Girl Reporter at Home in Jets Tanks or Subs
Esther Clark a Phoenix Gazette feature writer has ridden in a B-47 stratojet and a submarine, shot a machine gun, and rode in a helicopter, while explaining her role as a military reporter. She previously cruised a submarine and earned the Elks 1950 award for community service.
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Phoenix Gazette
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Gazette
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Air Force
Par- Gazette
Phoenix
Monroney Pledges No Smear Campaign for Stevenson
Senator A. S. Monroney of Oklahoma, named by Adlai E. Stevenson to head the Democratic Speakers Bureau, promises a clear honest campaign without demagogy or personal attacks. He targets states with GOP senators unfriendly to Stevenson and plans broad radio and TV outreach while weighing changes in the Democratic National Committee leadership.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Sen. A
Mike) Monroney
Oklahoma
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Stevenson
South
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Joseph McCarthy
Indiana
William Jenner
Ohio
John Bricker
Missouri
James P. Kem
GOP
Eisenhower
Paul M. Butler
John Bailey
Connecticut
James Doyle
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Frank E. McKinney
Springfield
Ill
Expert Sets Bus Toll at 28
In Waco Texas an Air Force identification expert reported the Greyhound bus crash death toll at 28. R L Trask said remains from the two charred buses confirmed 28 fatalities, noting the fire was not hot enough to fully cremate bodies. Eight bodies still needed identification.
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Waco
Tex
R. L. Trask
Air Force
Czechs Move Bourgeois From Cities
Vienna reports that Czechoslovakia joins Hungary and Romania in removing middle class residents from Prague and Bratislava and other key centers. About 10,000 people reportedly forced to leave in the first week of mid July deportations, with trainloads sent to rural areas.
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Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Prague
Bratislava
Thief Take $150 From Police Desk in Albuquerque
Police search for a thief who stole 150 dollars from a downtown desk drawer in the police traffic department. Chief Paul Shaver calls it a stinking mess, noting the money vanished from the Albuquerque unit.
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Albuquerque
Paul Shaver
Self Cremated? Clubwoman's Death Baffles Sleuths
In St. Petersburg, Florida, the death of 69 year old Mary Hardy Reeser was ruled an accidental cremation after a cigarette set fire to her rayon acetate nightgown. A chair burned away to its springs while surrounding areas remained largely intact. Experts say the body was consumed by burning fatty tissue, leaving only a skull fragment, backbone and a small foot. The case sparked many theories but no new clues after a year.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Mary Hardy Reeser
Cass Burgess
FBI
Reeser
Peek-a-Boo Marines Both Are Wounded in Korea
United Nations forces report a decoy Marine Henry A. Friday of Nekoosa Wisconsin and sharpshooter Sgt. John E. Boitnott of Comfort North Carolina were wounded on July 26. Friday walked trench tops to lure Red snipers. Boitnott used his rifle to kill nine attackers before Friday was wounded. Boitnott’s arm was broken by a grenade. Friday suffered shrapnel wounds and was hospitalized in Japan.
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Korea
Kentucky
Wisconsin
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John E. Boitnott
Comfort
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Friday
Dawson Springs
Marine Corps
Boitnett
Potato Blight Seen In Minnesota Fields
ST PAUL Late potato blight is reported in some Minnesota fields. University Farm plant pathologist R C Rose outlines a three step method for handling harvested potatoes from infected fields: treat vines with chemicals, postpone digging until vines dry, and dry potatoes promptly after digging. He warns washing potatoes after digging spreads the blight.
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Minnesota
R. C. Rose
University Farm
Rose
Quebec City Seen as North Americas Only Walled City
IMSR reports Quebec City in Canada is believed to be the sole walled city remaining in North America. The claim highlights historic fortifications that protected the old town, drawing attention to its preserved ramparts.
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Quebec
Canada
North America
Northern Gas Buys 51 Percent of Permian Basin Pipeline
Northern Natural Gas Company buys 51 percent of Permian Basin Pipeline Company for 102000 dollars after managing Permian since January 15. Permian plans a 60 million dollar pipeline from West Texas and eastern New Mexico to Skellytown Texas, with 200 to 300 million cubic feet daily capacity. Northern aims to add supply to its 675 million cfd capacity, seeking federal approval to raise to 825 million cfd. gas delivery could begin late 1953 with reserves stated at 2.2 trillion cubic feet for Permian and six trillion for Northern.
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Northern Natural Gas Company
Permian Basin Pipeline Company
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Permian
Omaha Company
Permian Basin
West Texas
New Mexico
Skellytown
Texas
Permian Company
Federal Power Commission
John Merriam
Merriam
Vets Allowed One Change in Study Course
Washington clarifies GI Bill rules on vocational courses and course changes. Veterans may justify vocational classes, with VA approval required before start. Only one course change is allowed, with pre deadline changes not needing approval. post deadline changes require VA approval if progress was unsatisfactory yet the new path aligns with aptitude or is a natural progression. Unremarried Korean War era widows may qualify for guaranteed GI loans, and airplanes may be financed only if used in business.
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Washington
NEA
McKeldin Attacks Hiss Defense in Campaign Swing
Maryland Governor Theodore McKeldin condemned Adlai Stevenson for defending Alger Hiss and urged Republicans to frame the issue in the campaign. He accused Stevenson of reluctance to accept the Democratic nomination as part of a Fair Deal deception and denounced the Truman administration’s tactics.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Alger Hiss
Maryland
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
State Department
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Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
McKeldin
Republican State Central Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman Organization
Poison-Crazed Worker Leaps to His Death
In Panama City a Colombian laborer, intoxicated by tetraethyl lead, jumped from a second story hospital window dying amid a week of gasolene tank cleaning for the Caribbean Air Command. Eight survivors include three who are insane, now in an asylum. an Air Force board probes contractor safety duties as work is halted.
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Panama
U. S. Air Force
Panama Canal Zone
Caribbean Air Command
U. S
Air Force Board of Inquiry
Chrysler net earnings rise to 43.69 million in first half 1952
Chrysler Corp reports net earnings of 43.689 million dollars for the first half of 1952, equal to 5.02 a share, up from 35.764 million or 4.11 a share in the prior year. Directors declare a 1.50 dividend on common stock payable September 12 to holders of record August 18.
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New York
Chrysler Corp
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