Waterfront Sweeps Academy Awards at Center Theater
The film wins big as Edmond O'Brien takes best supporting actor for The Barefoot Contessa to the delight of the ceremony crowd at New York's Center Theater. Crosby laments his loss but praises Marton as deserving, while O'Brien jokes about the anticipated baby during the event.
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Crosby
Bing Crosby
Kathryn Grant
Hollywood
New York
Center Theater
Edmond O'Brien
Marton
Bing
Seven States Hit by Wind and Dust Storm
Weather across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas produced heavy dust and reduced visibility as a windstorm moved eastward. Authorities warned of severe storms and possible tornadoes from Dodge City to Topeka while trucks stalled and dust whirled in the plains. Judy Garland reflected on personal honor after her child’s birth as Grace Kelly won best actress.
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Miss Garland
Miss Kelly
Jnew
Grace Kelly
Linde
Kit Carson
Cols
Lamar
Colo
Springfield
Clayton
Oressa- Midland
el Paso
Ballinger
Bob Curtin
Lamesa
KPET
Colorado
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Anthony
Kan
Fort Riley
Tulsa
Okla
Topeka
U.S. Takes Hands-off Stand in Wage Issue
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell says the government will not interfere in bargaining over a guaranteed annual wage unless a national emergency, leaving employer and union to settle issues themselves. The CIO auto workers union seeks a guaranteed annual wage for its members.
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York
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
CIO Auto Workers Union
Six Sailors Injured on Cabrillo Freeway in San Diego
Six sailors were seriously injured Wednesday night in a spectacular crash on Cabrillo Freeway that tied traffic for miles. A car driven by Stanley Nasalik, 21, lost control, struck four light poles and overturned, with four sailors trapped inside the wreck.
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San Diego
Cabrillo
Felice
Stanley Nasalik
Knight Appeals for Cancer Campaign Support
Governor Knight proclaimed April as cancer control month and urged Californians to back the American Cancer Society fundraising drive.
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Knight
Sacramento
Knight Today
Senators to Question Sec Dulles on Yalta events
Democratic and Republican factions clash over Yalta papers with Sen Sparkman denouncing the GOP document as distorted. They argue Roosevelt acted on military advice while Groves notes atomic progress. Analysts cite Harriman and Stalin as part of the Yalta discourse and war aims.
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Sec. Dulles
Yalta
Roosevelt
Sparkmen
GOP
United States
Britain
Russia
Japan
Alger Hiss
Sparkman
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Republican Policy Committee
Smyth
Ban Panron Tanle
Seer
Joseph Stalin
Harriman
Averell Harriman
Naw
New York
Stalin
Far East
Leslie Groves
Atomic
Groves
60000 Teachers on Strike in Rome
Sixty thousand high school teachers began a strike today in Rome to demand higher pay. The action follows a government pay scale and comes after a government official stated study into state employees’ wages. The strike affects thousands of students across about six thousand schools, as discussions with officials continue.
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Rome
Sen. Humphrey
Higher
ofjPay
Thruston B. Morton
Juerparen
George
Yalta
Ction
Germany
Education
Giuseppe Ermini
France
GOP
Ten Thousand Gift Relay For Crippled Boy
Chicago union leaders relay a 10000 gift from the AFL Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union to Stephen M Bailey the crippled boy Daniel Ellis 15 to help pay for artificial limbs and education after a January 28 toy chemical set explosion left him severely injured and with limited vision.
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Chicago Upi
AFL
Chicago Journeyman Plumbers Union
Stephen M. Bailey
Bailey
Daniel Ellis
Daniel
Martin Ellis
Road Builders Ready for Big U. S. Network
The American Road Builders Association told Congress it can handle a ten year highway program worth 101 billion dollars with economy and dispatch. J S Robertson testified at a Senate hearing that the highway program is feasible. the Bureau of Public Roads estimates 101 million dollars to raise roads to standard by 1965. President Eisenhower urged a 40 thousand mile interstate network with the federal government funding most of about 27 billion dollars through borrowing.
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American Road Builders’ Assn
Congress
J. S. Robertson
Association
Senate Public Roads
Bureau of Public Roads
Eisenhower
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Walt Disney
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Mozart
George Gershwin
Academy
Greta Garbo
Miss Garbo
U.S
State Department
U. S
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Bradbury
D. Frey
E. Flite
Indy
F. Fanet
H. Denney
Elgin
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