1955 Outlook for War, Politics and Science
The Army plans wide tests this year to gauge unit size for atomic warfare and whether divisions are suitable. Navy envisions the Nautilus and a Forrestal class carrier with new capabilities. The Air Force teases even faster planes and a robust guided missile program. The 1955 political season foresees Eisenhower and Stevenson in a potential race amid investigations and policy battles. Control of polio and atomic energy headlines are also anticipated with vaccine advances and space research progress.
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Air Force
Woodqnan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Saye - Oe
Jonas E. Salk
Atomic Energy
United Nations
Religion boom to shape 1955 as churches grow fast
The 1955 outlook expects rapid church growth as congregations expand new buildings and membership climbs. Plans include international control efforts for atomic peace, racial desegregation in schools affecting churches, mergers between denominations, Vatican leadership shifts, and major church gatherings in Toronto and London.
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Hby International
America
Supreme Court
Entertainment plans for 1955 film and TV slate
Hollywood pivots to higher quality films and TV driven projects in 1955 with Cecil B. DeMille and Michael Todd backing new widescreen Todd-AO. Oklahoma introduces 65 mm wide angle, while major epics like The Ten Commandments Land of the Pharaohs Ben Hur and Alexander the Great await release. Theater fare includes O Neill O Case y Shaw and Fry works as TV eyes lower prices and color sets grow though black and white remains dominant. Radio adds new stations with 700 pending applications and overall employment shifts.
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Hollywood
Michael Todd
American Optical Co
Cecil B. DeMille
Ben Hur
Alexander the Great
Sean O'Casey
Eugene O'Neill
BernardShaw
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Christopher Fry
Katharine Cornell
Robert E. Sherwood
Wil
George White
Peter Pan's Mary Martin Keeps Flying For Broadway
Mary Martin stars as Peter Pan at the Winter Garden with a 40 member cast. The show draws large child audiences and features Halliday family involvement with 13 year old Heller Halliday in a key role.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Winter Garden
Peter Pan
Mary Martin
Toote
Mary
San Francisco
Jerome Robbins
Tinker Bell
Miss Martin
Richard Halliday
Richard
Holland Tunnel
West Coast
Halliday
James M. Barrie
Heller
Liza
Alice In Wonderland
Peter
Broadway
Ian
Herald American begins 1877 birth as Arthur Jenkins leads
The Herald American first issue dated Sunday December 26 1954 recalls founder Arthur Jenkins born January 15 1877. It notes subscription rates for various editions and frames its independent stance. The Associated Press holds republication rights and dispatches.
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Dany
Associated Press
John
Puek Mon QM Montes
Arthur Jenkins
the Herald
Odd Events Highlight A Quirky Year In Memphis and More
A compilation of stranger incidents from year including a man sliding down a pyramid for two thousand eight hundred dollars from King Saud of Arabia a farmer in Du Quoin Illinois kicked by a cow kicks back breaking his leg a Memphis woman climbs twenty floors due to heart trouble a Milwaukee man rents a billboard to court his love Arlene and Tokyo pinball parlor workers strike for job rights a Memphis woman cashier breaks out in a money allergy rash Doctors diagnose allergy to money and other oddities of the year.
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King Saud
Arabia
du Quoin
IIL
Memphis
Milwaukee
Arlene
Tokyo
Bishop Seeks Family Focused Music For Youth
Worcester Massachusetts The Most Rev John J Wright of the Roman Catholic Diocese urges the Guild of Our Lady of Providence to use music more suitable for families He argues that lighter tunes like those by Victor Herbert would counteract suggestive songs heard daily on radio and TV and threaten the youth's moral wellbeing.
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Worcester
Mass
John J. Wright
Victor Herbert
Wright
Guild of Our Lady of Providence
Cooperatives Grow Ninefold Since 1950 Takeover
Peiping radio reports supply marketing and consumer cooperatives in Tokyo increased ninefold after the 1950 Communist seizure of power. It cites 32 265 cooperatives with 164 385 737 members.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Uncooperative EL Paso Bowling Sponsor Sign
In El Paso a bowling alley displays a sign urging bowlers to patronize their sponsor. Five members of a cemetery sponsored team respond with the quip perish the thought.
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EL Paso
Tex
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