St Louis Prepares for Mass Legion Convention
St Louis braces for a 35th national American Legion convention with about 35 000 members and auxiliaries expected. Over 5000 private rooms booked for overflow as Nixon and three cabinet members headline events from Monday to Thursday. The big parade runs 10 AM Tuesday and security plans include a 410 member service squad of police and patrol officers.
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ST. Louis
American Legionnaires
Legion
Richard M. Nixon
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Missouri
St. Louis County
David H. Fleischer
St. Louis Legion Convention Corp
Nixon
Secretary of the Navy
Robert B. Anderson
John Foster Dulles
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Korean Craft Goes Against Kan In Show
New York August 26 A gift show features Korea and Iran handicrafts marking first big US outings for both nations. Kim Sin Chan explains Korean goods from Pusan include pearl inlaid boxes and copper trays while Iran’s Persia items showcase pewter-washed copper pieces and hand woven doilies.
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Elizabeth Toomey
New York
Korea
Sin Chan Kim
Iran
Persia
Kim
Pusan
Korea House
Manhattan
United States
Gypsies to headline Chamber feast at Fort Sill welcome
The Gypsies whimsical troupe will headline an outdoor feast at Lake Quanah Parker in the Wichita Mountains as Lawton Chamber of Commerce hosts 250 Artillery Officers Advanced class officers and their wives arriving for duty at Fort Sill. Tickets are on sale. the event expects about 1,000 attendees including local businessmen.
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Gypsies
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Artillery Center
Lake Quanah Parker
Wichita Mountains
Chamber
Fort Sill
Lawton
Military Affairs Committee
Chamber of Commerce Ouring
Bequest for Cats Upheld in Suffolk Court
In Riverhead New York, Alice P. Walsh of Oceanside was named to receive 41000 from Elsie Watts of Babylon in a will promising care for three cats. The cats were disposed of, but beneficiaries agreed Walsh should receive the legacy. Watts, a retired school teacher, died July 8.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Alice P. Walsh
Oceanside
Elsie Watts
Babylon
Suffolk County
Walsh
Watts
Barley Crop Dryness Shrinks U.S. Reserves in 1952
The 1952 U.S. barley crop was small. Farm reserves on April 1 stood at about 57 million bushels, 21 million bushels below the prior year.
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United States
Mrs Eisenhower braces for packed Washington schedule
Mamie Eisenhower plans a heavy fall season in Washington after a Denver stay. Her secretary said she must meet public and foreign dignitaries daily from October 1 to May, while the president has a light schedule including a possible Fraser fishing trip.
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Denver
Mamie Eisenhower
Washington
Mary Jane McCaffree
Eisenhower
White House
Cherry Hills Country Club
Fraser
Colo
Here
John S. Doud
Corona Presbyterian Church
Doud
Col Hector to Speak at Lawton Kiwanis Meeting
Lt. Col. John R. Hector deputy chief of staff at The Artillery Center Fort Sill will address Lawton Kiwanis Thursday. He will outline TAC operations and post details including payroll income freight tonnage and related information. He is a 17 year Army veteran in his second year at Fort Sill and served in Korea in 1950 51 with the Second Infantry division. Earl H. McKinney the program chairman will introduce him.
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John R. Hector
Artillery Center
Fort Sill
Lawton Kiwanis Club
TAC
Hector
Korea
Earl H. McKinney
Education Group Will Hear Burns at Council Meeting
A. P. Burns district manager of the Public Service Company will be principal speaker at the Citizens Council on Education monthly meeting. The event is set for 7 30 p m Thursday in the board of education rooms and all members are urged to attend.
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A. P. Burns
Public Service Company
Citizens Council On Education
Board of Education
Assistant County Agent Hurt In Nail Accident
Comanche County Agent Arlen Johnson was injured Tuesday afternoon while trimming a cow's hooves with 4-H girl Janeris Hager in Cache. A spike nail pierced his right hip about two inches. He received anti-tetanus shots, was released from the hospital, and will be off work for several days.
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Arlen Johnson
Andrews
Johnson
Janeris Hager
Sooner Man Dies In Missouri Crash
Car driven by Elmer C. James of Oklahoma City left U S 66 near Carthage Missouri and plunged down an embankment. James 57 died. Passenger W O Fields of Memphis Tenn escaped injury. James was the fifth fatality in three days in Southwest Missouri traffic crashes.
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Carthage
Elmer C. James
Oklahoma City
Here
U.S. 66
W.O. Fields
Memphis
Tenn
James
Missouri
Student Delivers Sermon at Elgin Baptist Church
Charles Strange, a student, led the morning sermon at Elgin Baptist Church as pastor Rev. Dale Geis was away in New Mexico and returned in time for the evening service.
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Elgin
Charles Strange
Elgin Baptist Church
Dale Geis
New Mexico
Humans Too Cussed To Lengthen Lives
Dr Edward L Bortz former AMA president at the Geronto Society convention argues longevity beyond 800 years is unlikely. He says human nature’s cussedness resists self betterment and disease resistance seen only at age ten.
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San Francisco
Edward L. Bortz
Philadelphia
American Medical Association
Geronto— Society
Chemist in Los Angeles Dies by Own Action in Lab
Eugene M. Diskant a 31 year old chemist sealed himself in a small cabinet of the Department of Water and Power lab mixed chemicals producing carbon monoxide leading to his death. He left a letter to his employer saying he was a misfit and worn down by the daily struggle leading to nowhere.
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Los Angeles
Eugene M. Diskant
Department of Water and Power
Quitting Work Stirs Oldtimers as Leisure Looms
San Francisco report notes that many wealthy would-be retirees struggle with relaxation and leisure. Business leaders fear leaving the “team” and losing status, while studies from the Gerontological Society and New York advisory group show retirement income can heighten distress and rivalries.
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San Francisco
Gerontological Society
Harold R. Hall
Wellesley Hill
Mass
Hall
Harvard
J. H. Bunzel
Louis Gare
New York
Mayor’s Advisory Committee
New York City
Bunzel
Louis Kupland
Kupland
California
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