Penrose Smythe the life of the party at The Lodge
Reporter describes Penrose Smythe a charismatic reveler at The Lodge bar who charms a blonde dancer and flirts with other women while his wife, Mrs. Smythe, boasts of a rich father and a construction fortune. The night ends with Smythe exhausted after raucous dancing and mock gallantry.
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Penrose Smythe
Penrose
Smythes
Mrs. Smythe
Smythe
Oklahoma
Atlantic City
Mr. Smythe
Boy Scout Week Urges Middletown Leaders to Help
The piece urges parents and residents of Middletown to support Boy Scout programs during Boy Scout Week. It calls for more Scout leaders, emphasizing benefits to youths and urging capable adults to volunteer as leaders, committee members, or council members with contact options at Armco and Boy Scout headquarters.
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Middletown
Scouting
Charles Stujenroth
Armco
Boy Scout
Civic Association
Old Payola Roll Blues
The payola scandal resurfaces as the FTC and House Oversight subcommittee push exposures of pay-for-play in music. Dick Clark stands at the center of attention with ABC backing. FTC charges 37 firms while RCA Victor signs a consent order. Budget requests grow for enforcement and investigations remain ongoing.
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Federal Trade Commission
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
House Subcommittee
FTC
Dick Clark
American Broadcasting Company
TV Network
Clark
Oren Harris
D Ark
House
Subcommittee
Idol
ABC
Variety
RCA Victor
Harris
Boston
Hollywood
Burma Holds Election Under Army Guided Democracy
Burma completed a general election after General Ne Wins dissolving parliament in December and setting the date. Former premier U Nu campaigned as a reformist, while Ne Wins administration touted reduced living costs, fewer bandit and rebel incidents, and a shift away from Communist ties. Civil liberties remained intact and the constitution stayed in force.
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Ne Win
U Nu
Burma
China
U.S
Gamble Benedict Case Reflects on Family Wealth and Discipline
George E. Sokolsky analyzes Gamble Benedict's life shaping factors, noting how wealth and elite schooling influence discipline and behavior. He argues parental neglect and remote family life foster anti social attitudes, urging loving, demonstrative care to guide youth away from harmful influences.
Congress Feels A Colorful Lipstick Debate
In Washington the House Commerce Committee debates coal tar lipsticks carbon black licorice and colored cranberries. Rep Hastings Keith of Massachusetts notes the irony while Mrs Leonor Sullivan urges health caution over artificial color additives and the sensory folly of eye appeal.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Robert A. Forsythe
Health, Education and Welfare
John L. Harvey
Food and Drug
Arthur S. Flemming
Leonor K. Sullivan
Missouri
Sullivan
Mrs. Sullivan
Congress
Rep. Sullivan
Joan of Arc
Barbara Fritchie
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Betty
Food and Drug Administration
Timber, moss, and maps: a miscellany of facts
Michigan supplies about half of the Great Lakes timber market while Spanish moss is a flowering plant in the pineapple family. Ulster county borders in Ireland and Northern Ireland border rights are noted. The French may have designed the early bicycle and apples were brought to England during Rome’s era. Glaciers of stone appear in the Falklands as they drift seaward. About 30 percent of global railways lie in the United States. Beri-beri stems from a diet lacking B vitamins. A duck hawk can dive toward prey at 180 miles per hour.
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Gambie’s
Eddie Bright Gets a Cheerful Glimpse From L A Courtroom
Eleanor Garner Black profiles Eddie Bright the cheerful paperboy at the Los Angeles County Courthouse. Dorothy Kilgallen’s courthouse schedule and Eddie’s public role as a welcoming figure are described with praise. Judge Walter Evans presides the Finch trial with noted dignity.
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Eleanor Garner Black
Finch
Eddie Bright
Los Angeles County
Examiner
Eddie
Dorothy Kilgallen
Topnotch
New York
Superior Court
Walter R Evans
Estrellita The Stars Saw For Tomorrow Horoscope Advice
General fortune telling notes a cautious, calm approach for today and tomorrow. It warns of possible judgment errors and urges reading and writing, with focus on broader world matters and personal calm. April August and mid December periods are highlighted for good times. A birthday child may have a strong mind but risk materialism in adversity.
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Jim Bishop
Fat and
August Bonano
Mr. Bonano
Bonano
Soliath
Dave Regan
Commission
Friends of Constitutional Democracy
People’s Freedom League
George E. Sokolsky
Gamble Benedict
Chapin School
Bryn Mawr
Barnard
Radcliffe
George Dixon
Keith
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vinyard
Nantucket Island
Flemming
Forsythe
Harvey
Michigan
Great Lakes States
Ulster
Ireland
Northern Ireland
England
Falkland Islands
The
United States
Dorothy Kigallen
Los Angeles
Modesty
Los Angeles Examiner
Modesty Los
East Coast
Dorothy
New Courthouse
West Coast
Dick Koll
Mar
Gee
Sterling
Estrellita
Dennis the Menace
Margaret
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