One-Armed Vet Builds Third Home and Keeps Pace
INDEPENDENCE Kan. Dick Oliver a 38 year old Navy veteran who lost his left arm in 1940 builds his third home in a year while working as a construction clerk for Universal Atlas Cement. He types 65 words a minute, drives, buttons clothing, and shoots with accuracy. Oliver says employers should tailor work pace and let handicapped workers develop their own techniques. His $22 000 three bedroom home saved about $3 000 in labor costs, and he continues studying civil engineering while guiding his son in baseball catching.
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Independence
Kan
Dick Oliver
Universal Atlas Cement Company
U. S. Steel
Pearl Harbor
Topeka
Lorene
Gregg
Bad Break Dramatic Slam Route in Bridge Play
South failed to adjust to a bad spade break and club finesse, losing one trick in a potential slam. The analyst notes the correct defense and sequence: test spade situation early, then use spade, trump rounds, and club finesse to force the favorable layout.
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South
Dummy
Society Gossip and Celebrity Snippets in New York
A bustling society page item notes the Duchess of Windsor hosting ball chances in April in Paris via Elsa Maxwell and potential reconciliations among rival socialites. It covers Hedy Lamar, Sophia Loren, Steve Allen, Ava Gardner, Groucho Marx, Tony Bennett, Mary Martin, Bob Evans, Joe E Lewis, and others with brief anecdotes from New York to Las Vegas and Hollywood, including club openings and pact-like rumors.
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New York
Duchess of Windsor
Paris
Elsa Maxwell
Waldorf Towers
Herbert Hoover
Douglas’ A. MacArthur
James A. Farley
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hervey Firestone Jr
Tony Bennety
Texas
Tony
Groucho Marx
Las Vegas
Mary Martin
Brazil
Conn
N.Y
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Marin County
John Rait
NBC
Bob Evans
H'wood
Joe E. Lewis
el Rancho Vegas
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Ken
Wax coating tips for tools and a scatter of late 1950s headlines
A mixed set of notes covers a wax coating method to ease use of power and hand tools, plus brief, punchy entertainment and gossip snippets. Items reference Ernie Kovacs, Mindy Carson, George Jessel, Ella Logan, Carol Ann Daniele, Jack Haley, and Earl Pearl’s column with light humor about marriages and show business.
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Ernie Kovacs
H'wood
Edie
E21 Abner
Adams
Mindy Carson
Houston
George Jessel
Carnegie Hall
Ella Logan
Ella
Jack Lemon
Sharmen Douglas
Carol Ann Daniele
Las Vegas
Jack Haley
Gloria
Buddy Bregmen
Buddy
Mind study on dress, love, and timing in social life
A Hunter College senior girls study links conscious dress aim to social status and fashion with an unconscious motive to attract men. Oldest-child marriages show higher unhappiness, per Durgess and Cottrell, due to domineering traits. Psychologists note peak mood times vary, with worst moods on Monday and in winter months, aligning with Springer Rostow findings.
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Hunter College
Durgess and
Cottrell
N. Springer
Rostow
Gather
Springer-Roslow
Zodiac Advice Column Forecasts Mixed Fortunes
A reader horoscope page outlines Aries through Pisces with guidance on relationships, work, and personal growth. It cautions Taurus and Aquarius about opportunity and optimism, notes Leo and Virgo shifts in harmony, and emphasizes teamwork and initiative across signs.
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LIBRA
Pengle
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
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Hal Boyle
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Argentina
Bond
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Lakewood Blvd
Oswald Jacoby
Norte
Earl Wilson
Hedy Lamar
Arthur Godfrey
Harry Truman
Miami Beach
Algiers
David Levinson
HST
Steve Allen
Joy Harmon
Westport
Ava Gardner
Miguel
Harry Belafonte
Marguerite
Julie Robinson
Los Angeles
Eddie Fisher
Carrie Frances
Groucho
M. Monroe
Prince
Music Mall
Milk Fund
Sloan Simpson
David Atkinson
Carol
Pamela Perry
Equity Ball
Nashville
Topyright
Nedy
N. Y
Miami
Dublin
Briscoe
Earl Pearls
Ima Weshout
Eddie Condon
Hiwood
Rusty Draper
Earl
Brother
Albert Edward Wiggam
Sy Crean
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Charles Anson
Wntown
Los Angales
Vallay Place
Panorame City
Wilshire
Hollywood
Huntington Park
Slenicle
Crenshaw
George Futnam
F. Monty
Céonnal
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