Farm Reports Under Guard
Washington Department crop forecasts are kept under tight security to prevent leaks that could affect markets. Guards, locked offices, and sealed mailboxes protect state estimates prepared from local farmer reports before dawn releases to press and wires. No breach has occurred in 50 years of operation.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Washington
Era Reporting Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Dorror
Crop Board
Electric Union Wins Wage Increases From General Electric
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers won five year wage increases from General Electric Co. in a new contract agreed yesterday but declined to include a guaranteed annual wage. The deal, awaiting union member approval, lacks supplementary pay during unemployment but allows a 1958 30 day review of employment security matters.
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New York
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
Missing Woman Found On Way To New Job
A four day search for Mrs. Bubea Eddie, 49, ended yesterday when she was found en route to a new job in Snyder, Texas. An alarm was spread after she failed to return from her niece’s home in Shawnee, Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kas
Bubea Eddie
Snyder
Tex
Eddie ‘Lisan
Shawnee Witiaze
Cancer Guided Missile Sought at Atomic Peace Meet
At the 72 nation atoms for peace conference Dr W F Bale and Dr L L Spar of the University of Rochester outlined a cancer treatment concept. They proposed a guided missile system using substances that home to cancer and carry radioactive material to target tumors while sparing surrounding tissue.
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Atoms For-Peace
W. F Bale
L. L. Spar
University of Rochester At Rochester
N.Y
House group seeks Reds in entertainment figures hearing
House Un American Activities Committee will question 27 actors writers and others in New York City about alleged Communist ties and funding. i Chairman Walter says some named have had party membership as far back as 1951 and inquiries cover activities as late as this year.
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Washington
Walter
D-Pa
House Un-American Activities Committee
New York City
Staney Prager
Sam Jaffe
Jerome Chororov
Lou Polan
Zero Mostel
Ivan Black
Joshua Shelley
Questoning
Communist Party
Parakeet, An Ike Fan, Takes Off
A Manhattan home reports its parakeet named Blue Bird missing. The bird, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ankeny, reportedly speaks frequently using the phrase I like Ike, prompting a local search for the feathered writer.
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Parakeet
Ike
Manhattan
Ankeny
Blue Bird
Ankenys
Prices Weren't the Only Things Falling Then
Huntington West Virginia professor Charles P Harper spoke on falling prices at Marshall College when a two foot square chunk of plaster fell from the ceiling. Three students were scratched.
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Huntington, W.va
Charles P. Harper
Marshall College
New Lacquer for Cars Cuts Polishing Needs
Detroit M A engineers test a new lacquer type automobile body finish that requires no polishing. Early test results show that regular washing may preserve the original luster without extra care.
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Detroit
Slight Earthquake Felt in Tokyo Area
A slight earthquake was felt in the Tokyo area around 1 09 p m today. The Central Meteorological Observatory reported the epicenter about 70 miles northeast of Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Central Meteorological Observatory
Godfrey Damages Plane Preparing for Takeoff
Arthur Godfrey damaged the right wing of his DC3 at Teterboro Airport while taxiing for a flight to Moncton Canada. He and a co pilot escaped injury as the wing lightly struck a ground light. repairs were made and the plane took off later without incident.
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Teterboro
N.J. 1
Arthur Godfrey
Moncton
Can
Idaho Town First To Use Atomic Power
Geneva reports Arco Idaho with population about 1200 became the first U S community to use electricity produced from nuclear energy A test plant at Argonne National Laboratory delivered power for over an hour on July 17 giving Arco its entire supply from the U S Atomic Energy Commission facility located 20 miles away Field notes state the achievement marks a milestone in atomic power usage and community electrification.
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Geneva
American Atomic Scientists
Arco
Idaho
United States
Ax Co
Argonne National Laboratory
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
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