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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1950
Page
10
A private plane crashed into a hill after takeoff from Lake Delton airport injuring an expectant mother from Elmwood Park Illinois. Her husband suffered minor injuries. Mrs Leonard Austin was taken to St Marys hospital with possible skull fracture and severe cuts.
Plastics transition from sidelined material to integral component of everyday rubber products, reshaping manufacturing and consumer usage. The shift highlights growing versatility in polymers for tires, seals, and thousands of consumer goods as engineers optimize durability and cost.
West Germany seeks authority to form a 25 000 man police force to operate across the allied occupation zone. U S officials discuss a possible 5 000 member force to counter balance a 50 000 strong Soviet backed Eastern force. France and Britain weigh positions as U S policy cautions against building a nucleus for another mechanized army while rubber plastics gains industrial traction in textiles and gears.
For the first time, the government introduces typewriters with Hindi characters for part of its official correspondence, marking a shift toward bilingual administrative practice in government offices.
A spokesman for the nation's railway unions warned before a senate labor subcommittee that a bill to ban railway strikes and create compulsory arbitration would invite government control of the industry. George M. Harrison of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks called the measure a threat to free enterprise and predicted it would not stop strikes.
Two Chinese Nationalist warships fired over 200 shells at the British blockade runner Cheung Hing about 20 miles from Amoy. Six passengers were killed and six wounded. the ship carried 100 Chinese passengers and 62 crew including four Europeans. It was returning here tomorrow after six months of blockade running.
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General J Lawton Collins, U S Army chief of staff, was awarded Notre Dame University Laetare Medal for outstanding American Catholic layman. Rev John J Cavanaugh presented the honor in South Bend Indiana after the ceremony yesterday.
Nicholas Noll 23 was acquitted on a maltreatment charge after appealing a four month jail sentence for burning his stepson Mark two, in Seymour on December 23, 1949. The circuit judge found reasonable doubt whether Noll wilfully caused the burns after testimony.
Zdenek Peska a 50 year old former professor defends the mass espionage treason trial saying the communist regime is made of the dregs of society and that his pamphlet on them was accurate. He pleads partially guilty as the fifth day of the trial opens and winds down Friday.
Teaneck's only movie theater will admit children at matinees but bans teenage patrons unless accompanied by parents. Manager Al Harris cites repeated fires in the theater over three weeks and says an arrest was made of a 15 year old boy who confessed to starting the blazes for fun. The manager has even climbed onto the stage to quiet disturbances during showings.
Mrs Katharine Buerki of Madison dies from injuries after a fall last Easter. The 86 year old mother of three sons. Dr Robin Buerki former head of Wisconsin General Hospital now VP at the University of Pennsylvania. Fred Buerki technical director of the universitys Union theater. and Glenn Buerki of Chicago survive.
A second bomb exploded outside the American Snuff Co plant in Memphis amid a strike, shattering windows and causing masonry damage but injuring no one. Nightwatchman Vernon Kidd said the device was tossed from a nearby railroad track as he investigated a prowler report. The prior blast two weeks earlier damaged snuff cases and windows.
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