TV Line Guess Leads to Auto Theft Arrest
A CBS What's My Line panel misidentified James Marshall Showers as an elephant handler during a Jones Beach Arabian Nights promotion. The Detroit visitor was arrested in Brooklyn on auto theft charges after tips from Royal Oak viewers led the FBI to him. Bail set at $1,500. Showers used the alias Jimmy Mitchell and had been sought since 1954.
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New York
Royal Oak
Mich
FBI
Detroit
James J. Kelly
James Marshall Showers
Jones Beach State Park
Long Island
Showers
Jimmy Mitchell
Kelly
Albany
N.Y
Glens Falls
U.S
Brooklyn
Harriman to Talk Election Plans With Stevenson
CHICAGO two top Democrats meet during the 47th annual Governors Conference a dinner discussion could shape the 1956 presidential race. Gov Averell Harriman of New York seeks privately to learn whether Adlai E Stevenson will run again, a choice Stevenson has not yet publicly stated.
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Chicago
Averell Harriman
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Harriman
Stevenson
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Adviser Plans Ouster Protest
Washington adjoins that Dr Frank S Horne plans to contest his ouster after 19 years in government service as an adviser on minority problems at the Housing and Home Finance Agency He cites budget action as reason but denies policy differences He has Civil Service protection and says he will appeal The firing is labeled a civil service violation by Rep Hays and awaits official comment from the agency and White House
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Washington
Frank S. Horne
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Horne
Albert M. Cole
Joseph R. Ray Sr
Louisviile
Ieam
Rep
Hays
Ohio
White House
Plane crash injures student pilot and instructor near Chesapeake
State Report, Chesapeake Ohio, reports a private two person plane piloted by Jack North from Huntington, West Virginia, crashed in a clover field near Chesapeake Airport injuring North and instructor George Hart. Engine failure followed by clipping two power lines caused significant wing damage and power outages to Burlington. Separately, Morgantown authorities investigated a shotgun slaying in Everettville as 80 year old Isaac S. Jones admitted shooting Guyton, his son in law, after a threat to harm Jones' daughter Lydia Guyton.
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Huntington
W. Va
Jack North
George Hart
R. T. Maynard
Taylorcraft
Ohio Power Co
Burlington
Morgantown
Moross County
Guyton
Everettville
Clarence E. Johnson
Isaac S. Jones
Johnson
Jones
Lydia Guyton
President Eisenhower's Gettysburg Vacation Plan
President Eisenhower, at his Gettysburg farm, announced plans to vacation in Colorado starting next Sunday. The tentative start date is August 14 or 15, contingent on attending services at Gettysburg Presbyterian Church. He will also review hundreds of bills sent to Gettysburg over the weekend requiring presidential action.
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Eisenhower
Colorado
Gettysburg Presbyterian Church
Denver
Circuit Court of
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Beckley
Baxter Burvin Bragg
Willard Burvin Meadows
Anthony J. Sparacino
Opera whiz Gino Prato faces TV quiz choice tonight
Bronx shoemaker Gino Prato, 55, will seek guidance at St Patrick's Cathedral before appearing on The $64,000 Question. He may quit with $32,000 or gamble for the $64,000 top prize. a miss nets $4,000 as a consolation. He has a new $10,000 yearly role as goodwill ambassador for American Biltrite Rubber Co.
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Bronx
New York
Opera
Gino Prato
Prato
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Manhattan
American Biltrite Rubber Co
Chelsea
Mass
Eisenhower Declares GOP Civil Rights Champion
President Eisenhower said the Republican party has been a vigorous champion of Lincoln era ideals in civil rights. He cited progress in equal dignity and equal rights, while acknowledging more work remains and noting NAACP praise alongside critique of lack of new civil rights legislation.
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Washington
Republican Party
Lincoln
New York
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
District of Columbia
NAACP
Republican National Committee
Val J. Washington
Martin and Lewis to stay together as duo
Hollywood reports Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis met with Paramount chief Y. Frank Freeman and agreed to continue as America's highest paid comedy team. After weeks of feud rumors they said they would fulfill contracts and return to work though Lewis could not comment. Mrs. Abbott died yesterday.
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Jerry Lewis
Paramount
Y. Frank Freeman
America
Martin
Lewis
Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee Wins Divorce in Reno
Gypsy Rose Lee, 41, obtained a divorce from Yulio de Diego, Spanish artist, on grounds of cruelty and separation exceeding three years. The pair married March 19, 1948.
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Reno
Nev
Gypsy Rose Lee
Yulio de Diego
Cancer Kills Dancer Hartman Abbott on Broadway
Grace Hartman Abbott, 48, former Hartman dancer of the husband wife team The Hartmans, died of cancer. The Hartmans performed on Broadway and in nightclubs across the United States and Europe. After their divorce she wed television director Norm-
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Los Angeles
Grace Hartman Abbott
Hartmans
United States
Europe
Norm
Sang Her Heart Out at Beverly Hills Requiem
Carmen Miranda in a Beverly Hills Requiem High Mass honored the singer dancer and comedienne who died Friday of a heart attack at age 41. Rev Charles Dignam told 300 mourners at Church of the Good Shepherd that she gave her all to make people happy. Notables from film TV and night life attended after she finished a television film and hosted cast members at her home.
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Calif
Carmen Miranda
Charles Dignam
Dignam
Church of the Good Shepherd
Miranda
David Sebastian
Miss Universe Hillevi Rombin Debuts in Benny Goodman Story
Sweden’s Hillevi Rombin begins film work with a six word line in The Benny Goodman Story about a clarinetist. She plays an autograph seeking American bobby soxer alongside Steve Allen with Carlene King Johnson of Vermont.
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Sweden
Hillevi Rombin
Benny Goodman
Goodman
Universal-International
Bobby-Soxer
Steve Allen
Carlene King Johnson
Vermont
Miss Rombin
Long Beach
Take My Place a Christmas House Scene and Secrets
A Christmas afternoon unfolds in a house where Maggie and Eric share quiet happiness while Landon battles inner longing. Merry-o, the daughter, tests boundaries on skis as Landon confronts truth and duty, then returns to a peaceful living room where Maggie rests and Eric guards the shared moment. To Be Continued.
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Landon
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Merry-o
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Darling
Merry
Golf Club
Mommy
Merry’-o
Pam
Merry'o
Funeral Announcements For Cole and Dillon
Lesfie Lawrence Cole 55 of Silver Springs Maryland died August 6 in Washington Sanatorium Hospital Takoma Park. Burial Cedar Hill Covington Virginia. George W Dillon 90 of Sand Lick died August 7 at daughter Ina Daniels home Eccles. Funeral August 9 at Mattsville Church Sand Lick. Pallbearers listed. flowers by granddaughters.
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Lesfie Lawrence
Silver Springs
Maryland
Maxwell Hill
Washington Sanatorium
Takoma Park
Melton Mortuary
D. T. Mathews
Callaway Heights Missionary Baptist Church
T. W. Hampton
W. E. Harvey
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Covington
Virginia
James Lilly
John Harvey
Gerald Brown
van Bays
Robert Braughman
Robert Brunk
Dillon Dillon
George W
Sand Lick
Ina Daniels
Eccles
Melton
Daniels
Mattsville
Eugene Honaker
Berling Hurt, Jr
Elmer Daniel
Robert Daniel
Lawrence Dillon
Bernard Bishop
Vince Shumate
Frank Wiseman
Lou Dew
Roy Chambers
Carl Chambers
Bud Jones
P. C. Ballard
Claude Newman
Homer Maynor
Ed Maynor
Prince Clyborn
Okey Stover
Wilfred Daniel
Dewey Hp
Harold Dillon
George Dilon
Bride 16 Weds Army Corporal in Shawneetown Marriage
Barbara Jean Sterling, 16, refuses her mother’s annulment bid after eloping with Cpl. Stephen Doerner Jr., 21. Doerner surrendered at Ft. Sheridan as Mrs. Sterling files charges of contributing to a minor’s delinquency. The couple plans to return to France with Doerner’s unit delayed.
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Louise Sterling
Sporting Goods Company
Cpl
Stephen Doerner Jr
Doerner
Barbara Jean
Shawneetown
Illinois
A. Lee Adams
Winnetka Justice of the Peace
Ft. Sheridan
Chicago
France
Sterling
Poultry Market Reports From Harrisonburg and Moorefield
Harrisonburg and Moorefield area live poultry markets show steady to lightly lower trends with strong demand. Prices at farm Friday through yesterday indicate broilers 26 to 27 cents, heavy hens 20 to 22, small turkey fryers 30 to 31, breeder hens 25, toms 20, and Beltsville turkey fryers 30. In South Branch Valley demand remains fair to good with ample supply, broilers 25 to 27 cents, average 26.65, and 82 lots sold from 223,900 offered.
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Shenandoah Valley
Moorefield
W. Va
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
South Branch Valley
South Branch
Beltsville
Baltimore Apples and Peaches Market Report
Market notes show apples slightly weaker with multiple varieties listed and small gains noted for Duchess and Rambos. Cantaloupes in Maryland Delaware and Virginia described as slightly weaker with local packing and crate prices. Peaches weaker with liberal offerings and wide price ranges across Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Potatoes described as barely steady with Cobblers prices per 50 or 100 lb sacks across states.
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