Cancers Grown On Sponges For Research Tool
Dr. Joseph Leighton of the National Cancer Institute develops a method to grow fragments of living cancer on fine-mesh cellulose sponge in a test tube. The system lets scientists observe drug and X ray effects, compare with healthy tissue, and trace cancer origins by growth patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Washington
Joseph Leighton
National Cancer Institute
Leighton
American Cancer Society
Wash Non-Opening Windows All Right
A 24 story Park Avenue building uses a sideways moving outdoor elevator to wash exterior windows. Suspended from the roof edge, vertical tracks guide up and down motion, with two permanent window washers who can complete the job in six days, faster than conventional methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lever Brothers
Park Avenue
Woman Flier Quits Government Post Over Civil Aviation Policy
Phoebe F. Omlie the first American woman to hold a federal pilot license quits her post as special assistant to the Office of Aviation Development at the CAA. She accuses the Truman administration of socializing civil aviation and predicts liquidation of the industry into government ownership. She plans to return to Memphis, Tennessee. Omlie earned her license in 1927 and began flying in 1921 with barnstorming and parachute jumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman Administration
Phoebe F. Omlie
Office of Aviation Development
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
United States
America
Memphis
Tenn
Olmie
Department of Commerce
Child Recovers Father Goes Awry in Tragedy
Los Angeles Times photographer Schuyler Hixson won a 1951 AP award for a powerful image of a grieving father kneeling beside his 17 month old daughter Mary Dahler who survived critical injuries. The father Harold E. Dahler 35 shot himself after a confrontation about drinking leaving Mary’s mother and seven other children. Local police reported the incident occurred early today.
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Los Angeles
Schuyler Hixson
Los Angeles Times
Associated Press
Mary Dahler
Harold E. Dahler
Mary Dahier
Det
C. G. Riding
Spot Non-Ferrous Metal Prices Echo Today
New York reports lead at 19 cents per pound and zinc at 19 cents per pound in East St Louis market.
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New York
East St. Louis
Parents weigh risks in childhood inoculations
Editorial by C A Dean M D argues preventive treatments carry rare but real risks. It notes possible reactions from vaccines for smallpox to tetanus and influenza, and stresses parents deserve full risk disclosure before procedures. It also answers a reader question on vitamin B-6 and gray hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Dean
M. D
McGrath Questions Morris Appointing and Questionnaire
Attorney General J Howard McGrath said he would not appoint Newbold Morris again as a special assistant and he has not completed Morris's financial questionnaire. He told a House Judiciary subcommittee he may or may not fill out his own form and has not decided about advising others to do so.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
House
McGrath
Morris
New York
Truman
House Group
Justice Department
Rep
Keating
R-N. Y
Tito threatens Italy over Trieste in Yugoslav protest
Premier Tito warned Western powers against supporting Italian claims to Trieste as tens of thousands of anti Italian demonstrators marched in Belgrade. He urged joint administration of Trieste with protection for Yugoslav minorities and pressed Italy to choose friendship over enmity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Singleton
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Trieste
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Adriatic
United States
Britain
France
Cominform
Tito
New Guided Missile Aims for High Altitude Defense
Army researchers told Congress a new guided missile could knock down aircraft at 15 miles up. They asked for 450 million dollars to continue experiments as part of a 14 billion dollar FY budget, a 23 million rise for research over last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Congress
House Appropriations
Strike by Drivers Over Four-State Area Postponed
A planned 6 a m Sunday strike by Continental Dixie Trailways Bus System drivers across Texas and neighboring states was indefinitely postponed after talks with the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Dallas officials said mediators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service assisted in the discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Continental Dixie Trailways
L. C. Burch Jr
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Ted Morrow
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Frank Ashe
British American atomic secrets exchange eyed
In Washington on March 29 British atomic chief Sir John Cockroft and American energy officials discussed expanding the exchange of atomic secrets. Proposals from the talks are being studied by the Atomic Energy Commission for potential future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Cockroft
Britain
Atom
Atomic Energy Directors
Atomic Energy Commission
State Supreme Court Opinions Cover Oklahoma Docket
Oklahoma City reports 7 state supreme court opinions with actions including denials, dismissals, sustained awards, affirmations, reversals with directions, and remands across counties such as Woods, Tulsa, Carter, Mayes, Garfield and Creek. Notable entries involve Gulf Coast Western Oil, National Insurance Underwriters, DuPont, and Bay State Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Richard E. Romany
J. William Cordell
State Election Board
Lee V
Ziegler
Mattie D. Lee
Walter Zeigler
Willie Delaney
Oklahoma County
United States Gypsum Co
F. E. Martin
State Industrial Commission
G. A. Nichols Inc
G. A. Nichols Building Co
Frank W. Stoddard
Triangle Royalty Corp
Et al
Boyd M. Graves
Woods County
Charles M. Bliss
Iva W. Bliss
Wilcox Oil Co
Affirmed
Thomas P. Hanlon
Gertrude M. Hanlon
Dan A. Fell
Frank Buttram
M. L. McLain
The
Reserve Petroleum Co
Gulf Coast Western
Ida May Rowland
W. H. Rowland
Carter County
A. D. Davis
Lamar
Zora Bray
E. A. Leeper
M. C. Redman
Garfield County
D. FE
Grasshoppers To Do Minor Job In West This Year
Grasshoppers will cause only a minor swath in the West this year as control agencies declare a critical period for operations. Jim Dutton of the Bureau of Entomology notes landowners have improved control since 1949 and will rely on co operative spraying and field margin poisoning to prevent outbreaks. Hot spots include western Nebraska’s Sioux and Scotts Bluff counties, western Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle, and northeastern New Mexico.
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Denver
Jim Dutton
Federal Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Dutton
West
Siox
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Kansas
Greeley
Hamilton
Panhandle
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colfax
Plea for Tornado Aid to Pontotoc County Ada Chapter
The Pontotoc County Red Cross pleads for funds after reaching its quota and facing an added 780 dollar goal due to the Arkansas tornado. Residents are urged to donate directly to the Ada local chapter to aid victims and avoid door to door solicitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Red Cross
Arkansas
Ada
Nebraska farmer fed up with Czech brand of communism
Joseph Hradec a 61 year old Nebraska farmer who secretly returned to Czechoslovakia last year voiced disgust with life under communism. He said 1 percent bad people control 99 percent and pleaded for help from President Truman as he awaits approval to escort his niece Vlasta Dvorak who escaped across the border to the United States.
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Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
America
Joseph Hradec
Truman
Hradec
Stanton County
Nebraska
Reds
United States
Vlasta Dvorak
81Year-Old Bert A Boyd Dies in Hendersonville N C
Bert A Boyd a retired grain broker died last night in Hendersonville North Carolina He had erected his own tombstone in Indianapolis in 1934 and placed it beside his wife Frances who died that year before moving to the North Carolina town.
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Hendersonville
N. C
Bert A. Boyd
Indianapolis
Crown Hill
Frances
Ancient tomb unearthed near Canton with nine vessels
Communist dispatches from Canton report a 1,640 year old Chin dynasty tomb found in Hak Tsung suburb. The tomb is said to be well preserved and nine earthen vessels were discovered inside.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Hak Tsung
Kentucky Mines Lead Nation In Coal Output
Kentucky mines account for about fifteen percent of United States coal production, highlighting the state’s pivotal role in the national energy industry.
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Kentucky
United States
Young horticulturists win at New York flower show
At the International Flower Show in New York junior gardeners展示 tiny seeds and pits to grow fancy plants. Carol Huenick 12 Staten Island won first prize with an avocado pit plant in the Little Sprouts by Little People contest. Susan Eastburn earned a prize for a large sweet potato plant started from a fresh potato three months ago.
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New York
Carol Huenick
Staten Island
N. Y
Carol
She
Susan Eastburn
Growing flowers and vegetables in limited spaces
A guide to urban gardening with simple steps for sprouting underwater plants, using eggshell planters, and moving from dark storage to sunny windows. It covers container gardening, themes for crops, and easy herbs like tarragon and basil to enhance schoolyard lunches and gifts.
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Susan
Truman Attacks GOP as Primary Campaign Heats Up
President Truman opened the Democratic bid with a broad attack on Republicans branding them as dinosaurs and phony propagandists while praising Democrats. He urged voters to contrast the parties as Nebraska and Wisconsin primaries approach with Kefauver Kerr race for delegates and Taft Eisenhower Stassen plans shaping the contest.
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Truman
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Georgia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Kefauver
Kerr
Utah
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Middle West
Taft
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Milwaukee
First American theater bought for Williamsburg city hall
In 1745 a group of subscribers purchased the first theater in America at Williamsburg Virginia and donated it to the city for use as a municipal court and city hall.
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Williamsburg
New Light Tanks Perfected by Army Walker Bull Dog
The Army reports kinks in the Walker Bull Dog light tank are fixed and deliveries are on or ahead of schedule. February production shows the 75 mm Sky Sweeper anti aircraft gun and two 20 mm AA guns produced on or ahead of schedule. Spokesmen say production acceptance, not just output, defines schedules and current tanks have corrected turret-turning defects.
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Washington
Army
Army family tours varied travel path to Mt Vernon
M/Sgt. C. O. Donoho his wife and two adopted children journeyed from Alaska to Mt Vernon visiting the wife’s parents en route to a North Carolina assignment. They flew Anchorage to Seattle then train to Chicago a bus to Detroit and finally drove the remainder.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
Alaska
C. O. Donoho
North Carolina
Anchorage
Seattle
Chicago
Detroit
Australia postpones experimental TV station near Sydney
The Cabinet postponed indefinitely plans for an experimental television station near Sydney. Postmaster General Hubert L. Anthony announced the decision citing the need to cut imports.
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Canberra
Australia
Sydney
Hubert L. Anthony
Deputy sheriffs track thief at drive in theater
Portales New Mexico deputy sheriffs were told to use scent in pursuing a thief who broke into the projection booth and popcorn stand at a drive-in theater. The sheriff said the culprit ate half an onion while inside the popcorn building.
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Portales, N. M
Bill Would Slash Far Living Allowances for Overseas Officers
The senate was asked to slash plush living allowances for overseas military officers. By Edwin B. Harkinson, Washington. The proposal targets increases in overseas hardship allowances and related subsidies for officers stationed abroad.
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Washington
Senate
Science column rails against smell reform and weaponized odor
The author ridicules a drive to eliminate odors including garlic and pets via chlorophyll products while warning of a future with no scent. The piece notes new toothpaste, shampoos, and dog foods, plus jokes about romance and public health trends as lawmakers discuss armed forces pay and allowances in a separate Senate bill.
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America
Marriages Link Haskell Gilmore to Mary Burns
Haskell Dee Gilmore of Sulphur aged 36 weds Mary Lucille Burns of Allen aged 29. Charles L Bolton Sr of Ada legally weds Mildred B Gall of Ada. Roy J West Jr of Tishomingo aged 20 marries Mary Elizabeth Kent of Stonewall aged 18.
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Haskell Dee Gilmore
Mary Lucille Burns
Allen
Charles L. Bolton Sr
Ada
Mildred B. Gall
Roy J. West Jr
Tishomingo
Mary Elizabeth Kent
Stonewall
Navy Fliers Strike Red Lines in Korea Front
Task Force 77 aviators damaged 167 rail cars and two bridges in northeast Korea while 945 sorties by Far East Air Force planes, including night missions, hit 64 Communist trucks. Navy ships bombarded Red coastal positions as 25 Sabre jets fought 70 MiG-15s in a brief air clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Navy
Dan Kimball
U. S. Marine and Navy
Kimball
Valley Forge
Far East Air Force
U. S
Two Opera Stars Married Sunday
Met Opera stars Robert Merrill and Roberta Peters wed in New York after a half hour delay caused by a Greek Independence Day parade. About 1000 guests attended at Park Avenue Synagogue as Merrill arrived pushing through crowds. One in seven British agricultural workers is a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Robert Merrill
Roberta Peters
Merrill
Park Avenue
Do It Yourself Garage Opens in Montreal
Montreal reporter notes Peter Staruch opens a Do It Yourself Garage offering space to work on cars for 2.75 dollars per 14 hour day. The facility hosts 15 to 20 cars with shared tools and guidance, inspired by Chicago auto stalls. Patrons reserve in advance and pay for the space they occupy.
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Montreal
Peter Staruch
Pete
Chicago
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By Edwin B. Harkinson
Science
Cynthia Lowry
UP News
Armed Services
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Douglas
D-Ill
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