Oil Discovery Enriches Six Small Towns in Williston Basin
In Williston North Dakota and Montana towns the Williston Basin oil discovery boosted local economies with a 25 percent rise in business and 30 percent jump in bank deposits. Williston population nears 9 000 with plans for 18 000. housing tight and Cadillac sales strong. Montana towns like Richey Vida Wolf Point and Circle gain as farmers hold leases and royalty income steadies crops after dust bowl memories. Geologists traced oil to ancient sea beds and vast reserves, with production potential described as very large.
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Williston
N.D
North Dakota
Monetang
Williston Basin
Minot
Oll
Tioga
Cadillac
Montana
Richey
Vida
Wolf Point
Circle
Farmer Berry
Shell
Northern Pacific No. 1
Berry
United States
Jacobsen
Amerada
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Caught in War Games Lampasas Bows to Victor
Lampasas Tex during war games endured an aggressor occupation as 82nd airborne Maj Alton Shipstead led a mock government. The town faced concentration camps, confiscations, one sided trials and propaganda broadcasts in a chilling near dictatorship scenario.
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Lampasas
Victor
Tex
Green
Texas
Alton Shipstead
82Nd Airborne Division
Lamypasas
Flowering Crabs Spark New Spencer Attraction
SPENCER Iowa this community advances toward a third major tourist draw alongside its two existing ones. The Clay County Garden club started planting flowering crabs in 1950 and aims for at least two trees per block. The first trees bloomed last year with more expected this year, amid Spencer’s county fair and rodeo.
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Spencer
Iowa
Clay County Garden Club
Clay County
Telepathists Bridge 500 Mile Gap Doctor Reports
South African psychologist Maurice C. Marsh reports a telepathy experiment linking a sender in Capetown with 371 receivers in Grahamstown about 500 miles away. The study claims telepathy was clearly at work, with sociable individuals scoring higher and prior knowledge of the sender enhancing success.
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Maurice C. Marsh
Capetown
South Africa
Grahamstown
Marsh
New Comet Discovered by Palomar Sky Survey
The National Geographic Society reveals a new comet in Virgo, first seen January 30, 1952 on Palomar mountain California. Detected by Caltech’s 48 inch Schmidt telescope, magnitude 15 with a five minute tail. position RA 12h33.4m Dec plus 11°36.4m. daily motion 30 seconds east and 13.8 minutes north. The find marks the fifth comet in two years from the Palomar Sky Survey project.
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National Geographic Society
Palomar Mountain
California
California Institute of Technology
Robert Harrington
National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
Palomar
Long Life for Kids Sees Major Drop in Child Deaths
A MetLife study shows mortality for insured children ages one to fourteen fell by about three quarters since 1930. Death rates for boys dropped from 275.8 to 74.7 per 100000 and girls from 228.4 to 63.9. preschool deaths fell about 80 percent. Mortality from measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough and diphtheria declined over 95 percent, with pneumonia, tuberculosis and rheumatic fever also dropping at least 75 percent.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Nose Pillow by Boston Woman Aims to Aid Sleep
Anne C. Cos Tell o of Boston promotes a new auxiliary pillow device. A face fitting cloth strip sits above the pillow with openings for nose and mouth, designed to reduce nose movement and aid sun bathers, back injury patients, and sleepers seeking quieter rest.
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Anne C. Costello
Boston
Condor Reputation As Dive Bomber Once Earned Across Frontiers
The condor earned a notorious reputation as a dive bomber preying on lambs calves and even human babies. Its size curiosity and white wing markings drew hunters and range riders. Pioneer prospectors also shot condors for wing feathers used as quill containers for gold dust.
Egyptian Musical Practice in Ancient Times
The fragment notes that ancient Egyptians valued music for full relaxation and mentions Ptah-Hotep as a quoted author on musical healing. The text is garbled but centers on music’s role in ancient Egyptian daily life and calm.
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Ptah-Hotep
Hia Ben Recs
Voters urged to cast a large vote to defend democracy
United States turnout in New Hampshire’s preferential primary trails West Germany’s 78 percent, with only 43 percent voting. Kemper warns that low participation undermines democracy, citing Hayes’s lone-vote presidential victory and urging a massive vote next November to deter foreign influence. He calls for choosing firm, fully convinced leaders and defending liberty.
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West Germany
Hitler
United States
New Hampshire
James S. Kemper
Muttal Casualty Company
America
Keeper
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hayes
Kemper
Indiana
Congress
Moscow
Officials Demand Removal of Bergen County Crime Sign
In Hackensack New Jersey a sign reading Rid Bergen county of Crime and Corruption the Shame Tf Ours was placed before the courthouse. The New Jersey crime prevention council was ordered to show cause why the sign should not be held in contempt. The sign quotes Senator Kefauver and Nelson F Stamler accusing Bergen county officials of corruption. Judge J Wallace Leyden granted the order at the Bergen county bar association's request to prevent inflaming grand jurors and jurors for trials of indicted officials.
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Hackensack
Bergen
Court House
New Jersey Crime Prevention Council
Kefauver
Dem
Tenn
Bergen County
Nelson F. Stamler
J. Wallace Leyden
Bergen County Bar Association
Pranksters Disrupt NATO Conference With Slogans
At the Lisbon NATO meeting pranksters distributed match folders bearing slogans such as I Like Omar and Bradley for President. Laughter erupted as a display appeared at a conference table involving General Eisenhower and General Omar Bradley, drawing attention to the U.S. military leadership.
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Lisbon
N.A.T.O
Omar
Bradley
Shape
Rocequencourt
France
Dwight Q. Pg
Eisenhower
The
AngsOmar
City of Pines Bank Seedling Giveaway in Dothan
Dothan Alabama earns the nickname City of Pines as First National Bank distributes over 30 000 pine seedlings to residents in five years Wallace D Malone bank chairman leads the program saying it builds goodwill for the bank beautifies the community and educates citizens about forestry He is active on the Houston County Keep Alabama Green committee and a noted forest conservationist.
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Dothan
Ala
Alabama
First National Bank
Wallace D. Malone
Houston County
Keep
Steel Mills Bring Prosperity to Two Western Communities
Two western towns, Geneva and Fontana, gained rapid prosperity after steel mills opened nearby. From 1941 to 1950 Utah Lake area and Fontana saw harvest values rise from 940 to millions, retail sales soar, bank deposits grow, and payroll reach 15 million for 5 000 workers.
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Yontana
Calif
Utah County
Utah
Utah Lake
Fontana
Geneva
Metal Hunting Brings New Life to Quebec Towns
In Val d Or and surrounding Rouyn Val d Or region, metal hunting for copper lead and zinc boosts local prosperity. Stores report a 25 percent rise in sales year over year, with heavy demand for appliances, furniture, and autos. Rails opened new transport in the 1930s and since 1936 Quebec has built over 1300 miles of roads to Montreal and Quebec City at a cost of 12 million dollars.
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Val D'Or
Quebec
Canada
Rouyn-Val d'Or
Chibougamau Lake
Rouyn
Montreal
Youngsters Gain Chance To Police Community
Johnson City officials propose letting teens police their town to curb vandalism after a curfew debate. The mayor welcomed the idea and said youths would have a suitable time to attempt self oversight, hoping the plan may work in other small towns facing teen vandalism.
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Johnson City
Omnis
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Ben Boecker
Hill Joyce
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Terry J. Anderson
KR. C. Biggs
Emmet Co
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Estherville
Mrg
R. J. Larson
Hamilton Hatchery
Bancroft
Estray
Albert Duhn
Phil O'Connor
Harrison Shop
Quinn
Emmetsburg
Glenn Young
Wallingford
Albert Suss
Pittsburg
Bus. Dist
H. A. Elsenbast
H. A Elsenbast
E. B. Burg
Sioux City
East Tenth St
Gua R. Rath
Donahue
LeRoy Wikert
J. W. Joyce
For
C. R. Kitchen
North
Graettinger Insurance Agency
Skow & Green
Holy Family Hospital
Ed Zitterich
Everett Laastine
Gary and
Edwin Alger
Cooperative Grain and Product Co
Office of White Newspaper Production Laboratory
Towa City
M. ©. Clark
Brkr
J. J. Skow
Sakeman
Olene Jacobson, D. J. A
B. E. Dappen
Grasttinger
Casper
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Emmett Martin
A. H. Hobson
Hmmeraburg
K. L. Johnson
Optometrist
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C. A. Shiley Dentral
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