Virginia GOP Stalwart Hitchhikes to Convention
Virginia GOP figure William Nixon of Norfolk Virginia crossed the nation by thumb to attend a convention in San Francisco. Nixon served six rides over five days and plans to donate nearly all saved travel funds to Horace Henderson’s congressional campaign from Virginia’s 1st district.
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Virginia
William and Mary Law
Moonshining Rumors in France Reported
In France there are said to be about 3 percent million moonshiners producing semi legal homebrew from apples pears and plums.
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France
Literary Guidepost Review of Pritchett Short Stories
W G Rogers discusses VS Pritchett’s The Sailor, Sense of Humor, and Other Stories. The collection spans 16 years and portrays English life through distinctive characters. The standout tale, Sense of Humor, centers on an undertaker’s son who steals a garage worker’s wife, revealing macabre wit and social critique.
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Knopf
Pritchett
Miss Baker
Giant Sunflower Bloom Adds 97 Blossoms at Local Garden
A gardener on shares at Mrs. Lindon C. Dillon’s home at 418 Fairmont Ave grows a giant sunflower with 97 blossoms. Nearby at Mrs. Burr Sheetz’s home, Mr. Miller tends a tall 12 foot stalk of a new corn variety. Miller, 78, also works daily as an assistant to fruit broker Ralph Christman.
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Ralph Chrisman
Mrs. Miller
Fairmont Ave
Television Schedule Summary for Channels 4 5 7 9
A readable listing of programs across channels 4 5 7 and 9 includes Footlight Theater Sprague News Republican Convention Big Town Hark's Sprague Weather Sports Paul Tonight Hoppity SkipPity Cindy Lou's Melody Ranch Western Marshal Waterfront The Eve Movie No Minor Vices Masterpiece Theater Dark Waters Matthew Warren Featurama Sign Off and late night offerings The 56 Republican Convention coverage Walter Cronkite $64 000 Question Celebrity Playhouse I Jane Doe with Vera Ralston John Carroll Ruth Hussey Benay Venuta
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Hark’s
Lilli Palmer
Masterpiece Theater
Merle Oberon
Matthew Warren
Featurama
The
Jane Doe
Vera Ralston
John Carroll
Ruth Hussey
Benay Venuta
Television Daytime and Evening Schedule Listing
A detailed broadcast timetable lists noon to 6 PM daylight programs including Tic Tac Dough It Could Be You Feature Playhouse and multiple color matinees with stars such as Ann Sheridan Jimmy Davis and Gale Storm across stations. Evening segments feature The Ruggles Racket Squad and soap operas like Guiding Light and Love of Life with host appearances by Art Lamb and Johnny Carson.
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Wm. Hartnell
Carol Raye
Willy June Havoc
Convention Sidelights at the 1952 Republican National Convention
The Florida delegation takes the California Room as headquarters with no dissent. Massachusetts Representative Joseph W. Martin Jr will gavels in with an oak mallet from the original North Church steeple in Boston. A fireworks display by National Citizens for Eisenhower is listed for Union Square. Pravda notes are anticipated by readers.
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California
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
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Boston
National Citizens For Eisenhower
Union Square
Rogers Urges People to Embrace Commonplace Roles
W. G. Rogers calls on readers to accept ordinary duties and blend into everyday life, stressing humble self‑improvement and steady progress within a community setting.
Vitamins sales in 1955 reach 303 million dollars
A Drug Trade News survey reports total retail vitamin sales at 303 million dollars in 1955, up from 284 million in 1954. More than two thirds were sold through drugstores, with industry optimism forecasting a potential 1 billion dollars per year.
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Drug Trade News
Career Advancement Theme Guides Winchester BPW Meeting
The Winchester Business and Professional Women's Club met at the George Washington Hotel with Nancy Jones presiding. They discussed promoting members careers and aiding others via study groups and job placement and planned a chest X ray clinic and a three year nursing school scholarship.
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George Washington Hotel
Nancy Jones
Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Goldie Brown
Nina Early
Betty Lowery
Eugenia Evans
Gertrude Lewis
Jean Davis
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