Maine Trappers Gift Coat Hangs in Eisenhower Closet
A Maine Trappers Association present a fur coat made from 17 beaver pelts to Mrs. Eisenhower. The coat was displayed at a White House session with photographers. Mrs. Eisenhower paid 385 dollars to have it sewn into a three-quarter model valued around 1800 dollars.
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Maine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Maine Trappers Assn
Eisenhower
Jeanne Naspo
Montclair
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Jeanne
Duck story says he got six birds on one shot
Riverdale belt tale recounts duck hunter Jerry Wilson firing once and dropping six ducks. He aimed as two ducks rose from rushes and a flock burst forth before the trigger, yielding six birds with a single shot.
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Safecrackers Target Indonesian Embassy in London
Five men broke into the Indonesian Embassy in Grosvenor Square early today and tied up a night porter. They set off three explosive charges in a futile attempt to access the embassy safe, staying for about three hours before fleeing. An Indonesian official said roughly $289 remained in petty cash.
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Grosvenor Square
First Kluxer Guilty of Mutilating Negro
In Birmingham Alabama Joe E Pritchett 31 year old construction worker was convicted of mayhem by a circuit court jury after a 40 minute deliberation He received the maximum 20 year sentence as the boss man of a Klan detail accused of testing the courage of a subordinate Klansman The jury also found other Klansmen guilty of related charges though the second mayhem count against Pritchett was dropped on prosecutorial request Bond was set at 20090 and an appeal was noted Officials tied the case to a broader Labor Day kidnapping and castration incident involving six Klansmen and Nat King Cole et al
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Joe E. Pritchett
Alta King
B. A. Floyd
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King
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Miller
Floyd
Jesse Mabry
Grover McCullough
Floyd Mabry
McCullough
Mabry
Nat King Cole
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Nelgro Handyman
Edward Aaron
Ainst Pritchett
J. Miller
John Griffin
Israel completes draining of marshes to reclaim land
In Jerusalem Israel announced the completion of the marsh draining program at Lake Huleh. The six year project eliminates the last breeding ground for malaria carrying mosquitoes and will turn the land into fields for sugar cane and other crops.
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Larouna
Huleh
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Britain Returns Ka tumbayake Base to Ceylon Navy
Britain today handed over the Royal Air Force base at Katunayake to Ceylon, a key communications center on routes from Britain to the Far East and Australia. It is the second British base given to Ceylon under a broader withdrawal of Commonwealth island installations. Trincomalee was relinquished two weeks earlier.
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Live the Life of Riley at Huntington Hotel
A hotel ad promotes the Huntington Hotel at 280 E Ocean Blvd Long Beach offering private baths, new wallpaper, wood carpeting, telephones and daily maid service. It highlights ocean boulevard views, large dining room, meals around 20.50 dollars weekly per person, and room and board options with breakfast and dinner services.
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Huntington Hotel
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Long Beach
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Strike at Cape Canaveral Fla T: Strike at Cape Canaveral Fla
A clerical union authorized a strike at Cape Canaveral Florida's missile testing center. The Defense Department cited watching the situation closely while noting testers are not involved in the contract dispute. Walter T. Coleman announced the authorization on Thursday.
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Cape Canaveral
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Mall ES Bon hse Daily Bulletin at Stand Pine
Fragmentary notice from a periodical reference mentions a daily bulletin and audit bureau. Names and exact actions are unclear due to garbled OCR text. Recreation of full entities not possible from the readable fragments.
Saud Mother's Veto Halts King Saud Marriage Plan
Cairo report says Saudi King Saud, 55, sought to wed 19 year old Ferial Solh of Lebanon but his mother vetoed the match. Editor Mustafa Amin notes the king’s wish was blocked after the monarch’s mother refused to approve. The tale notes Saud’s large royal brood and polygamy under Moslem law.
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Akhbar
Saud
Mustafa Amin
Beirut
Ferial Solh
Sami Solt
Ferial
Lebanon
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Feria
Amin
Ibn Saud
Townsend Arrives in Chile From Peru
ARICA Chile Former RAF Group Capt Peter Townsend arrived here from Peru on a motor tour of South America. He dismissed rumors of a romance with Gladys Zender Lima Miss Universe 1958 saying there is nothing to them.
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Chile
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Peter Townsend
Thursany
Peru
South America
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Lima
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