Odd 1951 Accidents Highlight Goofy Year
National Safety Council lists bizarre incidents from 1951 including a Denver dog driving a truck injuring four, a Dayton pilot landing on Highway 1 in Miami, a sailboat colliding with a horse in Chicago, a Columbus gardener shot while raking, a Portland boy run over by a three ton roller, and a Des Moines cab driver losing his seat to a car door amid a groceries unloading mishap.
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U.S.A
National Safety Council
Council
William C. Hollis
Denver
Dayton
Ohio
Simmons
Chicago
Randolph Johnson
Lincoln Stewart
Columbus
Stewart
Stanley Willoughby
Portland
Ore
Stanley
James Deeds
Des Moines
Deeds
Boston
Catherine Meenan
Martin rise in film and radio shows varied career
Singer Tony Martin began at eighteen when a Saint Marys College teacher urged focus on music. He found early disappointment before 1936 brought musicals with 20th Century Fox and a CBS Radio spot on Burts and Allen. Now with Jo Stafford on Carnation Contented Hour, he stars in Two Tickets to Broadway and has London Palladium engagements. Denise Darce joins Abbott and Costello film The Sourdoughs. Dinah Shore promotes You Gotta Show Me, Bing Crosby recording it.
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Tony Martin
Saint Mary’s College
Moraga
Calif
20Th Century-Fox
CBS Radio
Jo Stafford
CBS
RKO
Broadway
London
Palladium
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Puzzle entry presents a 30 item crossword with numbered across and down clues. Includes terms like Wild sheep India Antlered Tawny goats and various short phrases. Partial phrases include Peruvian inside of Indians and Ancient crystals. The list combines a mix of zoological, geographic, and general knowledge clues.
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India
Bondsman
Noncom
Crossword Clue Fragments and Answers
Last week s N 53 34 River Afr 35 Pinaceous tree 36 Melody 40 Exclamation train abbr 24 Ecclesi cal vestment 25 Road abbr 27 Device to keep one Mank anon 29 Fetish W Afr 31 Right 32 Hail 33 Surplice Eccl 35 Confronts 37 Per to the ear 38 Persia s 39 Offering for acceptance at ruse 41 GUL 42 Devoured DOWN 1 A surgeon s knife.
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Persia
Ruse
Romance, Avalanche, and Nevada Gambling Reform Tale
A March avalanche at a mining site saves Lorelei and Stan after a dramatic rescue, while Inez flees. The piece shifts to Nevada gambling reform, noting licensed ops, mob influence, and key figures like Bugsy Siegel, Binion, and Clifford Jones amid an uneasy peace. It cites Senator Hunt and Kefauver's Look condensed analysis of crime in America.
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Inez
Arizona
Stan Seymour
Stan
Lorelei
Jim Tristram
Inez Thayer
Redstone
AVA Iota
Leese
Las Vegas
Reno
Bugsy Siegel
New York
Murder, Inc
California
Lester
Benny) Binion
Dallas
Binion
Texas
Harold Noble
Cat
Noble
Nevada
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Nevada State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
William J. Moore
Last Frontier
Moore
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Race News
Life Blood of
Clifford Aaron Jones
Pioneer Club
Golden Nugget
Jones
Robert E. Jones
Siegel
Siege
Lucky Luciano
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Flamingo Hotel
Moe Sedway
Nevada Wire Service
Virginia Hi
United States
Flamingo
Morris Rosen
Bugsy
Stearns Brothers
Santa Anita Club
Frontier Club
DuPont Monopoly or Overly Large for America
The piece argues DuPont’s size underpins national science and war needs, noting its $20 million annual research spend, vast job creation, and tax contributions. It urges caution against breaking up big firms, claiming fractionation would harm innovation, defense, and economic growth amid fears of creeping socialism.
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Wright A. Patterson
National Science Foundation
House Appropriations Committee
Clarence Cannon
Dem
Missouri
DuPont
Wilmington
Del
DuPont Laboratories
DuPont Company
Congress
Travellers Robolinks Migrate From Canada Southward
Robolinks travelers migrate from Canada extending into South America as far as Paraguay. The movement shows expanding routes and broader reach across continents, suggesting growing adoption and integration into regional transport networks.
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Canada
Paraguay
Blood plasma Mixture For Battlefield Use
Blood plasma administered to wounded soldiers on the battlefield requires dilution with sterile water before injection into human veins.
Blood donors aged 21 to 59 urged for Army needs
In good health individuals between 21 and 59 are invited to donate blood, vital for the Army due to the Korean conflict.
National Symbol of Morals Index Cited in Scandals
Dr Oliver C Carmichael of the Carnegie Foundation in his 46th annual morals report warns that collegiate sports scandals and broader corruption, including municipal and governmental misconduct, challenge Americans and educational institutions. He says many accused in loyalty probes are innocent, but the guilty deserve no sympathy.
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New York
Oliver C. Carmichael
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Santa Claus Arrives With Cavaliers and Prince Albert
The advertisement urges gift buyers to consider Cavaliers cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco for Christmas. It promotes king-size Cavaliers and Prince Albert in pound tins, with holiday packaging and built in gift cards. The copy emphasizes ease and savings for shoppers and positions these brands as ideal gifts for smokers.
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Santa Glaus
Santa
Prince Albert
America
Santa Claus
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Freak
Inez Gerhard
Denise Darce
Universal-International
Abbott and Costello
Clark Gable
Adolphe Menjou
John Hodiak
Frankie Darro
Dinah Shore
Bing Crosby
Hawaiian Islands
Estes Kefauver
the Fiction Corner
Deke Whitman
Deke
Senate Crime Committee
Fanide Althar
Rudolph Halley
Commission
Virginia Hill
Beverly Hills
Fischetti Brothers
Chicago - Capone Syndicate
Frank Erickson
Detroit
Lobbyista
Cor
Doubleday, Inc. Dist
General Peasuras Corp
Wheeler McMillen
Farm Journal
The
Pathfinder
Senate
House
Booy
Ned
Mia
A. M. Barney
Cobb Island
Kellogg's
Battle Crook
Peter Peerie
Dean
Doan
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