Atomic ships move from talk to plans for U S liners
New York reports that several designs for an atomic powered merchant ship have been sent to President Eisenhower for selection. Bethlehem Steel engineers reveal a 600 foot liner for 500 passengers, while naval tests and cost estimates for a 500 foot freighter place the nuclear option at about 33 million dollars with 21 million for the reactor.
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New York
White House
Eisenhower
Bethlehem Steel
United States Lines
United States
America
American President Lines
Maritime Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Navy
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
March of Science: OSU student studies cricket chirps
Richard D. Alexander, a Ohio State University entomology grad student from White Heath Illinois, records insect songs to earn his doctorate. He has found insect sounds are communicatory and that courtship calls can be recognized. He has taped 80 species and uses an audio spectrograph to graph pitch and timing, aiming to measure insect activity cycles and explain pest activity timing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Richard D. Alexander
Ohio State University
White Heath
Ill
Alexander
What An Ostrich's Life Must Be Just Ask Roger
Roger Gravelin a 13 year old boy in New Haven Connecticut squeezed head first into a two by six feet hole to recover a watch tossed in by peers He became wedged and stuck upside down for four hours before a playmate and police freed him He suffered no ill effects
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New Haven
Conn
Roger Gravelin
Murder on May Night Ends in Tragic Wedding Rehearsal
A fatal hit and run at the Pelham estate killed eight year old Roger Pelham on the eve of Regina Pelham and Jim Andrus wedding. Andrus, found drunk at a inn, confessed. He was jailed for manslaughter, later released and returned to his apartment as the case lingered.
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Roger Pelham
Pelham Grounds
Regina Pelham
Regina
Susan Dwight
David Redgate
Jim Andrus
Jim
James Field Andrus
Andrus
Wolf Hill Inn
Pelham House
Wolf Hill
Grand Central Station
Lexington Ave
Sutton Place
Mr. Andrus
Ben
Bahamas
Seven Little Foys Biopic Earns Honest Praise
Hollywood briefs by James Bacon describe Bob Hope in The Seven Little Foys as an unruly father who reforms after his wife dies, with producer Bryan Foy noting the kids rarely saw him. The piece contrasts the film with typical biopics and calls it the best picture Hope made. Lauren Bacall fears the nerves before NBC TV debut of Petrified Forest with Bogart and Fond a.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Bryan Foy
Pop
Bryan
Foy
St. Francis of Assis
Albert Schweitzer
June Allyson
Bob Hope
Lauren Bacall
Nbc-Tv
Humphrey Bogart
Duke Mantee
Henry Fonda
Leslie Howard
Bogie
Sentencing Set For Convicted Murderer in Watson Death
Roger Brenon, 27, was convicted of second degree murder in the abortion death of Virginia Watson last November. A bookkeeper, Brenon faces a possible five years to life with sentencing set for June 2. he has applied for probation. Watson and her sister were known as the Swimming Hopkins Twins, with notable 1938 and 1939 swimming records. Giraffes fight by swinging necks and striking with hooves.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Hopkins Watson
Roger Fred Brenon
Confederate Soldier Lies in Northern Plot in Gray Maine
In Gray Maine a Confederate unknown lies in the town cemetery marked stranger with a flowered geranium and a Stars and Stripes flag. The grave is near GAR veterans plots and a misdelivered 1862 body of Lt Charles H Colley, 10th Maine Volunteers, was reburied nearby. The mixup sparked local lore and tribute.
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Gray
Maine
George T. Hill
Grand Army of the Republic
Charles H. Colley
10Th
Maine Volunteers
Amos
Sarah Nash Colley
Hill
Cedar Mountain
Alexandria
Colleys
Dionne Quints Turn 21 and Plan Fund Division
Four living Dionne quintuplets celebrated their 21st birthday at Callander with a family reunion as they began steps to divide nearly a million dollars in trust funds from photo and movie rights and endorsements. The siblings will share about 197000 each plus a portion of Emilie’s estate among 14 family members. transfers will take about six months.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Marie
Callander
Montreal
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Emilie
Ontario Supreme Court
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Neville Bt. Beckley
Wailliamson AS
Ffiegto Purenaces
Franks’ Plumbing & Heating
Sprague, W. Va
Hollywood News
Colley
M. Powers
Main Street
Dacron
Penney’s Main Floor
Penney's Basement
Penney's
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Fraternal Order of Police
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Thompson Drug
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