Arco Reaches Fame From Atomic City Lighted by Power Test
Arco Idaho residents celebrate being the first town lit by atomic energy after Utah Power and Light connected power from an Atomic Energy Commission plant on July 17. Mayor Ellison recalls July 16 as the date, while Power and Light manager Byrne confirms July 17. Residents like Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Merrill express elation and pride as word of Arco’s historic night spreads.
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Idaho
P—Atomic Power
Earth
C. A. Bottolfsen
Atomic Energy
Utah Power and Light Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Ralph M. Ellison
Clarence W. Byrne
Power and Light
Ellison
Michael Porter
Segregation Scoring Some Advance And Has Setbacks
The La Crosse Tribune reports on early progress and reverses in school desegregation. Newport Kentucky moves to end segregation in kindergartens and all grades by 1956 while Big Spring Texas courts challenge state funds for integrated districts. In Hoxie Arkansas residents push petitions calling for board resignations.
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the Tribune
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la Crosse
Sunday Tribune
Carrier Bay
A. D. Owens
Newport
Big Spring
Tex
Texas Citizens Council
Hoxie
Ark
Herbert Brewer
Classified Ad Service Promises Quick Help
The notice promotes a fast, dial in service for placing classified ads by contacting ad-writer at the provided phone number 2-8040. It emphasizes ease and speed in submitting items for publication.
Gene Kelly Birthday Chronicle from Pittsburgh to Broadway
Gene Kelly, born August 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, studied journalism at the University of Pittsburgh and taught dance. He rose to Broadway success in Pal Joey and Best Foot Forward before directing and starring in film and television.
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Gene Kelly
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Pal Joey
Trains Derail Near Mukwonago Disrupt Soo Line Service
A Soo Line freight train derailed near Mukwonago causing five hours of service disruption on Monday. Three cars left the tracks blocking line access and prompting temporary suspension of operations while crews cleared the wreckage.
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Waukesha
Mukwonago
Board Developed To Protect Against Atom Dust
Madison reports a wood fiber dif fusion board intended for civilian and troop shelters against atomic dusts poison gas and germ warfare. Developed by Dr Alfred J Stamm and Harold Tarkow at the Forest Products Laboratory under Army contract the barrier blocks harmful agents while allowing life sustaining oxygen to pass.
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Alfred J. Stamm
Forest Products Laboratory
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Harold Tarkow
Dr. Stamm
Conltract
Army Chemical Corps
J. A. Hall
Stamm
Chemical Corps
Thinks Girl Broke Off Talk Kills Self In Bar
In San Francisco Francis Gordon Galli aged 31 shot himself after a bar encounter with a waitress he dated. A companion said Galli quarreled, called her from his apartment, and returned to the bar where a patron saw the dangling telephone receiver before the suicide.
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San Francisco
Francis Gordon Galli
Galli
Alfred Giannini
Will Rogers and Wiley Post Death Anniversary Observed
In Fairbanks Alaska residents marked the 20th anniversary of the Will Rogers and Wiley Post crash Yesteryear a plane dipped low over the monuments and dropped a wreath of flowers honoring the two on the site.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Doerre Hardware Ads Shipping Services in La Crosse
We repair reels and service door closets cut window glass rent floor sanders furnish plumbing repairs furnace pipe gutters and fencing general hardware paint fishing equipment and provide free delivery Doerre Hardware La Crosse Adv
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