Eisenhower Declines Democratic Nomination Offer
U S News & World Report reports Gen Dwight D Eisenhower gave a final no to Democratic nomination offers and a yes to Republicans seeking his name at the GOP convention. The magazine notes it cannot establish Truman's direct role and cites unnamed sources with firsthand knowledge about Eisenhower's responses to administration courting.
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Washington
U.S. News & World Report
Dwight D Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
United States
Arthur K. Wash
Newington York Times
Defective Heater May Have Caused Airplane Crash
Miami Airlines plane crash near Elizabeth claimed 56 lives. R W Duff, president, said it may be the heater fuel line disconnecting and spraying gasoline into the engine nacelle. Departure from Newark was delayed for repairs in freezing 20 degree weather. plane reported in excellent mechanical condition.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Airlines
Elizabeth
R. W. Duff
Newark
Midget Gas Turbine Engine Powers Helicopter
A small 175 horsepower gas turbine engine, weighing 205 pounds, powers a helicopter. Boeing Aircraft Company has cut the engine, designated 0, for experimental use in Navy craft and trucks.
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Washington
Boeing Aircraft Company
Planes Make Safe Emergency Landings After Yesterday's Disaster
Emergency landings across three locations followed a Elizabeth New Jersey disaster. A TWA Constellation with 66 passengers landed in Amarillo Texas narrowly missing a freight train after instruments warned of fire. A DC-4 from New York landed at Miami International after nose gear failure, with 20 passengers unharmed.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Amarillo
Tex
TWA Constellation
Miami
Fla) International
Dc-4
New York
Colonial Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Lillian L. Johnson Services Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Lucile Johnson who died in Central State Hospital Petersburg will be held Tuesday at 2 PM from Cartwright Funeral Home. Rev. Ralph Laws of Shiloh Baptist Church will officiate. Interment in Chapel Cemetery Millwood. Survivors include Walker Johnson husband John Randolph son Clarissa Carter mother Marian Page Williams sister Mary Williams aunt and several relatives.
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Lillian Lucile Johnson
Central State Hospital
Petersburg
Cartwright Funeral
Ralph Laws
Poser
Shiloh Baptist Church
Ting
Walker Johnson
John Randolph
Winchester
Clarissa Carter
Richmond
Marian Page Williams
Millwood
Mary Williams
Chapel
Leap Year Open Season Gals Seek Top Ten Bachelors
Hal Bolle reports on the 1952 Leap Year Open craze to pick the ten most desirable American bachelors. Two competing lists name twenty men including Kirk Douglas and Rockfeller, with advice ranging from aggressive to feminine approaches. Experts differ on how women should ensnare a willing partner and marriage.
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Hal Bolle
New York
America
Capistrano
Nopy Song
Ruth Marr
Bachelor Girls of America
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
H. Kennelly
Chicago
Eliot Lawrence
John Ringling North
Bobby Thompson
Montgomery Clift
Ed Luckenbauch
Grauer
Warren Magnuson
U. S
Helen Fraser
Barbizon
Kirk Douglas
Henry Garrard
Rudolph Halley
New York City Council
Frank Farrell
Manhattan
Milton Ezrle
Steve Hannagan
Winthrop Rockfeller
Bernard Baruch
Count Albrecht Goertz
Joe
Bobo” Rockfeller
Withrop
Grey Barney Baruch
Miss Marr
Miss Praser
Owen M. Swimley Services Saturday at Grace Episcopal
The service for Owen M. Swimley will be held Saturday at 11 o clock at Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville. The rector Rev Henry G Lane will officiate with pallbearers Walter Hardesty Roger Hardesty James Lart Edward Niland Hugh Solenberg er Clinton Polhamus and H Lawrence Jr. Burial follows at Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
Henry G. Lane
Walter Hardesty
Roger Hardesty
James Lart
Edward Niland
Hugh Solenberger
Clinton Polhamus
H. Lawrence, Jr
Green Hill Cemetery
Underground A Tests Aim to Change Battlefield Tactics
Military scientists foresee new underground A tests shaping combat by enabling a penetration weapon to destroy subterranean fortifications and underground factories. Proposed delivery via high speed bomber or guided missile could reach strategic targets, based on Nov 29 tests at a French proving ground and prior Nevada experiments.
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Washington
Fiats
Nevada
Man Drowns During Duck Hunt on Chickahominy River
Rescue teams resume search for William Patterson Landon 39 construction superintendent with Williamsburg Restoration Project after he fell overboard while duck hunting Saturday on the Chickahominy River. Dragging and diving efforts yesterday found no trace of the body.
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Williamsburg
William Patterson Landon
Chickahominy River
Landon
Galax Named for the Evergreen in Virginia Region
Galax Virginia derives its name from the evergreen plant. The region grows abundantly and leaves are harvested by a secret method and shipped to florists worldwide for decorative uses.
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Galax
Forester George Hodge Dies at 55 in Salem
George Henry Hodge district forester for the Virginia Forest Service died of a heart attack this morning at his Salem home. He was 55.
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Roanoke
George Henry Hodge
Virginia Forest Service
Salem
Buckley Rites Held for Arthur C Buckley
Funeral services for Arthur Columbia Buckley who died Friday at his White Post home were conducted yesterday at Meade Memorial Episcopal Church White Post with Rev J A Figg assisted by Rev Boyd Hudson. Pallbearers named include Ralph Ware James Clement Wilton Stuart Edward Lee Harold Sowers William White Richard Smith Jr and William Thomson.
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Arthur Columbia Buckley
White Post
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church
J. A. Figg
Boyd Hudson
Methodist Church
Ralph Ware
James Clement
Wilton Stuart
Edward Lee
Harold Sowers
William White
Richard Smith, Jr
William Thomson
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Most Winchester Stores Open Evenings Till Christmas
Local merchants in Winchester extend hours for the holiday season with most stores staying open in the evenings through Christmas Eve. Shoppers are urged to take advantage of extended shopping times and special in-store promotions during the period.
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Winchester
All America football team origins and early selections
J A Caspar Whitney, writing in Collier's Weekly, originated the All American football team with a three Yale players three Harvard players and five Princeton players in the first Whitney selection. Walter Camp then took over as the selector until his death in 1924.
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A. Caspar Whitney
Collier's Weekly
Whitney
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Walter Camp
Biter
Gewth
Carl B. Knight Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Carl B. Knight 54 who died at his home on the Millwood Pike were held Saturday afternoon at 1 30 o clock at the Jones Funeral Home by Rev B W Coe. Burial was in Mount Hebron.
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Carl B.knight
Millwood Pike
Jones Funeral Home
Rev
B. W. Coe
Mount Hebron
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National Ave
Siett Silver
W. Boscawen
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Carl B. Knight
Ritter Jenkins
Arthur Armel
Stanley Oaen Buckley
and Keiter
Uberty
Renner
York’s
Aim
Ugg
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