World's Largest Balloon Fails to Ascend for Cosmic Ray Study
The enormous unmanned balloon designed for navy cosmic ray research punctured before flight and returned to earth after reaching about seven miles. Jean Piccard witnessed the attempt as winds caused leaks in the ultrathin plastic film and forced officials to release the craft without gondola or instruments.
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Ain ST
Navy
Jean Piccard
Piccard
Space
Don Melton
General Mills
Cave-in Traps Two Men After Mine Blast Near Brevard
In Brevard County a cave-in in an abandoned mine shaft killed two men, Ivan ia County natives Ulyss Griffin Owen 22 and Doyle Mason 48. They were with mine owner Owen, father of Ulyss, when the blast aimed at reopening the mine triggered the collapse. Rescue workers recovered the bodies after three hours of digging.
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Brevard
Ivania County
Ulyss Griffin Owen
Doyle Mason
Ck Owen
Ulyss Owen
Owen
Mason
Inside Bridge Column and Classified Ads Window
Fragmented OCR reads as a newspaper page with sections including Bridge Column Classified Ads Crossword Pursuit and Radio Program notes. The garbled text hints at an editorial page structure with spots and women’s news captions among column headings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nonanns
Airmen Warned Reds Shoot Parachutists in Korea
AP dispatch from the aircraft carrier Boxer reports communist ground troops in Korea shot and killed American airmen parachuting from disabled planes. Navy warns pilots to ditch at sea and be rescued by helicopters, while typhoon Mary disrupts operations as 8th Army faces probing attacks.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Boxer
Navy
8Th Army
North Korea
Sinanju
Princeton
Essex
U. N
Cmdr
Ward S. Miller
Santa Rosa
Calif
Miller
63Rd Corsair
Unknown Newspaperman Upsets McCarran Hand-Picked Candidate
In a Nevada primary drama, Tom Mechling led Pat McCarran's pick for the Democratic Senate nomination 15,777 to 15,078 with about 500 votes left to count. Reno attorney Jon Young also won the GOP nomination, while incumbent Walter Baring won renomination for the Democrats. Mechling, a former journalist who spent years in Washington and Nevada, campaigned door to door with his wife Margaret, challenging McCarran’s dominance and positioning for a November race against George Malone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
David and Goliath
Nevada
Tom Mechling
Pat McCarran
Mechling
Alan Bible
Washington, D. C
Kiplinger Newsletter
San Francisco Chronicle
Capital Bureau
Bible
McCarran
Jon Young
Sam Arentz
GOP
Arentz
Sam Sr
Young
Robert Taft
Ohio
Walter Baring
Truman
Margaret
North Korea Protest by Nam Iae Against POW Deaths
Nam Iae, North Korea, filed his fourth protest at Panmunjom railing against Allied treatment of prisoners of war. He cited a prisoner killed by a rock during a construction blast and alleged a broader pattern of killings and torture by American camp commanders. He blamed the United States for stalling peace talks and noted alleged broadcasts from Peiping.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North
Aoa
Nam Iae Ae
U. N
Camp Command
Nam
William K. Harrison
U. Em
Peiping Tenee
Pula Pilin
Red Radio
Kose Island
Woman Doctor Enters State Hospital
Dr Norma Holt the pediatrician wife of L Byerly Holt has been committed to the State Hospital at Raleigh after a Forsyth Superior Court jury found her mentally incompetent to stand trial for the murder of her 3 year old daughter Vickie. Four psychiatrists testified she is completely incompetent by reason of insanity. The other two children Larry nine months and Anne have recovered and live with relatives in Texas. Holt had stabbed them with steak knives and attempted suicide with sleeping powders. The murder indictment remains in effect pending next competency ruling.
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Winston-Salem
Norma Holt
State Hospital
Raleigh
Forsyth Ny
Vickie
L. Byerly Holt
Larry
Anne
Texas
Holt
Truman to campaign as defense figure in 1952 race
President Truman returns from a whistle stop tour to plan a defense role for the Democrats while Adlai Stevenson outlines future policies. He attacks Eisenhower and Dulles over talks on Eastern Europe and atomic war risk, set to campaign in Western states with lengthy whistle stops.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
White House
Stevenson
Milwaukee
Hungry Horse Dam
Montana
Parkersburg
W. Va
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Hurricane Baker Close to Miami Strikes Atlantic Paths
A hurricane with 140 mph winds moves northwest across Atlantic shipping lanes about 800 miles east of Miami. The 11 am advisory notes center winds near 115 mph gusting to 140 mph, with 75 miles of hurricane force winds outward. Shipping urged caution as the storm heads for the mainland with possible intensification. The system, tracked to lat 24.2 N, lon 67.5 W, was moving at about 12 mph. forecasters expect little course change in 12 hours.
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Miami
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
SBI appoints Robert E Epley as agent in state bureau
Director James W Powell announced the selection of 27 year old Robert E Epley of Asheville as an SBI agent. Epley served four years with the State Highway Patrol in North Wilkesboro Asheville and Bryson City and is a World War II veteran likely to be assigned to a western territory. The new appointment brings SBI special agents to twenty.
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Raleigh
James W. Powell
State Bureau of Investigation
Robert E. Epley
Asheville
SBI
Epley
North Wilkesboro
Bryson City
Powell
Residence Training Program for Psychiatrists Starts
Dr. David A. Young, superintendent of state hospitals, announced a residence training program for physicians aiming to specialize in psychiatry at the State Hospital. Two doctors participate, Dr. Walter A. Sikes of Georgia and Dr. Thomas E. Curtis of Oklahoma, both of whom have previously served at the State Hospital in Georgia.
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Raleigh
State Hospital
David A. Young
Walter A. Sikes
Georgia
Thomas E. Curtis
Oklahoma
Young
Rivers Reach Crest as Raleigh Faces Flood Threat
Cape Fear and Neuse rivers, swollen by heavy rain, are forecast to crest today. The Cape Fear is seen at Fayetteville at 50 feet, about 15 feet above flood stage, with the Neuse near 36 feet, about seven feet over flood stage.
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Raleigh
Cape Fear
Neuse
U. S. Weather Bureau
Fayetteville
Smithfield
Haywood County votes to stay dry and wine ban upheld
Unofficial returns from Haywood County show a three to one vote against beer with 6 542 voting opposed and 1 917 for. Wine sales were opposed 6 679 to 1 819 in a local option referendum. In Chapel Hill the UNC Memorial Hospital opened with 400 beds and 200 staff.
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Waynesville
Haywood
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Memorial Oe
John F. Bolton
Moore County
University of North Carolina
Prison paper crowds in job ads for discharged inmates
The Inner World, Central Prison’s newspaper, begins a mustering-out program asking inmates slated for release within six months to submit information for a “jobs wanted” column. The paper hopes outside papers will reprint the ads due to its small circulation. Al Lowenstein of Chapel Co. will lead YDC college student campaign for Young Democratic Clubs of America and coordinate activities to elect the national Democratic ticket in November.
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Raleigh
The
Inner World
al Lowenstein
Amerca
Lowenstein
Yale University
Richard J. Nelson
YDC
Wilson College to Begin Winter Session and Mark 50th Anniversary
Atlantic Christian College will open its winter session on September 15 and hold registration for new, upperclass, and transfer students on September 17. Dr Lessie Murray says advance registration indicates the college will have its largest freshman enrollment as they celebrate 50 years.
Business leader Flake F. Steele dies in Winston-Salem
Flake F. Steele aged 72 died at his home after a five months illness. He served as president of the Pine Hall Brick Co. in Winston-Salem and led the company that built the Vance Hotel in Statesville. He is survived by his wife and three sons. Funeral services are set for tomorrow in Winston-Salem with burial in Statesville.
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Flake F. Steele
Winston-Salem
Statesville
Pine Hall Brick Co
Vance Hotel
Stevenson In Major Farm Speech in Illinois Campaign
Gov Adlai Stevenson tests a major farm policy address for the campaign while planning an extensive aerial tour through nine Western states. Sen Everett Dirksen attacks Stevenson from Springfield urging real political change and charges over New Deal and Fair Deal policies.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Ath
Everett M. Dirksen
Stevenson
Truman
Dirksen
Olimois
National Committee For Agricultural Progress
Kasson
Minn
Denver
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
State Tax Collections Soar Ahead of Last Year
Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw reported North Carolina tax receipts for August show strong gains across funds. General fund receipts totaled 11 372 610, up from 10 676 411 last August, with sales tax and franchise tax rising. Income tax fell, highway funds dipped, but two month totals remain above the prior year.
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Raleigh
Eugene Shaw
Scott
Shaw
Shaw Ae
Eisenhower Giants Dixie Tour Marks First GOP Southern Drive
Eisenhower tours Florida Alabama and Georgia during a historic Dixie swing promising to raise campaign tempo. In Tampa he urged cleaning up Washington and praised the civil service while urging southern supporters to participate in the political process.
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Dixie
Ike
D. Eisenhower
Washington
Florida
Klabama
Arkansas
Deep South
Truman
Eisenhower
Tampa
Plant Field
United States
William C. Cramer
St. Petersburg
Congress
Civil Service
South
Southland
Georgia
Friends
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Weather forecast figures include odd temperatures
Reading shows a misformatted forecast with temperatures listed as 628 for tonight low and 174 for tomorrow high, while today’s high 16 and last night low 48 appear incorrect, indicating OCR errors in the weather box.
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Malone
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Adlai
Big Hurricane
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New England
Cecil Gentry
Charlotte
Boston
Chicago
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Detroit
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Los Angeles
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