Marshall Notes 75th birthday
Silvery haired elder statesman and soldier George C. Marshall marks his 75th birthday at his winter home in Pinehurst North Carolina. He plans a quiet day with calls from old friends and a luncheon by James Bruce former ambassador to Argentina. Messages arrived from Eisenhower Truman Byrnes Churchill and others. A Virginia ham gift arrived from John W. Burress. Marshall keeps a quiet routine with visits from Gen. A V Arnold.
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N.C
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Eisenhower
Truman
Defense
James Bruce
Argentina
Key West
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Gen
Chiang Kai-shek
Queen Fredericka
Greece
Winston Churchill
Willem Krees
the Wetherlands
Lord Ismay
NATO
Virginia
John W. Burress
Salem
North Carolina
A. V. Arnold
Southern Pines
Helen Hayes Honored As First Lady Of American Theatre
A New York Waldorf Astoria tribute marked 50 years of show business for Helen Hayes. The gala featured a midnight command performance with today’s stars and many past icons, proceeds aiding the American Theatre Wing.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
American Theater
Helen Hayes
Human Torch Storyteller Earl Fryman Dies in Cleveland
Earl Fryman, a 13 year old who gave a sensational tale of being kidnapped and set on fire, died in Fairview Park Hospital. Police later ruled the story a hoax and suggested Fryman may have set the blaze himself.
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Cleveland
INS
Earl Fryman
Fairview Park Hospital
Metropolitan Park
Fryman
VA reports GI home loan activity for 1955 and 1956
The Veterans Administration estimates eight billion dollars repaid out of about 33 billion in GI home loans over 11 years. About 650000 veterans received government guaranteed loans in 1955 totaling over seven billion dollars, with a similar number expected in 1956.
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Washington CP
The
Veterans Administration
Reaction Mixed On Rate Change In Junction City
Junction City council urged PSC approval of an electric rate increase directing the state commission to act. The PSC said the council could implement the boost, 160 residents petitioned to ignore the resolution, and the council chose not to pursue the PSC invitation.
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Junction City
Ark
State Public Service Commission
PSC
France Nears Vote as Atrocity Row Roils Campaign
In Paris a heated election confrontation centers on Algeria violence. Premier Faure condemns a gendarme shot an unarmed Algerian prisoner last August while denying bribery claims against a Fox Movietone cameraman. No evidence supports bribery charges. Faure vows action on Monday.
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Algeria
National Assembly
Edgar Faure
Faure
Dole
France
L’express
Pierre Mendes
Interior Ministry
Georges Chassagne
U.S
Fox Movietone News
Chassagne
Algiers
Prendergast Defends Harriman Against Absurd Presidency Charge
Albany Democratic state chairman Michael H. Prendergast calls it absurd to claim Gov. Harriman neglects his duties while seeking the Presidency. He criticizes Assembly Speaker Oswald D. Heck and Senate leader Walter J. Mahoney for suggesting Harriman abdicates responsibilities. He notes Thomas E. Dewey's long presidential focus after 12 years in office.
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Michael H. Prendergast
GOP
A | Assembly
Oswald D. Heck
Walter J. Mahoney
Senate
New York
Prendergast
Thomas E
Dewey
Busy Producer Needs Memory
London Ohio resident Jm Holly B Walker 55 holds many roles as an assistant bank cashier secretary director church treasurer elder village clerk flower show chairman and park trustees secretary He admits duties may overwhelm but credits a good memory for handling them all.
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London
Ohio
Holly B. Walker
Plain City
Walker
Speeding cyclist hits patrol car after stop in Galveston
Officer AFE Mize clocked a motorcycle at 46 mph in a 30 mph zone and signaled it to pull over. The rider slowed behind the patrol car and the cycle slid in soft dirt, throwing the rider onto the police car’s rear bumper.
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Galveston
Texas
A.fe
Mize
Pair strikes up bumpy friendship after two car crashes
In Louisville Kentucky two Michigan residents, Mrs. Alice Barber of Jackson and Jack V. Cooper of Detroit, met after cars collided near the city on Wednesday and again the next night. After the second crash, Barber rode with Cooper to Michigan, and police said no charges were filed.
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Louisville
Michigan
Alice Barber
Jackson
Mich
Jack V. Cooper
Detroit
Barber
Florida
Cooper
Taylor Named Utica Editor
Mason C. Taylor associate editor of the Utica Press has been appointed editor effective tomorrow succeeding Paul B. Williams who is retiring. Harold Moore Sr. relinquished duties as executive editor of The Morning Press and the Observer-Dispatch due to poor health. Williams, 68, has worked in newspapers since 1906.
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Utica
Mason C. Taylor
Utica Press
Paul B. Williams
Harold Moore Sr
The
Morning Press
Evening
Sunday Observer-Dispatch
Gannett Group
Williams
Paper Foe Of Peron Reopens In Salta After Six Years
Michel Torino, owner of El Intransigente, resumes publication in Salta two decades after Peron closed the paper in 1949. The editor, persecuted and jailed, declared press freedom essential to democracy as Inter-American Press Association assists.
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el Tutransigente
Salta
Argentina
Michel Torino
Juan D. Peron
Torino
Peron
Radical Party
el Intransigente
la Prensa
Inter-American Press Assn
Fl Pais
el Dia
Montevideo
Uruguay
Red Probers Charge Lies To Matusow
The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee charges Harvey Matusow lied when he recanted his testimony against 244 alleged Communists. It says conspirators paid him to recant and demands further prosecution. Matusow appeals a three year sentence for contempt of court and is free on bond.
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Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Harvey M. Matusow
Matusow
Subcommittee
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Jennings
D-Mo
TV Am
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Eastland
D-Miss
Matusoto
Department of Justice
Albert E. Kahn
New York
Matuey
Nathan Witt
Communist Party
Kahn
Islands of Tension Mar Advance of Integration in 1955 South
Tuskegee Institute reports 1955 showed definite progress toward desegregation but noted persistent racial tension in several Southern states. Economic pressure against Negroes rose for expressing pro desegregation views, with job and service losses. Courts aided progress. no Southern legislation aimed at desegregation emerged, though some measures sought to prevent it. Further improvement possible through various avenues.
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Islands
Pices Tuskegee Institute
Negro College
U.S. Supreme Court
Institute
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Bartenders and Barbers Clash Over Haircut Price Boost
North Adams workers threaten a 25 cent price rise for haircuts and shaves starting next Tuesday with union-led protests and 5 000 boycott cards planned. Barbers retort for workers to mind their own knitting as tensions flare.
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Mass
State School Escapees Caught Near Route 5 20
Waterloo Austin Sanderson, 30, and Fred Parent, 22, escapees from the Syracuse State School at Fairmount were found hiking in the Montezuma swamps along Route 5 and 20. State Police turned them over to Syracuse authorities after pickup at about 8:30 p m.
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Austin Sanderson
Fred Parent
Syracuse
Fairmount
D. R. Bodine
Montezuma
Judge Delays 30 Day Sentence For Bootlegger
Oklahoma City judge Carl Traub defers a 30 day sentence for one week to allow a bootlegger to be present for a blessed event expected any day.
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Oklahoma City
Carl ‘Traub
Holiday Police Patrols Boost Coverage in New York
Co special police roving in unmarked cars began a holiday campaign to cut accidents. Between 4 p.m. yesterday and 3:59 a.m. today they halted nearly 200 motorists mainly for speeding. Starting at 8 a.m. today the fleet rose from 10 to 50 patrol cars.
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NEW York Co
Boy Dies After Toboggan Accident in Winnipeg
Twelve year old Douglas Trump died in a Winnipeg hospital from injuries after a river bank sled ride. A splinter pierced his groin and caused fatal blood loss according to relatives.
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Winnipeg
Man
Douglas Trump
Doc Faraone Begins Nine Month Gambling Sentence
Doc Faraone, former operator of a Saratoga Springs casino, began a nine month term after entering the Saratoga County jail. He had earlier won dismissals on seven of fourteen counts from convictions stemming from a 1953 state investigation into gambling in the county.
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Louis J.dee
Farone
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga County
U. S. Supreme Court
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