Mother's Day Origins and Anna Jarvis's Disillusionment
Fifty years ago Mother's Day began as a church observance rooted in motherhood and reconciliation. Anna Jarvis championed a national holiday to honor mothers, yet later opposed commercial exploitation and died impoverished, convinced of failure.
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Cynthia Lowry
Associated Press
Fogo
Paladelphia
United States
Anna Jarvis
Anna Jarys
Philadelphia
West Viriiiia
Miss Jarvis
Elsinore
Youth Accused of Passing Worthless Checks in Lubbock
A 39-year-old Lubbock man was jailed after allegedly passing forged checks totaling about 90 dollars at seven firms. Police recovered merchandise from the spree and prepared forgery charges. Two other youths under 17 were arrested in related purse thefts. they were released to parents for juvenile authorities.
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Lubbock
Treaaiers
J.D. Duree
43Rd St
34Th Street
Bill Ellenburg
Yoh
Cate
19Th St
E. 24Th St
L. D. Bailey
Ash
Simulated Flight Proves Man Could Handle Real Space Ship
Norfolk Lt. Cmdr. Jack Neiman Jr. completed 29 hours in a sealed decompression chamber and was pronounced perfectly capable of piloting a space vehicle for that duration. Cmdr. A J Mall said Neiman could make an efficient landing and remained not at risk as a craft controller.
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Norfolk
Jack Neiman Jr
Neiman
A. J. Mall
Mobs In Lebanon Sack Library Of American Agency
Anti government mobs sacked the U S Information Service library in Tripoli and clashed with police and soldiers. The city faced a siege as tanks drove rioters off the streets with reports of a library fire and burned books. At least 15 dead and over 125 wounded were cited by reliable sources amid continued unrest after the assassination of Nassib El Metni.
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Tripoli
Lebanon
U.S. Information Service
USIS
Miike
Beirut
Nassib el Metni
Camille Chamoun
Sami Fl Soth
Plainview Chamber Banquet to Honor Citizen of the Year
About 400 to 500 people are invited to the Plainview chamber of commerce dinner at the Texas National Guard Armory. Guest speaker will be Marshall Formby, Texas Highway Commission chairman. Six nominees for Citizen of the Year include Mrs. Louis Cummings Bob Hilburn Bob Hooper Mia T E Marge Mitchell R V Payne and Matt Pool.
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Plainview
Plainview Chamber of Commerce
Texas National Guard
Marshall Formby
Texas Highway Commission
Louis Cummings
Bob Hilburn
Bob Hooper
Mia
T. E
Marge) Mitchell
R. V. Payne
Matt Pool
Charlie Young
Air Force unveils 1200 mile jet bomber at Armed Forces Day
At Andrews Air Force Base Maryland the Air Force displayed a 1200 mile per hour jet bomber amid a nationwide Armed Forces Day preview. An estimated 215000 spectators attended as the service showcased A bomb attack simulations helicopter landings and aerial stunts. Visitors inspected missiles including Thor Polaris Vanguard and Jupiter C rockets that had launched American satellites earlier this year.
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Ioffmay
Washington
Ai Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
McElroy
Defense McElroy
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Stutt
Andrews Field
Navy Polaris
Navy Vanguard
Graham Warns Reds Must Repent to Avert US Doom
San Francisco audience of about 13 500 heard Billy Graham say Americans must repent to avert divine judgment on Communists. He compared Manasseh to Hitler, noting Manasseh’s sin was forgiven after repentance, and urged that God forgives anyone who repents.
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Billy Graham
Satut
America
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Iaham
Rael
Manasseh
Hitler
Graham
Israel
Evangelist
Tech Appoints Purdue Engineer Charles Pinnell as A&M Faculty
Charles Pinnell, assistant professor from Purdue, will join Texas A&M as a faculty member in September 1954. He will hold a post as assistant research engineer with the Texas Highway Department and serve as consultant for an engineering firm. Pinnell studied at Tech's Texas Transportation Institute after earning degrees from Purdue and UC Berkeley.
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Purdue
Iversity
California
An Pinnell
Charge Filed In Hit Run Incident Involving Trevino
A charge of failure to stop and render aid was filed for 1 young Latin American suspect after a two car collision at 4th Street and Avenue Q left Wayne Morse injured. Morse in fair condition at Methodist Hospital, Trevino held on 3500 bond after fleeing the scene and being arrested hours later. Forty two percent of Italy's workforce are farmers.
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Ave. Q
Wayne Morse
10Th St
Methodist Hospital
Meu
Jose Trevino
Ave. F
Morse
Trevino
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