Man of the Year 1955 Editors Select Ike Reuther Salk Graham
Walter Reuther Henry Ford II and other leaders are named among the year’s top personalities by AP editors. Eisenhower is man of the year with his health and foreign policy roles highlighted. Other honorees include Jonas Salk Billy Graham Johnny Podres Grace Kelly Herman Wouk and more.
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Sherry Bowen
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Russia
United Nations
Serencic
Geneva
Formosa
Viet Nam
Middle East
Walter Reuther
Henry Ford II
Johnny Podres
Miner
Johnny
Brooklyn Dodge
New York Yankees
Grace Kelly
Eisenhower and peers named year’s top figures
Dwight D. Eisenhower leads the list as man of the year with Walter Reuther Henry Ford II John Foster Dulles Jonas Salk Billy Graham Johnny Podres Herman Wouk also highlighted for various fields including labor industry foreign affairs science religion sports and literature in a broad annual selection.
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U. S
Manila
Bandung
Asia
Europe
Jonas E. Salk
Alfred C. Kinsey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reuther
Henry Ford II
John Foster Dulles
Billy Graham
Johnny Podres
Herman Wouk
Ford plans first public stock sale and union leadership shifts
The article notes Walter Reuther as head of the auto workers union starting contracts with Ford and shaping AFL-CIO merger talks. It highlights Ford Motor Company’s anticipated stock offering and its prominence in the year’s financial news. It references John Foster Dulles in Foreign Affairs and lists Southern Illinois publications and post office details.
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Auto Workers’ Union
Reuther
Ford Company
Afl-Cio
Ford
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Free Rides To West Frankfort Meet Carried By Caravan
Murphysboro dealers will provide cars for a caravan to the West Frankfort “Link or Swim” meeting. A parade forms at the GM&O Park at Walnut and 18th for a 12 30 pm departure. The event, organized by U S Rep Kenneth Gray, aims to highlight Southern Illinois economic needs with a 2 pm meeting at West Frankfort High School.
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West Frankfort
Murphysboro
Illinois
Chamber of Commerce
West Frankfort High School
Quincy Fire Destroys Six Stores on South Side
A late December blaze in Quincy’s South Side destroyed six of eight shops in a row, with two-story buildings largely ruined. Fire Chief John Heelan estimates property losses above $200,000 and believes the fire began in a tailor shop. a resident couple escaped from an upstairs apartment as flames spread.
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Quincy
John Heelan
Eisenhower Grandchildren View Nativity in White House East Room
The Eisenhower family gathers around a nativity beside the Christmas tree in the East Room. Mrs Mamie Eisenhower and Mrs John Eisenhower pose with their children David seven Barbara Anne six and Susan nearly four as four day old Mary Jean rests at Walter Reed Hospital Christ mas day AP Wirephoto
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White House
Eisenhower
Mie Eisenhower
John Eisenhower
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Mary
Jean
Walter Reed Hospital
Barkley Kin Tie The Knot In Private Church Ceremony
Sen. Alben Barkleys stepdaughter Jane Hadley and army corporal Thomas Truitt wed in St. Margarets Episcopal Church. Barkley gave away the bride who is his daughter by a prior marriage. Truitt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Truitt. Both newlyweds are 20 years old.
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Alben W. Barkley
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Kentucky Democrat
Jane Hadley
Army
Thomas Truitt
Barkley
Cpl
Truitt
Max Truitt
RKO Film Library Sold to C&C for TV Use
The RKO film library has been sold to C&C Super Corp of New York for television use. The price is reported at 15,200,000 dollars.
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New York
RKO Studios
C&c Super Corp
Skunks Share Bur Row With Rabbit and Woodchuck
A field note observes skunks sharing a bur row with a rabbit or a woodchuck indicating mixed use of den spaces in wildlife areas.
Bar Owner Refused Screwdriver Then Robbed
In Los Angeles on December 27 AP a patron refused a screwdriver at Jimmy Ostroff's bar and pulled a revolver. He forced Ostroff and patrons to the end of the bar and stole Ostroffs wallet containing 200 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Ostroff
Ostroff
Newsette celebrates Bracy family birth and community concerns
A grandson named William Stephen Bracy is born at Herrin Hospital to Dorothy and Bill Bracy. The piece also reflects on the Herrin fire’s financial impact, urges insured citizens to seek reliable local agents, praises the Southern Illinoisan’s coverage, comments on Christmas cards, a church program, and urges New Year cooperation for improved water supply funded by lowest bidder bids and state expertise.
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Herrin Hospital
William Stephen Bracy
Dorothy
Bill
Baby Jesus
Richard Lee Bracy
Grandpa
Grandma Triplett
Carterville
Ilinois
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Switzerland
Germany
Netherlands
Podres
Marjorie Morningstar
Ike
Denver
Margaret of
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Peter Lownsend
Peron
Malenkov
Gilbert Graham
Mother
Red China
Southern Illinoisan
Southern
Linois Publications
West
Main Street
Carbondale
16Th Street
Herrin
South
12Th Street
Murphysboro Enierec
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Kugman’s
Frankfort
Washington
Murray
Kroehler
Jenny Lind Bed Inc
Itful Mengel
Bracy
Newsette
Isadore Rechter
The
Better Government League
George Anderson
Illinois Inspection Bureau
F. P. Bracy
Bracy’s Insurance Agency
Shad
Wm. T, Bracy
J. R. Bracy
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