Rainmakers and the start of a weather manipulation era
Washington reports on the 1946 discovery by Dr. Vincent Schaefer that fired a miniature snowstorm in a freezer and launched modern rain making. Cloud seeding with dry ice and silver iodide aiming to induce rain, sidetrack hurricanes, and clear fogs faces mixed proof and debates over practicality and ethics.
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Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
Congress
Associated Press
Vincent Schaefer
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Schaefer
Reynolds Wins $175,000 Punitive Libel Award
In New York, author Quentin Reynolds wins $175,000 punitive damages in a federal libel suit against newspaper columnist Westbrook Pegler and Hearst entities. The verdict assigns Reynolds one dollar for actual damages, finding Pegler's 1949 column libelous but not tragically injurious.
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New York
Quentin Reynolds
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Reynolds
Pegler- Hearst
Edward Weinfeld
All Girl Elephant Safari Planned By Beverly Putnam
Beverly Putnam organizes the first all girl elephant hunting safari starting Sept 10 for 49 days at a cost of 3120 dollars plus a 214 dollar elephant license. The party will include 14 women aged 27 to 60 with a mix of hunters and photographers.
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New York i
Africa
Beverly Putnam
Beverly
Scandinavian Airlines
America
India
Venezuela
Har
Fear of Seizure Halts Japanese Fishing Boats
More than 150 Japanese fishing boats sit idle in south Japan harbors during the mackerel season as crews fear seizure by Korean patrol boats. Dozens of vessels had been confiscated since last September with crews later released.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sagamore Hill Opened as Roosevelt Shrine to Public
The 23 room Sagamore Hill home built by Theodore Roosevelt in 1884 has been opened to visitors as a shrine to the former president.
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Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Man Run Down by Baby Carriage in Berlin
West Berlin police report a middle aged man was struck by a speeding baby carriage. The mother pushing the carriage fled the scene and was listed as a hit and run offender. The victim suffered a scuffed knee.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Pact Reported Between Chiang Kai-shek and Van Fleet
Taipei paper claims Chiang Kai-shek and General Van Fleet tentatively agreed on a mutual defense pact linking Nationalist China and the United States. The plan reportedly would let Nationalists attack Red China without U S commitment to back such action, and would pledge U S protection for offshore bases like Quemoy and the Tachens.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
James A. van Fleet
Eisenhower
China
United States
United Daily News
Chiang
van Fleet
Red China
Quemoy
Tachens
Redheld Amoy
Formosa Straits
First Jet Engine Is Made in Japan
Japan to complete its first jet aircraft engine in September built by the Japan Jet Engine Co and designed with Japanese materials, according to Kyodo News Agency.
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Japan
Tokyo
Japan Jet Engine Co
Kyodo
North Carolina Reports One Cow for Every Ten People
Local agricultural survey notes a ratio of one dairy cow for each ten residents in North Carolina. The figure highlights livestock concentration across rural counties and potential dairy capacity in the state.
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North Carolina
June Haver and Fred MacMurray Quietly Wed in Ojai
Hollywood couple June Haver and Fred MacMurray married in a civil ceremony at the Ojai Valley Inn after secrecy and public attention. Haver, 28, had a Catholic background and prior marriage, MacMurray, 45, was previously married to Lillian. The wedding follows Haver’s brief convent stay and MacMurray’s late wife’s death.
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Ojai
Calif
June Haver
Fred Macmurray
Jimmy Zito
MacMurray
Miss Haver
Lillian
John Duzik
Beverly Hills
Zito
Duzik
June
Hollywood
Global nurse shortage: UNESCO warns 6 million needed
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates a deficit of about six million nurses worldwide, while currently only around 1% of healthcare workers are nurses. The gap highlights critical health system strain and the need for expanded nursing training and recruitment globally.
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The
World
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
Adlai: Time for a Change
Adlai E. Stevenson urged Democrats to adopt the 1952 slogan that there is a mess in Washington and it is time for a change. He addressed about 600 people at a $20 dinner, condemning the Republican administration as hopelessly divided and unable to govern. He warned that failure would cost everyone a high price.
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Springfield
Ill
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Republican National Administration
Stevenson
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Erie
Mobil
Mobilgas
Mobil Power
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Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc
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