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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1949

Page

3

Revival Led by Billy Graham Draws Los Angeles Crowds

In Los Angeles a massive tent revival led by 30 year old Billy Graham has drawn more than 200,000 people from a city of 2 million over six weeks. Notable converts include Lou Zamperini, a former USC athlete and wartime hero, and Stuart Hamblen, who vows to retire El Lobo from racing. Graham, president of Northwestern College, blends sermons with salvation stories as he tours the country and plans to visit Boston next.

Los Angeles City of Billy Graham South California Graham University of Southern California Lou Zamperini Pacific Hambien North Carolina Frank Graham Little Northwestern College Indianapolis England Soldier Field Chicago Boston Hudson Jesus

Prisoner Kisses Daughter Then Flees From Jaik

State police hunted a 24-year-old prisoner who fled Clinton County jail after kissing his four-year-old daughter goodbye in the corridor. Sheriff Hickoff said Hamm, last seen near a railroad track, dashed out the front door as his wife and family watched. He was to begin an 18 month to three year sentence in Pittsburgh.

Loc Haven Clinton County George A. Hickoff Robert Hamm Hickoff Hamm Pittsburgh

Strike HITS Work On Auto Licenses

The steel strike disrupts Maryland license plates with no new plates issued in 1960. Commissioner Arthur H. Brice says only enough metal exists to produce small tags for existing plates, delaying replacement plates due to steel deliveries tied to the state penitentiary metal fabrications.

Arthur H. Brice Brice

Belgrade Center Planned By U S Red Paper Says

The Tass dispatch from Paris claimed the United States planned a Belgrade intelligence center directed against Eastern Europe. It said the center would operate under the U S Embassy in Belgrade with FBI instructed representatives and posts in U S embassies. It noted the meeting of American envoys from Eastern Bloc nations in London last week.

Belgrade Center U. S Moscow Tass Paris United States Belgrade Federal Bureau of Investigation London

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