Dragnet Boss Jack Webb Directs Big Screen Crime Tale
Hollywood: Jack Webb shoots a theatrical Dragnet film at Warner Brothers with Ben Alexander and Richard Breen. Webb directs in color across 51 sets, aiming for an 18 month final cut, detailing an intelligent division investigation built from a real case rather than a whodunit.
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Frank Smith
Alexander
Webb
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Pat Novak
Delmar Daves
Mervyn Leroy
Billy Wilder
George Stevens
Joe Friday
Delays in Old Age Insurance Claims Due to Workloads
Social Security official Harry Albert Nelson reports heavy workloads across offices slow processing of old age and survivors insurance claims. He notes the average time from filing to first payment is about five weeks and urges claimants to file early and bring all needed evidence to speed up benefits at the Winchester office.
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Harry Albert Nelson
Nelson
Social Security Office
Winchester Social Security Office
Maternity Safer Now Says Insurance Experts
New York report from Metropolitan Life statisticians finds maternal mortality fell from 34 to about six per 10 000 live births between 1940 and 1953. Safer hospital confinements and prenatal care, better obstetric care, and infection control drive improvement. Further gains possible per medical surveys.
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New York
N. Y
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Statisticians
United States
Palomar's 200-inch Scope Captures Objects Out to 3 Sextillion Miles
Astronomers using Palomar Observatory's 200-inch telescope and the Big Schmidt camera record distant space objects at average distances of about 3 sextillion miles. The images cover stars galaxies clusters of giant nebulae dust and gas, showcasing farthest reaches of the observable universe.
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Palomar Observatory
Berryville Socials Bring Wide Circle of Visitors
Social notes from Berryville list visits by Mrs G P Cadwallader and Elmer Ritter family from Takoma Park and Riverside Calif. Mrs Esten Clark with William Walker near Stephens City. Sam Myers at University Hospital Charlottesville. multiple relatives and friends visiting in town from Falls Church Baltimore North East Romney Shepherdstown and Los Angeles with meetings and weekend returns.
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G. P. Cadwallader
J. W. Olcott
Cadwallader
Elmer W. Ritter
Takoma Park
Marshall Ritter
Robbie and
Mickie
Riverside
Calif
Esten Clark
William Walker
Stephens City
Sam Myers
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Ben Longerbeam
USN
Bennington
Local Residents Visiting Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Clagett Warfield and their daughter from Laytonsville Maryland visited Mrs Warfields mother Mrs George Glasscock near Summit Point. Mr Joseph F Moore of Charlottesville spent several days here on business. Mrs John Ritter recently discharged from University Hospital Charlottesville returned home Friday.
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Ike Alger
Alger
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Helen Rowe
University of Maryland
Eugene Dunn
Ernest Woodworth
Sarasota
Fla
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Thompson
Janet Ball
Jennie Blackburn
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Richmond
C. A. Hobert
Blood Bank
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Romney
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Falls Church
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Little Rock
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Chicago, Ill
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Harrisonburg
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Shenandoah Junction
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Halltown
Yalding
Family gathering ties Camden visit to Winchester kin
Sister in law and several couples from Winchester visited Camden on Tuesday to join Mrs LaVelle's nephew Billy Sallee. Mr and Mrs R L Lewis Mr and Mrs Andrew LaVelle and Mr and Mrs Marshall Levi accompanied the group.
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R. L. Lewis
Andrew LaVelle
Marshall Levi
Winchester
Camden, N. J
Clarke County Social Notes From Leesburg and Surroundings
Invites have been issued for the June 5 Grace Episcopal Church wedding of Meredith Anne Barton and William Evans Johns in Berryville with a reception at the homes of Emily Powers and Mrs. John D. Winter. Numerous local residents hosted weekend visits and family gatherings across Clarke County including Rock Point Alexandria Berryville Waynesboro and Delaplane.
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Mr. Sunderlin
J. F. Sunderlin
Rock Point
Sunderlins
Neil Kimball
William B. Stalnaker, Jr
Susan
Jamie
Alexandria
Mr. Stalnaker
W. B
Edward P. Berlin
Edward P. Berlin, Jr
Waynesboro
Montford Mallory
Bonnie
Gail
Delaplane
Betty Sorensen
Clarke County
Clarendon
Governor John Tener Former Pitcher of Chicago
John K. Tener, a former pitcher in the Chicago National League during the 1880s, rose to political power and was elected Republican governor of Pennsylvania in 1911. He later led state efforts amid early 20th century reform.
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B. Z
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
Notice of Sergeant's Sale in Winchester Virginia
Public auction set for May 15 1954 at 1 00 P M at 214 East Piccadilly Street Winchester Virginia. Items include multiple automobiles 1941 Plymouth 1940 La Salle 1940 Chevrolet 1947 Packard and other car agency equipment to satisfy a seven hundred dollar judgment plus costs in the Civil and Police Justice Court for the City of Winchester.
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East Piccadilly Street
Winchester
Virginia
Frazer
Civil and Police Justice Court
Richard D. Kern
Randall Farrington
A. R. Dean
Forest water study shows gains for farmers and lumbermen
Virginia researchers report 20 year forest water study findings from the U S Forest Service Laboratory in the Appalachian Mountains. Key lessons include how logging without proper drainage worsens runoff and erosion, hillside farming harms profitability, and forest grazing damages tree growth and soil absorption.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
VPI
U. S. Forest Service
Appalachian Mountains
North Carolina
Old Dominion
Air Force Eyes Long Range Interceptor Capability
New York The Air Force seeks a long range all weather fighter to intercept enemy bombers near early warning zones and sustain attacks to the target, Aviation Week reports. The piece notes WWII bomber attrition, but stresses with atomic and hydrogen bomb carriers the priority is stopping bombers before targets are reached.
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New York
Aviation Week
McGraw-Hill
Has Hiroshima Been Rebuilt After World War II
The city of Hiroshima has been almost completely rebuilt since World War II destruction. A Peace Tower marks the site where the atomic bomb fell, commemorating the event and symbolizing recovery.
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Hiroshima
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