Ozark plans for public hospital bond proposal
Dale County leaders backed a two point plan for a public hospital at a county meeting led by Rep. Jesse Adams. Voters would approve a January 6 bond issue to fund the hospital without extra taxes. Attendees urged filing an application with the State Hospital Planning Board to access state aid when available, as local officials promised readiness and financial capacity.
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Dale
Dale County
Robert C. Reynolds
Frank O. Deese
Dorothy Huskey
Tion
Holman
Brown
Dale County Hospital Association
Barricaded Patient Ousted With Plane
Lake Charles Louisiana AP officers used an airplane and tear gas to capture former mental patient Donat Miller who barricaded himself in a Creole area home and wounded two Cameron Parish deputies on Friday. Deputy Harry Watson led the mission. a gas bomb forced Miller from the residence where he dropped a shotgun and staggered out as officers tried to return him to Central State Hospital Pineville.
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Creole
Cameron Parish
Harry Watson
Donat Miller
Watson
Miller
Central State Hospital
Pineville
Marianna Negro Held In Killina
Marianna special report says Sylvester Jenkins, a local store operator, is held in the county jail after the fatal shooting of Edmond Freeman, an other Negro, in Jenkins store. Deputies report Freeman was intoxicated and disturbing the store when the shooting occurred. A coroner's inquest is set for next Monday. Jenkins held without charges pending the inquest.
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Sylvester Jenkins
Edmond Freeman
Robert Applewhite
Chester Miller
Jenkins
Freeman
Safety drive aims to require bicycle reflector tape
In Dalton Georgia a safety program seeks to require night riders to fasten red and white reflector tape to bicycle handlebars forks and fenders. The article notes Bath North Carolina established the first library in the American colonies by legislative action.
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Georgia
Dalton
Bath
N.C
Uranium and Radium Hunt In Deep Ocean Depths
Swedish deep sea expedition led by Prof. Hans Pettersson aboard the Albatross surveys the ocean bed across the Atlantic Caribbean and Pacific for traces of uranium and radium. Echo sounding reveals smooth Caribbean floors and unknown submarine cliffs. sediment measurement faces thick depths as depth charges aid reflections.
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London
Hans Petersson
Goteborg
Albatross
Atlantic
Carribbean
Pacific
Panama Canal
Pettersson
Nature
Prof
Caribbean
Sediment Core Sampling From Ocean Beds
Reports describe a novel method to sample ocean sediment using a hollow metal core lowered to the seabed. Measurements indicate a thick sediment carpet beneath the Atlantic ranging from 5,700 to 25,000 feet, thinner in the Caribbean, with continued sampling planned in the Pacific aboard the Albatross as it sails west.
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Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean
Pacific Ocean
Committee Elections Important Event For Farmers In State
Auburn officials urge Alabama farmers to vote in the community committeemen elections on Tuesday December 9. W B Crawley PMA state chairman says the election is crucial for guiding the agricultural conservation program in 1948 and stresses the need for leaders close to farm problems.
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Auburn
Prdduction and Marketing Administration
Alabama
W. B. Crawley
PMA
Crawley
Cromwell Plot Site Sought By Buyer In Great Yarmouth
GREAT YARMOUTH UP A 351 year old house linked to Oliver Cromwell era plots to assassinate a king is up for sale as buyers from America are urged to come forward The listing notes historic significance and the need for a rich buyer to preserve the property and its ties to civil war history.
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Great Yarmouth
Oliver Cromwell
Sediment cores analyzed with geologic age implications
Prof Pettersson notes that if Atlantic sediment rises three inches per millennium, a six inch core would imply deposition about two million years ago, dating to before the end of the Tertiary Age, as cores were sent to Sweden for study.
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Sweden
Atlantic Ocean
Prof
Pettersson
Land of the Shining Mountains Origins
A historical note states that Montana's original name was Land of the Shining Mountains, reflecting early naming by settlers and explorers. The claim references period usage and regional branding before Montana became the state's official name.
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Shining Montains
Montana
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