Art Dream Comes True in Chicken a La King Mosaic
Benny Bufano the San Francisco artist unveils an 18 ton three panel mosaic in a $500000 cafeteria at Powell Street. The work promotes peace and racial unity with a world colors blending child figure. Funded by David Moor, it relocates to a public dining space rather than the United Nations.
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Hal Boyle
San Francisco
Benny Bufano
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Powell Street
Benny
United Nations
David Moor
Moor
Mear
Bufano
St. Louis
New York
Italy
Moar
Press Club
San Francisco Press Club
Gandhi
Electron microscopes reveal particles minute in size
The article notes that electron microscopes detect particles measuring about one eight millionth of an inch, illustrating the extreme smallness of the objects studied and the precision of the instrument used.
Union Sale Seen To Be Protection
The CIO ILWU announces sale of its San Francisco headquarters to the Honolulu local. An ILWU spokesman calls it a bookkeeping convenience for internal financing. Some right wing sources claim the sale shields assets from possible expulsion actions. The cash portion totals 27500 dollars. the 1949 purchase price was 100‑523.60 dollars. National CIO hearings begin May 17 on charges the ILWU followed Communist party policies.
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San Francisco
U.P
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Honolulu
ILWU
National
CIO
National Cio
Communist Party
United States rejects Czech mistreatment charges
London May 1 The United States emphatically denied Czech accusations that American soldiers mistreated Czechs who escaped in three passenger planes on March 24 The note was delivered to the Czechoslovak foreign office via the U S embassy in Prague The denial covers claims of unwarranted indignities at Munich during the landing and subsequent questioning of crew and passengers
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London
United States
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Prague
Munich
Sokesman
Sinatra Severes Hollywood Tie With MGM Contract Release
Hollywood reports that Frank Sinatra has been released from his five year MGM movie contract at his request. Nancy Sinatra sued for separate maintenance last Wednesday, citing cruelty and claiming earnings of about 1.001 million dollars in 1949 with community property around 750 thousand dollars.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
M-G-M Studio and
Music Corporation of America
Sinatra
M-G-M
Nancy
Ghost rocking chair haunts Muscatine home for 37 days
In Muscatine Iowa the Floyd Holladays report their rocking chair rocks by itself for 37 days straight. More than 200 visitors have seen the empty chair and some say it is haunted though Holladay insists he does not believe in ghosts. The family moved the chair through every room after inheriting the house from Floy Brossart, who died March 17.
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Muscatine
Floyd Holladays
Holladay
Holladays
Floy Brossart
Brossart
World's Greatest Lover Forced To Work Finds Job
Ellsworth Wisecarver the 16 year old who eloped with two married women earned a paycheck as a salesman after seeking employment without work. George Bender of a television firm offered him a chance to build a future by hiring him despite his claim of seeking honest livelihood without labor.
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Hollywood
Ellsworth
Sonny) Wisecarver
Wisecarver
Tucson Painters Fairchild And Strang Exhibit In Utah
Hurlstone Fairchild and Ray Strang, noted Tucson artists, displayed paintings at the 26th annual Springville national art exhibit in Utah during April. The show drew about 75,000 visitors.
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Tucson
Springville
Utah
Hurlstone Fairchild
Ray Strang
First diabetic to take insulin alive at 81
Charles Cowan, the first human to receive insulin for diabetes, now 81, recalls his 1922 treatment as a pioneer patient. He volunteered as a guinea pig, underwent years of hospital care, and later lived healthily while insulin transformed diabetes treatment.
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Anaheim
Calif
Charles Cowan
Cowan
Cere
Miglou
Hemet
Sansum
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
William D. Sansum
Canada
Joyce Tulip Contestant Crowned In Albany Tulip Festival
In Albany New York on May 1 organizers name Joyce Tulip 18 a business school student as the ready candidate for Miss Tulip during the tulip festival opening May 20.
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Joyce Tulip
Albany
N. Y
Miss Tulip
Claim Of Cherokees To Be Heard May 11
A hearing is set for May 11 on claims by Texas Cherokees for 10 million dollars against the government. Attorney Earl Boyd Pierce of Muskogee represents the tribes. The group alleges ancestral lands were confiscated by the Texas Republic in 1836. The Cherokee group also has 50 million dollars in other claims pending before the commission. The Texas petition was filed in the.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Atty
Earl Boyd Pierce
Muskogee
Federal Indian Claims Commission
Texas Group
Oklahoma Cherokees
Texas Republic
Orangeee
Texas
Keeler Named Cherokee Principal Chief in Oklahoma
W. W. Keeler of Barteeville Oklahoma is identified as principal chief of the Oklahoma Cherokees. The brief notes his leadership role and regional ties within the Cherokee Nation.
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W. W. Keeler
Barteeville, Okla
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