New Year Musings and Oddities From 1953
A year end column recounts eccentric tales and light satire from 1953. Highlights include a Fresno man seeking a refund after consulting a fortune teller, Stars and Stripes naming Kathleen Hughes as cheesecake queen, a Burlington Liars Club contest winner Bee McIntyre, and a Crow Indian oath for Eric Stainton. Also notes a shooting spree in Chicago and other tongue in cheek items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Stars and Stripes
Kathleen Hughes
Kathleen
Hollywood
Bill Hayworth
Virginia Mayo
Marilyn Monroe
Vanessa Brown
the Liars
Eric Stainton
Kentucky Beverage Company
Lodge Grass
Mont
Stainton
Americans Freed by Russ Call Red Camps Hell Holes Murder Violence
Former servicemen recount alleged conditions in Soviet labor camps and claim exposure to foreigners including Bill Marchuk of Breckenridge Pa and Andrew Verdine of Starks La. Cox, 33, served in Navy and Army since 1945 and seeks to stay in the Army. Towers, a Communist since 1947, decries capitalism, calls Russia chaotic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Crump
Fresno
Poppa
Arthur Godfrey
Tom Reedy
Julius le Berlin
Fagstine
Ant Hippo
Leland Towers
San Francisco
Homer Cox
Oklahoma City
Okla
Berlin
State Department
Moscow
Towers
Soviet Union
Russia
Cox
West Berlin
Alzin
Bill Marchuk
Breckenridge
Andrew Verdine
Starks
Germany
Vorkuta
George
Meer Green
Hollywood
Calif
Associated Press
Reau
Jack Hural
Beverly Hills
Pvt
Reds
German Woman Freed From Soviet Camp Recalls 120 Executed Strikers
Brigitte Gerland, a 35-year-old German journalist freed from a Siberian Soviet labor camp, says 120 strike leaders were shot during a May uprising in the Vorkuta district. She details her own five-year sentence and transfer to hard labor before release to West Germany, with further reports of international POW camps and mass releases at Herleshausen.
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Friedland
Germany
Siberia
Brigitte. Gerland
Dresden
West Germany
Vorkuta
Arctic Circle
Vorkata
Herleshausen
Judge Clark Charges Gestapo Methods in U S Probe
William Clark, ousted chief judge in U S courts in Germany, left for New York amid a telegram accusing American officials in Germany of using Gestapo methods after alleging tampering with his personal and office files in Frankfurt. Bonn officials denied tampering and said a safe combination change protected classified material.
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Bonn
U. S. High Commission
Frankfurt
Clark
High Commission
State Department
Washington
Oranges From Budapest Cheaper This Holiday Season
Imported oranges arrive in Budapest markets at 16 percent lower prices this year, costing about $1.25 per pound. The seasonal fruit makes its annual holiday appearance, reflecting currency and import cost shifts.
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Budapest
Hungary
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Oklahoma
Homburg
Macy's
Gimbels
Wall St
Burlington
Wis
Liars Club
Liars
Bee McIntyre
Richmond
Ray Chitwood
Lost Creek
Wash
Mear
Aronnds
Texas
L. C. McRoberts
Kingsville
South Texas
Baffin Bay
Women's Clubs of
America
Willian Allenwaite
Americas
Chicago
Edward Grenda
Conrad Wiskiskis
Eddie
Conrad
WCTU
Donnell Culpepper
Ali
Ana PH Ae
Pian
Caer
Lucerne
Sapeway
Eleoram
Sixth Street
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
California
Mercer Aldi
Ball
Carter Delivery
Long Beach Pine
U. S
Gestapo
Dixie
Notidey
Ralphs
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