Resting Place Of Stonewall's Left Arm
This series on Gen. Stonewall Jackson notes little known facts ahead of a Charleston Capitol bust dedication. It recounts the arm burial near Ellwood, Jackson’s wounding at the Wilderness, and the 1921 relocation by Gen. Smedley Butler and markers at the Jones family Ellwood estate near Fredericksburg. The Ellwood home still stands and guides visitors to the arm’s grave nearby.
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Roy Bird Cook
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson
Associated Press
Jackson
Capitol
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Chancellorsville
Lexington
Jackson's Mill
SF Ellwood
Fredricksburg
James Power Smith
Hunter McGuire
Joseph Morrison
Harvey Black
Wilderness Run
McGuire
Smith
Tucker Lacy
Stonewall
J. Power Smith
Thomas Ryan
Battle of
America
Smedley Butler
U. S. Marines
Jones Farm
Ellwood Manor
Jones
Leo T. Jones
U. S. Grant
Richmond
State Capitol
Ulcer Attack Trips Robber in New Jersey
AP report from Newark says two young men robbed a taxi driver of eight dollars. One robber collapsed nearby from an ulcer attack after the holdup. Philip Kennedy, 20, admitted the robbery and implicated his neighbor Robert Allman, 22. They were charged with assault and robbery.
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Npwark
N. J
Robert Laird
Martland Medical Center
Philip Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert Allman
Rockefeller Matriarch Plans Nordic Nuptials In Norway
Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller travels to Sogne Norway to organize Steven Rockefeller and Anne Marie Rasmussen wedding set for Saturday at a Lutheran church. Attendants chosen reception at Kristiansand Businessmen's Club. Anne Marie translates as needed. Gov Rockefeller to arrive Friday. couple’s tea total hosts amid Bible Belt values.
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Sogne
Norway
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Luthern Church
Steven Rockefeller
Anne Marie Rasmussen
Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Businessmen’s Club
Kristiansand
White House
Steven
New York
Rockefelller
Exhibit Brain Answers Cost Of Cigarettes At Moscow Fair
MOSCOW AP The RAMAC computer on display at the U S exhibition answers 4000 questions. In the first 10 days 9596 queries were asked with 10 top questions listed. The most asked: cost of American cigarettes. the American dream. direction of American jazz. what is the Liberty Bell. American rock and roll. ceramic material for cooking. lynching figures since 1950. wardrobe of the average American woman in the middle income group. average American family income. Louis Armstrong's age at 59.
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Moscow
U. S
RAMAC
America
United States
Tuskegee Institute
Louis Armstrong
Tri-State Historian William E. Scott Dies
Dayton Ohio report says William Elza Scott 84 former president of the Tri State Historical Society and a radio broadcaster on historical topics for WSTV Steubenville Ohio and WWVA Wheeling West Virginia died yesterday in Dayton.
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Dayton, Ohio
William Elza Scott
The
Tri-State Historical Society
WSTV
Steubenville
Ohio
WWVA
Wheeling
W. Va
H Bomb Fusion Step Seen By Naval Lab
Washington AP reports a Naval Research Laboratory advance toward peaceful use of the H-bomb. Dr W R Faust said the work, described Monday, shows progress but remains cautious. The challenge is heating heavy hydrogen to 28 million degrees and containing it long enough for fusion to occur, with Dr Alan Klob noted for longer containment of high density gas.
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Washington
Naval Research Laboratory
W. R. Faust
Faust
Alan Klob
Nixon Denied Missile Base Visit During Soviet Tour
Washington AP report says Vice President Richard M. Nixon was denied permission to view missile production facilities during his Soviet visit. Nixon had sought access to a missile assembly line in exchange for an inspection offered by Soviet designer Andrei Tupolev of Thor missile production facilities in the United States.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Nixon
Andrei N. Tupolev
Kyra Petrovskaya
Kremlin
Vassily Stalin
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Kyra
Mrs. K
U. S. State Department
Father Drowns Trying To Rescue 2 Children
Adelbert M. Lawrence 40 drowned in Mount Hope Bay while attempting to rescue his two children Linda ten and John four who were swept into deep water aboard a large inner tube. Police said Lawrence disappeared trying to reach the youngsters. they were later picked up by a boat.
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Bristol, RJ
Adelbert M. Lawrence
Mount Hope Bay
Lawrence
Linda
John
Ghostly Piper Won't Play For Ike At Culzean Castle
Ayr Scotland AP says Culzean Castle’s ghostly piper may skip piping if President Eisenhower visits this month. Tourists flock to the cliffside estate near Ayr and Turnberry as workers prepare the castle for a potential White House stay. The National Trust collects admission while Eisenhower’s private lodging remains off limits.
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Ike
Culzean Castle
Ayr
Scotland
Eisenhower
Culzean
Cullane
Britain
White House
William Miller
Washington
Queenlizabeth
Balmoral
Quake Death Toll Dropped From Initial Fear
A western earthquake near Hebgen Dam and the Madison River valley in Montana left eight known dead and many injured as campsites and roads were buried by earth slides. The disaster struck near Yellowstone Park affecting several states and prompting wide rescue efforts.
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Yellowstone
Mont
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
F. R. Bennett
Couer D'Alene
Idaho
Carole
Susan
Tom
Bennett
Thomas Stowe
Sandy
Utah
Stowe
Yellowstone Park
Hebgen Dam
Madison River Valley
Park
British Columbia
Washington
Wyoming
Dakotas
Madison River
Jefferson
Gallatin
Three Forks
Missouri River
Robert Bennett
Cottonwood
Ariz
Civil Defense
Hugh Potter
Montana Power Co
Stella Stevens seeks stardom amid Tennessee jail sentence
Hollywood gossip notes Stella Stevens faces a five dollar contempt sentence in Memphis after taking her young son from Tennessee during custody hearings. She describes a rapid rise from Fox scouts to a contract, landing a Broadway style role in L il Abner and a key screen turn in The Blue Angel, while comparisons to Marilyn Monroe and Kim Novak frame her appeal.
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Hollywood
Stella Stevens
Tennessee
Mare Ilyn Monroe
Kim Novak
Appasionata von Climax
Tina Louise
Stella
New York
Fox
Bing Crosby
Debbie Reynolds
Memphis
Andy
Eddie Dmytryk
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
Thomas J. Jackson
Mexico City
Mama Rockefeller
Rockefeller Millions
Korseur
Kentucky
National Distillers Products Company
Way
Bellmawr
Larry Weisenbach
West Jersey Hospital
Camden
Milton
Firth of Clyde
Turnberry
National Trust
Helena
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Montana State University
Fred Honkala
Charles Richter
California Institute of Technology
California
Nevada
Tomchin
Princeton W. VA
Northfork
Moran Ave
Mullens, W. VA
Beckley Ice
Prince St
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