Peggy Lee Never Give Up On A Dream
Hal Boyle profiles Peggy Lee, detailing her rise from a North Dakota girl Norma Egstrom writing waybills to a top vocalist with Benny Goodman. She credits faith, hard work, and a stubborn belief in herself, recalling poverty, early gigs, and later fame as a juke box queen with a film contract.
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New York
Peggy Lee
Peggy
Jamestown
N. D
Norma Egstrom
Hollywood
North Dakota
Benny Goodman
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options including per copy five cents and carrier rates of 30 cents weekly in the city area, 25 cents weekly outside City Area, with Sunday News-Journal 40 and 35 cents respectively, plus mail rates in the trading area and outside trading area and international options. Subscriptions are payable in advance.
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Sunday News- Journal
City
Sunday News-Journal
Sunday News Journal
Virginia Fifth District House race pits Tuck against Campbell
The Virginia Fifth District special election today features former Governor William M. Tuck as Democratic candidate and country lawyer Lorne Campbell as Republican opponent in a largely rural southern district. Tuck previously chaired the state Democratic party and briefly opposed the national ticket, testing whether voters will back his 1952 stance in 1953.
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House
Virginia
T. B. Stanley
William M. Tuck
Lorne Campbell
G.O.P
Rep
Stanley
Eisenhower
Mr. Tuck
Baseball And The Antitrust Laws
The 1953 baseball season opens amid talk of applying federal antitrust laws to the sport as the Boston franchise moves to Milwaukee and a proposed St. Louis shift to Baltimore is vetoed. The piece reviews past antitrust debates, court rulings, and the push for regulation or reform through television rights and potential government action.
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Boston
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Congress
House Judiciary
Rep. Celler
N.Y
Supreme Court
Federal Court of Appeals
Ford Frick
Organized Baseball
Liberty Broadcasting System
National Football League
Reds
Britain and United States at odds over Far East policy
Washington reports indicate strains in U S Britain relations over Far East policy. Sir Roger Makins argues Britain recognizes Communist China’s control while stressing it does not imply approval, and questions British trade with the Communist bloc amid Russian aid to China.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Roger Makins
Far East
China
Peking
Korea
America
State Department
Britain
Acheson
National Press Club
Formosa
London
Recognition Doctrine and Moral Implications Debated
The article discusses that recognizing another government does not imply endorsement of its policies. It notes a recent view that moral issues are involved in recognition and clarifies that U S and other governments’ recognition of the Soviet government does not equal approval of Soviet policies.
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United States
U. S
How Much You’re Worth and the Human Value Quiz
A humorous piece notes the City College price for a person at 220 dollars, compares it to 1750 dollars in 1948, and shows animal prices with frogs at 25 cents and cats at 55 dollars per dozen. It argues the value of humans and animals reflects practical worth rather than status.
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Biology Department
New York City
City College
Gemini insights offer cautious budget guidance and travel hints
Genevieve Kemble stars advise self restraint to curb future spending and avoid contracts this period. Domestic life and romance are favored with improved finances expected by late summer. Travel not favored this year, but home harmony and ambition may bring calm despite possible nervous tension.
Barbs A Tennessee Man Charged In Domestic Row
A Tennessee man accused his wife of beating him with a wash board and a garden hoe in a domestic dispute. The case highlights tensions in marriage and public responses to domestic violence during the era.
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Tennessee
Freed after 20 years in chain gang for murder he did not commit
Robert E. Coleman 26 of Atlanta was released from a life sentence after James Starks confessed the crime. Governor Talmadge pardoned Coleman and urged reimbursement for imprisonment. Mrs. H J McKinnell testified lunacy in Winnie Ruth Judd case. Charlotte Greathouse hosted Kathleen Meacham for weekend. Kathryn Dorsey visited Easter with Kenneth Dorsey.
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Robert E. Coleman
Atlantic
James Starks
Talmadge
Coleman
H. J. McKinnell
Winnie Ruth Judd
TV's Impact on Newspapers and Reading Habits
A written reminiscence analyzes a survey showing average TV viewing of about three hours per night. It notes no drop in newspaper sales but faster, shorter reading of stories. Radio’s rise boosted papers, but TV may push pictures and shorter reports while ads lose a backtrack memory. A misidentification incident highlights name confusion in reporting.
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Radio
Gossip and Rumors From Gotham Glamour Scene
Dorothy Kilgallen recounts Rita Hayworth and Dick Haymes cooling their budding friendship after a date snub in Manhattan. Speculation swirls on Malenkov’s possible June Big Three parley and Jenny Hecht’s unlikely return to Mid-Summer. Vic Damone faces a suit from ex-manager Lou Capone over a contract buyback. Sloan Simpson O’Dwyer plans an East Side dress shop with her mother. Teresya Detriena, the Chateau Madrid dancer, wears a ring from toreador Gitanillo who will attend the wedding. Nat King Cole’s doctors ban visitors during hospitalization risking six-figure bookings. A disillusioned left-wing millionaire drains in cafés. Maurice Zolotow’s ghostwriting bid for Pat Ward’s biography fails. Taft seeks a five percent cut in the federal amusement tax by June. International glamour includes Sandra Rambeau’s marriage prospects and Felicia Sanders’s flat-fee recording. Percy Faith to receive loyalty proceeds. Robert Q. Lewis holds a Godfrey clause for subbing for Redhead. Oveta Hobby hosts a party for her husband’s 75th birthday in Houston. Hollywood anticipates looser censorship for bigger box office. Walter Stern recovers as Lamas is honored at El Morocco beside Mae Murray. Steuben Room stems to Carlton House valued at twenty dollars each.
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Rita Hayworth
Dick Haymes
Manhattan
Rita
Malenkov
Russia
Shubert Alley
Jenny Hecht
Vic Damone
Lou Capone
Capone
Vic
Sloan Simpson O'Dwyer
Europe
Teresya Detriana
Chateau Madrid
Gitanillo
Toreador
Spain
Nat King Cole
New York Hospital
J. Roland Sala
Maurice Zolotow
Pat Ward
Zolotow
Sen
Taft
Sandra Rambeau
Felicia Sanders
Percy Faith
Robert Q. Lewis
Godfrey
Stephen D'Oxylion
Mama Julie Gabor
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Texas
Trans Atlantic buzz over Lupescue seeks U S permanent home
Widow of King Carol of Romania Magda Lupescue eyes Washington residency with immigration approval. Diana Barrymore may appear on TV soon, filming a new panel show for a sponsor. A 12 year old blues prodigy Andrew Wideman gains attention with a Sugar Chile Robinson like rise. Actress Adnia Rice suffers a skull fracture after truck collision. Leatrice Joy Gilbert, married to Wall Street trader John Fountain, expects her third child.
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Madga Lupescue
Carol of Romania
Washington
U. S
Diana Barrymore
Andrew Wideman
George Scheck
Adnia Rice
Lenox Hill Hospital
Adnia
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
John Fountain
Wall
Tops in Town and Jazz Highlights in Local Scene
The column lists Sarah Vaughan with Spring Will a Little Late This Year on a Columbia disc, Ernest Scho en's schmaltzy violin at the Viennese Lantern, Beautiful Mary Meade at the Waldorf, plus dining notes on sizzling sir loins at Billy's Gaslighted Steak House and Dave Brubeck’s terse quartet at Band xX.
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Sarah Vaughan
Columbia
Ernest Schoen
Schmaltzy
Mary Meade
the Waldorf
Billy
Dave Brubeck
Pepper origins and Poe at West Point Q and A
A quiz on pepper types notes black and white pepper come from the same plant while red pepper comes from Capsicum and Jamaica pepper from the pimento tree. It also states Edgar Allan Poe attended West Point as a cadet in 1830 but was dismissed after eight months for insubordination. It defines a trot line as a stout line across a stream bearing single hooks hung by short lines at intervals.
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Jamaica
Edgar Allan Poe
West Point Military Academy
Time between Roosevelt's death and Truman's inauguration
The interval was a little over three hours from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death to Harry S. Truman assuming the presidency.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
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Dayton
Kathryn Dorsey
Urbana
Town
Brother
Kennneth Dorsey
Dave Regan
Dorothy Kilgallen
Gotham Lane
Walter Stern
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Doctor's Hospital
el Morocco
Fernando Lamas
Merry Widow
Mae Murray
Steuben
Carlton House
Globe
Manny Wolf
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