Doores Wilson substitutes for Lily Pons at Metropolitan
Doores Wilson collapsed after Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met in New York where she substituted for the ailing Lily Pons. Wilson had been injured in a January Ohio auto accident and was taken to a hospital after collapsing following the performance.
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Sheds
George Durgom
Doores Wilson
Lily Pons
Lammermoor
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Miss Wilson
Ohio
Teen Age Romance Advice Letter Column
Dorothy Ricker addresses two sophomores torn between two popular boys. expert tone advises let the boys pursue, avoid chasing, and preserve self respect while navigating dating. The second reader, a 19 year old, is urged to meet the girl’s parents to gain approval and avoid sneaking dates, stressing candid communication and parental trust.
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Jake
M Walsworth Honored By School Board
M M Walsworth longtime superintendent of East Carroll Parish Schools since 1949 received a Jackson Parish School Board plaque. The bronze inscription praises his outstanding achievement and unselfish service as education leader. Walsworth, a Jackson Parish native, studied at Western High School Louisiana Tech and LSU earned a business administration degree and a master’s in education. He taught at Jonesboro Epps High Monticello High and then led East Carroll schools, with nine years as superintendent and twenty six years in education. In 1956 he was named in Who's Who in the South and in the Southwest.
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Lake Providence
Jackson Parish
M. M. Walsworth
East Carroll Parish
Louisiana Tech
LSU
Jonesboro High School
Epps High School
Monticello High School
Walsworth
South
Southwest
Day-after-day dress casual pattern by Marian Martin
Advertises pattern 9357 for Misses sizes 12 14 16 18 20 40 42 with a hip pocket yoke curved collar and easy cotton or blend fabric. Pattern includes printed directions, 39 inch fabric, requires 3 yards size 16 and costs thirty five cents plus ten cents mailing to Marian Martin News Star Pattern Dept 232 West 18th St New York NY 11.
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Marian Martin
Star
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N.Y
Meridian teen's murder confession questioned in Georgia ties
Richard Walker a 16 year old Negro may have been in Sardis Georgia when he claimed to have stabbed Mrs Barbara Jean Sims Walker to death in Meridian Mississippi Police reported a sworn statement from Carlene Densmore aunt of Walker saying he stayed in Sardis from August to December 10 Previously parts of his story aligned with the Meridian fatal shooting on December 2 in Mrs Sims Walker's home
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Jackson, Miss
Richard Walker
Meridian
Miss
Georgia
Meridian Police
Carlene Densmore
Sardis
Walker
Barbara Jean Sims Walker
Bonds Set For Two Held On Federal Counts
Two suspects faced U S Commissioner Louis D Smith on Dyer Act charges involving interstate travel of stolen vehicles. Betty Jane Dunn received a 2500 bond and return to Ouachita parish jail after a 2 pm hearing. Joe Hubert Phillips of Lakeland Florida also drew a 2500 bond and remains in jail after a Delhi arrest for moving a stolen vehicle from Jackson Mississippi to Delhi.
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U. S
Louis D. Smith
Betty Jane Dunn
Ouachita Parish
Florida
Louisiana
Joe Hubert Phillips
Lakeland
Fla
Delhi
J. W. Barrett
Jackson
Miss
Half Million In Jewels Stolen in Southampton
Lady Norah Docker reported a theft of nearly half a million dollars in jewels from her parked car Monday night. Sir Bernard Docker, her industrialist husband, estimated the loss and indicated uncertainty about insurance.
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Southampton
England
Norah Docker
Norah
Bernard Docker
Something Sad About The Circus
William Ewald describes a somber view of the modern circus with mournful elephants and weary clowns, highlighting a somber tone about the act and atmosphere. The piece conveys disappointment in the spectacle and its emotional impact on observers.
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New York
UPI
West Carroll seed policy and area roundups noted
Farmers are urged to buy sweet potato seed from West Carroll Parish or certified seed to keep the area pest free. The Ruston stockholders voted three percent dividends and discussed liquidating assets if notes sell to a bank. Crossett Rotary named officers for the coming year. Louisiana College hosts seniors teaching summer sessions with 57 students. Northwestern State initiates Gerri Dickerson into Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. Oak Grove and surroundings report club queen Melba Crowe and school board bids and tax reductions. Catahoula Parish tree farms grow district totals. Concordia Sheriff Noah Cross returns to duty after hospitalization.
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Oak Grove
S. Y. Williams
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
West Carroll Parish
Williams
Lt General Floyd L. Parks dies at 63
The officer who led American troops into Berlin at the end of World War II died of cancer in an army hospital. Lt Gen Parks, who retired from the army in 1956, was 63.
War II Hero Floyd Parks Dies at 63 in Army Hospital
Lt. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, who led the first American troops into Berlin in World War II and served as Berlin's unofficial mayor in 1945, died of cancer in an Army hospital at age 63. After retiring in 1956 he became executive director of the National Rifle Association. He began as a private in World War I and was commissioned a lieutenant in 1918.
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Washington
Floyd L. Parks
Berlin
Parks
National Rifle Association
Second-Hand Snark Fires Again From Cape
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla UPI The Snark intercontinental missile completed a second round trip flight over the Atlantic tracking range. The 69-foot red swept-wing weapon lifted off at 4 01 am est with two solid-fuel boosters dropping after three seconds. It flew about 1500 miles toward the tracking range at near sonic speed. The pilotless bomber carries a hydrogen warhead and remains in testing to improve reliability.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape
Air Force
AMA Reports Progress On Aged Health Care Plan
The American Medical Association told Congress it is making solid progress in improving health care for Americans aged 65 and over. The AMA notes state and local medical societies are acting decisively to implement its policy urging voluntary health insurance or pre payment programs for seniors with modest resources or low income, with physicians accepting lower fees to reduce premiums.
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Washington
API
American Medical Association
AMA
Congress
America
Aflcio
Wilbur D. Wills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means
House of Delegates
Tennis Court To Be Restored At White House
President Eisenhower has authorized restoring an old tennis court after White House staff requested repairs. James Hagerty said aides would share the cost, and a putting green and basketball hoop are already on the grounds attracting visitors and staff.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
David Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
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