National sweepstakes and gambling trends noted in America
The piece surveys evolving gambling laws from New Hampshire racing ventures to interstate lottery bans, noting potential state revenue boosts and moral debates. It cites Kansas finances, parimutuel betting, bingo legalization, and dog racing, plus global pop culture nods and a quip about a Geneva negotiator’s initial initial U.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Hampshire
Concord Track
State Racing Commission
Star Treasury
New England
New Jersey
Kansas
Realistic Ambitions By ELM
A reflective piece on American dreams from youth aiming for a world series, pro football, a Europe voyage, and a cross country flight. It notes his near reach for a big league game and admiration for Mantle Berra and DiMaggio, plus a preference for ocean liner travel over air or two motor planes.
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Europe
Marilyn Monroe
Lstic
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
Joe DiMaggio
Gifts Pour In as Ike Eisenhower Copes with Farm Life
Gettysburg area reports President Eisenhower receives many gifts for his 189 acre farm including livestock, a complete flower garden, and decorative items. Democratic leaders Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson presented a Black Angus heifer at a Washington event. Official gifts stay in Washington or go to the Eisenhower museum, while other items become part of farm life or display.
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Gettysburg
Pan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower Farm
Gettysburg Battlefield
National Press Club
Sam Mayburn
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
White House
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
New England
Skowhegan
Smithsonian Institution
Eisenhower Museum
Abilene
Kan
Mrs. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Abortion and Sterility Advice For Dora D. Teen
In a public health style column Dr. Crane warns against unsafe abortion methods and urges Dora D. a 15 year old pregnant girl to seek guidance from her mother clergy and physician. The piece discusses legal risks medical hazards and long term sterility from illegal procedures while advocating adoption through trusted homes and organizations and emphasizes thoughtful paths over sensational gossip.
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Salvation Army
Dora
Adways
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate
Afalatt
Em Clasing
Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
West Germany Progress Evident Says Chief Justice Warren
U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren expressed being impressed by signs of economic progress in West Germany and other European nations. He and his wife arrived by air from Denmark Sunday for a vacation in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Earl Warren
West Germany
Denmark
No oil found in test near Olpe Emporia Kas
A test well drilled last week on the FB A Arnett farm three miles southeast of Olpe has been abandoned as a dry hole. The report notes the site near Bartlesville sand and mentions drilling activity shifting to another test area. The piece also references population movements in Olpe Florida and polio case admissions at Haynes Memorial Hospital with limited Boston resident counts.
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Emporia
Kas
Arnett Farm
Olpe
Boston
Heskhutort
Bartlesville
Bos
Cation
Television Daytime Lineup Across Stations Listed
A detailed schedule lists programs for KIFEQ TV WHAF TV KOMO TV KMBC WDAP WDAF and others, covering Aug 6 7-9 a.m. through late evening. It includes news weather mornings soaps game shows and entertainment, naming hosts such as Doug Edwards Arthur Godfrey and Pat Page with titles like The Big Payoff Disney Disneyland The Millionaire and Captain Video.
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Arthur Murray
Big Plewirs
Mule
Summar Theat
Danny ‘Thom
Millie
Daddy
Dolly Mack
Playhouse
Guy Lombardi
Mac. Univ
Atudin
Amos 'N
Andy
District Attorney
Afovie
Ama
K.C
Micarlowe
Storn
Mr. Awaeney
Expresa
Treip
Comialus
Doug Edwards
Mat Densis
la Rosa
Frankie Laine
Three Star News
Frankie Lalne
Amex Brothers
Bobo
Wild Bill Hickock
Disneyland
Patti Page
Dutty
Radio schedule snapshot from August 10 listings
A dense, hour by hour program rundown for August 10 featuring KMBC and WDAF stations with roughly nine to ten names per time slot. Notable items include Jack Paar, Bob Crosby Show, Brighter Day, Captain Video, Dragnet, and Gunslinger themed segments, plus Weather, Livestock Markets, and various talk shows. The listings emphasize station lineups, show titles, and host names across morning through late night blocks.
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Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey
Variety
Sheilah Graham
AmTenn
Ernie Valiant
Guiding Light
the Guiding Light
Jack Paar
Kitchen Klub
Woman's World
World Report
Romper Room
Robert Q. Lewis
Robert Q. Lewie
Ted Mack
Theatre of Romance
Bob Crosby
Parge
Crosby
Miss Marlowe
Rome
Mr. Sweeney
Hopatong Casaldy
Comiclub
Studio
Doug Edwards
Vaughn Tonrce
Doug Edwardes
Tulina la Rosa
Nev
Hal
Superman
Groucho Marg
Three Star News
Bob Cummings
Climax
Dragnet
Star Tonight
Abbott Costello
Ford Theatre Adventure Theater
Star Playhouse
Ford Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
Johnny Carson
Mark Baker
Wreatling
Industry
Tou
Scotland Yard
Scotland
Banish Bums From City Hall Across Independence Mall
Philadelphia police launch a drive to clear undesirables from the newly opened Independence Mall fronting Independence Hall. They say the area has become a gathering and sleeping place for vagrants and panhandlers.
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Philadelphia
Independence Mall
Independence Hall
Chinese Reds Torture U S Airmen to Forge Spy Confessions
In Tokyo Col John Knox Arnold Jr and 10 other U S airmen recount months of physical and mental torture in China aimed at forcing confessions used to convict them as spies. The men, freed near Hong Kong, will fly home via Travis or Honolulu with medical care en route and 30-day convalescent leave after arrival. Arnold, who commanded a downed B 29 during a 1953 North Korea leaflet mission, says he never confessed and laments what he said under coercion.
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Tokyo
U. S
John Knox Arnold Jr
Hong Kong
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Alaska
McChord Air Force Base
Wash
Honolulu
Travis
Arnold
Ing
China
Silver Spring
North Korea
Feiping
Manchuria
Gehlen Spy Network Transferred To West German Control
Bonn reports the United States has quietly handed over the Gehlen organization, Western Europe's largest spy network led by Reinhard Gehlen, to the West German government under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The 4000-agent service, long funded by Washington at about six million dollars yearly, will be financed temporarily from Adenauer's emergency fund as it comes under sovereign German oversight.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
iWestern
Europe
Reinhard Gehlen
Wehrmacht
Konrad Adenauer
Gehlen
West Germany
Wester Defense
Soviet Union
Siberia
Soviet Bloc
Pentagon
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
Adenauer
Navy hopeful seeks commission reversal for Landy
Marcus Hook Pa A 21 year old Merchant Marine Academy honor graduate sailed as a tanker deck hand after asserting the Navy will reverse its ruling denying him a commission in the Naval Reserve Eugene Landy Belmar New Jersey appealed the decision citing his mother an admitted former Communist
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Marcus Hook
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Navy
Naval Reserve
Eugene Landy
Belmar
N. J
Deborah Landy
Strain Hits New Fathers in Air Force Study
An Air Force medical officer reports that expected fathers in the service face military risks from reduced efficiency to attempted self-harm and court martial. Capt. James L. Curtis analyzes 50 enlisted airmen, 26 chosen for problems and 24 controls, finding only about one third free of medical or military trouble while awaiting fatherhood.
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Washington
Air Force
Armed Services
Armed Forces Medical Journal
Defense’ Department
James L. Curtis
Curtis
Won't Draft Adlai Again Says Ribicoff on Stevenson
Connecticut Governor Abraham Ribicoff told reporters in Stevenson's home state on the eve of the governors conference that Stevenson will not be drafted again. He said Stevenson must declare if he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination next year.
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Chicago
Adlin E Stevenson
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Stevenson
Ribicoff
Into Hiding To Decide Between Men
Una Schmidt Fine, 20, moved with her young son in Nevada City California to decide whether to stay with her husband airman Schmidt or with logging driver Fine. Schmidt, prisoner of war in a Chinese prison for 32 months, is en route home from Tokyo. Her attorney said they are separated for now to resolve their marriage amid the return. A Red Cross official noted Schmidt’s morale improved after contact.
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Nevada City
Calif
Una Schmidt-Fine
Una
Alford B. Fine
Daniel C. Schmidt
Schmidt
Tokyo
America
Harold Berliner
Berliner Aid
Ana
Red Cross
Workshop Patterns by Ruth Wyeth Spears
Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept advertises three gadgets to speed up laundry tasks. A removable canvas hopper serves as a wet wash bag and can be used between wash days. Pattern 441 copies mailed for 25 cents from Bedford Hills New York.
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Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept
Bedford Hills
New York
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Ike Eisenhower
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Ottawa Herald Evening
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Don Hullster
Edith Guy Snedaker
Don Shipman
Howard Hoadrey
Perera
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Dr. Crane
Test
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Edward J. Dailey
Haynes Memorial Hospital
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Komo-Tv
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MBC
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Garry Moore
Cellor
RMBC
WDAP
Bru
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ENAC
WDAF
Dragnat
RNBC
KMBC
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Wie
SAS
Aslgawert
Thater
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Yen
Bill Baker II
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Maria
Sunny Side Up
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Command
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