Kerr Scott blasts Interior Secretary McKay over statehood stance
Sen. W Kerr Scott told Alaska Chamber of Commerce that Interior Secretary McKay is delayed on admitting Alaska and Hawaii to the union. He criticized inconsistent statehood positions, urged action, and noted Alaska needs true democracy. Scott spoke amid hearings on Alaska mineral resources and prices. Temperature in Fairbanks was five degrees below zero as he spoke.
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Alaska
W. Kerr Scott
DNC
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of Interior
Seg
McKay
Hawaii
Scott
Senate Interior
Nome
Chamber Commerce
Eisenhower Administration
Aka
Weather Bureau
Defense ‘Department
Nothi
Fairbanks
United States
Senate Agriculture Committee
Raleigh
Strong Demand Pushes Weed Prices Higher Across Regions
The market shows higher weed prices due to strong demand with volume and quality varying by Eastern Belt. Average prices by grades align with prior week as sales reach about 507.41 million pounds at an average $52.54. Government loan deliveries total just over 24 percent of season sales, with Old Belt markets reporting 222.85 million pounds sold at $53.87 average. loan deliveries about 9.7 percent.
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Associated Press
Old Belt
Burglary Ring Being Investigated in California
District Attorney Ernest Roll asked the FBI to join the probe into a burglary ring in California. Five officers were indicted for burglaries at a camera shop and a seed store, resigning Oct. 27 after arrest. Farnell, Balsters, and Grossman are free on $1,500 bail each awaiting Nov. 9 writs.
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Tiee Ey
Eet Atte
Ernest Roll
FBI
Roll
Farnell
Elmer J. Balsters
Frank G. Grossman
Cold Front Pushes East As Rivers Rise Across New England
A cold Canadian air surge drove temperatures into the 20s and 30s from the Midwest to New England, with rain sparking rising rivers in Connecticut. Rain and snow hit the Northern Plains and parts of California and Nevada while the central United States saw a mix of fair weather in the east and warmth in the south. Winds fueled dust in the West as frigid air spread Sunday.
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New England
Midwest
Sunda
Connecticut
Washington
California
Plains
Nevada
Rene
Graham recounts kidnapping prank linked to Guy Fawkes Day
Cambridge reports a planned abduction prank against evangelist Graham, tied to Guy Fawkes Day and Poppy Day fundraisers. Police investigated chatter of abduction plates in a city famed for student high spirits. Graham spoke to clergy urging churches to avert war, noting Eisenhower on human nature.
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Cambridge
England
Guy Fawkes
Parliament
Britain
Veterans Welfare
Graham
Cambridge Intercollegiate Christian Union
Bedford Church of England
Eisenhower
Ancient dentistry in Egypt and Greece revealed
Crude dental practices appear in Egypt and Greece with findings of men’s false teeth embedded in the jaws of Egyptian mummies dating centuries before Christ.
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Egypt
Greece
Christ
Police Seek Answer to Gangland Killing
Phoenix arrests and investigations connect Willie Bioff and John Roselli to a gangland killing amid a nationwide probe into Bioff s underworld ties. Police seek motive and who exacted revenge as figures tied to film industry extortion face scrutiny across New York Chicago and Los Angeles.
Neighbors Shocked By Ex Racketeer Bioff Identity
In Phoenix on November 5 neighbors learned the man known as Willie Bioff was really a retired rancher and former Hollywood labor racketeer named William Nelson. The discovery followed a blast that killed him while he stood at his home on a quiet street. Mrs Bioff and others said they wanted to forget the past and maintain ties with the Bioffs who were well liked neighbors.
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New York
Underworld
Wile
Sted Tistt
Bioff
William Nelson
Boles
Manley
Chicago
Los Angeles
John Roselli
Willie
South America
Phoenix Bluff
George Browne
International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employes
Onc
Roselli
Phoenix
Ariz
Willie Biol
Frank L. Gibson
Anatreet
Bioffs
Albert Dowdy
Hollywood
Harold Hiner
Tucson
Bill
Laurie
Hiner
Weather forecast prompts widespread rain Sunday
The Weather Bureau predicts rain across the Northwest Lakes area Ohio Valley southern Plains and southern Mississippi Valley and into northern New England Sunday. Substantial showers may affect travel and outdoor plans.
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Weather Bureau
Northwest
Lakes Area
Ohio Valley
Southern
Plains
Mississippi Valley
New
Vienna Opera House Reopens After War Destruction
Vienna hosts a grand reopening of the opera house with 300 guests and an international crowd led by figures like John Foster Dulles amid a symbolic cultural rebirth. Fidelio is staged to mirror Austria’s recovery as dignitaries, conductors, and citizens celebrate a new era.
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Richard O'Regan
Vienna
Austria
Ameri Ean
Ludwig Venthoven
Opera
Austrian Republic
America
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Geneva
Leopold Stokowski
Bruno Walter
Russia
Dimitri Takoviteh
Ford
Henry Guy Rothschild
Grand Jury To Decide Kidnaping Indictment In Till Case
In Greenwood Mississippi a Leflore County grand jury will consider indicting two white men for kidnapping Emmet Till the 14 year old Chicago Negro boy who disappeared in Mississippi The case follows the acquittal of Roy Bryant and J W Milam on murder charges and draws national attention to racial tension and calls for action by the NAACP and federal authorities
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Greenwood
Miss
Emmet Louis Till
Chicago
Mississippi
Sum
Roy Bryant
W. Milam
Soustoon
Leflore
Bryant
Milam
National Assn
Till
Mississi
Lefore County
Mose Wright
Money
Wright
As Tis
Muddy Talla Side River
Tallahatchie County
Saeek Haawly
Jone
Willie Reed
Reed
Nelle
Seeng
O Milam
Leslie Milam
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