Governors End Session On Note Of Optimism
SEATTLE The national governors conference closed with optimism for stronger federal state teamwork in defense of the United Nations. Governor Dan Thornton Colorado Republican was elected conference chairman, succeeding Governor Allan Shivers Texas Democrat. Informal talks favored New Orleans as 1954 site, with possible New England option. Thornton praised presidential help to restore state powers and pledged support for Eisenhower's program.
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Seattle
United Nations
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
U. N
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Texas
New Orleans
New England
Thornton
Washington
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Lee
World Organization
U. S
Colombian prisoners freed from Panmunjom report escape from indoctrination
Spanish speakers among released Colombians say they avoided communist lectures because no Chinese speakers could converse in Spanish. The last seven prisoners were freed this morning at Panmunjom, raising total repatriates to 21.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Panmunjom
Race Car Driver Faces Crash After Sudden Swerve
Albany report shows stock car driver Bill Irish blaming a missed target as he crashed his late model jalopy at a Menands track. He parked at the pit entrance before returning to race, then swerved to avoid an incident and struck his own parked car.
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Albany
N. Y
Bill Irish
Menands
Irish
Shrine Cost Set At 40 Million
ATLANTA plans for a national historical shrine on Pine Mountain near Warm Springs Georgia may cost as much as 40 million dollars. Charles F. Palmer chairman of Hall of Our History announced estimates and a ten year construction span. Groundbreaking could occur later this year with public participation starting February 1954.
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Atlanta
Pine Mountain
Warm Springs
Charles F. Palmer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Palmer
United States
Lucius D. Clay
New York
Robert V. Fleming
Washington, D. C
Frog Is Queer Fish Despite State Law
New Mexico statutes classify the bullfrog as an animal but the State Game Commission declares it a fish. The season runs September 1 to 15 with a daily bag limit of eight and hunting must use fishing gear.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
State Game Commission
The
Game Commission
From Here to Eternity Proves Story Beats Gimmicks
Hollywood’s gimmick surge prompts Buddy Adler to film James Jones novel in plain two dimensional black and white. After $3 million and 19 months, the Army-backed production yields a stark, realistic war drama starring Frank Sinatra, aiming to surpass Jolson Story without flashy effects. The producer notes the film’s price tag and risk, but insists the right story sells itself.
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Buddy Adler
Adler
James Jones
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Harry Cohn
Columbia Pictures
Cohn
Frank Sinatra
Frankie
Sinatra
Africa
Hawaiian
Jolson
Shakespeare
Nephew of detained general recalls letters from prison
Tachikawa Air Base Japan Lt Col Thomas D Harrison revealed why he did not receive letters from his second cousin Lt Gen William K Harrison during over two years as a prisoner of the Communists. He noted the chief of the U N truce delegation might worsen the young prisoner’s plight if a direct link existed. The flier who lost a leg in a North Korea jet crash said Communist torture aimed to extract military information. Harrison was flown from Korea to Freedom Village and, sunburned and rested, hobbled away with crutches and support from Gen Otto Weyland of Far East Air Forces.
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Tachikawa Air Base
Japan
Thomas D. Harrison
William K. Harrison
U. N
North Korea
Freedom Village
Col
Harrison
Korea
Otto P. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
Democrats predicted to seize both houses next year
Democratic Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado forecast a Democratic gain in both chambers in the next year’s elections. He attributed the outlook to growing discontent with the Republican record after this week’s adjournment.
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Denver
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Congress
Movie theaters lean on more than popcorn profits
The speaker suggests a revolutionary idea: if this concept spreads, theaters could rely less on popcorn for profit and instead diversify revenue streams.
Chattanooga School Leader Hospitalized After Colorado Crash
Ed Meece, superintendent of Chattanooga schools, and his wife were injured in a car truck collision near Gunnison Colorado last Friday. Both remained hospitalized Thursday with pelvis fracture and dislocated hip plus facial injuries. Their daughter stayed at Gunnison hospital. another passenger had a punctured lung.
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Chattanooga
Colorado
Ed Meece
Gunnison
Colo
Meece
Clarence
Salida
Boating Columnist Fails to Appear Amid Sea Sickness
Wesley Moon, veteran boating columnist for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey, did not report to work yesterday due to sea sickness at sea. The absence disrupted the regular column schedule and prompted notes from editors.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Wesley Moon
Asbury Park Press
Hiccuping Bull Knocks On the Slaughterhouse Door
Pete the 17 month old bull from Martinsville after four months of hiccoughing was sent to a Wilmington slaughterhouse and killed. Jerry Shanks and Ohio State University veterinarians had tried operations and remedies since April without stopping Pete’s persistent hiccups.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Pete
Jerry Shanks
Martinsville
Ohio State University
Shanks
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