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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1952
Page
7
Christine Jorgensen former G I who became a woman sought to win her first beauty contest. She has consented to compete for the title Miss Press Photographer of 1953, an honor won in the past by models and Charines.
Officials from the New York Press Photographers Association told Copenhagen officials they could use any available photos for the contest. A Bronx beauty, Miss Jorgensen, might win a special award if she does not win the main event.
Republican leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts urged continuation of current House probes of the Justice and Treasury departments in the next Congress while stressing a shift toward constructive legislation. He is unopposed for speaker as Republicans take over January 3.
United Press reports sudden oil riches drive social upheaval and birth of desert sheiks and oilman diplomats in the Middle East. Global investment tops $2 billion as Western powers contend with nationalizations, monopoly accusations, and a proposed pan-Arab highway linking the eastern Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf.
Mrs. Robert Clark headed the post office seal booth with proceeds including 169 from Riley township. Mrs. Charles Spriestebach is township chair. PTA council ran a Merchants National Bank booth with Mrs. Myron Anderson as chair. W S C S Maple Avenue Methodist Church staffed the Terre Haute First National Bank booth. If a lobster loses a claw it can regrow it.
Portland Oregon December 15 Douglas McKay returning from talks with Dwight Eisenhower says he will resign as Oregon governor this week to become secretary of the interior in the new administration He predicts many Interior Department personnel changes including the likely firing of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus while favoring more regional control of power projects He refuses to name other potential removals and notes the incoming administration will appoint sympathetic officials
Mrs. Ivy Bourne of Walsall, wife of a miner earning eight pounds weekly, welcomed triplets on November 27, 1951, and twins on November 22, 1952. She rejects adoption offers, insists they will manage, and notes the main challenge is laundry as she remains kept busy with children.
Richard A. McDonald resigns as administrator of the National Production Authority. Horace B. McCoy, a Commerce Department career official, becomes acting administrator as McDonald returns to private business. Secretary Sawyer announced the change.
Henry P. Smith of Terre Haute, president of Princeton Mining Company, reports roof bolting is proven at King Station Mine. The U S Bureau of Mines notes bolts installed in about 2.5 miles of haulageway prevent roof failure with less than 100 pounds rock fall, and says no bolt failures have occurred. Since 1949 roof bolting spread in Indiana with about a half million bolts installed over three years. First installation was by Snow Hill Coal Corporation.
Lima reports two medical students and a account ant held on charges of kidnapping Santiago Grana three year old son of a Peruvian man. The boy harmed after three days in captivity. Police recovered 294000 soles of a 300000 sole ransom. Suspects named Mario Bueno Elias Narvaez and Ricardo Zapater.
The UNITUNER dials automatically to the station and, in a single operation, guarantees optimal performance and signal alignment on any channel and in any viewing area under any conditions, a feature Crosley says only their sets have.
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