One Third of Voters Favor Small Individual Campaign Gifts
A George Gallup report from Princeton on July 26 shows about one in three voters would contribute five dollars to a political party instead of relying on wealthy donors. Estimated 10 million households could raise around 50 million, with 34% saying yes and 12% undecided, noting Republicans more open to small donations than Democrats.
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Princeton
N. J
Noman
National Committee
England
Two Trapeze Artists Escape After Rigging Collapse
In Buffalo New York on July 26 two trapeze artists fell 23 feet during a circus act before 6500 spectators. Mrs Mary Sheres 30 Bloomington Illinois and Searle Simmons 36 Osprey Florida were hospitalized with minor injuries. Lowell Sheres 35 and Andres Coles 36 Mexico City escaped uninjured Coles blamed faulty rigging for the collapse.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mary Sheres
Bloomington
Searle Simmons
Osprey, Fla
Sheres
Simmons
Four Flying Sheres
Lowell Sheres
Andres Coles
Mexico City
Coles
Price rises noted by truce negotiators in North America
The war veteran and former Panmunjom negotiator, Vice Admiral C Turner Joy, remarks that price increases are the biggest change in North America over three years since Korea. He reports gaining 20 pounds during a post Korea vacation on Ontario’s French River and is en route to Annapolis to take command of the U S Naval Academy on August 1. He leaves for Montreal after the camp stop, hoping to avoid new trace negotiations.
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Ottawa
Panmunjom
North America
Adm
Turner Joy
Ontario
French River
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Montreal
Lubbock Story Highlighted in Texas Parade Magazine
Nordyke lauds Lubbock in a Texas Parade feature praising the city from prairie dogs to bankbooks. The piece notes cooperative civic leadership, large churches, wealth influx, and South Plains history, with insights from Chas A Guy Ruth Ford and local leaders amid rail, cotton oil, and industry notes.
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Nordyke
Lubbock
Texas Magazine
Texas Parade
Texas Good Roads Association
Lewis Nordyke
South Plains
Texas Oi
Wes Izzard
Amarillo
el Paso
Lubock
Chas. A. Guy
The
Avalanche Journal
Ruth Ford
Jolson Wealth Listed At Over $4 Million
New York July 26 The late Al Jolson left a fortune of over 4 million according to an accounting filed in surrogate's court Friday Stocks and bonds were valued at 2774707 cash 339789 insurance 361789 real estate 150500 and miscellaneous property 417538 The executor's report covers increases of 340994 between October 23 1950 and April 30 1952 Only enlisted personnel in the U S armed services are eligible to receive the Good Conduct Medal.
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New York
al Jolson
Jolson
Encino
Calif
Armed Services of the
U. S
Exotic Dancer Sees Farouk Abdication as Bad News
Belly dancer Samia Gamal, once King Farouk’s favorite entertainer, calls the Egyptian king’s abdication “bad news” and blames the men around him. She says she’s sorry to hear it and minimizes speaking on larger matters, while noting her own recent move to the United States as Sheppard W. King II’s bride. The report also notes a San Antonio polio death and Gamal’s rising star after Farouk’s notice.
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Houston
Samia Gamal
Farouk
Sheppard W. (Abdullah) King II
Monarch
Samia
King
Paris
Airmen Arrested After Squadron Party Goes Violent
Seven Air Force men at Kelly Air Force Base were arrested after a squadron party near San Antonio turned into a free for all. A fight began on a government bus, and officer Tony Lobello was struck with his own handcuffs while trying to intervene. He fired five warning shots into the ground to stop advancing airmen as police and Air Force police flooded the scene with tear gas.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Santee
Kelly Air Force Base
Uty
Tony Lobello
Lobello
New York Wholesale Commodity Prices Edge Higher
The Associated Press commodity index shows a slight weekly rise to 184.335 from 184.15, with 193.31 recorded a year ago. The index uses 1926 as the base year set at 100 and covers 35 major wholesale prices.
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New York
Associated Press
Early European Adoption of Printed Books
The passage notes that although printing in China produced books about a thousand years earlier, Europe did not see printed books until the 1400s. It highlights a gap between Chinese and European printing history and places emphasis on the timeline shift during the Renaissance.
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Europe
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Lubbock Tent & Awning CO
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Greater Iderson
Anderson
Andersoy
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Erickson
Squadron
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Penney’s
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Rondo
Penney
Gay
Taffeta Family
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