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Universal News, Volume 26, 1953
PM Winston Churchill In U.S.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in America for informal conferences with President- elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and President Harry S. Truman. On hand to meet Churchill is old friend Bernard Baruch. CU view of the RMS Queen Mary at dock.
Protesters carry anti-British picket signs in a demonstration during British Prime Minster Churchill’s visit to New York; one sign reads “United Irish Counties Assn”.
Winston Churchill and Mrs Clementine Churchill shown waiting to greet Bernard Baruch. Group of photographers takes pictures of Winston Churchill and Bernard Baruch greeting each other, Mrs Churchill standing to right. Shows Sir Roger Makins and Lady Makins, new British Ambassador to the U.S. Prime Minster Churchill with his two daughters and Mrs Churchill before microphones. Various images of Churchill; Churchill giving “V-for Victory” sign.
U.S. Congress Opens 83rd Session.
The 83rd Congress opens and the Republican Party takes control on Capital Hill for the first time in six years. But the margin of power is narrow and difficult legislative tasks, including balancing the budget, lie ahead for Senate Majority Leader Taft and Speaker Martin.
Dizzy Divers.
Miami Beach-Batty buffoons hit the briny. Five fantastic divers really go overboard to make a splash, getting the winter season off to a bang-up start with this side-splitting comic display.
1953 Bowl Games.
Pasadena-Vice-president elect Nixon is Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses parade, preceding the annual grid classic. Over 100,000 see Southern California topple Wisconsin, 7-0 for the first defeat of a Big Ten team by the West since the current series began.
Cotton Bowl
Dallas-Texas faces Tennessee, as seventy-five thousand look on, and the Longhorns administer a whacking defeat. The Tennessee Vols go down 16-0.
Sugar Bowl
New Orleans – First blood goes to Ole Miss, but Georgia Tech takes over, to salt away a sweet triumph in the Sugar Bowl, 27-7.
Orange Bowl
Miami-A sell-out throng sees one of the most sensational scoring shows in bowl history as Alabama runs rampant against Syracuse. The New York Orangemen score once before the roof falls in. Final score – Alabama 61-Syracuse 6.
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