Ten Ways To Reach Fame In The Next Fifty Years
New York readers are urged to pursue fame via ideas in politics science literature religion and motherhood. Ten proposed paths include unifying the world, solving the national debt, creating a universal retail robot, writing a lasting humorous book, discovering a cancer cure, creating a new or dramatized religion, building a plastic fuel efficient car, developing a silk based product, eradicating gravity, and conceiving a universal beauty cream. The dialogue includes Frances’ quip about perfect husbands and a light, reflective tone on lasting fame.
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New York
Boyle
Khow
Rockefeller
Einstein
Eles
Met
School Bus Inspections Show Best Condition Yet
State Highway Patrol reports the third monthly inspection found buses in the best condition since inspections began. Patrol Commander C R Tolar notes 17 counties had buses without rejects and most defects were repaired immediately. Some buses were taken out of service and replaced or repaired.
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Raleigh
Jan
State Highway Patrol
C. R. Tolar Sesaki
Britain Recognizes Communist China Stirring ECA Debate
Washington reports that Britain's diplomatic move to recognize Communist China sparked new calls in Congress to cut European Recovery Funds. Sen. Taft and others argue the decision undermines the Marshall Plan aims while promising not to end all aid. Lawmakers debate reducing overall foreign aid and realigning support to non Communist nations.
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Great Britain
China
Taft
H-Ohio
Congress
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R-Me
England
Hong Kong
Gworshak
Ridaho
Byrd
D-Va
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Catinon
House Appropriations Committee
Britain
Exton
Many Drunks Lose Licenses in North Carolina Year
Raleigh dispatch reports 7,088 motorists lost licenses last year with 9,722 total revocations and 2,728 suspensions. The Motor Vehicles Department cites 84,468 convictions in 1949 for speeding reckless driving and similar offenses, with references to 1948 figures.
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Raleigh
Jan
Motor Vehicles Department
Sanity Test Orders Ordered for Two Defendants
Union attorney Johny D Log said court orders from Judge G Badge Baker in Spartanburg require mental examinations for Charlie Eubanks charged with bludgeoning his daughter Virginia Grace Eubanks and for R J Allen a retired Union real estate operator charged with the pistol slaying of his wife Lilly Cox Allen. Both are held in the Columbia state penitentiary and the orders were consented to by Solicitor Sam F R Walt of the Seventh circuit.
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UNION
Charlie Eubanks
Virginia Grace Eubanks
R. J Allen
Lilly Cox Allen
Johny D Log
G. Badge Baker
Spartanburg
Sam FR. Walt
Seventh Circuit
State Penitentiary
Columbia
State Hospital
Long
Midwest Floods and Ice Storms Strain Five States
Flood waters and ice storms crippled fields and towns across the Midwest and Deep South, with millions in crop and property damage. Hundreds homeless, heat scarce, highways blocked, several deaths, and widespread power outages reported as storms swept from Ohio Valley to Mississippi. Schools closed and communications disrupted across multiple states.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Middle Dixie
Daneer
California
Arizona
Southery
Oho River
Gulf
Memphis
Mississippi
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Rade Die
Onnessie
Tennessee
End Of U S Loans Debate Shapes Economic Policy
President Truman urged extended loan terms for business and small firms and permanent control of consumer credit. Senator Taft urged ending most government lending except in agriculture, reflecting a split on Capitol Hill as lawmakers weigh the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and broader banking powers. The clash signals a broader shift in federal credit policy.
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Washington
Tauman
Taft R-Obio
Taft
Truman
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Rescue Board
Senator Lucas presses Truman on coal crisis move
Senator Lucas of Illinois brought the coal shortage issue to President Truman, urging swift action to end the three-day mine work week. He and others criticized the administration for delaying a forceful response, while Truman weighed options under Taft Hartley. Lucas asked White House aides to report on all facts, signaling potential use of emergency powers if needed.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Senate
Lucas of Ilinois
White House
John L. Lewis
Republican Congress
Lewis
Lucas
Illnois
John R. Steelman
United States
Steelman
United States Senate
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
N. Denham
Ccal
Denham
Nationalists claim second Red invasion attempt off Hainan
Chinese Nationalists say they repelled a second Communist assault toward Hainan island from the Luichow peninsula. Pro-Nationalist reports claim 20 government warplanes attacked a fleet of about half a dozen junks, sinking many and forcing others back toward the coast.
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Wong Rong
China
Hainan Island
Luichow Peninsula
Hainan
Peninsta
Halehan
Pashyl
Patrol Head Wins Praise in Wake of Charges
RALEIGH January 7 1 7 The commander of the State Highway Patrol praised Col C R Tolar at a news conference after John Crowell a former patrol corporal charged Tolar with involvement in a wed far hastings and at least two farms in Robran county Crowell was released from his duties last Saturday and his accusations followed.
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Col. Tolar
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Highway Patrol
Tolar
Hastings
Robran Ronty
Five Years Is Sentence In Tax Case
Josephus D. Parker a Greensboro area wine maker was given a five year prison term and a $20,000 fine on two counts of tax evasion with a third count suspended in U S district court yesterday. He was placed on two years probation conditioned on settling his tax liability with the Internal Revenue Service. The counts covered tax years 1943 1948 with the 1948 count also including fraud penalties. Parker had been convicted last October and the judge delayed sentencing to allow payment of $572 000 owed to the government.
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Greensboro
Josephus D. Parker
Eagle Springs
United States
Parker
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Johnson J. Mayes
Tax collection decline shown hits North Carolina economy
Raleigh reports December tax receipts fall for the first time in the fiscal year, with general fund down 1.78 million dollars or 18.5 percent from 1948. Income taxes drop as sales tax rises, while highway revenues climb 5.25 percent year to date. Agriculture outlook dims after postwar boom ends, Agriculture Commissioner Ballentine warns tough times ahead.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Capitol Square
L. ¥. Ballentine
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Ith
General Fund
Davenport Fire Kills 28 at Mercy Hospital Ward
A fire at Mercy Hospital in Davenport Iowa killed 28 women, with 9 more missing. Coroner M Wildman said the toll would rise to 37, as 98 bodies recovered and remaining victims feared among debris. Firefighters fought the four hour blaze. 68 in the building, most victims patients.
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Davenport
Jan
Perahen
M. Wildman
buHding
St Elisabeth's Ward
Mercy Hospital
Mary Bath Finnerty
Ottumwa
Josephine O'Toole
Miss O'Toole
Mississippi River
Local Temperature And Rainfall Summary Note
Report notes January rainfall totals to date with figures for daily and seasonal amounts. Mentions last night and today temperatures with data including 1.87 inches and 3.78 inches for different periods.
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Westerday
Dantery
Umstead Declines Senate Run Amid Health Gap
Durham January 17 William B Umstead of Durham declared he will not seek the U S Senate nomination due to surgical recovery from December 20 He was seen as a likely rival to Frank P Graham in the Democratic primary The state must elect two senators with Graham Hoey planning runs Reynolds Collins North Carolina politics in transition as Umstead cites illness and return to work mid next week.
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Durham
William B. Umstead
U. S. Senate
Unstead
Frank P. Graham
Chapel Hil
Alves
Apis
Graham
Clyde R. Hovy
Shelby
Washington
Hoey
Amatesd
North Carolina
Senate
Umstead
Josiah W. Bailey
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
The
University At North Carolina
Grahayas
Robert HR. Reynolds
Asheville
Farin
North Carolina Governor Sets Road and Economic Goals
Governor Scott used a statewide radio address to unveil ambitious targets for 1930. He urged private utilities to expand service to 50 000 new customers, telephone firms to install 8000 telephones, and the highway commission to pave 10 miles daily while stabilizing 30 miles each day. He also pressed for broader farming, soil conservation, and governmental efficiency, and proposed securing a second 30 million road bond issue as part of a broader plan to restore the state’s arterial traffic to a national lead.
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