Ohio River Keeps Pace With Growth Of Freight Traffic on U.S. Waterways
The Ohio River and inland waterways show sustained growth in freight ton miles, outpacing overall transport gains. The article notes wartime and peacetime shifts, advances in barge and tow techniques, expanded terminals, and major new power plant coal movements along the river corridor from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati and beyond.
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West Virginia
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Cincinnati
Huntington
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Ohto River
Mississippi
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Gallipolis
Clifty Creek
Madison
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Ohioiver
Kyger Creek
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Cleveland
Peace for Many Years Is No War by Summer
Washington report profiles Sen. Walter George of Georgia as a seasoned Senate Foreign Relations chair whose bipartisan approach could steer clear of world war until summer. The piece notes his age, long service, commitment to planning with the State Department, and a disciplined, nonpartisan leadership style shaping U.S. foreign policy.
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NEA
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Walter George
D. Ga
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
George
Eisenhower
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Miz Lucy
Mayflower
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State Department
Georgia
Mercer
Vienna
State Supreme Court
Tom Watson
Franklin Roosevelt
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Wages of Russian collective farm workers cited by USIA
The U S Information Agency reports that the average Russian collective farm worker earns enough yearly to buy roughly six pairs of men’s shoes. The claim reflects exchange and purchasing power conditions highlighted in the bureau’s briefing.
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U. S
Dentists and Doctors Earn Low Net Incomes, Fund Says
The Twentieth Century Fund reports dentists running their own practices in the United States average net incomes of 7820 dollars per year and doctors 13432 dollars before taxes. The figures highlight earnings challenges in professional practices across the country.
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United States
Twentieth Century Fund
Iraq Kurds and regional tensions shape Middle East defense plans
A history of Kurdish unrest across Iraq Turkey and Iran colors Iraqi defense thinking as Baghdad warns against a Soviet backed Kurdish state. In Sioux Falls an Air Force radar observer ejected from a jet after canopy failure, suffering a broken leg but surviving the crash landing with crew help.
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Lebanon
Soviet Union
Iraq
Egypt
Arab League
Iran
Red Army
Moustafa Barzani
Iraqu
Barzani
Turkey
Kurdistan
Russia
Sioux Falls
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Myron Farb
St. Louis
John Meyer
Meyer
Farb
Canton
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South Dakota Air National Guard
Georgi Zhukov a Decent Fellow Who Could Talk Straight
Eddy Gil describes Soviet General Georgi Zhukov as a capable plain speaker who earned Ike Eisenhower’s respect. The piece recalls Zhukov’s war leadership, his wary relationship with Soviet politicians, and his postwar exile until Stalin’s death in 1953.
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Zhukov
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United
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Joseph Stalin
Odessa
Stalin
Experimental Police Patrol Halts Crime In Cleveland
Police report a 25-man foot patrol in a troubled Cleveland district has stopped robberies burglaries purse snatchings and assaults on women. From Jan 1 to 27 before the squad started the area logged nine robberies eight burglaries seven purse snatchings and 10 assaults on women.
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Cleveland
Frank W. Story
Israel Sells Dead Sea Scrolls From Syria for 250000
After a seven year quest Israel buys four Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts from Syria for 250000. Prime Minister Sharett says Maj. Gen. Yigael Yadin negotiated the deal. Scrolls include Isaiah fragments and the Book of Lemach, with Lemach undetermined but dated to pre Christian era.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Dead Sea
Moshe Sharett
Jericho
Yigel Yadin
Israel Army
E. L. Sukenik
Hebrew University
Sukenik
Tan
St. Marks University
Old City
Judean
Sharett
William F. Albright
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Albright
Japans new army shaped by US influence and old loyalties
Matsuo Okamoto, a former POW who later joined Japan's Self Defense Forces, recalls how American aid, cultural shifts, and wartime memories shape the new Japanese army. He notes reduced hierarchy, the rise of career non coms, and mixed emotions about reconciling democratic habits with tradition.
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Nea
U. S
Matsuo Okamoto
Self Defense Agency
Japan
New Army
Okamoto
Okinawa
Matsuo
Switzerland
Asia
MacArthur
Sgt. Okamoto
Hirohito
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Toschiko Shindo
Robert Alden
Ameri
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