Barkley Honeymoon Weds Daughter and Grandson’s Bride
Senator Alben Barkley and his family celebrate a double wedding day in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. Barkley officiated as best man at the ceremony uniting Hadley and Army Cpl Thomas Truitt, with Hadley being Barkley’s stepdaughter from a prior marriage and Truitt hailed as the grandson.
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Washington
Sen
Alben
Barkley
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Kentucky Democrat
Mass Dane Hadley
Army
Thomas Truitt
Cpl. Truitt
Max .Truitt
Truit
Switches Given For Engineer Bad Boys
Santa delivered two bundles of switches to Corps of Engineers staff for the Turtle Creek Dam project. One bundle went to the dam site office and the other to the real estate office in Manhattan. A note attached accused the agency of misrepresenting the 1951 flooding and pressuring local residents to endorse Turtle Creek, signed Santa Claus.
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Manhattan
Santa Claus
Corps of Engineers
Turtle Creek
Blue Valley
Engineers
Corps’ Real Estate
Santa
Ro Norris
New Drugs Seen as Mental Penicillin for Brain Illnesses
Medical scientists reported five new drugs act like a mental penicillin for various mental illnesses and the blues. They calm patients and can restore interest, with dramatic results noted at a major scientific meeting. Researchers from multiple hospitals described improved talk therapy and reduced symptoms in disturbed patients.
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Atlanta
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Nina Toll
Middletown
Conn
Werner Tuteur
David Lepson
Elgin State Hospital
Elgin
Richard C. Proctor
Winston-Salem
N.C
Veronica Pennington
Mississippi State Hospital
Whitfield
Miss
French Bomb Plotters Questioned by Doctors
Paris reports that Daniel Havas a 25 year old pastry cook who attempted a Christmas Day bombing at Montmartre near Sacre Coeur was examined by psychiatrists. Police say he may be sent to a mental institution and not tried. He claimed no divine command and said he planted the timed bomb hours before its detonation.
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Paris
Daniel Havas
Montmartres
Bassilica
Sacre Coeur
Havas
Reds Boost Matsu Moves
Central News Agency reported increased Communist air activity north of the Matsu Islands over recent days. The largest 30 aircraft formation was observed. Two Soviet torpedo boats neared Kaoteng Island within 3000 yards in the Matsu group.
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Matsu Islands
Central
Kaoteng
Matsu
Dallas Manie Krous Identity Revealed in Child Necklace Incident
Owens announces he will be recognized as the unknown practical joker who left a four month old girl with a hotly stretched neck chain tied to the family porch. The event is described as a sensational local incident with Owens denying involvement.
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Dallas Oh I. Co
Owens
Guing
Yenerous
Agriculture Department predicts rise in cigarette output
The Agriculture Department forecast a gradual rise in cigarette use this year, estimating total production at 414 billion cigarettes up from 402 billion last year and well above 1953. The report notes notable gains in king size filter cigarettes. Egyptian architects are cited for early stone work starting around 27450 B.C. per the National Geographic Society.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arab nations unite under Egyptian general for Arab command
Cairo reports that Egypt Saudi Arabia and Syria align on paper with Maj. Gen. Abdel Haim Amer as commander in chief and war minister of Egypt. He is seen as the probable supreme Arab commander if fighting resumes between Israel and Arab states.
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Cairo
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Biryptian
Abdel Haim Amer
Israel
Real Estate Transfers From Local Listings
Numerous warranty deeds recorded including transfers between individuals and families, with prices largely listed as $1.00 and surrounding property details. Notable properties include University Terrace blocks, Southwest Additions, Meadow Acres, and Breeze Dale, among others.
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Donald R. Bikner
Alto
Wayne Rookwalter
George Eberhart
Roy Laughlin
George W. Lawrence
Dee
Brown
Meadow Acres
Kenneth C. Deemer
Benjamin Schaake
Lota
Baker St
Baldwin
John PF
Everett & Wf
Ernest A. Bales
Southwest Addition
Oliver J. Brechelsen
Fred J. Cooper
Alfred H. Moore
South Lawrence
D. WH. Morehead
Jay Ler Robertson
Ely Nely
Robert B. Graen
Dallan J. Jelfson
J.C Dyer
Jake
Nosworthy
DotHe A. Kine
Ralph Whine
Peter von Knorring
Helen Kursk
William A. Britte
Mitchell
Rose FE
Middekauff
Harry Richardson
Rose E. Middieka
Saca
Leland Lewin
Janis W. Blark
Blk & Prairie Arres
Robert P. He Piss
Kennan T. Smith
Hillcrest
Byron
Sneenes & Wl
Breezedal
Jr & Wf
Brian
Moramar
Mary J. Smith
Deh
M. Rhiner & Wf
Toi
I. A
Babrock
ARS
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