Participants Announced for Church Preaching Mission
The Dr E Stanley Jones preaching mission at Shenandoah College and Braddock Street Methodist Church runs Jan 28 to Feb 2 with daily 7 30 p m evening services and 10 30 a m morning school of prayer. The Rev Henry W Korinth leads song with lists of presiding ministers and participating choirs each night.
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E. Stanley Jones
Shenandoah College
School of Prayer
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Henry W. Korinth
Centenary Reformed Church
Jacob Mast
Holt Louder
Shenandoah College Choir
William J. Skeat
E. T. Clark
W. E. Eisenberg
Shenandoah College Concert Choir
Paul Slonaker
Lennart Pearson
Douglas High School
Glee Club
Alfred R. de Janger
George D. Jackson
J. F. Wine
James Wood High School
Jean Pasquet
Charles Bright
David DeBerry
Handley High School Glee Club
Alice Creager
Mark Andes
John Kinzie
Dorothy Tillotson
Does Originality Count? Lamar School Test Answers
In Lamar Mississippi a 7th grade class discussed why days are shorter in winter and longer in summer. A student answered that days contract when cold and expand when hot, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding from a test.
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Lamar
Miss
B. L. Moor
Four Die in West Virginia Frame Home Fire
An elderly grocer Albert Graley 75 his housekeeper Martha Gilliepie 32 and her two children Sue 12 Tommie Lee 7 died in a Thursday morning fire that destroyed the four room frame home near Emmons Marmet West Virginia authorities reported the tragedy.
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Marmet
W. Va
Emmons
Albert Graley
Martha Gilliepie
Sue
Tommie Lee
1196 Receive Aid to Blind in Virginia
The Virginia Commission for the Visually Handicapped reports 1196 blind or partially blind people in the state received aid last month. The December aid cost was 71794 dollars, with 72 percent funded by the federal government.
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Richmond
Virginia Commission For the Visually Handicapped
Amending Ordinance on City Licenses and Tax Provisions
Winchester adopts amendments to the 1956 license ordinance updating sections on beverages real estate agents dual control driving schools and city auto tag transfers. It sets license taxes for beer wine and real estate agents and requires a 1000 bond for transient driving schools with fines and penalties for noncompliance.
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Winchester
Virginia
B. M. Porrero
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Reds Use Different Speech To Suit Their Audiences
Senate study led by Dr. Stefan Possony says Communists use varied meanings of common words to suit audiences. Examples show capitalism democracy imperialism seen differently by Americans and Communists. Possony urges vigilance and clarifying double talk by decision makers.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Stefan T. Possony
Hoover Institution
Stanford
Calif
Possony
Youth Given Life Sentence For Poisoning
A 21 year old youth in McDonough Georgia pleaded guilty to fatally poisoning his mother Mary T Nelson 44 by arsenic in her oatmeal drinks and medicine He said he got the idea from reading about Annette Lyles Mrs Lyles macon Georgia was later sentenced to death for the poison death of a small daughter one of four killings with arsenic She was ruled insane and committed to a hospital The youth was sent enced Thursday for murder and pleaded insanity but doctors pronounced him sane.
Two Nuns Survive After Vehicle Hits Pole And Wires
In Syosset New York two Roman Catholic nuns Sisters Mary Antolia and Fidelisima Fidelity escaped unharmed when their car struck a utility pole bringing down high tension wires. A fuse blew and the wires went dead before rescue crews freed them. The sisters were returning to Villa Immaculata Riverhead. a passerby alerted police and Long Island Lighting Co. workers.
Politics Course Still Has Vacancies
Vacancies remain in the Action Course in Practical Politics sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. An organizational meeting was held at the George Washington Hotel. The class begins within three weeks. To enroll contact Del Sewell H Clayton Adams or the Chamber office.
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Chamber of Commerce
George Washington Hotel
del Sewell
Chamber
Citizenship Committee
H. Clayton Adams
Comedy Is Surprise Hit On Broadway
Broadway's longest running comedy Come Blow Your Horn defies trends as it nears its first anniversary selling steadily with profits over 90 percent on a 120000 investment. Producers Ellis and Hammerstein anticipate a June finish and a national tour.
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William Glover
New York
Michael Ellis
William Hammerstein
Ellis
Hammerstein
Neil Simon
Bucks County
Oscar Hammerstein II
Angels
Philadelphia
Broadway
Two Arrested At Site Of Moonshine Still Raid
Two men, Orvil Allen Wingfield and James Robert Hall, were arrested after a foot chase at a 600 gallon moonshine still site 20 miles southwest of Danville. The raid involved federal Alcohol Tax Unit Virginia ABC and Pittsylvania sheriff’s office. The still was dynamited and 21 barrels of mash plus cases of whisky seized as evidence.
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Cascade
Danville
Orvil Allen Wingfield
Rt. 4
Martinsville
James Robert Hall
Rt. 1
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Pittsylvania County
Declaration of Independence Placed with National Archives
The Declaration of Independence was entrusted to the National Archives in 1952 for care and preservation.
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National Archives
Excess Pounds TV report on national weight concerns
CBS TV summary examines the overweight problem and cholesterol risks as a national issue. It highlights group therapy for dieting, public attitudes, and related health concerns while noting other TV features on Doolittle Bernstein Hope Ford Crosby and evening schedules.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
CBS
America
NBC
Jimmy Doolittle
General Doolittle
Leonard Bernstein
Bob Hope
Hope
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Bird-voiced treero whistles like a pileated wootpecker
A fragment describes a bird with a strong whistle reminiscent of a pileated woodpecker. The tone is observational and focuses on the bird’s vocal quality without additional context or location.
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Treero
Ice Floes Block Traffic On Mississippi River
Ice floes across the Mississippi River halt river traffic from Cairo to Thebes. Weather Bureau warns the temp is causing barges to be stuck for at least five days as tugs and towboats battle stubborn ice. The Thebes gauge shows a 4.5 foot rise in 24 hours.
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Mississippi
Cairo
Ill
Weather Bureau
Television Programs Tonight and Highlights Across Networks
NBC presents Measure of Music with Sonja Henie interviewing and viewing Morris Chalfen's Holiday on Ice in Switzerland. ABC Airs 77 Sunset Strip featuring Roger Smith and others probing a Skid Row real estate scandal. Bell Telephone Hour showcases A Measure of Music with Rudolf Nureyev making American debut. Twilight Zone features Dead Man's Shoes with Rod Serling hosting. Proting tonight at 10:30 p.m.
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Sonja Hennie
Miss Henie
Don Ameche
Morris Chalfen
Switzerland
Chalfen
Ward Byrnes
Louis Quinn
Sally Ann Howes
Earl Wrightson
Chad Mitchell
Bell Telephone Hour
Marie Tallchief
Rudolf Nureyev
CBS
Nate Bledsoe
Dane
Rod’ Sterling
Television Schedule Fragments From Evening Lineup
A dense listing of TV programs and air times across networks for weekday and Saturday schedules. It includes cartoons news reports dramas sports films and variety shows with titles such as The Thin Man Starred films The Flintstones The Three Stooges Rawhide Twilight Zone and Route 66 among others.
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Brunswick Corp
Muskegon, Mich
Dodge
Iyvalittiy
Dodge-Chrysler Pine Motor Co
South Braddock St
Rt Wels
En Oi
ABC
San Francisco
California
Telephone
Andresia
Jane Powell
Ly Ann Howes
Bing Crosby
Pebble Beach
Arthur Miller
James Whitmore
Colleen Dewhurst
Circus
Household Finance Corporation of Winches
Loudoun
Shenandoah
Sleuthing
Roger Smith
Leningrad Ballet
Kukla
Ollie
Porky Pig and Friends
the Thin Man
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Bozo the Clown
Popeye
Bride
Rocky and His Friends
Tombstone Territory
The
Three Stooges
Mr. Magoo
Sea Hunt
Douglas Edwards
Cimarron City
International Showtime
Music For the Young
Rawhide
the Hathaways
Robert Taylor
Detectives
Speedway International
Flintstones
Route 66
Ingred Bergman
Sunset Strip
the Corruptors
Huntley-Brinkley
Ruth Roman
Entertainment News
Jack Paar
Carmen
Glenn Ford
Newsbeat
Bette Davis
World News
Daily Word
Chet Huntley
Sky King
Mr. Wizard
My Friend
Flicka
Hell’s Outpost
Rod Cameron
Jane Russell
Waterfront
Californians
Pica
Alexis Smith
Robin Hood
Joan
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