Damp Spring Forecast Tied to Solar Cycle
Washington dispatch notes weather experts anticipate a damp spring and summer in 1976, aligning with Dr. Charles G. Abbot’s solar-cycle theory. The Smithsonian cites a 23 year pattern, while Weather Bureau scientists urge caution, labeling Abbot’s conclusions unproven and noting the reversed-forecast method.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Drouth
Southwest
Charles G. Abbot
Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
The
Smithsonian
Roger Alle
Division of Scientific Services
Bureau
Allen
Passengers Seasick and Animals Fine After Storm
A New York report describes a liner Media docking after a storm near a hurricane. Among 213 passengers four zebras five mongooses three vultures and a hyrax rode out the rough voyage with seasickness mainly affecting humans according to their caretaker.
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New York
Liverpoo
Maryland Farmers Face Russet Mite Threat
Maryland specialists report the russet mite invading truck farms with 200 mites aligning to an inch. The pest has appeared in tomato crops across seven counties, marking its first Maryland sighting since California discovery in 1940.
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College Park
Maryland
University of Maryland
California
Oil man honored Pontremoli Italy Bancarella award
Ernest Hemingway won Italy 1953 Bancarella literary prize for his novel The Old Man and the Sea. The ceremony took place in Pontremoli with Italian readers praising the work for its rugged portrayal of sea life and existential themes.
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Pontremoli
Italy
Ernest Hemingway
Propeller maims stewardess in boat accident near Lake Arrowhead
Miss Boni Buehler a 25 year old Hollywood stewardess is in critical condition after a speedboat propeller mangled her body near Lake Arrowhead California The boat owner Conrad Hilton was not aboard at the time Quay Sargeant the boats operator says he did not see her fall overboard Geary Steffen ex husband of actress Jane Powell pulled her from the water and doctors at Santa Anita Hospital amputated her left arm and leg deputies investigated the incident Also aboard Florence Beck aged 20 from Tarzana
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Lake Arrowhead
Calif.p
Conrad Hilton
Boni Buehler
Hollywood
Geary Steffen
Jane Powell
Steffen
Santa Anita Hospital
Quay Sargeant
Los Angeles
Sargeant
Miss Buehler
Florence Beck
Tarzana
Calif
Hilton
Elderly Japanese Man Seeks Baptism From Son
In Spokane Washington a 72 year old Japanese man Tatsutaro Shimada who disowned his son for becoming a Christian travels to be baptized by his son Rev Shigeo Shimada a Methodist minister The elder plans to stay about four months while the son recounts his conversion at 16 and the family history of faith driving the reunion
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Spokane
Wash
Shigeo Shimada
Tatsutaro Shimada
Shimada
Car presumed stolen found in another lot
W H Matheson of Knoxville reported a stolen car after not locating it in a parking area. Police located the vehicle in a different lot, exactly where he had left it the previous day.
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Knoxville
Tenn
W. H. Matheson
Matheson
Radio Schedule Highlights for August 17 1958
A compact listing of evening radio programs across networks NBC MBS ABC and CBS from 5:00 p.m. to 8:55 p.m. including Kaltenborn Lewis News Johnny Mercer Murrow and stars like Dinah Shore and Eddie Fisher. Major segments feature The Lone Ranger The Falcon and Lux Theatre plus musical showcases and newsreels.
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H. V. Kaltenborn
NBC
Fulton Lewis Jr
MBS
Taylor Grant
ABC Family Skeleton
CBS
Elmer Davis
ABC
Johnny Mercer
News of the World
Gabriel Heatter
Lone Ranger
Jo Stafford
One Man’s Family
Mutual
Edward R. Murrow
Titus Moody
Griffith News
the Falcon
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Crime Classics
Voice of Firestone
Hall of Fantasy
ABC Talent
Hollywood
NBC News
Bill Henry
Lux Theatre
Band of America
Jan Peerce
Dinah Shore
Frank Edwards
News of Tomorrow
ABC Starlight
Elton Britt
Virgil Pinkley
News
Clifton Utley
Eddie Fisher
Edwin C
Soda Pop Burglar Tries Free Drink At Denver Cop Garage
A Denver vending machine was sabotaged by a would be thief aiming for a free drink. The apparatus held a jammed nickel wired to pull back the coin once the bottle dispensed. The machine stood in the police garage as the attempted theft unfolded.
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Denver
Barbershoppers Honor O C Cash At Tulsa Funeral
O C Cash founder of SPEBSQSA dies at 61 after cancer in Tulsa hospital. The Flying L Quartette will sing at his Stanely funeral home service Tuesday at 10 a m. He organized SPEBSQSA in 1938 and built a nationwide chorus of about 50 000 members. He served only as third assistant temporary vice president after first year as president.
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Tulsa
O. C. Cash
Cash
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Flying ‘‘L’’ Quartette
Stanley Funeral
Stanoline Oil and Gas Co
Spebsqsa
United States
Red Radio Defends POW Repatriates as Traitors
Tokyo radio broadcast stoutly defends American prisoners who aided Reds in North Korean POW camps. It claims United States authorities plan persecution of repatriated POWs who report good treatment, branding those who resist as traitors and seeking evidence against them.
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Tokyo
Red Peiping
United States
Ike's Biggest Fan Flows To Meet Eisenhower Heroic Young Boy
Denver reports six year old Paul Henry Haley, dying of cancer, met President Eisenhower after a reporter described his dying wish. Ike visited unannounced, spent five minutes with Paul, showed him the presidential limousine, and the boy praised him as a bigger and better man than Hopalong Cassidy.
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Denver
Paul Henry Haley
Eisenhower
Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong
Paul
Dwight Eisenhower
Rocky Mountain News
Jean
David Stolberg
Ike
Donald Haley
Haley
Roy Rogers
Love Holds PW To Japan
An American sergeant, a week out of Red captivity, arrived in Tokyo seeking a Japanese girl named Noriko Hamatsu who waved goodbye when his unit was shipped to Korea three years ago. He plans to marry her and will search after leaving the hospital. he was exchanged at Panmunjom a week ago and had hoped to sail from Inchon. He exchanged many letters with her while a prisoner and received one letter during captivity. The last sighting was July 4, 1950.
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Japan
Tokyo
Korea
Robert E. Moats
Morgantown
W. Va
Noriko Hamatsu
Moats
Panmunjom
Inchon
Mt McKinley Crowned North America's Highest Peak
Mt McKinley in Alaska is confirmed as the continent’s tallest mountain at 20 300 feet marking a record ascent for the region and highlighting its summit status in the survey of North American elevations.
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Mt. McKinley
Alaska
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