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Berlin Divided Island and Four-Power Struggle Over Berlin
Western powers insist East Berlin is under Soviet authority not East German control. Soviet commandant Dibrova claimed occupation ended as U.S. representatives and a congresswoman’s wife were detained briefly in East Berlin. The piece reviews four power control, flight and rail traffic, and the Allied airlift ending the Berlin blockade.
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P. A. Dibrova
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U.S
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Yalta
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Nixon Voting Record Assessed by Republicans for 1952 Nomination
Nixon’s House record from 1946 to 1951 shows a conservative domestic stance with a predominantly internationalist foreign policy. As a Senator he backed stricter immigration and defense measures, while his vice presidency saw no ties broken on major legislation.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Senate
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A Money Trees Tale of a Princess and a Milkman
A fanciful New York fable portrays a lonely princess Alva in a hilltop castle, a wealth‑obsessed prince, and Otis the milkman who eludes the glass hill. After a note of love, rumors follow about the fate of Alva, but the tale ends with a dairy empire and a cautionary moral about happiness.
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Alva
Otis
Glass
Horoscope Outlook Encourages Creative Drive and Social Steps
The forecast urges bold ideas and creative talent, with good will from superiors. It favors networking and social activity in the evening, with new friendships and possible occupational advancement within seven months. If your birthday is tomorrow, push plans for future security. A child born today will be versatile and enterprising but secretive.
One Big Union Merger Redraws American Labor Forces
The AFL CIO merger signals a shift from craft autonomy to industrial unity with one bargaining committee. Labor leaders warn wage leveling and power shifts threaten skilled workers while politics tilt toward the Democratic Party as the top union gains influence over NLRB appointments and national policy.
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Paul
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National Labor Relations Board
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Republican Party
Original Christmas Cards From Harry Boyd A Personal Dilemma
A reminiscence by Harry Boyd on designing unique Christmas cards. He recalls a past resolve to create a distinctive card, faces pressure from modern holiday noise, limited steady hand, and dwindling ideas. He considers simpler papers or a permanent greeting, weighing practicality against originality.
Old School Spirit Aids White House Education Conference
George Dixon reports on the White House conference on education where delegates, including Oveta Culp Hobby, spoke freely about schooling. The piece notes strong attendance, intense effort, and a belief that education belongs to all people, not an ivory tower elite.
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White House
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Nixon
W. Joe Anderson
Lufkin
Texas
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Dillard Anderson
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Hope S. Ross
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Oklahoma
James D. King
School of
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Oveta Culp Hobby
Meal Ticket Idea Echoes Through Annual Social Practice
A fragment notes a yearly keepsake described as a meal ticket to be mailed back by friends. Each year the ticket would be punched, suggesting a ritual of shared memory and playful participation within a social circle.
Tiger on the loose roams desert four years after circus wreck
Reports say a tiger escaped from a wrecked circus wagon four years ago and is still roaming the southwestern deserts. Locals wonder how the animal avoids rattlesnakes and Gila monsters while surviving in harsh terrain.
Remembering Bob Vanderveer A tribute from his town
Dave Regan writes a heartfelt appeal honoring Bob Vanderveer who lived nine years with polio in an iron lung at St Marys Hospital Rochester Minnesota He praises community support and asks readers to donate to another iron lung patient named David Madden to ease his pain and provide care.
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Rochester
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St. Mary’s Hospital
David Madden
Hollywood Musings and Romantic Reversals Rumor Mill
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Ava Gardner may reunite with Frank Sinatra around Christmas but no reconciliation is assured. Greta Garbo quips at the box office while Greta parades makeup and glamour. Norman Grant plans Europe tennis yet keeps laundry in U.S. as cinema scape swirls with hotel schemes and Carousel box-office hopes.
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Dmitri Djorjadze
Dominican Republic
Sylvia Ashley
Sylvia
State Department
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Gotham
Dean
Ang
Greta Garbo
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Greta
William Rhinelander Stewart
Adele
Morton Golieb
Norman Grant
Jazz At the Philharmonic
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Europe
Copenhagen
Katharine Cornell Returns After Operation With Stage Comeback
actress Katharine Cornell has recovered from a recent operation and begins catching up on missed performances. Her first return is the husband’s hit Roomful of Roses as she resumes the stage.
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Katharine Cornell
Elizabeth Taylor’s London visit signals new maturity with Wilding
From London Elizabeth Taylor shows a mature stance with Michael Wilding during a London visit. She hints she stays with Wilding to protect the marriage as his career takes priority and she finds life’s satisfaction beyond Hollywood. Plus a top songwriter warns against hose betting after heavy losses. Todman couple knit baby garments for their second in May. Orrin Lehman and Nina DeVoe resume handholding.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
French Riviera
Nicky Hilton
Michael Wilding
Liz
Wilding
Hollywood
William
Todman
Orrin Lehman
Nina DeVoe
Embalming Board Licenses Awarded to Three Men
Don Stone Homer Leffier and William Becker received formal notice that they passed state embalming board tests and were issued licenses. Bill Breidenbach led Sandy and Ruey s Southern Ohio Headpin Tourney with 117 breaking a five way tie. Luella Pratt Lorraine Johnson Robert Noles Leela Gregory and Clarice Horne prepare for Butler County Prince of Peace contest Sunday.
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Don Stone
Homer Leffier
William Becker
Bill Breidenbach
Dayton
Sandy and Ruey
Southern Ohio
Breidenbach
Luella Pratt
Lorraine Johnson
Robert Noles
Leela Gregory
Clarice Horne
Butler County
Federal grant funds Middletown Armory as one of 21 Ohio sites
The federal government approved 39385 dollars for a new Middletown Armory, part of a plan to build 21 Ohio National Guard facilities.
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Middletown
Ohio National Guard
Wasps as Early Paper Nest Makers and Historic Facts
The record notes that certain wasps are considered the first manufacturers of paper, building nests from paperlike substances. It also mentions ancient wig makers importing blond hair, the energy of a thunderstorm relative to the first atomic bomb, the Catawba Indian reservation size, and Thomas Stevens completing the first circumnavigation bicycle trip from San Francisco on April 22, 1884, returning January 4, 1887.
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