Vet's Loyalty Questioned In Pension Probe
James Kutcher, a WWII veteran who lost both legs, faces a VA hearing over possible loss of his $329 monthly compensation due to alleged disloyal activities. The committee said a decision would come later. Kutcher defends his Socialist Workers Party membership and vows to fight any benefit suspension.
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Washington
James Kutcher
Kutcher
Veterans Administration
Peyton H. Moss
VA Is
Socialist Workers Party
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Comunist
Leon Trotsky
China
North Korea
Moss
Mountain Spring Camp
N. J
United States
Polio victim types thank you note with teeth in Danville
Allan Criblez a 28 year old polio victim near Potomac typed a page long thanks letter using an electric typewriter and a plastic mouthpiece. A special stand holds the machine in place while he types from his wheelchair. Criblez contracted polio on Labor Day 1954 and spent eight months at Illinois Research Hospital. He now functions with limited artificial respiration and can move about.
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Danville
Ill
Peck Marriage Night Rumor Sparks Nevada Wedding Talk
Hollywood gossip says Gregory Peck may wed Veronique Passani in Nevada on New Year’s Eve after final divorce decree. Peck, 39, has not commented. judge signed the decree Friday and Peck’s attorney supplied an affidavit stating no reconciliation with Greta Konen Peck occurred.
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Hollywood
Gregory Peck
Veronique Passani
Nevada
Peck
Elmer D. Doyle
Greta Konen Peck
Europe
United States Japan Agree On Security Aid Cut
Reliable sources disclose that the United States will reduce Japan's contribution to U S security forces by about 12 percent next year cutting Japan's payment by about 25 million dollars. The saving plus an extra five million dollars by Japan will fund the new Japanese army navy and air force.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
U. S
Education chief urges research to meet atomic era needs
Indiana Commissioner Samuel M. Brownell called for a national research program to modernize schooling as technology and life expectancy rise. Speaking at Phi Delta Kappa’s 50th anniversary at Indiana University, he urged studies on efficient teaching, human resource development, and adapting education to a rapidly advancing economy and society.
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Bloomington
Ind
Samuel M. Brownell
Brownell
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Indiana University
America
Woman sues over pay phone injury in Denver
Mrs. Shirley Reichscheid files a $56,448 damages suit alleging a pay telephone fell on her after she said hello. She says she suffered a broken nose and 14 days of confinement, suing Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. and the store housing the pay phone.
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Denver
Shirley L. Reichscheid
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Electrical Equipment Company Files Articles
Articles of incorporation filed for Cecil B. Marvel, Inc. 1210 Wabash Avenue. Incorporators Cecil Marvel Gladys Marvel and Benjamin G. Cox. Directors Cecil Gladys Darrell Russell Marvel and Thomas Jacques. Paid-in capital $200,000. Four thousand no par value common shares authorized.
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Cecil B. Marvel, Inc
Wabash Avenue
Cecil
Gladys Marvel
Benjamin G. Cox
Marvel
Gladys
Darrell
Russell Marvel
Thomas Jacques
Gulf Italia Co strikes oil at Ragusa No. 10 pit
Ragusa Sicily report says Gulf Italia Co, a Gulf and Italian interests venture, struck oil at 6560 feet depth in Ragusa No 10 pit Erminia Valley. Eight other company wells are already in operation.
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Ragusa
Sicily
Gulf Italia Co
Gulf
Ragusa No. 10
Erminia
U S Ambassador Byroade to Visit Washington for Two Weeks
In Cairo on December 31 the U S ambassador Henry Byroade plans a two week trip to Washington for routine consultations. The British ambassador Sir Humphrey Trevelyan also leaves soon for the Middle East envoy conference in London. In Seoul President Syngman Rhee pledges a brighter New Year while urging resilience through hardships.
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Cairo
Egypt
U. S
Henry Byroade
Washington
Byroade
Humphrey Trevelyan
London
Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Return of Chinese Students Abroad Takes Research, Teaching Posts
Radio Peiping reports 120 Chinese students who came back from the United States this year have assumed roles as research workers and teachers in Communist China.
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Tokyo
Radio Peiping
Communist China
United States
Brazil’s First Military Aircraft Built by Local Fokker Plant
A Brazilian subsidiary of Fokker Aeronautical Industry handed over the first military aircraft to the government. The S11 primary training plane is the first of 95 to be built for the air ministry, with jet trainer production expected to begin soon.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Fokker Aeronautical Industry
Netherlands
Air Ministry
Fokker
Alimony sought in divorce suit in Richmond case
Verna Phillips, member of Wayne County Council, filed for divorce in Richmond on Friday seeking alimony of 234675 dollars. She accuses her husband Orla D. Phillips, a Richmond businessman, of cruelty.
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Richmond
Ind
Verna Phillips
Wayne County Council
Orla D. Phillips
Majors Sentenced for Burglary in Vigo County
Billie Dee Majors 22 of Carbon drew a two to five year term at the Indiana Reformatory Pendleton after pleading guilty to second degree burglary in Vigo Circuit Court. He faced additional charges of automobile banditry later and appeared before Judge Herbert Criss as jurors were summoned for the related cases involving three youths in the Riley American Legion Post burglary.
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Billie Dee Majors
Carbon
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
Vigo
Majors
Herbert R. Criss
William Doerner
Riley American Legion Post
Raymond E. Denbo
South Thirteenth Street
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Denbo
James Edward Freeman
Central Avenue
Race Relations Progress Made in South in 1955 Says Tuskegee
Tuskegee Institute reports definite progress toward non segregation in the South during 1955 though islands of racial tension mar progress. The year saw economic retaliation against desegregation supporters in Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina and no Southern legislation for desegregation.
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Tuskegee
Ala
South
Tuskegee Institute
Negro College
U. S. Supreme Court
Islands
Institute
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Judge blocks probation for Indianapolis tax evader Bardin
U S Judge William E Steckler refused a motion for probation for Lawrence P Bardin convict ed of tax evasion in 1952 Bardin former manager of the now defunct Indianapolis Brewery Co after the Supreme Court denied his appeal last month.
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Indianapolis
U. S
William E. Steckler
Lawrence P. Bardin
U. S. Supreme Court
Bardin
Indianapolis Brewery Co
Crochet blouse pattern 553 for Misses sizes 12 to 18
Glamour blouse described in crochet form with lace details and easy instructions. Includes fiber suggestions, mail order price 25 cents per pattern plus 5 cents for first class mail. Send name address zone to Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept. New York NY.
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Terre Haute Tribune
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Laura Wheeler
Barbers Propose Price Hike Spars with Bartenders
In North Adams Massachusetts local barbers seek a 25 cent price rise for haircuts and shaves to 150 and 1.00 next Tuesday prompting a protest from Beverage Dispensers Local. They plan to distribute 5000 boycott cards among union workers urging refusals to patronize higher priced shops while barbers respond by urging bartenders to mind their own business.
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North Adams
Mass
Helen Hayes Honored on Fiftieth Year in Show Business
The New York tribute at the Waldorf Astoria marked Helen Hayes as the first lady of American theater. A champagne reception and $50 a head dinner supported the American Theater Wing. Hayes debuted in 1909 in Old Dutch, after starting on stage in 1905 in Washington, D C, at age five.
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Helen Hayes
New York
Widorf Astoria Hotel
American Theater
American Theater Wing
Miss Hayes
Herbert
Joseph
Dorothy Fields
Pop
Lew Fields
Weber and Fields
Washington, D. C
Prince Charles
Royal
Stage tribute uses star power in availed revue
Gwen Verdon, Carol Channing, Wally Cox, Michael Redgrave, Ray Bolger, and others perform in a lavish show. Veteran performers recreate classic Broadway names with musical numbers and light comedy routines.
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Smith and Dale
Gwen Verdon
Marilyn Miller
Carol Channing
Sophie Tucker
Wally Cox
Victor Moore
Michael Redgrave
Otis Skinner
Ray Bolger
Leon Errol
Giesele MacKenzie
Hazel Dawn
Luella Gear
Nora Bayes
June Havoc
Eva Tanguay
Patricia Neal
Katharine Cornell
The Shortest Path Between Points Is Through Want Ads
A witty note on using Want Ads for quick connections and quick finds across town. It hints that ads can bridge gaps between ideas, jobs, and goods efficiently.
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John Silard
Thed
Boise
Anton Gordon
International
United Press
Lues
Electrical Equipment Company
LU. S
College
Peggy Montano
Buddy
Los Angeles
Phil Montano
House of Bamboo
Robert Ryan
Robert Stack
Shirley Yamaguchi Atest
Cinemascor
Sinc
Technicolor
Dorothy Malone
Eddie Mayehoff
Shirley Malaine
Eva Gabor
Anita Ekberg
George Winslow
U.S
Mitchell
Billy
Warner Bros
Warner Color
Ary Coope
Louis Sobol
A Starenc
iMitchell
Cadalés Bickford
Bellamy
Con Steiger
Cuizagera Montgomery
Jack Webb
Pearl Harbor
Jack Gaver
Weber
Fields
Jennifer Jones
Dove
Garfield
Sterling Hayden
Yvonne de Carlo
Zachary Scottigo
Harmon’s Cafe
Lafayette Ave
Doherty's Tavern
18Th St
Allis-Chalmers
Spelterville
Captain Lightfoot
Reck HuDson
Barbara Rush
Joe
Billy Mitchell
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