Florida's top prosecutor warns tourists of gambling ban
Florida Attorney General Richard Ervin told winter visitors that wide open illegal gambling is practically non existent as state authorities stand ready to act. The remarks came during the National Association of Attorneys General meeting where delegates from across the country discussed crime, law enforcement and proposed commissions on roads education and taxes.
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Sea Island
Florida
Richard Ervin
Ergin
National Association of Attorneys General
Texas
Price Daniel
Association
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alaska
Guam
Hawaii
Herbert Wilsie
Wilsie
Little Hoover Commission
No Taoism In Red China Report Says China Depends on Russia
A mimeographed sheet from a group in Kowloon claims Red China relies on Russia for war materiel and advisers. It says Chou En Lai’s Moscow trip led to more jet fighters and tanks for Korea drives meant to hurt UN morale, with factions debating future policy and plans to burn coastal areas if Chiang Kai-shek attacks the mainland.
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Phil Newsom
United Press
Red China
Russia
Indus
Freedom Front
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou En-Lai
Moscow
United Nations
Korea
Seoul
Pusan
U.N
United States
Reds
Manchuria
China
North Korea
Mukden
Antung
Yalu River
Formosa
Chiang
Indiana Engineers name Evansville man engineer of the year
Alva B. Brown general manager of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co. from Evansville was named engineer of the year at the Indiana Society of Professional Engineers convention in Gary Indiana. The juried honor recognized Brown for his leadership in the field.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana Society of Professional Engineers
Alva B. Brown
Evansville
Brown
Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co
Indiana Home Ownership Up 23 Percent by 1950
Census Bureau reports Indiana reached 65 percent home ownership in 1950, a 23 percent rise from 1940 while population grew 15 percent. Farm ownership stood at 75 percent. 1.23 million dwellings total with one fourth country homes not on farms. West Lafayette led in home value, La Porte in rent.
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Washington
Indiana
Census Bureau
West Lafayette
la Porte
Wabash
Anderson
Gorshen
Huntington
Hammond
Valparaiso
South Bend
Evansville
Philadelphia man charged after nap on subway bed
Milton Hall, 37, was charged with drunkenness after sleeping on the Broad Street Subway road bed. Police held a subway train for 15 minutes while they attempted to wake him, and he ended his nap at the police station.
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Philadelphia
Milton Hall
Hall
Broad Street
British cavewoman touts Wookey Hole as 75 000 BC shelter
Olive Hodgkinson of England visits Washington claiming Wookey Hole in Somerset, England was a Paleolithic shelter 75,000 BC. She presents bones, flint knives, and a clay sample as proof while describing herself as an expert on the site.
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Wookey Hole
Britain
Washington
Olive Hodgkinson
England
5Th Avenue
New York
Somerset
London
Mrs. H
Hodgkinsons
Baby found in gutter amid rush. mother sought
A newborn baby, found minutes after birth in a gutter beneath a parked car, remained in fair condition at Hartford Hospital two nights after discovery. Authorities intensified the search for the infant's mother as doctors treated the premature baby in the nursery with incubator and oxygen tent.
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Hartford Hospital
Prostate Gland Book Offered By Kansas City Press
Do you have prostate trouble with weakness backache frequency burning urination and kidney and bladder distress. The Kansas City Medical Press advertises a booklet on the prostate gland written plainly and promises to save years of suffering. Mail 10 cents and request to K Vedica Press Dept 23 A 1440 East 21st St N Kansas City Mo for The Prostate Gland.
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Kansas City Medical Press
K. Vedica Press
Dept
East
21St St
Kansas City
Arthri O
Blame Arsonist in Amish Blaze
Decatur Indiana authorities blamed an arsonist for a fire that damaged a one room Amish schoolhouse. Fire Chief E E Bixler cited kerosene odor and said the blaze caused a hole in a wall. Officials debated accreditation as Adams County officials urged Amish children attend public school.
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Decatur
Ind
E. E. Bixler
Berne
Wilbur Young
Adams County
Glen Custard
Police hunt mother of gutter baby in Hartford
Hartford police search for the mother of a 2½ pound infant found beneath a parked car. The baby, nicknamed Baby X, was recovered in Hartford on December 8 amid a widening investigation into the child’s abandonment and care.
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Hartford
Conn
FASTEETH Promises Firm Dentures for Easier Eating
An old advertisement touts FASTEETH as a pleasant alkaline powder that holds false teeth firmly with no taste or sensation. It claims easier eating and talking, reduces plate odor, and is available at drug stores, promising comfort with a simple spin on the plates.
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Dr. Scholl
D! Scholls
McKesson and Robbins
Bridgeport, Conn
Osco Drug
Washington, Pa
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
John Gagich
Ethel Lerby
Mary Gagich
Marlene
International Soundphoto
Red
Indianapolis
Vonnegut Hardware Co
Indiana Gas Distribution Co
Rockville
Dana
Danville
Carmel
Zionsville
North Salem
Brownsburg
Winchester
Union City
George Spears
Indiana Hotel Association
Thomas C. Knapp
Kokomo
James L. Fritch
Francis X. Adams
Jane Johnson Burroughs
Venice
Italy
Bac Gant Ambrogio
Groin
THE
Terre Haute Water Works Corp
Gerard, Lebean
Mortise Bolt
Powell
Stephenson
Harmon W. Nichols
Peter Pan
Savoestque
Dodge
Dodge Meadowbrook
Vouyy
Gheen & Ramp, Inc
8Th and Eagle Sts
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