Atomic Firsts Near as Tests Readied Worldwide
Washington reports two major atomic firsts inching closer with both British and American plans. The United States may soon explode the world’s first H bomb at Eniwetok, while Britain eyes tests in the Monte Bello Islands region. The Eniwetok program by Joint Task Force 132 remains secret as September tests are anticipated and an October climax looms.
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Eniwetok
U. S
Nevada
Joseph L. Myler
Washington
United States
Britain
Monte Bello Islands
Indian Ocean
Australia
Eniwetok Atoll
mid-Pacific
Highlands Rotarian Lloyd Jones to Speak at Luncheon
Highlands Rotarians will hear Lloyd Jones, manager of the J. C. Penney store in Baytown, outline Rotary International convention events. Jones attended the June event as a representative of the Baytown club and will discuss activities from the May Mexico City gathering.
Baby's Play Costs Mama Just $300
Grand Rapids, Mich. Aug 1. Mrs France Richard drove home with her 18 month old daughter Sandra Lee in the front seat. To quiet the child she gave the baby her purse to play with and the purse containing 800 dollars disappeared after the trip. Police said the infant likely tossed it from the car window.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
France Richard
Sandra Lee
Please Don't Shoot Pupils at Stanford Deer Hunt Plea
A Stanford University official urged hunters not to shoot on the school's 9000 acres on the eve of deer season. He cited risk to students and scientists using the fields for experiments in the name of science. The piece also notes Hanuman Hindus of central India bearing donkey-skin bound booklets as part of their religious custom.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Central India
Mystery Of Bone Filled Tree Solved By Owl Dinning Room
A hollow cypress on Cedar Bayou yielded thousands of small skeletons, later identified as field rats mice gophers and occasional birds rather than owl bones. Curator Robert A. Vines of the Houston Museum of Natural History notes the collection could fill in four years with a pair of barred owls and their young.
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Cedar Bayou
Robert A. Vines
Houston Museum of Natural History
Vinés
W. Deax
Carpenter Lumberyard
Harris County Flood Control District
Religion Helps In Prison Made Meredith Grateful For Aid
Hollywood star Madge Meredith credits religion with steering her away from bitterness during three years in prison. She said faith transformed the inmates, and that it clarified her own mind, helping her regain her Hills home after suing Nick Gianactis. Meredith emphasized she found a new faith after leaving prison and thanked the chaplain who baptized her after her release.
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Meredith
Ronald Burton
Hollywood
Madge Meredith
Relison
Holls Hills
Baith
Nick Gianactis
Los Angeles County Jail
State Prison
Hot Burglar Stops For Cool Drink
In Dallas during extreme heat a burglar paused to drink lemonade after grabbing three watches six rings from a home. The unusual recharge featured a can of frozen lemon juice and a tall glass of lemonade before continuing.
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Dallas
Texas
Stock and Oil Company Listing Notes With Commentary
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous energy and chemical firms such as Allied Ludlum Allis Chalmers Celanese Celotex Goodyear and Texaco along with assorted stock and oil references. The passage ends with a brief biologist note: Pacific salmon are distant from Atlantic Salmo salar and not considered the same by ichthyologists.
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Airway Bloc
Alleg Ludlum
Allis-Chalmers
I. American Repub
T.amer Wossens
Beth Steel
Calvan Oil
Columb Gas
Weonseeee Dts Creole Pvt
Crystal, Ci
Cities Service
Daidson Chem
Dow, Chem
du Pont Chem Eastman Kodek
Fairchild Eng
Eeeseseeene Sale
Gen Tire
Gillette
Goodyear Tire
Houston Qi
H. E. and P. Co
Humble Oil
Imperial Oil
Interlake Iron
Kirby Pat
Pscwsyigeresessee
Libby McN
Ecre Re
St. Regis Paper Sinclair Oi
Socony
Pacifessee
Stan Oil
Calif
Stan Oil Ind
Ohio
Stan Gil Ny
J. Seseereveeeres
Sunray Oil
Texas Co
Texas ‘Gulf Pro Tex
Gulf Salon
Tidewater Corn
Union of of Calif Ervevereee
U. S. Steel
Woodley Pet
Sheen
Atlantic
Sun Spots To Name New Chief
BAY TOWN CO operative Air Pollution committee will meet at 8 pm Tuesday in Room 134 Lee College to name a new chairman A G Fayle has resigned due to illness on his family All representatives on the committee have been asked to attend Woodmen of the World will have a fish fry at 730 pm Tuesday at the hall Members families and their guests are invited Herman Ash is council commander and M F Yeung is acting as chief cook
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Bay Town
Co-operative Air Pollution Committee
Lee College
A. G. Fayle
Herman Ash
M. FE. Yeung
La Porte History Remembered by Local Figure
A long excerpt recalls La Porte life and figures connected to the town. It notes barber Ackerly’s death in 1931 and Mrs Ackerly’s work as dressmaker, nurse, and newspaper correspondent. From 1928 to 1943 she directed the La Porte School cafeteria and wrote for the La Porte News and Houston Post.
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Ackerly
Livestock Prices Reported for Fort Worth Auction
Livestock market news from Fort Worth dated August 18 shows cattle trading strength across classes. Slaughter steers, yearlings, cows, bulls and stocker cattle mostly higher. calves and stocker calves trending up. hogs also firmer with butchers and sows rising. Prices listed by weight and grade across cattle, calves, and hogs.
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Fort Worth
Estes Meets With Adlai Eyes Dixie Primed for Advice
Estes meets Adlai Stevenson to discuss farm problems and stance to take, as campaign events unfold. Eisenhower travels to Gallup to urge indigenous educational gains and voting rights as a model for whites. Mitchell becomes Democratic chairman, pledging party unity. Sparkman backs price controls but opposes a congressional backdoor session. Carey explains labor influence on Barkley Farley dynamics and Stevenson alignment. Wisconsin’s Kohler says Democrats offer nothing new with Stevenson.
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Eisenhower
Gallup
W Oal
Stephen A. Mitchell
Frank E. McKinney
McKinney
Mitchell
Stevenson
Springfield
Sen
John J. Sparkman
Truman
Congress
Alabama
CIO
James B. Carey
Labor
Alben W. Barkley
James A. Farley
Barkley
Farley
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Walter Kohier
Wisconsin
Stevzon
Tru
Mama Quail Mission Sparks Farmyard Mystery
A mother quail in New Hampshire tries to teach two fuzzy chicks to fly. Mrs. Shafer reports the quail hatched the birds from eggs she found on her farm. The bird raises the chicks in a bushy area, while a separate note mentions a half dime found in Portsmouth valued at about 30 dollars by a local collector.
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Nash
Qkta
da Shafer
Portsmouth
N. H
Helen Johns
Arabs Said to Discover America Before Columbus
Johannesburg report quotes Dr M D Jeffreys claiming Arabs reached the Americas as early as 1000 A D based on newly found Negro skulls in the Rio Grande and arguing Arabs, not Christopher Columbus, discovered America.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
M. D. Jeffreys
Christopher Columbus
America
Jeffreys
Rio Grande
New World
Professor Creates Crime Evidence Museum at Berkeley Lab
Dr Paul Kirk a criminology professor at the University of California has built a compact crime evidence museum stored in a locker. The collection includes 200 wool suit samples hundreds of human hair samples inks metals woods drapery upholstery and various fibers used to identify evidence. The lab aids police and educates students while supporting investigations across California.
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University
Museum of
Sacramento
Kirk
California
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