The Great War TV documentary stirs nostalgia and critique
NBCs Project 20 special The Great War presents a romantic view of World War I using archival footage and a musical narration. The review notes strong entertainment value but argues the program omits mass suffering and strategic failures, reducing history to spectacle.
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New York
Laurence Stallings
NBC - TV
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Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Newton D. Baker
Paris
Alexander Scourby
Belgium
Somme
Henry Salomon
Burglar Skips Heavy Cut of Meat in Omaha Heist
Omaha police traced a break in at a packing firm where a blood trail from cuts on the burglar’s hands led to a loading dock. He pried padlocks, found a cooler door, but could only steal a small piece of poor grade beef from a quarter, leaving a heavy portion.
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Omaha
Tucson Man Fined and Given Suspended Sentence for DUI
A 39-year-old Tucson man was fined 1000 and given a suspended 16 day sentence after pleading guilty to a drunk driving charge. He agreed to pay the fine in installments but returned to jail after a short period when two checks bounced.
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Tucson
Aiiz.p
Soldier's Wife Loses Leg in Cancer Battle
Oklahoma City report profiles 17 year old Cherrie Lee Thompson who loses her right leg after cancer treatment, as her 21 year old soldier husband Laroy Jay Thompson hurries home from FT. Jackson to marry before his Korea-era service ends. The couple wed at St. Anthony Hospital with the bride in bed.
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Oklahoma City
Cherrie Lee Thompson
Cherrie
Larry Jay Thompson
FT. Jackson
S.C
Laroy Jay
St. Anthony Hospital
Korea
Eighty Chaves County Students Enroll at New Mexico A&M
Eighty students from Chaves County register at New Mexico A&M College for the 1956 fall semester, joining more than 2,400 students. The list includes Roswell residents such as Jimmy Doyie Willis and Barbara Dean Dillard, along with many others from Hagerman and nearby areas.
Church plans $500000 Ghost Ranch expansion in New Mexico
The Presbyterian Church Board of Christian Education intends a January start on a $500000 building program at Ghost Ranch north of Espanola. Don Westfall, director for Christian education in the New Mexico synod, says the plan calls for six units, each able to house ten people.
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Albuquerque
Board Christian Education
The
Presbyterian Church
Ghost Ranch
Espanola
Don Westfall
Direcor
New Mexico Synod
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