West Germany aims for power but spurns conquest says man in street
In Bonn West Germany plans to rise to great power status under the London accord but rejects glory road conquest. Joseph Grigg reports that average Germans, including Reinhold Acker of Hamburg, emphasize rebuilding and peace after Nazi era, insisting war is over despite national revival.
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West Germany
United Press
Germany
Joseph W. Grigg
Bonn
Reinhold Acker
Hamburg
Acker
United States
Britain
Hitler
Pledge Made To Speed U S 66 Bypass Completion
Oklahoma City The state Highway Commission urged rapid work on the U S 66 bypass at Tulsa while not committing to a completion date Gov Johnston Murray pressed for faster construction linking the Turner Turnpike with a proposed toll road to Joplin Investment bankers urged the Turnpike Authority to secure a completion schedule The Authority hopes the Joplin road can be finished by July 1957.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Tulsa
Johnston Murray
Turner Turnpike
Joplin
Turnpike Authority
Spinster Gives Town New Public Library
LOS ANGELES. Thanks to the will of a wealthy spinster, the town of West Brookfield Massachusetts will have a new public library with staff. Miss Helen Elizabeth Gilbert leaves nearly all of her $412,000 estate to West Brookfield and Amherst College. She provides $100,000 for library construction and maintenance. Real estate owned here will be sold to create a trust fund to pay librarian and assistants. Miss Gilbert, 50, died last September.
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Los Angeles
West Brookfield
Mass
Helen Elizabeth Gilbert
Amherst College
Gilbert
Army Orders Promotes and Transfers of Artillery Officers
Department of the Army releases orders detailing promotions to 1st Lt and Maj for Dennie P Wise Jr and Robert W Lundquist and others, temp promotions for Capt Roy Pittman and Stanley Scharf, plus numerous transfers to bases including Fort Sill Fort Meade Brooke AMC and Gary AFB. Retirements listed for several Colonels and a resignation note for Lt Col Laddie Stahl. Aeronautical designation awards given to MSC officers at Fort Sill effective October.
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Department of the Army
Washington
Kilmer
Ernest B. Thompson
Atlanta
James H. Workman
Omaha
Neb
William A. We
Emeyer
Hartford
Conn
Joseph R. Burrill
Hamilton
Henry M. Spengler
Arty
Ft Totten
Washington, DC
Harver FE. Hyde
Bliss
Army Civil Cen
Ernest B. Killett
Oakland AB
Sill
Jack D. Pery
Hood
William L. Hindman
Inf
Campbell
Ft Sill
Paul M. Legg
Armor
Ft Knox
Carilisse R. Petty Jr
Gary Afb
John W. Stark
Riley
Max J. Wilson
Ft Lewis
Robert D. Brown
Ft Hood
Robert A. Jones
Phillip E. McCarrus
James A. McDonald
Luna V. McNeese
Adolphus A. Millings
Bragg
Ralph G. Moeller
Ft Belvoir
Walter A. Ratcliff
Ord c
Charles R. Slone
Ft Dix
Victor M. Tilley
Ft Bragg
George O. Tilton
James C. Turpen Jr
Island oil from off Seal Beach boosts Monterey span
Long Beach Calif A rock island off Seal Beach built by Monterey Oil Co since 1952 yields oil from a well drilled there at about 300 barrels per day. The company plans a second well on the site as construction proves profitable.
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Long Beach
Calif
Monterey Oil Co
Rock Island
Seal Beach
Demos To Take McCarran Fight To Nevada Court
Nevada Democrats plan to challenge a Republican effort to block Nevada voters from choosing a McCarran successor before Nov 2 1956. A. J. Maestretti will hear the case with Keith Lee leading Democrats and Clel Georgetta seeking a restraining order and later a permanent injunction. If successful Ernest S. Brown would remain in office until Dec 31 1956, facing Alan Bible in the election.
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Demos
McCarran
Nevada
ENO
Pat McCarran
Keith Lee
A. J. Maestretti
Reno
Clel Georgetta
Maestretti
Georgetta
Ernest S. Brown
Eisenhower Republican
Brown
Alan Bible
Nevada Supreme Court
Senate
Church Pays Off Parking Tickets in Council Bluffs
The Rev. J. T. Moriarty of St. Patrick's Church paid off 42 traffic tickets totaling $42 for parishioners. During Sunday services he urged owners to bring tickets to him. Tickets were for cars parked on the restricted street side past the church. Mayor Keenan plans to seek removing the one side parking limit.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
J. T. Moriarty
St. Patrick’s Church
William Keenan
Cabbie Foils Hold Up By Two Women In Baltimore
Fullerton Maryland report says a 35 year old taxi driver Joseph Laderman thwarted a holdup by two women from Baltimore City. After a short ride he slammed on brakes, pulled the pistol from the vehicle and punched one assailant. Both women Charlotte Davis 26 and Margaret Davis 28 of Baltimore were charged with armed robbery and carrying concealed weapons.
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Fullerton, Md
Joseph Laderman
Baltimore County
Baltimore City
Laderman
Charlotte Davis
Margaret Davis
Baltimore
King Size Cigarettes Aid Fire Prevention Observed Citywide
Grand Rapids marks Fire Prevention Week by placing oversized cigarettes through the city. Each 17 feet long and 18 inches in diameter carries the slogan chap erone your cigaret, don't let it go out alone. Fire Chief Frank N. Burns notes about 80 percent of fires in an average year stem from careless discarded cigarettes.
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Grand Rapids
Frank N. Burns
Princess Margaret Plans West Indies Royal Tour
Princess Margaret, 24, will tour the British West Indies early next spring by royal yacht Britannia visiting Trinidad, the Bahamas, Grenada, Barbados, Antigua and Jamaica. The announcement gave no exact dates for the trip.
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London
Margaret
British West Indies
Trinidad
Bahamas
Florida
Grenada
Barbados
Antigua
Jamaica
Barbara Hutton Escort Retiring After Phone Clash
MADRID Spain Barbara Huttons new escort snapped at a reporter when asked if they would marry if she divorces husband No 5 Porfirio Rubirosa. Miss Hutton arrived from Tangier with Daniel Rudd an American art dealer. they stay at a luxury hotel in rooms booked under Princess Barbara Troubletzkoy the name from her divorce of her fourth husband.
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Madrid
Spain
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Porfirio Rubirosa
Miss Hutton
Tangier
Daniel Rudd
Princess Barbara Troubletzkoy
Prince Igor Troubetzkoy
Man Drags Faith in Phone Row with Newsmen
Rudd dismissed the query angrily saying that's ridiculous and slammed the phone. He would not take further calls. Miss Hutton was unavailable by phone and declined to speak to reporters.
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Rudd
Miss Hutton
Chicago Brick Bargain: Two Million Salvaged Bricks
Chicago offers two million granite and brick blocks at a penny each for salvage. Each brick weighs seven to twelve pounds and costs the city 16 cents a decade ago. City purchasing agent John Ward says they are virtually weather proof and unused as asphalt and concrete paving replace them.
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Chicago
John Ward
All-Male Jury Set For Second Trial Of Accused Killer
Odell Pruitt a 43 year old Okmulgee restaurant man charged with murder in his wife Maurine Howard Pruitt death will face an all male jury in the second trial District Judge Kenneth Hughes adjourned court until 9 am today Pruitt is accused of shooting his wife with a .22 calibre rifle He was convicted at his first trial and sentenced to life but the Criminal Court of Appeals reversed and ordered a new trial
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Odell Pruitt
Okmulgee
Kenneth Hughes
Pruitt
Maurine Howard Pruitt
Criminal Court of Appeals
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