Child Flown To Tell Mother At Christmas Hospital Visit
In Denver a 24 year old Brooklyns mother with tuberculosis received a priceless gift as her 30 month old daughter Mary Theresa was flown to visit through a public fund. The girl, kept behind a glass wall, waved to her mother in an oxygen tent while both families planned daily visits until next Thursday.
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Denver
Theresa Wilson
Tittsimons Army Hospital
Mary Theresa
Philip Redfern
Brooklyn
Wilson
Mary ‘Theresa
Air Force Set
Elwood Wilson
Bermuda
Solon to Ask Election Changes
Washington. Sen. Smathers proposed major constitutional changes to nominate presidents by state primaries, abolish the electoral college, and make the vice presidency a temporary succession. He said he would introduce resolutions after Congress reconvenes, arguing primaries better reflect the people's will.
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Washington
der Za
Sen
Smathers
D-Fla
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Bwana Devil and Million Dollar Mermaid On Screen At Texas
Film reviewer notes three dimensional thriller Bwana Devil by Arch Oboler showing in Los Angeles and Texas with Polaroid viewers. It contrasts with Cinerama and highlights a lion danger in British East Africa. The piece also previews Million Dollar Mermaid starring Annette Kellerman and Victor Mature, tracing Kellerman’s life from Australia to America and her diving feats, including scenes at the Hippodrome and other spectacular sequences.
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Sy Renwicke
Cary
Natural Vision
Los Angeles
Texas
Arch Oboler
Radio and TV Fame
British East Africa
Robert Staack
Barbara
Britton
Nigel
Bruce
Africa
New York
Australia
Annette Kellerman
Miss Kellerman
Thames
Seine
U. S
Boston
New England
Miss Williams
Victor Mature
Jimmy Sullivan
California
Donna Corcoran
England
Walter Pidgeon
America
David Brian
Mature
New York Hippodrome
Hollywood
Majestic Screens Million Dollar Mermaid with Esther Williams
MGM presents the technicolor Majestic attraction Million Dollar Mermaid starring Esther Williams. The reissued feature showcases Williams in aquatic sequence heavy entertainment as cinema patrons flock to the Majestic for the spectacle.
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S Ae Majestic
the Majestic
Esther Williams
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd on Aztec Screen
The Warner Bros color farce features Aztec Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in a pirate caper with buried treasure. Charles Laughton steals scenes as Captain Kidd while Fran Warren and Hillary Brooke are cast in leading female roles.
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Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Warner Bros
Abbott and Costello
Captain Kidd
Charles Laughton
Fran Warren
Hillary Brooke
Truck Rams Boat on icy pier in Bellingham
In Bellingham Washington on December 25 a panel truck lost control on icy planking and skidded 80 feet before its front wheels landed on the deck of a moored fishing boat Fenwick. The driver Edmund Lindeman 43 was hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Bellingham
Wash
Edmund Lindeman
Fenwick
Lindeman
UN Secrets Leak and Soviet Leadership of Military Staff Committee
Fulton Lewis reports the UN Security Council's Military Staff Committee is headed by a Soviet, with a Soviet espionage agent as his first assistant barred from the U S. Russia aids North Korea and China in war aims. The UN Charter assigns strategic armed force direction to the council and its committee.
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Aahuls
Security Council
Soviet Union
J. 1
U. S
Russia
Korea
MacArthur
Moscow
Asia
Kremlin
Acheson
Eisenhower
Truman
Chiang Kai Shek
Formosa
India
England
China
Fulton Lewis
Western Front
Washington
Security Council of the
Korea War Front Christmas Truce Amid UN Strife
Christmas in Korea finds UN forces in a stalemate as the UN Military Staff Committee tightens control amid charges of secrecy and Chinese and Russian interference. Veterans face lonely watches while frontline troops, including Pvt James Tully and Lt Jon Woods, endure cold patrols and rationed cheer as ComBlock tensions threaten the campaign.
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Imjin
James Tully
Bronx
Changdhan
Jon L. Woods
Beaumont
Texas
Wood
Korea
William Pollock
Springdale
Ark
Weather Summary and Tourist Guide Data Sheet
The report provides 6:30 a.m. Thursday humidity at 74 percent, December mean 19 percent, past 24 hours rainfall race 0.04 inch. month total 1.37 inches, month deficiency 3.14 inches this year 23.94 inches, year deficiency. The sun sets 3:42 p.m. Thursday, rises 7:27 p.m., Friday sunset 5:43 p.m. Moon rises 1:23 p.m. Thursday, sets 3:10 a.m. Friday. Moon phase first quarter. Wind north at 10 mph at 8 a.m. Thursday. Friday tides high 2:12 p.m. and low 6:00 a.m. Wednesday. Mean temperature 49 degrees, deficiency 4 degrees. Weather table lists many city temps and conditions for Abilene through Victoria and others with highs and lows. appears as a tourist weather display. An ad line promotes renting or selling with dial F-1231 for an ad writer.
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Ag Pass
Abilene Seseeesess
Albuquerque
Ens Amarillo
Aes
Atlanta
Aee
Austin
San Francisco
Seattle
Ge Shreveport
Victoria
Washington
Williston
3-Dimension Film Woes Shared by Producer’s Wife
Betty Oboler explains the challenges of producing Bwana Devil, Arch Oboler’s groundbreaking 3D film shot in the Belgian Congo and California. The color feature opens in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio with 17 technicians on location 1949 1950 and uses Polaroid glasses and three-projector periphery vision to create depth.
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Betty
Arch Oboler
Belgian Congo
California
Funeral Services for Mrs. Jess M. Wright in Lockhart
Funeral services for Mrs. Jess M. Wright, 1854 birth, 30 years in Ft. Worth, were held in Lockhart with Rev. John Solomon and Dr. E. L. Clark presiding. Burial followed at Lytton Springs. Survivors include daughters Eunice Wallace of Rusk, Dee Shelton of Whitsett, Kate Rogers and Elizabeth Perry of Ft. Worth, and sons Walker Wright of Whitsett, plus brother M. L. Hurst of Dale.
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Specia
Sikow “Lockhart
Jess M. Wright
John Solomon
E. L. Clark
Lytton Springs
Tms
Wright
Ft. Worth
John W. Hurst
Eunice Wallace
Rusk
Dee Shelton
Whitsett
Kate Rogers
Elizabeth Perry
Walker Wright
M. L. Hurst
Dale
Kerrville Flyer Receives Jet Wings at Williams AFB
Kerrville Lt Merril D. Stevens son of H N Stevens has earned the silver jet fighter wings at Williams Air Force Base Ariz. The endorsement marks his completion of training as a jet pilot and follows his service from Kerrville to Arizona.
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Kerrville
Merril D. Stevens
H. N. Stevens
Williams Afb
Ariz
Jeep Intruder Crashes Through Front Doors
Police traced a blood trail from a prowler who broke into a building via a side window and then drove two jeeps through front doors and windshields. The trail led to the arsenal fence before ending. search by daylight found no additional clues about the intruder.
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Patton Tan
Schoois
Moto Co
Dwyer
Tne
S. Flores St
Tsam
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