Woman of the Year Genevieve de Galard named in AP poll
Angel of Dien Bien Phu Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, 29 year old French nurse, honored as Woman of the Year in AP newspapers annual editors poll. Also highlighted are Jacqueline Cochran, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Ovela Hobey, Clare Luce, Pearl Buck, Audrey Hepburn, and Margaret Chase Smith for notable 1933 achievements.
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Genevieve de Galard -Terraube
Dien Bien Phu
France
United States
Congress
Jacqueline Cochran
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
William D. Richardson
Texas Hall of Fame
Ben Hogan
White House
Ovela Culp Hobey
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Women's Army Corps
Clare Boothe Luce
Rome
Pearl
Buck
Audrey Hepburn
Mel Ferrer
Ondine
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Distaff Gains Women Take Seats in New Congress
Washington reports more women will sit in the next Congress than ever before with 17 in the Senate and House. The group, largely united by concern for schools jobs housing health economy and peace, includes Margaret Chase Smith Iris Blitch Martha Griffiths Cora Knutson Edith Green and others. Women leaders gain influence on policy while noting reelection persistence and prior service as judges and lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Margaret. Chase Smith
Maine
Elizabeth Farrington Ofawaii
Congsress
Iris Blitch
Georgia
Martha W. Griffiths
Michigan
Cora Knutson
Minnesota
Edith Green
Oregon
Jeanette Rankin
R-Mont
House
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Ron
Ruth Thanmenn
Griffiths
Iris Bluteh
Dga
Coya Knutson
D-Minn
Economic Outlook for 1955 Sparks Cautious Optimism
1955 is forecast to bring higher personal income and stronger profits, with overall economic activity improving through March and a gradual upswing into summer. Job growth may lag early but should rise midyear, while housing improves on easier mortgage terms and stabilized costs. Consumers are expected to spend about 261 billion, with slightly lower saves than in 1954.
1954 Backsliding and Progress in Wile History
In 1954 Pinkerton agents sought police help to locate nine missing revolvers while the Air Force Recruiting Station in Danville asked who was Secretary of the Air Force. Alaska Yukon Pioneers and the Ladies of the Golden North canceled their Seattle meeting due to cold and Copan Oklahoma tore down its jail for lack of customers.
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Pinkerton Detective Agency
Air Force
Danville
Danville Register
Alaska-Yukon
Ladies of the
Golden North
Seattle
Copan
Okla
Stolen Merchandise At Hardware Store Reported
A theft of $1,000 in goods from a hardware retailer is noted. A separate oddball year of explanations and quirky incidents is described, including a rabbit attacking a moving car near Nashville and a Baltimore sailor defending begging as practice.
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Nashville
Dearborn
Mich
Sacramento
Calif
Baltimore
Major 1954 World Events Snapshot
Congressional openings and global headlines span 1954: Berlin conference, Gen. Eisenhower, Nasser Egyptian leadership, polio vaccine trials, nuclear tests, Geneva peace talks, Dien Bien Phu, and strategic moves in the Cold War era. Notable items include H bomb readiness, UN activities, and key political turnovers worldwide.
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United Nations
Roger Bannister
Dien Bien Phu
France
U.S
Pacific
London
Supreme Court
Eamon de Valera
Billy Graham Wines
Security Board
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Robert R. Young
New York Central
Joseph Laniel
Korea
Geneva
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Pierre Mendes-France
Guatemala
Phenix City
Ala
UN Security Council
American Cancer Society
John Landy
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force Academy
Winston Churchill
Robert
Expert forecasts for 1955 temper war fears and US strategy
Associated Press veterans forecast continued tension in foreign relations and defense in 1955. They foresee Russia peaking militarily, Western aid to Asia expanding, colonial positions weakening, and Viet Nam possibly leaving the non Communist bloc. The United States holds the dragon by the tail as tensions rise.
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Associated Press
J. M. Roberts
The
Russia
European Union
Reds
United States
Formosa
South Africa
Viet Nam
Indonesia
France
America
Southeast Asia Defense Organization
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Angel
SITUS
Babe Zaharias
Dorothy Roe
Associated Press Women's Editor
Genevieve DE Galard
New Congress
By Ruth Cowan
Smith
Marguerite Church
R-N
Republican Policy Committee
Katherine St. George
Ry.y
Cecil Harden
Consumer
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Repatriation Commission
St. Lawrence Seaway
Big Four
Berlin
Gamal Nasser
Mohammed Naguib
Pakistan
Bricker
Egypt
Will Hays
Japan
Mario Scelba
Jonas M. Salk
Caracas
M— Reds
Missouri
Lewis L. Strauss
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Arturo Toscanini
NBC ‘Symphony
Mediterranean
Atomic EnergyCommission
iGuy
T. O. Hollyday
Vladimir Petrov
Australia
Joseph R. McCarthy
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Britain
S. Bennington
Bem Price
Army
Navy
Foreign Affairs
All Asia
BY Ben Price
Seventh Fleet
Russeia
Wwe
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