Truman Security Order Under Fire Over Press Freedom
Senate staff experts warn President Truman’s security order could let officials hide errors but, if confined to national security, may not unduly restrict information to the press. The press opposes the order and a watchdog group is urged to monitor overcensorship and improper withholding. The report notes some reversals granting public access in two cases and one more under review.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Moody
Michigan
Subcommittee
National Security Council
U. S. Exhibitors Lead in Wheat Contest at Exposition
At Chicago the International Livestock Exposition Grain and Hay show narrows to final judging. By windup judges will pick grand champion wheat, barley, alfalfa and field beans from 11 011 head for 120 000 in prizes. Top finishers include Spencer Dunham Caro Mich first and R P Robbins Shaunavon Sask second in wheat and others from Canada and the United States.
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Chicago
United States
North America
Kings
Spencer Dunham
Caro
Mich
R. P. Robbins
Shaunavon
Sask
George S. Snow
Milk River
Alta
George Gwylt
Kelvington
Murray W. Coverdale
Cayuga
Ont
Sam H. Bober
Stolen barber shop safe hauled by taxi in Montana
In Butte Montana a barber shop employee stole his former shop’s safe, rode away in a taxi, and was sentenced to three years in prison after an all night drinking spree. The taxi driver returned the load to town and alerted police as the culprit’s crime cooled. Sturgeon numbers on the Atlantic coast have fallen so sharply that commercial fishing is no longer profitable.
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Butte
Mont
Bill Dalling
American
Atlantic
Sharon Kay Thompson Dies After Flames Envelop Girl
Sharon Kay Thompson 11, known as the Naval Airmen's Kid Sister, died from burns covering about 75 percent of her body after her clothing ignited. She suffered the injuries when a fire incident occurred, leaving a tragic mark in St. Louis.
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Sharon Kay
Naval Airmen
ST. Louis
Sharon Kay Thompson
Girl dies after stovetop accident in Sturgis home
Sharon Thompson, adopted by 700 Navy air station workers, died after clothes caught fire when she tried to use a skirt as a pot holder to remove a skillet. She endured weeks in St Louis Children’s Hospital with blood donations from base personnel. body to be moved to Minneapolis. Father Alden Thompson seeks funds to cover debts and travel.
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Sharon
Naval Air Station
St. Louis
Navy
Fred Gardner
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Minneapolis
Alden Thompson
Hat recovered from Mayflower era finds home at Pilgrim Hall
A lady's hat said to have been worn by a Mayflower passenger’s daughter was found after a photo of current owner John W. Cole showed the artifact to Plymouth Plantation. The hat, with an 8 and one half inch crown and wide brim, likely belonged to Constance Hopkins and has descended through generations to the Cole family.
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America
John W. Cole
Littleton
N. H
Pilgrim Hall
Plymouth
Mass
Plymouth Plantation
Constance Hopkins
John Cole
Eastham
Coles
Spanish Inventor Unveils Autogiro In 1925 England Display
The autogiro was invented by Juan de la Cierva of Spain in 1922 and first shown in England in 1925, marking a milestone in aviation innovation.
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Juan de la Cierva
Spain
England
Farm outlook for 1953 brightens with strong demand
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis analysts foresee continued strong demand for farm products in 1953 despite higher price cost squeezes and a potential drought impact on winter wheat. They cite defense spending, rising employment, modest wage gains, and robust construction as drivers of higher personal income and domestic demand for farm goods.
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F. L. Parsons
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Drouth
Parsons
Reserve Bank
Baptist minister burns Bible page over Virgin removal
In Rocky Mount North Carolina a small Temple Baptist Church crowd watched as Rev Martin Luther Hux tore a page from a revised Bible and burned it outside the church. He labeled the translation the master stroke of Satan and said the change makes Jesus the son of a bad woman as part of a campaign against the new edition.
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Rocky Mount
Small Temple Baptist Church
Martin Luther Hux
Hux
Lord Jesus Christ
Crop Judgers Place Fourth At Chicago Exposition
University of Minnesota team finished fourth and South Dakota State fifth in the intercollegiate crops judging contest at the national livestock exposition in Chicago. Texas Tech captured the grain judging team award, while Sam H. Bober of Newell, South Dakota, won a reserve championship in alfalfa.
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Chicago
University of Minnesota
South Dakota State
Exas Tech
Sam H. Bober
Newell
Hormone Treatments and Surgery Complete Christine Jorgensen's Change
Christine Jorgensen, 26, awaits final hospital release in Copenhagen after two years of hormone treatments and surgery transforming him into a woman. She plans to pursue color photography in the United States and will return to the Bronx.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Christine Jorgensen
Bronx
New York City
George Jorgensen Jr
Christine
United States
Durocher to stay Giants manager as long as club wants
Phoenix report says Leo Durocher indicated last month he might quit managing to enter television but now says he will remain as manager of the New York Giants as long as the club wants him.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Leo Durocher
New York Giants
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