FBI Arrests Rocket Expert in Plutonium Case
FBI says Sanford Lawrence Simons, 28, a rocket project specialist linked to Denver University and an Army program, took a piece of plutonium from Los Alamos. Plutonium found buried at his Denver home. Simons says he wanted it as a souvenir.
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Washington
FBI
Denver
Colo
J. Edgar Hoover
Sanford Lawrence Simons
Denver University
Los Alamos
N. Mex
Simons
Hoover
Army
California University
Justice Department
New York City
Newtown High School
Elmhart
Long Island
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
Bureau
Senators Press Immediate Action on Universal Military Training
Nine members of the armed services committee urged Congress to stay in session until passing universal military training legislation. Secretary Johnson warned Western Europe lacks strength to deter aggression, and Gen. Bradley called UMT the long term solution for a trained reserve amid ongoing tensions after Korea. The nine urging action spanned Democratic and Republican senators including Tydings, Byrd, Chapman, Johnson, Hunt, Gurney, Morse, Bridges, and Knowland.
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Washington
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Defense
Johnson
Europe
United States
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tydings
Maryland
Sens
Byrd
Virginia
Chapman
Kentucky
Texas
Hunt
Wyoming
Gurney
South Dakota
Morse
Oregon
Bridges
New Hampshire
Knowland
California
Car Overturns Near Mauston Injures Two Women
Two Indiana women were slightly injured when the car they rode in overturned eight miles east of Mauston on U S Highway 16. Mrs Ruth Ransom the driver from Terre Haute Indiana sustained a back injury and shock while Ruth Wey also of Terre Haute suffered shock. Both were hospitalized at Manston after the four roll accident occurred as Ransom attempted to pass another vehicle.
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Mauston
Wis
Indiana
U. S. Highway 16
Wome
Ruth Ransom
Earl Ransom
Terre Harate
Ind
Ruth Wey
Terre Haute
Kentucky Dining Cloths Change Three Times at Meals
During the 1850s in Kentucky it was customary to change the dining cloth three times. One cloth served the main course, a second for dessert, and a third for nuts and wines.
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Kentucky
14000 Youngsters Attend State Fair on Children’s Day
Milwaukee crowds swell attendance to 57451 with rain reducing late day turnout. Freckle contest goes to Garry Gollakner 10 Alpha Michigan while 13 year old Carol Mitter of Milwaukee wins the girls title. Adults gaze at a glass cage displaying nearly one million dollars in cash guarded by trained men. Tuesday marks Pioneer Day honoring longtime fairgoers.
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Milwaukee
Garry Gollakner
Alpha, Mich
Carol Mitter
Pioneer
Soldier Held on Statutory Charge Transferred to Madison
Pvt. Carl J. Robinson, 19, of Gary Indiana, transferred from Sparta to Madison for federal court appearance after arraignment on a statutory charge. He is held on a $5,000 bond. Robinson, a Camp McCoy reserve, allegedly forced a 17 year old from a car. a girl later arrested for loitering serves a 10 day term.
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Sparta
Wis
Carl J. Robinson
Gary
Ind
Madison
Camp McCoy
Robinson
U. S
Z. S. Rice
H. L. Fanning
National Guardsmen Begin 3 Day Camp McCoy Bivouac
The 44th Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Harry L. Bolen moves into Camp McCoy for a three day outdoor training exercise. The drill tests intensified camp and year round armory training with camouflage, pyro techniques, and realistic combat problems. Aggressor troops in green uniforms will try to penetrate defenses.
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Sparta
Wis
Harry L. Bolen
Camp McCoy
Rites Held For Child Burned In Explosion
Funeral services were held for three year old James Enyart of Post township at the Presbyterian church in Waukon. He died August 18 at Decorah hospital from burns received in an explosion at his parents home. Survivors include his parents and grandparents. Burial followed at Oakland cemetery.
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Waukon
James Enyart
Hartley Enyart
Post Township
Presbyterian Church
Curtis Webster
Decorah Hospital
Leonard Lawson
Oakland Cemetery
France to Deploy Infantry Battalion to Korea Mission
France's cabinet decided to send a French land force to join United Nations troops in Korea. The infantry battalion likely numbers about 800 soldiers, many volunteers, following an all day cabinet meeting at the Summer residence of President Vincent Auriol in Rambouillet.
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France
The
Republic
Vincent Auriol
Riots in Somaliland Kill Over 200 Natives
British controlled Arab news agency reports more than 200 natives killed amid tribal disturbances in former Italian Somaliland. The territory, under UN trusteeship since last February, is slated for independence after a 10 year period.
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Cairo
Egypt
Italy
United Nations
School Site Size and Coordination Trend in New District
The commission on school housing recommends minimum five acres per elementary school plus an extra acre per 100 pupils, totaling about ten acres for a 500 pupil school. One story buildings are favored for cost efficiency. The survey aims to align with a national move toward coordinating schools and parks, making schools neighborhood centers with shared public property.
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Commission
Reavis
Swiss Celebrate Independence Day With Stage Fireworks
Swiss turn to elaborate stage fireworks on August 1 to mark the country’s national day. The display features synchronized effects across major cities, drawing crowds and highlighting local traditions.
Livestock and grain quotes from Chicago market report
Swift & Company hours posted for livestock trading 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday with discounts for overfilled lots. Chicago hogs and cattle listed with prices and ranges for various weights and classes, plus cash grain, soybeans, and potatoes market stages and open outcry figures.
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Swift & Company
Tech
South St Paul Livestock Prices Steady Across Classes
At South St Paul Minnesota the USDA market report shows cattle and calves mostly steady with vealers steady and stock cattle firm. Prices list various weights for steers and heifers, with ranges for cows bulls and vealers, hogs down about 25 cents, feeder pigs also weaker.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Chicago Produce Market Report
Live poultry prices hold steady with receipts totaling 37 loads. Heavy hens 25 to 28, friers 30 to 35, old roosters 20 to 21, roosters 28 to 32, f c b prices unchanged to two cents higher. Butter unsettled with 662 921 pounds received. wholesale prices firm with cases 7 011. U S extras 38 to 39 1 2 cents per dozen, U S standards 32 3 to 33 1 3. Current receipts 31 5 and dirties 28. checks 28 1 2.
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Chicago
USDA
F.c.b
U. S
Election primary contest for governor and congress
The item lists Democratic and Republican contenders in upcoming primaries across states. In Wyoming, A Grieve and Samuel L Asher join C D Williamson seeking the Democratic governor nomination alongside John J McIntyre Rudolph Anselmi and Carl Johnson in the race for governor. Barretts house seat in contention among three Republicans and three Democrats while Mississippi incumbents face renomination battles. Democratic nomination in Mississippi is tantamount to election with several seats contested and four Mississippi house members unopposed.
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A. Grieve
Cheyenne
Samuel L. Asher
C. D. Williamson
Wyoming Commerce and Industry Commission
John J. McIntyre
Rudolph Anselmi
Carl Johnson
Barrett
Arthur Winstead
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
House
William M. Whittington
Funeral rites planned for Milford Skrudrud
Mil ford Skrudrud 23 died when a convertible he rode in tipped over on a gravel road ten miles south of St Charles. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday at 1 30 p m at the farm home and 2 p m at Pilot Mound Lutheran church. Burial in church cemetery.
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Lanesboro
Minn
Milford Skrukrud
Pilot Mound Lutheran Church
S. Theodore Severtson
Johnson Funeral Home
Skrudrud
Pilot Mound
Odin Skrudrud
R. 1
Joseph Denning
Rochester
Barthers
Kenneth
Rushford
Gale
Odin Jr
Donald
St. Charles
Milford
Private From Alma Missing In Korea
Pvt. Dean V. Peterson 18, son of Carl J. Peterson now of Cloquet Minn, is missing in action in Korea. He enlisted Oct. 8 1949 after Alma High School and farm work. He served in Japan with the Seventh Infantry Division.
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Alma
Wis
Dean V. Peterson
Carl J. Peterson
Cloquet
Minn
Korea
Albert Rieck
Peterson
Japan
Seventh
Winona
Barn Destroyed by Fire on Ludwig Farm near Spillville
A barn measuring 68 by 48 feet on the Ludwig farm near Spillville burned Friday August 18 at about 7 15 am. An adjoining silo was damaged. The barn held 140 tons of hay and more than 100 young pigs and 40 hogs were saved. Loss estimated at 8000 to 10000 dollars. Fire departments from Calmar and Protivin could not save the building. Cause undetermined.
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Calmar
Ludwig Farm
Spillville
Protivin
Camel Drinks 20 Gallons After Long Dry Trip
A camel can endure long dry periods with minimal water but will drink about 20 gallons after a lengthy, arid journey. The animal requires substantial hydration to recover its balance and energy.
Democratic runners clash over isolationism in Wisconsin race
Democratic hopefuls assail Senator Wiley as isolationist and warn of communism danger while criticizing Vernon Thomson and Walter Kohler. Reuss calls Thomson a legal boner for saying he would prosecute corruption. Greene mocks Kohler's leadership record amid party infighting.
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Associated Press
Wiley
Wisconsin Republican
LaVern R. Dilweg
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Dilweg
House
U. S
Korea
Thomson
Ted
Boner
Reuss
John Doe
West Allis Democratic Club
Charles P. Greene
Thompson
Kohler
Walter Kohler
Greene
Coleman
Whitehall Author Sells To Magazine
Eva John Kuhn of Whitehall has sold her first magazine article titled Make Mine Junk to Western Family of Hollywood. A member of the Creative Writers of Whitehall and the Wisconsin Rural Writers association, she is a collector of antiques and has previously sold newspaper features and greeting card material.
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Whitehall
Wis
Eva John Kuhn
Creative Writers of
Wisconsin Rural Writers Association
Hollywood
Whitehall Girl Returns From Rural Bible Camp
Mary Jane Waniorek of Whitehall finished a week at Crescent Lake near Rhinelander as a prize for memorizing 500 Bible verses. Daughter of Mrs. Gladys Weber, she belongs to Our Savior's Lutheran church in Whitehall and attended the united crusade camp organized by Wisconsin church groups.
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Mary Jane Waniorek
Whitehall
Crescent Lake
Rhinelander
Gladys Weber
South Pettibone Island
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Miss Waniorek
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Property damage from torna costs billions annually in U S
The text states that property damage from tornadoes averages about 12 million dollars per year in the United States. It notes the financial impact across the country, implying a significant annual forecast of losses tied to tornado damage.
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U. S
Ettrick Girl Scouts Camp At BRF Park
Ettrick senior and Intermediate Girl Scouts will camp overnight at the Black River Falls park and cabin on Thursday and Friday August 24 and 25. A planning meeting for about 17 girls and leaders was held at the home of Mrs. C A Brye with Mrs. Brye and leaders present. Activities include trail blazing blackberry picking outdoor cooking swimming at the city pool and a visit to the Indian mission ten miles north of Black River Falls.
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Ettrick
Wis
Black River Falls
Brye
Vancouver boarding house loses its oldest boarder
Bach elor Paul Marmette aged 92, British Columbia’s oldest railway pensioner, has left Earls Court boarding house after 55 years of continuous residence. He will be cared for at a nursing facility.
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Vancouver
Earlscourt
Paul Marmette
British Columbia
Obituary for Mrs Hattie Thompson and Mrs Jean Rawlinson
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie Thompson will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Sletten McKee north side chapel with burial in Woodlawn cemetery. Jean O Rawlinson aged 75 of 713 Cass street died at home and is survived by three daughters, three sisters, 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. services Thursday at 1 30 pm at the home and 2 pm at Christ Episcopal church with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Hattie Thompson
Sletten-McKee North Side
C. Hanson
Woodlawn
Jean O. Rawlinson
Cass Street
E. J. (Marie) Dwyer
A. E
Elizabeth) Bernatz
D. R
Helen) Wartinbee
la Crosse
J. J. C. Moore
Alto Dena
Calif
F. E. Etzell
J. C. C. Chit
Military Leaders Outline Korea War Objectives and Strength
General MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff plan to stabilize the front and build up equipment toward the 38th parallel. Johnson cites six to eight months for Korea, with 17 army divisions, 69 air groups, and 23 carrier groups expected. Bradley says aggression in Korea was well planned and militant communism willing to use force, marking a fundamental shift in US military needs.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
General MacArthur
38Th Parallel
Korea
North Korea
Johnson
Sheppard
D-Calif
Bradley
Omar Bradley
United States
Two Vehicles Crash on Fourth Street Collision belated police report
A belated police report notes a Saturday night crash at 11 p m. on Fourth Street near Jay Street involving Edward Stanek of 1521 Market Street and Frank Fuchs of 115 South Fourth Street. Stanek rear ended Fuchs after Fuchs stopped in traffic. Stanek sustained 50 dollars and Fuchs 30 dollars in damage.
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Edward Stanek
Market Street
Frank Fuchs
South Fourth Street
Fourth Street
Jay Street
Stanek
Fuchs
Decorah Adds 2 Polio Victims
Decorah Iowa sent two more polio patients to Iowa City hospitals Verle Borsheim 21 and Martha Louise Halvorson two daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyle Halvorson The latter is reported improving Sandra Bakken daughter of Mr and Mrs Nels Bakken will return home this week the symptoms of polio having been arrested Three other polio victims have been discharged from hospitals Mrs Kenneth Ingvolstad Gary Headington and Billy Torgrim
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Decorah
Iowa City
Verle Borsheim
Martha Louise Halvorson
Lyle Halvorson
Sandra Bakken
Nels Bakken
Kenneth Ingvolstad
Gary Headington
Billy Torgrim
Steel girders moved faster now for MacDonald hotel extension
In London, Ann. 14 steel girders are moved by truck to the MacDonald hotel project for a 300 room extension. Joseph Smith worked on both builds, today hauling steel by truck from the railway yard, 38 years after hauling it with horses and oxen.
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Edmondon
Ann
MacDonald
Joseph Smith
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