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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1952
Page
5
London report says Harry Leonard a 40 year old health inspector won the National Needle Arts Bureau annual sewing contest. He earned 140 dollars and 30 pounds first prize for sewing a blue suit in 330 hours of his spare time.
An early summer heat wave kept a sticky grip across the eastern half of the nation with many cities reporting 90s and 100s for multiple days. Chicago drew crowds to beaches while St. Louis and Nashville posted June records, and a Wisconsin tornado damaged Rice Lake as Minnesota faced violent storms.
White signs reading Acheson vo home were found plastered on streets and buildings in Oxford England today. Police say the U S secretary of state did not authorize the posters. Clean up crews worked to remove the signs as workers nearby noted a message on a Warham College building referencing his last sighting with the college’s vice chancellor Sir Maurice Bawra.
Jefferson City Junior Chamber of Commerce begins 1952 Cole County Fair work, with a fence and loading chute being built at the Fair Grounds on Highway 56 West starting 5 30 p m. The fair runs July 24 to 26. A community picnic at Clung Park drew about 60 people last night.
In Lexington Missouri a Wheeling couple was killed in a two car collision seven miles east of town. Mrs Sensenich 47 and Talbot 69 were occupants of one car. The other driver was injured fatally.
AP reports a nationwide warrant for the arrest of William Merl Martin 42 sought in the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Willard Carver. Martin, released from Missouri penitentiary two weeks ago, was labeled dangerous. authorities also charged Charles Wilford Isgripas 37 with first degree murder. Isgripas, ex-convict, is related to Joplin officials and to Martin by marriage.
In Vienna the Austrian government banned sale of nine day old embryo eggs touted as a cure all. University tests found no real benefit while officials labeled them spoiled food under food laws and outlawed sale under drug laws citing pharmacy restrictions.
Washington reports that the upper atmosphere wind speeds are too weak to affect a hat. Scientists note the air is thin and wind speeds barely reach a few times lower than the hoped for gusts. A Cambridge University researcher describes a theoretical wind belt spanning about 1,100 miles aloft.
In London Attlee accused the United States of imperiling Korean truce talks by bombing North Korea power plants. He urged Britain obtain full information before endorsing such raids as the armistice talks narrowed to prisoner repatriation.
In St Louis two elderly sisters Miss Isabelle Fransiole 82 and Miss Adele Fransiole 47 were found dead in their home apparently of natural causes. They left an estate valued at about 50 704 dollars with no known heirs. Public Administrator Thomas Brady opened their safety deposit boxes revealing 41 650 dollars in currency and other assets. If no relatives are found the estate escheats to the state after 21 years.
Seven Central Missouri girls at Missouri Girls State in Fulton took oaths for county offices. Barbara Blank and Gloria Schmall, both of Jefferson City, were elected clerk and magistrate of Scott county. Hetty Jo Watt of Elden won a seat in the house for Price county, Betty Deffenbaugh and Georgia Fitzgerald, both of Elver Ville and Jefferson City respectively, secured senate and house seats for Price county, Shirley Bohning of Guthrie joined the house for Morton county, and Mary Ann Vogel of Jefferson City filed as a governor candidate on the nationalist ticket. The state section is set for Thursday.
KSD-TV announced FCC authorization to raise transmitting power from 16 to 80 kilowatts, boosting signal reach to fringe areas up to about 60 to 160 miles from St. Louis. Station official George Burbach said operations with the higher power could begin by early fall to improve reception of its programs.
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