Nightlife notes and TV chatter from New Yorks 1950s scene
In New York a lively nightlife scene runs Sundays with Moroccos Midnight Mambo attracting Insomniac Set members though most guests cant mambo. Sophie Tucker performs Some of These Days while Montreal brunette Diana Linden drums and Bernice Parks dances with Teddy Rodriguez. Rodriguez jokes about a water-balance trick and Sophie thanks him. Rumors swirl about the Billy Rose Joyce Mathews marriage. Cafe Mardi Gras appears on CBS TV Theater at Broadway and First, Jackie Gleasons new pilot features Sammy Davis Jr Hildegarde and eight cameras with CBS funding. Marilyn Monroe visits Ed Morrow and barhops to catch a TV screen. Wrestling crowds watch fights. A screen test for Milton H. Greenes wife Amy is suggested. Ham Park decries younger generation. Cadillac styling is predicted to split next year.
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Midnight Mambo Fun With Sophie Tucker and Chi Chi
A breezy collage of showbiz blurbs and quips notes Sophie Tucker and Chi Chi leading a nocturnal mambo set, interspersed with wry lines from readers and references to Hollywood figures. The column threads jokes about performers, anecdotes, and playful nightlife chatter with mentions of Sinatra, Zanuck, and Gloria Swanson, and notes fashion and fads in the era.
Polio Immunization Urged For All Primary Grades
Editorial urges full cooperation in the Salk vaccine program. West Virginia 125,000 schoolchildren eligible this spring. nationwide over 57 million. Parents must ensure immunization, with first and second graders prioritized for mass inoculation and doctors offering vaccines to unparticipated children. The Foundation promotes widespread protection beyond labs in communities.
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National Foundation For
Army chief cites slurring of officers in Congress
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson links congressional slurs of the officer corps to difficulty in retaining good men in the army. He notes a familiar pattern echoed by Rudyard Kipling who contrasted Tommy Atkins with the brave when guns fire.
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Silent Paradise Quiet Resort For Restful Nerves
Prince Wolfrad von Schaumburg Lippe plans a near Hanover Germany resort called a paradise of silence for tired business travelers. Only quiet sports are allowed and no automobiles or radios. Music is limited to one hour daily with classical pieces chosen by management. Wagner likely rejected for Chopin.
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Hanover
Germany
March of Events Washington faces UMT and wage debate
President Eisenhower’s push for a revised universal military training plan appears headed for passage with voluntary features, while Congress trims compulsory elements. Postal pay raises drive a broad lobbying campaign, and a 200 mile offshore limit dispute among Peru Ecuador and Chile threatens U.S. relations as the UN plans a Rome conference.
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Child conducts mock burial for Easter chick
Bug Dust Patricia Ann Farmer, four year old daughter of Jimmy and Mrs. Farmer of Beckley, believes a colored Easter chick deserves a dignified burial. She acts as nurse to the ailing chick belonging to Donald Begley, and sings Here Comes Santa Claus during what would be the rite, delaying the burial.
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Jimmy Farmer
Beckley
Donald Edward “Tippy” Begley
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Donald Begley
Raleigh Beckley newspaper rates and delivery details
Beckley Newspapers publishes Raleigh Beckley Evening and Sunday morning editions under Beckley Newspapers Corporation. The notice lists subscription prices by mail and home delivery, tax info, address-change requirements, and carrier independence, with contact and office details.
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West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Julep Formula and Street Quartet Clash in Beckley
A satirical note mocks a mint julep recipe claiming to elevate the Kentucky standard. In Beckley coalfields, payday crowds fill the streets as a sidewalk singing contest erupts between a blind guitarist and a choral preacher quartet, who drown out the blind man and win a striking victory.
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Kentucky
J. Souie Smith
Beckley
Curbstone Quartet
Communists Losing Ground in Italy as U S Shows Gains
A foreign correspondent notes improved Italian stability and reduced Communist influence. He observes rising prosperity in Sweden and caution about Soviet reach, cites effective U S foreign aid reform, and reports heavy American tourism and upcoming Italian elections as pivotal factors shaping Europe’s postwar balance.
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Denmark
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Spain
Germany
Poland
Nasser Plans Big for Revolutionized Egypt
A rare interview with Lieut. Col Gamal Abdel Nasser reveals his aims to modernize Egypt after the revolution. He pledges 4,000 new schools in ten years, land reform benefiting peasants, and massive irrigation and industrial projects while warning reform will take time. He insists elections depend on educated voters and projects a long term leadership for his regime.
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Prayer by Paul S Wright Expresses Faith Journey
A concluding prayer seeks perspective from God amid envy of others' lives. It reflects on following a master who made the narrow path a glorious adventure and transformed the cross into triumph. The note credits Paul S Wright of Portland Oregon, minister at First Presbyterian Church.
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Paul S. Wright
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Military Men in News At Home and Overseas
Pvt. Frank lin A Lee graduates from Fort Knox Food Service School and joined the Army in 1954. Sgt. Harry D Alderman and Sgt. Roy A Deweese, Raleigh County, volunteer for 24 months of active duty. Pfc. John A Akers transferred from 511th Airborne Infantry to 3400 Headquarters at Fort Campbell. Seaman William D Gobble serves aboard USS Newport News. Airman First Class Earl H Blake named Airman of the Month for the 405th Installation Squadron. Pfc. William J Byset on leave in Tokyo from Korea unit. Phi Delta Pi member, Concord College grad.
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Court Faces Major Test on Integration
The Supreme Court must decide how and when to end school segregation after ruling it unconstitutional last May. Justices consider immediate or gradual end, and whether to set deadlines or leave details to district courts. Hearings showed Negro parents seek rapid integration by September, while Southern states want more time. The administration urged a middle course of moderation and firmness.
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