Haiti Tourist Scene Mix of Beauty and Poverty
Hait i draws more U S visitors with Port au Prince and Citadelle as highlights. The article notes poverty outside resorts, English growing, Creole and French use, voodoo fascination, and upcoming pre carnival and April presidential election. Hotels range from 20 to 45 dollars per couple per day.
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Port AU Prince
Haita
West Africa
Caribbean
Republic of Haiti
U.S
Haiti
Henry Christophe
Tne
Castelhaili
Ejoy
Majestic
Waterfront detective Mrs. Wessel tracks missing seamen
Mrs. Shirley Wessel, 52, directs the Bureau of Missing Seamen from New York, tracing sailors who vanish or stop writing home. Her methods include letters, public notices, church institute broadcasts, and calls to distant ports. Since WWI the bureau has located about 11,400 men, averaging over one per day recently. One famed case involved Ned who reportedly became king of a South Sea atoll rather than be found.
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New York
Seven Seas
Shirley Wessel
Bureau of Missing Seamen
Sherlock Holmes
Melbourne
Australia
Latvia
Rochester
Wessel
Bureau
Seaman's Church Institute
Hin
Consumer Spending Still Brightest Spot in Economy
New York reports consumer spending remains the economy’s bright spot as incomes rise and retail sales hit records. While inflation pressures grow and car and TV sales lag, economists split on whether higher wages and more capacity prevent further price hikes.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Risling
Washington
Welch Attorney Granted Honorary West Virginia Colonel
Gov Underwood in a Lincoln Day address anointed W. H. Ballard known as Colonel for the third time with an honorary West Virginia colonel title. Ballard, a prominent Welch attorney, has served as a colonel in ROTC and the Air Force previously.
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Welch
W. H. Ballard
Air Force
Underwood
Balland
West Virginia
Judge Nominated for Fourth Circuit by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower nominates Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. of Greenville to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to succeed the retiring Armistead M. Dobie of Charlottesville Virginia.
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Washington
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Greenville
D. C
Eisenhower
Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Armistead M. Dobie
Charlottesville
Sponsor George Schultz backs CBS Cinderella TV deal
Charles Mercer notes George L. Schultz president of a toiletries firm funds 230000 to sponsor half of the CBS TV production Cinderella on March 31. Schultz credits quality programming for sales impact and says CBS relations are cordial while denying content meddling.
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Charles Mercer
New York
George L. Schultz
Cbs-Tv
Julie Andrews
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Heermerstein
John Cypher
Miss Andrews
Schultz
CBS
Gourmet! King Tells of Success
Earle R. MacAusland, founder of Gourmet magazine, is profiled as a culinary oracle whose early life in Boston shaped his cooking path. The piece notes his Scottish mother’s saying to “live,” his start in meal preparation, and his shift from advertising to publishing Gourmet amid wartime challenges.
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New York
Earle R. MacAusland
MacAusland
Lake
Epicures
Fate
Tauton
Mass
Boston
Gourmet
Official Word List No 18 Raleigh Fayette Wyoming Spelling Bee
The Raleigh Fayette Wyoming spelling bee for grade school students moves to a clip and paste notebook activity. Co sponsored by The Register and local principals outlines list Nos 18 for participants.
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The
Register and School Principals
Georgia Resolution Calls for Impeachment of U.S. Justices
The Georgia House approved a resolution to impeach six Supreme Court justices including Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black Douglas Reed Frankfurter and Clark. The measure passed 197 to 33 with 7 not voting, sending the resolution to the Senate amid protests it is a ridicule.
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Atlanta
U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia House
Senate
Eugene Cook
Earl Warren
Black, Douglas, Reed, Frankfurter and Clark
Treasury Strains As Tax Deadlines Loom and Cash Pressures Rise
The piece notes a Treasury cash balance around two billion dollars and rising expenses causing strains. It reports redemptions of savings bonds outweighing new purchases, a looming 800 million cash payout, and calls for an influx from overseas as March 15 corporate and April 15 individual tax payments approach. It highlights Ft. Knox gold reserves and 10 percent maturing security offerings failing to attract cash amid high interest rates.
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Sam
Treasury
Ft. Knox
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