Colleen Hutchins Crowned Miss America 1952
Colleen Kay Hutchins of Salt Lake City, 25, 5 feet 10 inches tall, won Miss America 1952 in Atlantic City. She impressed with a dramatic talent skit and received a 15,000 crowd ovation, earning a 5000 dollar scholarship and beauty career promise. Hutchins is the tallest Miss America since 1945 and the first blonde winner since 1938.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Colleen Kay Hutchins
Salt Lake City
Utah
Miss Hutchins
Lu Long Ogburn
Smithfield
N.C
Rugal
Yolande Berbeze
Mobile
Ala
Hutchins
Maxwell Anderson
Elizabeth
University of Utah
Colleert
Arcadia
Monrovia
Arcadia-Duarte High School
Miss Berbeze
Bess Myerson
New York
Miss Myerson
Marilyn Meseke
Ohio
Rose Coyle
Philadelphia
Hugh Allen Hutchins
Brigham Young University of Utah
Indiana
Cara Mitchell
Rochester
North Carolina
Arkansas
Charlotte R.simmons
Little Rock
Florida
Mary E. Godwin
Gainesville
Canada
Marjorie Alma Kelly
Courtland Ontario
Czech Shakeup Ordered by Russ
London reports a Prague government overhaul under Moscow pressure. Krol Bacilek is named minister of state control to boost industrial output as Rudolf Slansky loses the general secretary post and becomes vice premier. Lugvik Svoboda and Evzen Exban are removed from office by President Gottwald.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Krol Bacilek
Russia
Bacilek
Moscow
Rudolf Slansky
Kremlin
Communist Party
Prague Red
Midaweek
Prague Radio
Lugvik Svoboda
Early Freeze Grips Michigan and Northeast
An Associated Press report notes a record early frost across Michigan with Cadillac at 28 degrees and Muskegon at 31, the coldest for September. The widespread autumn chill extended from New England to the Great Lakes, while Texas and Gulf Coast areas saw heavy rainfall with several inches in Beaufort, Galveston, and Amarillo.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Mercury
Cadillac
Mich
Musketon
Dayton
Ohio
New England
Appalachians
Great Lakes
Texas
Beau Trsont
Galves
Amarilo
King George VI Undergoes Chest Xray Checkup
King George VI arrived from Scotland and underwent a chest xray as part of a thorough medical checkup. The medical routine followed royal travel from Scotland to London, with officials reporting no immediate health concerns.
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London
King George VI
Scotland
Reds Hint Ridgway Proposal Considered
U S Eighth Army reports three new Red armored divisions in western Korea fueling talk that Communists may press an offensive while hints emerge that they may be weighing Gen. Ridgway’s proposal to restart cease fire talks elsewhere. Peiping and Red China broadcasts question Kaesong as a site and warn a change won’t erase new incidents. Antiaircraft batteries, manned by Caucasian puppet troops, are said to line the Pyongyang Kaesong highway and Panmunjom area.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Dhansvane Wadin Rand
Aue Ayungyang
Kaesong
Red China Radio
Peipling
Red
Peiping Radio
Pyong‘yang
Panimunjom
Kaeisong
Alles
Five HUAC members to be feted at banquet
Local front highlights show five members of the House un-American activities committee to be honored at a banquet. Other items note students returning to school, polio immunization efforts, and various pages across sections including sports, obituaries, and theater.
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House
un-American Activities
Hurricanes Easy and Fox Threaten Bermuda
Miami dispatch reports hurricane Easy nearing Bermuda with 140 mph winds and hurricane-force winds extending 100 miles. A second hurricane Fox, 275 miles east, moves north-northwest at 23 mph with 100 mph winds. A possible clash looms as centers sit about 600 miles apart while the tanker African Grove is confirmed safe south of Easy.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
New York
Brazil Air Liner Crashes Near Congonhas Airport
A Brazilian airliner, a DC-3, crashed and exploded two miles from Congonhas Airport after takeoff for Rio de Janeiro. It struck a house, killing six passengers and four crew members, for a total of 13 dead. Airline officials released the figures.
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Paulo
Brazil
Congonhas
Rio de Janeiro
Four San Pedro boys drown in Bixby Slough tragedy
Four small San Pedro boys aged 8 to 10 drowned after their raft broke up in Bixby Slough Wilmington. Firemen recovered all ten bodies, including the four youths, as searches extended across Palos Verdes. Clothing found on the mud banks was not theirs. Families await coroner action and funeral planning.
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Chas. Nesswender
San Pedro
Bixby Slough
Wilmington
Parés
Verdes
William Ward
James Warder
Clyde Holmes
Clinton Thompson
Gaffey
Vermont Ave
Pacific Coast Hwy
Figueroa St
Anaheim St
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Ward
James Ward Sr
Thompson
Velma Ellett
Holmes
S. P. Holmes
Los Angeles
Gardena
190Th
Figueroa Sts
Keystone
One Dead Two Missing After Boat Capsizes
In Ocean City New Jersey a 40 foot party fishing boat named Moonlight overturned in heavy seas at Great Eye Inlet killing one man and leaving two of nine aboard missing. Coast Guardsmen who were a mile away rescued seven fishermen. delay could have cost more.
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Ocean City
N. J
Great Eye Inlet
Montauk
Setar City Coast Guard
Hastens Aid for Handless Korean War Veteran Mike Ropczycki
Long Beach rallied to aid Michael J. Ropczycki Jr. a 20 year old handless veteran, his wife expecting a February birth. Offers of jobs came as agencies in Washington and the Veterans Administration probe delays in his June discharge allotment. The Red Cross and Army promised investigations, while Jeff Stone alerted the Press Telegram to his plight.
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Long Beach
Michael J. Ropczycki Jr
Mike
Carson St
Associated Press
Army
Washington
VAS
Veterans Administration
The
Red Cross
Jeff Stone
Press-Telegram
Stone
Handless I
Police Escape Injury in Crash on Coast Highway Bridge
Two police officers escaped injury when their patrol car crashed into the Pacific Coast Highway bridge over the Flood Control Channel on the way to a traffic accident scene. Driver Garland W. Foster and James R. Gemyoung were en route with sirens blaring when Foster swerved to avoid another car. Officer Lawrence E. Schwartz was cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. The patrol car was badly damaged. the target crash involved Marine Cpl. John E. Warner and Delbert E. Hearle, who sustained minor injuries and were treated at Seaside Hospital. In Brazil, a Paulista Recife Highway bus turned over and caught fire, killing one passenger and injuring twelve.
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Pacific Coast Hwy
Garland W. Foster
James R. Gemyoung
Seabright Ave
Foster
Lawrence E. Schwartz
Galeano Ave
Marine Cpl
John E. Warner
Elm Ave
Delbert E. Hearle
Harbor City
Warner
Camp Pendleton
Alice
Seaside Hospital
Millionth American to Die for Country in Korea
New York reports the 1,000,000th American casualty in the Korean conflict. The identity is listed as GI X and remains unknown. The exact death date is unclear between Labor Day and Sept 4, with the association noting the milestone since Lexington 1775. The piece discusses record traffic fatalities and proclaims the millionth death reached amid ongoing tolls.
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New York
Association of Casualty and Surety Companies
Lexington
Associa
United States
Separate Pact Sets Forces Stay in Japan
Japan and 48 former enemies signed a postwar peace treaty at San Francisco to formally end World War II, with Russia rejecting the pact. Hours later Japan and the United States added a security pact allowing U S forces to remain in Japan after the occupation. key signers included Dean Acheson and Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. Andrei Gromyko balked from the ceremony, calling the draft a path to a new war, while delegates from Poland and Czechoslovakia also declined to attend.
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Robert Eunson
San Francisco
Japan
Russia
United States
U.S
Dean Acheson
Shigeru
Yoshida
San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
Si Ding Wran
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
West Germany Peace Plan Outlines Postwar Settlement
West Germany would gain substantial sovereignty under a plan discussed by the United States Britain and France. A council of ambassadors would replace the three power high commission and occupation forces would become defense forces under a Western-led framework. Final terms among the Big Three will be reviewed by foreign ministers next week.
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Washington
Sept
West Germany
United States
Britain
France
Bonn
Acheson
Herbert Morrison
Robert Schuman
Germany
Japan
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