Labor Victory in New Zealand Ends Eight Years of Tory Rule
Final unofficial returns show the Labour Party winning 41 seats to the National Party's 58 in an 80 seat Parliament with one seat to be decided in January. Walter Nash will head the government, promising to uphold Empire ties and world peace.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Labor
Laborites
National Party
Keith Holyoake
Walter Nash
Labor Party
Social Credit Party
Nash
Japanese Court Sentences Two Airmen to Prison
In Yokohama a Japanese court convicted two American airmen of assault and attempted robbery of a taxi driver. Hartman received four years hard labor for using a beer bottle to injure the driver, Morris three and a half years for joint robbery attempt. Both 20, from Georgia and Nebraska, face possible appeals within two weeks.
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Yokohama
Japan
GI William Girard
Andrew N. Hartman
Hogansville
Phillip W. Morris
North Platte
Hartman
Morris
Frank Scolinos
Tokyo
Los Angeles
The origin of bunk as nonsense traces to Buncombe speech
In the latter part of the 16th century the term bunk arose from Buncombe political talk. Feliz Walker of North Carolina urged making speech for Buncome during 1819-21, giving rise to the phrase to speak for Buncombe. From Buncombe grew buncombe bunkum and bunk, all meaning nonsense.
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Bunk
Feliz Walker
North Carolina
Buncome
Buncombe
Bunkum
Insurance Agents oppose Virginia fund for unsatisfied claims
Richmond critics from the Virginia Association of Insurance Agents challenge a WALC plan to create an unsatisfied claim and judgment fund funded by a $10 driver levy and half percent of annual premiums. They call the plan socialistic and say it would raise motorist insurance costs. They also support compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance if the bill fails.
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Richmond
Virginia Assn. of Insurance
C. M. Flintoff
Suffolk
Insurance Agents Group
Ray M. Paul
Flintoff
Paul
WALC
Virginia
VALC
Twin Sisters Drown on Thin Lake Ice
Two 11 year old sisters Mary Jane and Hazel Jean Beaman drowned after stepping on weak lake ice near their Antioch home. Their father Samuel Beaman plunged through trying to save them. a neighbor pulled the father ashore. The bodies were recovered about an hour later.
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Antioch
Ill
Hhe
Mary Jane
Hazel Jean Beaman
Samuel Beaman
Beaman
Moroccan King Tours Southern California Sights
King Mohammed V of Morocco arrives in Los Angeles for a busy Southern California itinerary. His spokesman Abderrahman Naggai confirms a Washington gift exchange with President Eisenhower, while Arab students from UCLA greet the royal party in traditional dress.
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Los Angeles
Mohammed V
Morocco
California
Abderrahman Naggai
Texas
Esenhower
Washington
Nageal
Eisenhower
University of California At
Ten Couples Given Marriage Licenses In Clarke County
Clarke County clerks office lists ten marriage licenses issued in Berryville Boyce and Paris. Couples include John Charles Wheeler Evelyn Joyce Taylor of Townson Maryland and Ear Summer Peters Patricia Ann Mumitillo of Nononzahela Pennsylvania. Other pairs include James Ardell Mark Shirley Ann Meadows and Donald Burrell Thompson Geraldine Gardner among others with ceremonies in Berryville Boyce Paris Calvin Swain Willis Mount Carmel and Curtissville.
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John Charles Wheeler
Evelyn Joyce Taylor
Townson
W. N. Raney
Berryville
Ear Summer Peters
Patricia Ann Mumitillo
Nononzahela
Paul E. Reiter
Boyce
James Ardell Mark
Shirley Ann Meadows
Steubenville
Ohio
Calvin Swain Willis
Shirley Ann Sechrist
Paris
Linwood Daniel
Donald Burrell Thompson
Geraldine Gardner
Pan American Highway Project Set for 1959 Completion
The Pan-American Highway from the U S border to the Panama Canal is anticipated to be finished by year end 1959. Officials cite progress across stretches and ongoing construction efforts to link the final segments.
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U. S.-Mexican
Panama Canal
Hunter Wounded In Freak Accident
Daniel Bonoski a 16 year old from Larksville Pa was reported in fair condition after surgery to remove a bullet from a freak hunting accident He had his rifle propped against a bush and shot himself while looking around from a tree Two other hunters found him and drove him to General Hospital Wilkes Barre Pa
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Wilkes - Barre
Daniel Bonoski
Larksville
General Hospital
Bonoski
North Mountain
Preski
Rim
Retiring Fete President Scully Reports for Year
Thomas G. Scully, retiring Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival president, reports to about 1000 financial members on the 1957 annual meet. He notes net income 29298.84, disbursements 34016.35, and a 1957 festival operating loss of 4847.51. He praises new officers and boards for 1958 and cites resolutions honoring six board members who died since the last meeting. The letter quotes president-elect F L Sargent Jr on the festival as a key community event and calls for increased revenue and controlled expenses next year.
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Thomas G. Scully
Shenandoah
Caable
Scully
Walker McC. Bond
W. E. Cooper
Clarke T. Cooper
B. B. Dutton
Richard F. Lewis, Jr
T. S. Thomas
FL. Sargent, Jr
Fort Charlotte Site on Savannah River Fortified 1765
On the Savannah River near present Willington South Carolina ruins mark Fort Charlotte erected by the English in 1765 at the provincial frontier near Cherokee lands. A nearby stockade housed laborers’ protection. Capt. Kirkland seized the fort for American troops on July 16 1775 at the Revolution’s start.
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Fort Charlotte
South Carolina
Savannah River
Willington
S. C
Kirkland
Thresho rs Timber and the Vita Force Crossword
A crossword style puzzle fill listing across clues and a single down clue. Entries include Thresho Timber Bronze Banishm Erect Danger Ream tabler The vita force Away Tree Exclama tion of sorrow Lairs Speaks Complati poison leaf plant Literary compositions Dwell Harvest Can American Indian Geological division Close to Overhead Narrate Capital Tunisia King of Judeen Beverages Armadillo Sleeps.
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N.Z
Geological Division
Capital
Tunisia
Beverages
Cryptic crossword clue fragment list yields partial answers
A sequence of numbered clues and garbled phrases related to a cryptic crossword appears. The items include references to River Asia Droop girl s no says aga Hewing t novice letter Arab shorten Ll sprite The Asia bug keel biue cuckoos check pa mast ery.
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Asia
Word Puzzle Clue List With Answers A to End
A jumble of crossword style clues with answers like Speak and Perched. The set includes items such as A heater Smelled Former Turkish Ye title and Ice cream along with directional hints and a star yesterday’s answer.
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Shell
Scouts Boo Doctor Adler Homework Proposal
Dr Mortimer Adler faced boos from about 500 San Francisco Boy Scouts aged 14 to 17 as he urged more homework to help the United States compete with Russia. He suggested four to five hours daily of home study and said scouts are no longer children. He warned that much depends on their schooling and personal effort.
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San Francisco
Mortimer Adler
United States
Russia
Hiccups Lead to Robbery Suspect Arrest in El Paso
Jalil Munoz was picked up by two detectives who noted persistent hiccuping. They were seeking a man with hiccups as described by robbery victims. Munoz faces charges of two armed robberies within five hours.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jalil
Jose Munoz
Munoz
Wisconsin tops nation in 1955 56 doctoral degrees
The University of Wisconsin led U S universities in doctor of philosophy degrees conferred during 1955 56 with 349 in a report from the Association of Research Libraries. California Berkeley 204 Harvard 296 Illinois 282 Michigan 273 and Columbia 272 follow.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Assn. of Research Libraries
Wisconsin
California
Berkeley
Harvard
Illinois
Michigan
Columbia
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