Truman Openly Endorses Some Committee Recommendations
President Truman acknowledged endorsing portions of a committee report on goods and highways but later stated a misunderstanding over his earlier praise. He reiterated his support for funding to nonsegregated states and suggested federal aid could be linked to desegregation. He plans to name his preferred candidate at a news conference tomorrow to sway undecided delegates.
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Truman
Congress
Rep. Bolling
D-Mo
Hoover Proposed For Senate Race
New York Republican leader Thomas J. Curran proposed former President Herbert Hoover as GOP candidate for U S Senate from New York for the November election. Curran praised Hoover as elevating the race, noting his activity at age 82 while Hoover is in California.
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New York
Thomas J. Curran
Herbert Hoover
U.S
Curran
Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
Waldorf Towers
Manhattan
California
Ambulance Crash Kills Doctor Near Route 17
A 32 year old Italian doctor Dr Antonio Verrecchio was killed and two ambulance attendants were critically injured when their vehicle collided with a truck on Route 17 near Middletown while en route to Wurtsboro to fetch a heart attack victim. Verrecchio who originated from Campobasso Italy arrived in January 1955.
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Middletown
Here
Wurtsboro
Antonio Verrecchio
Campobasso
Italy
Baylor to Honor Ruth Montgomery For Doctor of Laws
Ruth Montgomery International News Service special correspondent in Washington will receive Baylor University's honorary Doctor of Laws this fall. The board of trustees voted unanimously to invite her as the feature speaker for the annual conference on American ideas on November 10 and confer the degree.
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Waco
Tex
INS
Ruth Montgomery
International News Service
Washington
Baylor University
Baylor
W. R. White
Montgomery
Notice Teases Charcoal and Auto Parts Purchase
A Raleigh personal column notice says Shorty bought six automobile radiators tubing sugar credit and transportation arranged for Sept signed Red. Authorities showed interest. In Ontario County New York Mrs Katherine Newton 49 died when her car skidded into a tree near East Bloomfield last night.
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Raleigh, N.C
Raleigh
Shorty
East Bloomfield
Katherine M. Newton
Henrietta
Ontario County
Iskiniheads to Honor Mt Baldy Shrine Plan
Mount Baldy in Claremont California is to be made a shrine for the Society of Bald Eagles a group of bald headed Fraternal Order of Eagles brothers. The order will place a plaque in a lodge Sunday with Art Ehrenmann Milwaukee Wisconsin acting as Supreme Exalted Skinhead representing the national organization.
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Calif
Baldy
Society of Bald Eagles
Order of Eagles
Angers
Art Ehremann
Milwaukee
Wis
Syracuse Hit-and-Run Probe Seeks New Leads and Laws
Spector and Oliver Masters describe Cooper’s car return and service timeline at Spector’s Oldsmobile shop. Sheriff Stone and Lt. Peltz press for universal auto-repair reporting while police seek tips on the March 3 fatal hit and run. Chief Kelly advocates pawn broker cooperation and detective coverage at used car lots.
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Cooper
Oliver Masters
Masters
Spector's
Oldsmobile
Syracuse
Sheriff Stone
Peltz
Kelly
Michael Iwanyk
Lincoln Ave
Thompson Rd
Iwanyk
Bristol Laboratories
Notable Women in Washington Society Circles and Politics
The feature profiles several prominent women connected to U S politics and society. Evie Kefauver and Nancy Kefauver display shifting loyalties and social ambitions, while Mrs. Hubert Humphrey balances family life with public engagement. Rosemary and Jacqueline reflect glamorous Manhattan and Florida social scenes.
Clooney and Ferrer welcome second child Maria Providencia
Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer announce the birth of their daughter Maria Providencia weighing six pounds. The couple also has an 18 month old son named Miguel, reported from Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Ins
Rosemary Clooney
Jose Ferrer
Maria Providencia
Ferrers
Miguel
Mrs Katharine St George to Be First Woman GOP Parliamentarian
Katharine St George of Tuxedo Park New York is named to be the first woman parliamentarian for the national Republican convention in San Francisco on August 20. The House member for 120 years, known as Cassy to friends, foresees no problems and likens the event to the 1944 Chicago convention where Dewey was elected by acclamation.
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Donde
Jacqueline
Ettie Rosemary
New York
George
Rosemary
Florida
Stuart Symington
Missouri
James Wadsworth
John Hay
Abraham Lincoln
Evie
Mamie Eisenhower
Chatelaine
White House
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Scotland
Stephen Piggott
Nancy
Sen. Kefauver
Senate Ladies’ Club
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Muriel
Huron
S. C
Minneapolis
Minnesota
United States
Scarlett O'Hara
San Francisco
GOP
Katharine St. George
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Congress
Cassy
Chicago
Dewey
Mohawk Granted Detroit Service Expansion by CAB
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized route changes for Allegheny Mohawk and Lake Central Airlines. Allegheny gains Erie Pennsylvania to Detroit Michigan service for five years. Mohawk will operate Buffalo New York to Detroit via Erie for five years. Lake Central extends beyond Youngstown to Erie for five years. All rival applications were denied.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Allegheny
Mohawk
Lake Central Airlines
Allegheny Airlines
Erie
Detroit
Mich
Mohawk Airlines
Buffalo
N. Y
Youngstown
CAB
Indonesia Writes Off Dutch Debt Sparks Diplomatic Protest
The Hague deplored Indonesia’s cancellation of millions in debts to the Netherlands calling it a flagrant breach of the 1949 agreement. Jakarta countered that the Netherlands owes money to Indonesia, and the foreign ministry instructed its envoy in Jakarta to protest formally against the action.
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Indonesia
Netherlands
Foreign Ministry
Jakarta
Netherlands East Indies
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