Three Masked Men Rob Singer Alice Lon’s Home
In NORTH HOLLYWOOD CALIF three masked intruders invaded singer Alice Lon’s home bound and drugged her husband Robert Waterman and mother in law Mary Wyche. They ransacked the house and took nude photos of Lon while threatening to release them. The Waterman children slept through the six hour ordeal.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Alice Lon
Miss Lon
Lawrence Welk
Robert W. Waterman
Pasadena
Waterman
Frank Lynch
Don Sheldon
Mary Wyche
Alice
Wyche
Bobby
Clint
Larry
Kilgore Singer Joins Welk Band After National Contest
Miss Lonis from Kilgore Texas, a veteran radio and television singer, won a national contest and earned a spot with the Welk band. The selection adds a seasoned vocalist to the ensemble.
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Miss Lonis
Kilgore
Tex
Welk
Seabright Wins Summer Bridge Tournament at Winchester Club
John Seabright won the Summer Individual Bridge Tournament hosted by the Winchester Contract Bridge Club at Winchester Golf Club. John Griffith took second place, with a tie for third between Mrs. Marty Bowers and Mrs. Robert Osth of Berryville, and Mrs. Nelson Page fifth. The 45-hand, two-session event is one of four annual club competitions alongside Fall Pairs October Winter Individual January and Spring Pairs March.
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John Seabright
Winchester Golf Club
Winchester Contract Bridge Club
John Griffith
Marty Bowers
Robert Osth
Berryville
Nelson Page
Census rises show women in U S total by 1954
The U S Bureau of the Census reports 1954 April total women at 59,542,000. Of these 65.8 percent are married women, 22 percent single, 9.8 percent widows, with the remainder divorced women.
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United States
U. S
Bureau of the Census
Vespers Draw Crowd Despite Heavy Rain at First Baptist
About 50 people attended the first Sunday Night Vespers season opening in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church despite heavy rain. The Winchester Council of Churches sponsors the event with ministers from local churches delivering sermons each Sunday through early September.
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First Baptist Church
Miller House
Winchester Council of Churches
Rhodes Artz
Cork Street
Forrest B. Oglesby
Winchester Council of Church
Pittsburg Begins Smoke Abatement in 1946 After War Delay
An ordinance against smoke passed in 1941 was delayed by the war, and Pittsburgers started the program in 1946. The first year saw a 39 percent drop in smoke. Heavy smoke hours fell from 298 in 1946 to 16 by 1953.
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Pittsburgh
Death Ends Long Career of Actor Walter Hampden
Hollywood reports the death of Walter Hampden at 75 after a stroke en route to a film studio. The Ridgefield, Connecticut resident will be cremated per his wishes with ashes sent to New York. Survived by widow Mabel Moore and children Paul and Mary, Hampden was famed for Shakespearean work and a career spanning stage and screen including Cyrano de Bergerac and All About Eve.
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Hollywood
Walter Hampden
New York
Hampton
Ridgefield
Conn
Mabel Moore
Paul
Mary
Walter Hampden Dougherty
Brooklyn
N. Y
Moneta Driver Wins Virginia Road-E-O
An 18 year old driver, Gordon Tuck, won the Virginia teen road-e-o and earned a $500 scholarship to advance to the national contest in Washington on July 25. Kenneth Cary of Harrisonburg took second with a $100 savings bond and Charles Ellis Jr. of Norfolk finished third with a $50 bond.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Washington
Gordon Tuck
Tuck
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Cary
Harrisonburg
Charles Ellis Jr
Norfolk
Steamship travel on Lake Titicaca between Puno and Guaqui
Small steamers ply Titicaca transporting passengers and freight between Puno Peru and Guaqui Bolivia. Ships were built in Scotland and carried in parts over the Andes to be assembled along the lake shore. The lake sits 12 506 ft above sea level as the world’s highest steam navigated large body of water.
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Puno
Peru
Guaqui
Bolivia
National Geographic Society
Scotland
Andes
Titicaca
McCartney Pupils in Recital Tuesday
Miss Kathleen McCartney presents a group of Handley School piano students in a recital at 8 pm in the Handley School auditorium. Participants include Martha Ann Bly Joyce Lake James Cather Bonita Starliper Bonnie Locke Carroll Wilson and others. program open to the public.
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Kathleen McCartney
Handley School
Martha Ann Bly
Joyce Lake
James Cather
Bonita Starliper
Bonnie Locke
Charles Jacobs
Patricia Shull
Betty Jean Rogers
Carroll Wilson
Anna Margaret Smalts
Harriet Goode
Darlene Youngblood
Betty Jo Johnson
Susan Bierer
Betty Prince
Judy Argenbright
Janet Stanle
Garvin Walter
Anne Barnhart
Patricia Boyer
Rapid Growth Seen in Southern Baptist Denomination
The Southern Baptist denomination is described as the fastest growing in the United States in recent years. Its reported membership stands at 8,169,491, reflecting strong expansion relative to other faith groups.
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United States
The
Southern Baptist
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Cumberland, Maryland
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Front Royal
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Cumberland Club
Isaac Davis White
Eisenhower
Lyman l. Lemnitzer
Army Forces
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White
4Th Army
Ft. Sam Houston
Lemnitzer
Maxwell D. Taylor
Albmark
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Moneta
Lake Titicaca
South America
McCartney
Slax
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Old — Strong Bank
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Winchester Furniture CO
South Main St
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