City Gets Lights Back After 7 Hours
Monroe Louisiana with a population around 40 000 restored power seven hours after the municipal plant failed at 2 pm yesterday. Supt. T L von Fossen canceled a TV speech then heard residents' complaints about freezers that would not freeze and toasters that would not toast. Traffic lights were dark, food plants and restaurants suffered perishables losses, a bakery lost 1000 loaves, kids threw popcorn at movie screens, and one hospital lost power in most areas while another kept sterilizers running in obstetrics.
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Monroe
Louisiana
T. L. von Fossen
von Fossen
City Restored After Widespread Power Outage
By 9 p.m. most city sections were out of darkness and engineers completed restoration by midnight. Von Fossen cited a short circuit that burned out wires and left Monroe in darkness during his speech.
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von Fossen
Monroe Iin
Skullduggery Rumor Grips Marathon County Wausau
A Marathon County highway crew finds a polished black wooden casket in Cassel containing a rubber lifelike skull and upper skeleton half. Ben Hafeman and coworkers treat it as a carnival or lodge prop possibly discarded after use, amid local speculation and mystery.
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Cassel
Ben Hafeman
Hafeman
Doctor Says Russian Mothers Manage Birth by Themselves
U S Army doctor Maj Paul Schafer reports Soviet childbirths largely occur without anesthetics with mothers on an assembly line receiving four lessons on natural delivery. He notes centralization overstaffing and heavy use of female physicians in Russian medicine.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Paul Schafer
Walter Reed Hospital
Russia
Schafer
Sentry Assaulted Near British Post
In Edinburgh Scotland two men attacked an artillery sergeant near the Bedford army barracks at midnight. A warning siren sounded after the incident but no arms were reported missing. Police seek two suspects who knocked the sentry unconscious as they fled among parked vehicles.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Bedford
Mutineers Surrender in Torit as Government Forces Close In
Rebels in the Far Upper Nile village of Torit agreed to surrender after a week of rebellion against Northern Sudan command. The move came as government troops advanced to crush the uprising and in response to an ultimatum from Gov. Gen. Sir Alexander Knox Helm.
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Sudan
Far Upper Nile
Torit
South Sudan
North Sudan
Alexander Knox Helm
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