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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
3
Heralded as a new era the electronic brain prompts caution from Hal Boyle who argues machines should have heart. He notes the Bureau of Standards air force unit aims to ease routine work but cautions that social needs like companionship and consolation define true progress in science.
Sir John Cockroft, director at Harwell, says Britain may have a practical atomic power plant in four to five years. He notes Harwell scientists are pursuing faster plutonium production and uranium extraction, while the plant’s underground pile and hot lab are showcased to press alongside isotopes used in disease treatment.
Ontario police widen hunt near Hamilton and London for a bank robber who killed two pursuing officers and fled with 23 000 dollars. Hundreds of officers volunteers and dogs search bush north of Lake Erie using planes and gear, while the suspect remains at large with a Sten gun as investigators piece together the case. In Tokyo a U S army court sentences four Japanese to two years for distributing a letter attacking General MacArthur.
London police and admiralty tied Soviet supported saboteurs to six British warship incidents over 18 months. The Tallyho at Devonport jammed by sand, with similar acts on the Sydney Trenchant Illustrious Urania in Devonport and at sea. Investigators point to communist sympathizers in docks and yards.
Fire crews from several towns battled a blaze at the Chatco Steel plant, Hudson Motor Car Company's Canadian factory in Tilbury Ontario, early today. The fire raged about four hours and caused an estimated $500,000 in damage.
Six hundred stranded college students searched for a replacement ship after the coast guard declared the chartered Norwegian freighter unsafe for their trip to Europe. The students, members of the college delegation, faced a sudden delay and uncertainty in securing passage.
Coast guard inspectors deemed the Svalbard firetrap and barred American passengers from sailing. The 6,000 ton ship had been chartered from the Norwegian government for 200000 dollars after students failed to secure space on other vessels. The group sought hotels and vacant dormitories as substitutes for sailing time. A spokesman said the Air Force will launch its first guided missile from Banana River Florida within weeks as the long range proving ground begins operation.
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