank Carlson introduced him and Harry Craig mingled among attendees. He spent a cheerful hour meeting locals at a neighborhood social.
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Larry Hall
Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Otis B. Landes
Dane Hansen
Logan
Hansen
Ike
Eisenhower
Sen
Frank Carlson
Harry Craig
Arkansas National Convention
V.sp
V.I.P.I
Trapped Woman Calls Son as Firefighter Rushes In
A 73 year old woman, Frances Valentine, is trapped beneath a New York City bus at Broadway and Halsey in Brooklyn. She identifies her son, Fire Lt. Joseph Valentine, on duty nearby, who arrives with rescue workers to free her and she is taken to Unity Hospital.
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New York
Frances Valentine
Joseph Valentine
Broadway
Halsey Streets
Brooklyn
Unity Hospital
International
Real Estate Transfers Highlight Indiana County Listings
Real estate transfers show H E Keller and wife selling in East Wheatfield to Clarence Ritchey for 7000 dollars and Bertha M Pentz selling in Indiana to Homer G Harris for one dollar and other considerations. Additional parcels shift among Homer G Harris, F S Gaston, Bertha M Peniz, Marion C deVries, Puntsutawney National Bank, and others with varying nominal sums and conditions. A separate obituary notes the funeral of a 75 year old farmer, with service planned at his home in Kanorado, Kan, and a large crowd anticipated, while citing a $4000 copper casket and a nonpayment of a 46 piece band.
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H. E. Keller
Wheatfield Township
Clarence Ritchey
Bertha M. Pentz
Indiana
Homer G. Harris
F. S. Gaston
Bertha M. Peniz
Marion’c. deVries
Cherry Tree
Roy C. Carver
Puntsutawney National Bank
Indiana County
B. R. and
R. Railway
Francis McDowell
Burrell Township
Indiana Co
S. H. Mahaffey
Kanorado
Kan
Gernhart
Blans
Tee
Own Funeral Was Colorful in Burlington
Local report notes a colorful funeral for Jim Pittsburg in Burlington Colorado. The piece mentions Castor oil as an important raw ingredient for manufactures including paints varnishes nylon and lubricants and references a plan linked to Gernhart.
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Burlington
Colo
Jim
Pittsburg
Gernhart
New Airlift To Be Ready In Berlin
Berlin faces potential blockade as U S Air Force says airlift plans exist and may be revived with British and French help. Despite fewer cargo planes, officials say sufficient aircraft and six months coal and food stockpiles remain in West Berlin.
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Berlin
Donald Doane
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Air Force
State Department
West Berlin
15 Feared Dead In Crash of Big Dutch Jet Plane
A Dutch Thunderjet during NATO air sea maneuvers crashed into a 112 foot British minesweeper off Den Helder. The plane's pilot was killed and two British survivors were rescued from ML2582, a 16 knot, 112-foot vessel normally crewed by 16. The accident involved Dutch, British and Belgian forces with Rear Adm Slot in command.
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den Helder
Netherlands
London
Admiralty
West Frisian
Texel
Adm
C. W. Slot
Aviation Talk To Be Changed
Washington WM The Civil Aeronautics Board dropped its plan to switch civil aviation to nautical miles and knots for distance and speed. The change would have aligned aviation with maritime practice, but the board said the proposal is not adopted for the time being.
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Aviation
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
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J. H. Henson
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Emma Palmer
Nick Kovalchick
Ernest
Thomas Allhouse
Stephen Slovalosky
Brush Valley
Betty J. Stewart
Alberta Kromer Bower
Cherryhill Township
Walter Kramer
Crawler Television
Hawk’s Radio Service
Phila
Eseke
Wens Day
SN Ps
Doctor Arrow
Troutman's
Arrow Sport
ARROW
America
Arden
Rayonaire Tissue
Gingham
Rayon
Gabardine
Heather
Madras
Dad
Dr. Arrow
Troutmans
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