Twin brothers Leo and Larry Nichols tale of courage
A Phoenix item recounts Leo and Larry Nichols two St. Mary's Boys High School twins who swapped a paddling ordeal after Leo was kept after school. Larry endured the punishment, then played in the same basketball game as Leo, a display of family devotion praised in the column. The piece also mentions giveaways and local notices set in a 1950s Phoenix context with moral reflections and brief community notes.
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Leo
Larry Nichols
W. Minnetowa
St. Mary’s Boys’ High School
Brian
St. Mary’s
Nichols
Larry
Lucky Leo
North Phoenix
Mustang Corral
Phil Brown
St. Mary’s Grammar School
Arizona State College
Flagstaff
Alpha Malta Social Sorority
Phoenix Union High Huskies
Theological Students Hold 2nd Revival
Nearly 400 theology students at a Chicago seminary joined a seven hour revival inspired by Wheaton College's 38 hour marathon prayer. About 1,500 Wheaton students and 375 Chicago seminary participants testified and prayed as Dr. Keller and Dr. Edman framed the event as a start of a sweeping spiritual movement.
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Wheaton
Ill
Chicago
Wheaton College
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Charles W. Keller
America
Dr. Keller
Chicago Seminary
W. Raymond Edman
Interdenominational
Liberal Arts School
Edman
Girls 9 Run Away To Avoid Ridicule
Two frightened nine year old girls Carol Queen and Helen Wilcox fled their grade school Thursday night to avoid ridicule and punishment. They slept in the City Zoo after authorities found them in a hollow tree trunk near the bear's cage.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Carol Queen
Helen Wilcox
Hermosillo visitors praise Phoenix and invite teens
Teenagers from Hermosillo, Sonora, led by Maria Evelia Della Ciscomani, tour Phoenix schools and parks, receive a royal welcome and extend a warm invitation to Mexican peers. Local events include conferences on teen relationships, school plays, and cultural gatherings amid a busy Valley social calendar.
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Mexico
Hermosillo
Sonora
Phoenix
Maria Evelia Della Ciscomani
Ylia Aguirre
Irma Olona
Delia Irma Garibaldi
Green Gables
Asia Aid Bill Hailed As New Blow At Reds
Two Republican senators praised a $70.5 million aid bill for Formosa and Korea as a step toward a firmer U S anti Communist stance in Asia. The package authorizes $60 million for South Korea and extends a frozen China aid fund to provide about $10.5 million to Formosa. Other developments include a $100 million ExIm loan to Indonesia, possible further Far East aid, and a 10 day Joint Chiefs of Staff Pacific trip report to the president and defense secretary.
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Asia
Reds
Washington
Formosa
Korea
United States
GOP
William F. Knowland
California
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Truman
U. S
Europe
U. S. Export- Import Bank
Indonesia
Bangkok
Siam
Orient
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Defense
Louis Johnson
Senate
Stroble Sentenced Slayer Bound for San Quentin
Los Angeles report says Fred Stroble, 68, convicted child slayer, left by train for San Quentin where he is to die in the gas chamber. Date to be fixed after automatic review by the California Supreme Court.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
San Quentin Prison
California Supreme Court
Plane crash at LAX injures no one seven USAF crew safe
A Texas based C-47 transport crashed during landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Seven aboard escaped unhurt after the twin-engine craft struck a wire fence and burned in the mud. The aircraft was en route from Mather Field to Carswell at Fort Worth with three Bergstrom Air Force Base passengers.
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Los Angeles
United States Air Force
Los Angeles International Airport
C. E. McIntyre
Mather Field
Sacramento
Calif
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Carswell Field
W. L. Evans
James B. Mahaffey
Delos Stoddard
Douglas S. Baker
Robert H. Lee
Joseph B. Wolfe
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Terrorists Toss 3 Hand Grenades in Saigon
Anti French terrorists exploded three hand grenades in front of Saigon's largest theater injuring three, one seriously. The attacks mark a new wave of violence in Saigon and Hanoi as Ho Chi Minh loyalists are expected to strike through the pre-Lenten carnival season.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Ho Chi-minh
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