Banquet Dais Talk and Stars Sparkle in 1950s Toasts
Earl Wilson recalls New York banquets with Frank Sinatra Fulton Sheen and Louis Nizer on the dais. He notes witty exchanges, social rosters, and the joke about a baby at a memorial address while previewing Hollywood names and radio figures.
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Frank Sinatra
Frank
McCosker-Hershfield
Fulton J. Sheen
Harry Hershfield
Europe
Frankie
Broadway
Sally Vielinsky
Woman Acquitted in Fatal Stabbing of Sweetheart
In Kings County Supreme Court a 26 year old brunette was acquitted by an all male jury after three hours and ten minutes of deliberation. The verdict was announced as the defendant sobbed and pitched forward on a table.
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New York
Wanda “Kovacs
Canada Defers Wartime Price Controls Say Abbott
The Canadian Finance Minister Douglas Abbott said in the House of Commons that Canada would not return to wartime price controls unless a planned economy was prepared. He indicated the government does not intend to reintroduce a complex price-control program.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
INS
Douglas Abbott
Dominion
Abbott
House of Commons
Scientists urge peacetime work as military ties loosen
Cambridge Massachusetts Dr Theodor Rosebury a leading bacterial warfare expert says many American scientists refuse to work on military developments and has returned to peacetime research. The remarks came at a Harvard University event as he urged science to focus on peaceful aims. WASHINGTON reports note Ike may take over as Columbia University president around June 7 and discussions place his Army chief of staff duties on hold potentially until March.
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Cambridge
Mass
Theodor Rosebury
Columbia University
Harvard University
Ike
Washington
Dwight Diticians
Eisenhower
Thelder
Army
Omar Bradley
Crash Engulfs Air Force Cargo Plane Near Lee County
A U S Air Force C 82 cargo plane from Bergstrom Air Field crashed in flames on a farm near the Lee County Bastrop County line about 30 miles away after takeoff. Two minor injuries were reported as the craft burned.
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Austin
Texas
Bergstrom Air Field
Greenville
B. C
Lee ‘County
Bastrop County
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Lynnie) Miller
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Rochester
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