Americas Shakespeare Treasure Trove Expands Across Nation
Washington hosts the Folger Shakespeare Memorial Library with the world’s largest Shakespeareana collection including 79 first folios and America’s only deed to Shakespeare’s London house. Huntington Library in California and Harvard Yale Illinois Chicago also house major centers of Shakespearean study.
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Washington
William Shakespeare
America
Folger Shakespeare Memorial Library
Henry C. Folger
Oil Company
Amherst College
Folger
Shakespeare
London
Laurence Olivier
West Coast
Huntington Library
San Marino
Calif
Harvard
Yale
Illinois
Chicago
Library of Congress
Newberry Library
Public Libraries
Boston
New York
Shakespeare Association of America
Antioch
Yellow Springs
Hofstra
Hempstead
N. Y
Catholic University of America
Ashland
Ore
American Shakespeare Festival
Stratford
Bennington Disaster Rockets Dumped Overboard Witnesses Say
Two gunnery officers told a navy board of inquiry that 61 explosive rockets were jettisoned into the Atlantic as fires swept the aircraft carrier Bennington near Quonset Point on May 26. The rockets, stacked on the deck near the wardroom, were dumped to prevent further explosions and no ammunition exploded aboard.
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Quonset Point
R. L—U.p
Navy Board of Inquiry
Bennington
Marshall L. Childers
Roanoke
Alfred A. Kemper Jr
York Springs
Navy Board of
Kemper
Childers
Famous Americans Leave Italy for United States and Cuba
Francis Cardinal Spellman sailed from Naples to New York while Ernest Hemingway departed Genoa City for his Havana home. The two noted figures travel from Italy toward their respective destinations in the Western Hemisphere.
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Rome
Italy
Western Hemisphere
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Naples
New York
Ernest Hemingway
Genoa City
Havana
Cuba
Summer School Courses at Vocational School
The Vocational school resumes a six week summer session starting June 21 offering 90 hour courses in typewriting, machine calculation and machine shop. Practical nurses’ school and auto driver training continue. Enrollment is daily 8 am to 5 pm for driver training with a $6 enrollment fee and 50 cent daily tuition for non resident or non taxpaying students.
Jet Planes and Pilots Open All Jet Gunnery Meet
Las Vegas November. Top jet fighter pilots from commands worldwide begin the first U S air force all jet gunnery and weapons meet at Nellis Air Force Base. Twelve teams fly F-86 Sabre jets F-84 Thunderjets and F-94 Starfires in day events while four teams participate in a classified special delivery event involving dummy tactical A bombs.
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Las Vegas
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Nellis Air Force Base
Republic
Fumes From Gasoline Endanger Two Boys in Shafter
Two 13 year old boys in Shafter California nearly died from sniffing gasoline after taking a two gallon can into a car and closing the windows. A neighbor found them unconscious and a resuscitation squad revived them. Witnesses say the youths enjoyed the smell of gas.
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Shafter
Calif
Blake Witcher
Johnny Love
Henry Blair
Witcher
Firemen Free Seven Year Old From Rooftop Duct
New York firemen rescued Ida Esperanza seven from a rooftop air duct where she was stuck. They removed a section of tin duct six stories down the shaft then broke a bathroom wall to reach and free the child. She was scared but not seriously hurt.
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New York
Ida Esperanza
Needlecraft Pattern 658 and Laura Wheeler Catalog
Advertisement for sewing patterns by Casa Whed featuring a halter top for shorts and skirts. Details include pattern 658 in sizes Small to Large with transfer pieces, pricing 25 cents plus 5 cents mailing, to Kenosha Evening News Needlecraft Dept. Also promotes the 1954 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog with 79 patterns and a 20 cent copy offer.
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Kenosha Evening News
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
Laura Wheeler
Needlecraft
May 1954 building permits show decline from 1953 figures
City inspection data reveal 436 permits valued at $527,387 in May, down from 489 permits worth $790,984 in May 1953. Year to date totals: 1,738 permits vs 2,131 last year, with April at 453 permits valued at $481,483.
Fire Threatens Atomic City at Los Alamos
Volunteers including about 475 airmen battled a forest fire that neared Los Alamos four miles from the city’s technical areas. Frank Di Luzio of the Atomic Energy Commission said the blaze was under control and would be surrounded as crews began stamping out remaining flames, weather permitting. About 400 men watched and mopped up last night after 750 firefighters fought the fire early Saturday.
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Los Alamos
N. M
U.P
Santa Fe National Forest
Frank di Luzio
Atomic Energy Commission
Two Die In Air Crash Near Seoul Korea
Two American crewmen were killed when their H-19 army helicopter failed and crashed into a building five miles east of Seoul. The pilot and co pilot were seriously injured, raising four day tolls of deaths and missing to twelve in Korea and Japan. Iceland reports six shoe factories.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
Here
Japan
Franco Urges Red Embargo Against Russia and Allies
Generalissimo Francisco Franco urged anti Communist nations to embargo all trade with Russia and satellites, including innocent commodities. In an exclusive interview with Roy W. Howard Franco called for reorganized tactics, urging a united civilian staff to coordinate political and economic actions with the military to win the cold war.
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New York
U.P
Francisco Franco
Russia
Roy W. Howard
Scripps- Howard
New York Telegram
The
Sun
Franco
Moscow
West
Far East
Red Scare in China Reported by U S Information Agency
The U S Information Agency described a Red scare campaign in Communist China. Public trials may target individuals for counter revolutionary activity or grain theft as the state seeks to maintain control.
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Washington
China
U. S. Information Agency
Wisconsin Heart Association honors members and clubs
The Wisconsin Heart Association awarded medals and scrolls at its Saturday meeting in Madison to individuals and clubs across 23 communities for fundraising efforts. Notables include Culture club Beaver Dam Dr. William Stoval. American Legion posts in Eau Claire and New Glarus. and leaders Charles S. Quarles and Dr. Howard Correll. Also noted: 7,970 fortune tellers in South Korea, 5,008 women.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin Heart Association
Wisconsin
Culture Club
Beaver Dam
William Stoval
Brodhead
Porter Blanchard
Cedarburg
R. R. McCauley
Clintonville
American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Durand
Owen. Johnson
Eau
Joseph Simpson, Jr
Milwaukee
George Barry
Monroe
American Legion
New Glarus
Oconomowoc
Business Women's Club
Oshkosh
R. W. Freeman
River Falls
James Murbarak
Tomah
Clement Ketchum
Two Rivers
Charles S. Quarles
Howard Correll
Wanted Money Scraps for Cat Ends in Robbery
Philadelphia police report three men stopped Joseph Matthews and wife Helen as they opened their home door after closing their nearby restaurant. The suspects grabbed a bag of scraps for the Matthews car and fled. The restaurant safe held $75 in receipts.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Matthews
Helen
Gardena Couple Wins National Mixed Pairs Bridge Title
Mr. and Mrs. James Dunn of Gardena California captured the national mixed pairs crown at the 20th annual national and all western bridge championships. They totaled 56344 points across the final sessions to take top honors. In second place were Mrs. Mel Lorber and Edward Hatcher of Los Angeles with 559% points.
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Los Angeles
U.P
James Dunn
Gardena
Calif
Mel Lorber
Edward Hatcher
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Nationaal Rengraphic Society
University of Illinois
West Chester State Teachers College
Pennsylvania
U. S
Philadelphia Shakespeare Society
UTE
Werners
Kenosha
28Th Ave
7Th Ave
House of Representatives
Casa Whed
Iceland
Herbert's
Herbert
Ag Weasen and
ONYX
Avenus
Heart Association
South Korea
Crown Bridge
Oldsmobile
Granger Motors, Inc
Sheridan Rd
Arthur Murray
6Th Street
Racine, Wis
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