Taft and Eisenhower clash over paths to presidency
Washington reporters note Taft aggressively shaping the 1952 race with speeches and old political networks while Eisenhower, newly back from Europe, weighs a candidacy. Eisenhower’s first news conference in Abilene drew mixed reactions as advisers watched his Detroit speech promising personal words over scripted lines.
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Washington
Taft’ Plas
Gen. Eisenhoower
Taft
Eisenhower
T Lodge
Columbia University
Abilene
Kas
Detroit
Fire-destroyed Defence building in Halifax awaits demolition
Fire engines roared through Halifax as firefighters put out a blaze in an old Defense Department building. After their departure demolition workers arrived for the day shift to tear down the aging structure.
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Halifax
Canada
Defense Department
DAV Officers Elected At Local Chapter Meeting
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 11 elected officers for the next term led by Commander Butler P. A. Hine and Senior Vice Commander James H. Masteel. Outgoing Commander Paul K. Thompson will be a delegate to the state convention in Mobile June 20 to 22. A $25 prize was approved for recruiting the most new members over the next four weeks.
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Disabled American Veteran's Chapter 11
Butler P. A. Hine
James H. Masteel
Glendale Milk Co
James A. Clements
Clements Hardware
William R. Nelson
Brown Funeral Co
James Lankster
Ideal Cleaners
Herman J. Bailey
Bailey Service Station
Paul K. Thompson
D.A.V
Mobile
Bids For Coliseum Bonds Are Rejected
Bids by two syndicates on 1 250 000 in state bonds for the Alabama Agricultural Coliseum improvements were rejected due to a high net interest rate. The Alabama Agricultural Center Corporation will reopen bids July 1. The low bid came from Sterne Agee and Leach with Thornton Mohr and Company at 3.388 percent net interest.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Alabama Agricultural Center Corporation
Montgomery Firms
Sterne, Agee and Leach and
Thornton, Mohr and Company
Scouts Open 1952 Camp Season With 92 Attendees
Scouts Westmoreland of the Tennessee Valley Council opened the 1952 camping season Sunday with 82 Scouts and 10 adult leaders. Local participants include John Howell DeWayne Smith Don West John R Randolph Bruce Spencer Jimmy Long Claude Vassar Johnny Hinkle and others. The camp offered medical rechecks swim tests and a first meal at the new dining hall. The fourth week starts July 6 and has a few open spaces for additional Scouts.
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Camp Westmoreland
Tennessee Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Hartselle
Decatur
John Howell
DeWayne Smith
Don West
John R. Randolph
Bruce Spencer
Jimmy Long
Claude Vassar
Johnny Hinkle
Roanoke Sailor Sentenced for Marine’s Death
A 17 year old sailor from Roanoke Virginia received a 35 year prison term after a circuit court jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the Christmas night slaying of Pfc Clyde James Shapley 19 at Attalla. Higgs pleaded guilty under a plea deal reducing first degree murder charges.
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Gadsden
Roanoke
James David Higgs
Pfc
Clyde James Shapley
Attalla
Higgs
Circuit
Arthur Burns
Harold B. Settle
FBI
Shapley
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tenn
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Water from Sea Bottom Springs Found in Persian Gulf
In the Persian Gulf, researchers report access to drinking water from the sea floor where large freshwater springs discharge. The discovery highlights a potential new source of potable water in arid regions.
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Persian Gulf
Man builds dream home with quirky cement features
John Ciesla, 62, a retired concrete worker in Tampa, spends decades making a self designed house. A giant clock is embedded in the cement finish set at 11 38 with immovable hands. The exterior uses colored sprays, cement vines and oversized floral forms, with decorative cement faces and hidden peep holes.
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Tampa
Fla
John Ciesla
Ciesla
Hope chests rise as favored teen gift trend
Teen girls embrace hope chests as a fashionable gift and plan for married life. Readers share questions on towels linens and silver, while a Scholastic poll shows 22 percent desire a chest. A Hope Chest Club promotes budgeting gifts for birthdays and graduations.
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Richard
Charlie
Tommy
Granny
Scholastic
Hope Chest Club
Saint George as Patron of England Aragon and Portugal
Saint George is identified as the patron saint of England Aragon and Portugal in historical notes. The text outlines his regional patronage and the cultural significance of his cult across medieval realms.
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St. George
England
Aragon
Portugal
Eohippus Tiny Fossil Horse Treated as Earliest Type
The earliest known fossil horse, eohippus, measured about the size of a fox, illustrating the small form of early equine ancestors.
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