Safe Fourth of July urged by HAL Boyle to teens
An open letter to American teenagers urges responsible action to prevent holiday injuries and deaths. It cites a 290 loss estimate over the weekend and offers practical steps from avoiding highways to managing safe sparkler use and resisting risky driving. The piece frames teen courage and responsibility as essential to a safer Independence Day.
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New York
America
National Safety Council
Hal Boyle
Manslaughter Charge Filed in Death of Kathy Tongay
Russell Tongay, 36, faces a formal manslaughter charge over the May 5 death of his daughter Kathy, 5, a swimming star. County Solicitor John Marsh filed the charge after a June hearing, during which Tongay posted a $1000 bond and his attorney noted a nervous breakdown. An autopsy cited a ruptured intestine and bruises. Tongay claimed the injuries occurred from a failed dive from a 33-foot tower.
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Kathy
John Marsh
Edwin L.mason
Tongay
Tarpon Springs
Irving Reis dies at 47 film director of noted works
Irving Reis, renowned director of The Fourposter and The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, died at age 47 from cancer at the Motion Picture Country Home after a year of illness. Born on New York's Lower East Side, he studied at Columbia and led the Columbia Workshop on CBS in the 1930s. He served in World War II with an Army motion picture unit, taking part in Normandy and bombing missions over Italy and Germany.
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Irving Reis
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Reis
New York
Lower East Side
Columbia University
Columbia Workshop
CBS
Motion
Italy
Germany
Alibis and the Parking Meter Patrol
Policeman Jack Sanger of Long Beach patrols downtown daily, issuing about 550 parking citations. He recalls a funny case at the Professional Building when a tooth extraction kept a woman from leaving before time expired and she forgot which tooth was pulled.
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Maine Ave
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Fiery political feuds and Hollywood chatter sweep New York
A chaotic collage reports on the Vito Marcantonio Paul Beson feud and the Red party doubt, plus lavish celebrity sightings. Stalin and Lenin portraits adorn the Russian delegation walls while Joe Malenkov’s image is scarce. Other notes mention Benny’s color film edit, Baruch Barkley Hope photo round robin, and a PhD of showbiz intrigue amid war scandals and cinema plans.
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Vito Marcantonio
Paul Beson
Red Party
Igosh
Ethel
Malenkovite
Joe Stalin
Lenin
New York
Long Island
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Ralph Bunche
Singer
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Nina Foch
Madame Wellington Koo
Benny
Venus
Jack Benny
Bernard Baruch
Alben Barkley
Bob Hope
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Mark
Baruch
Concert Program by Municipal Band July Fourth Weekend
Municipal Band presents a July Fourth weekend concert with Eugene LaBarre conducting. James E. Sun performs as first soloist on saxophone with solo pieces by Mozart and Bach, plus the Marches and a finale titled Heart of America.
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Vacationers Must Paddle Own Canoes Near Ely
In Ely Minnesota vacationers inside a remote wilderness area must travel by canoe as federal officials seize three planes and issue criminal contempt citations to pilot Keith Harrington and operator Ebwyn West for flying into the region. The ban aligns with President Truman’s 1949 prohibition on commercial flights into the area.
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Minn
Ely Chamber of Commerce
Forest Service
Galen W. Pike
Ebwyn West
Keith Harrington
West
Truman
Wilderness
Party to Help Feed Korean Orphan Tots
A benefit card party will be held Tuesday at the Elks Lodge in Long Beach to raise funds for Korean orphans. Admission asks for three or more cans of baby food, with proceeds sent to a Korean orphanage run by the Blue Star Mothers of America. Merchants donate prizes. event aims to supply pablum and other items through a Jetters appeal by Leroy Jones to his mother, the chapter president.
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Elks Lodge
Locust Ave
Long Beach
Blue Star Mothers
Jetters
CQM
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Iyah Jones
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