Harris County Leads in Texas Polio Cases
Polio cases in Texas held at 33 in the past week, raising the year total to 578. Harris County led with seven cases, while Nueces Dallas Dulal Taylor Travis Val Verde each reported two, and Bowie Brazos Collin Cooke Jefferson Jim Wells Kaufman Kerr Kleberg Lamar McLennan Milam logged one apiece.
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Dallas
Dulal
Taylor
Travis
Val Verde
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Collin
Cooke, Jefferson
Jim Wells
Kaufman
Kerr
Kleberg
Lamar
McLennan
Milam
Seven MiG-15s Shot Down in Korea Air Fight
SEQUL June 6 American Sabre jets shot down seven Communist MiG-15s over northwest Korea in two fierce dog fights. Sixty-four F-86s tangled with 28 enemy fighters while pursuing rail-cutting and supply attacks. The Fifth Air Force raised its MiG destruction tally to 361 with eight probably destroyed and 507 damaged. One Sabre crew member, Capt. Fred H. Barrett of Ellensburg, Washington, claimed a MiG, and Fifth Air Force night bombers hit rail and road lines south of the Yalu River, damaging trucks and rail cars.
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Fred H. Barrett
Ellensburg
Wash
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Industrial and Oil Names Appear in Fragmented List
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous energy, chemical, steel, and transportation firms across a dense string of names such as Gulf Oil Humble Oil Sun Oil Texaco Goodyear Firestone General Electric General Motors Anaconda Copper Dow Chemical Du Pont Celanese American Cyanamid Calumet and He Canadian Oil and others. The text mentions months and prices sparsely, with a stray reference to July and Cotton futures hinting at a broader market roundup.
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Sailis-Chalmers
American Repub
Anaconda Coppe
Beta Steel
Calvan
Calumet
He Canada
Celotex
Cessna
Davidson Chem Dow
du Pont
Pathandle P and R
Penney
True Regis
Sinclair, Oil
Socay ‘Vac
Sou
Pacif
Tan Oil
Calif
Stan Oil Ind
Stan ‘Oil
Ohio
Stan Oil N.T
Sun Oil
Sunray Oil
Texas
Exas
Tidewater ‘Cort ‘Union
Ak So Steel
Woodley
Eisenhower Lines Up Chicago Convention Schedule
Ike Eisenhower outlined a tough anti Democratic stance and pledged to push reforms if nominated. He planned a New York arrival Friday with Gov. Dewey to meet voters, a Saturday news conference, a Detroit speech on June 14, and a stop in Denver before the July 7 convention.
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Chicago
New York
Thomas Dewey
Detroit
Denver
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First baby show in Springfield C United States 1954
A historical note records the first baby show in Springfield, Illinois in 1954. It cites general context about local events in the United States and mentions the era. It also notes annual spending on suntan lotions totaling about two million dollars in the United States, and provides a fact about maple sap sugar content varying from two to seven percent.
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United States
Springfield
Livestock prices and notes from Fort Worth market
Livestock trade report from Fort Worth dated June 6 indicates cattle at 400 head with mixed classes steady. Slaughter yearlings and heifers described as good to slaughter quality, calves strong, hogs about 25 cents below Thursday's average, sows and pigs steady, feeder pigs 15 to 18, burrows and gilts 20.50 to 20.75. Canner and cutter prices listed, slackers scarce, stockers scarce.
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Fort Worth
Idaho cobalt mine tops United States stores of ore
The report notes Idaho hosts the largest cobalt deposit in the U S The stat confirms mining scale with a claim of 2 700 000 motorists in the American Automobile Association and mentions a 1881 air brush patent by Leslie Cortis of Cape Elizabeth Maine It also lists diverse facts including fish varieties and farm airplanes counts and credits Dr and Mrs Luther Gulick Bay From Your Baytown Merchant with founding the Campfire Girls in 1932.
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Cape Elizabeth
Luther Gulick Bay
Baytown
Dr .Campfire Girls
Wickersham Letter Delights Oklahoma City Addresses
June 6 report notes a letter from Rep. Victor Wickersham was well received at two Oklahoma City addresses. Thirteen copies mailed at government expense were sent to the United Press bureau. Cliff Bryson, representative for southwest districts, also received 13 copies.
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City
Victor Wickersham
Okla
Oklahoma City
United Press Bureau
Cliff Bryson
Southwest
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