Remembering 1952 a year of quiet tension and doubt
A reflective look at 1952 notes a year of rising prosperity yet uncertainty. The average man earned more, paid more taxes, and enjoyed gadgets, cars, and television while feeling unsettled about the future and seeking security. The era saw world unrest, Korea stalemate, and a new H bomb test in the Pacific.
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Britain
Boyle
Ike
Pacific
Africa
Asia
Korea
Finletter Warns Bombers Beyond Yalu Would Be Wrong
NEW YORK Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter warned that sending strategic bombers beyond the Yalu River into North Korea and Manchuria would be bombing the wrong place and risk world war. He spoke in a Bronx address while Eisenhower returned from Korea, outlining advances in supersonic planes jet engines rockets and atomic weapons and their potential to save or end the world.
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New York
Air Force
Thomas Finletter
Yalu River
North Korea-Manchuria
Finletter
Bronx County Bar Association
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
TWA Surveys Far East Air Facilities to Start Service
Trans World Airlines completed a 34 day round the world survey flight ending at Idlewild. The Bombay to Tokyo leg explored facilities for potential service linking the two cities. TWA currently operates US to Bombay routes.
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TWA
Far East
New York
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
Bombay
Tokyo
United States
Jessel Recovering From Gall Bladder Operation
Comedy star George Jessel remains in convalescence after an emergency gallbladder operation performed yesterday by Dr Marcus H. Rabwin. He had been hospitalized for several days prior to the surgery.
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Hollywood
George Jessel
Marcus H. Rabwin
Jessel
Boy 13 Receives 300th Blood Transfusion
Los Angeles report notes Gary Miller age thirteen has received 300 pints of blood from Children’s Hospital to treat hypoplastic anemia diagnosed at seven weeks old. He remains active with mild activity and attends school as his condition requires regular transfusions with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Miller, keeping watch for fatigue and paleness.
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Los Angeles
Gary Miller
Children’s Hospital
Gary
Maurice Miller
Defense Dept identifies 103 Korean War casualties
The Defense Department released list No. 710 naming 103 casualties from the Korean War. It reports 29 dead, 68 wounded, five missing and one injured, with details released today in Washington.
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Washington
Defense Department
Answers and curiosities from The La Crosse Tribune Bureau
A reader questions page explains how to obtain facts from the Tribune Information Bureau in Washington. It covers topics from Magallanes distance to Punta Arenas, the giant squid, inherited tan, church weddings after death, and Pres. Truman’s Washington church, with concise expert responses.
Canning and Preserving booklet offered for 25 cents
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau advertises a booklet titled Canning and Preserving. It outlines methods for canning meats fruits and vegetables and includes recipes for jams jellies preserves and pickles. Enclose 25 cents postpaid to Washington D C for a copy.
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Eye St
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Washington, D.C
Wisconsin studies alternative methods in Swiss cheese patent fight
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture examines alternative procedures after a Patent Office decision paused a rindless Swiss cheese process. The dispute centers on Honer versus Kraft Foods over wrapping and waxing methods and a pressing and moulding vat. Honer, now at the University of Illinois, faces patents challenged by Kraft with Wisconsin factories backing the state.
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Madison
Wisconsin
U. S. Patent Office
Clarence Honer
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture
James B. Stine
Kraft Foods Company
Joseph G. Werner
Vernon Thomson
Patent Office
Honer
Kraft
Stine
University of Illinois
McCarthy To Lead New GOP Subversives Drive
Senator McCarthy pledged to continue his personal campaign against subversives and security risks in the next Congress. He will chair the Senate Government Operations Committee while noting cooperation with the McCarran subcommittee on the Communist question.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Congress
Truman
Senate Committee On
Sen. McCarran
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Fisher Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding on Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron C. Fisher marked their 50th wedding anniversary on the Clinton area farm where they were married fifty years ago. Their four sons and five daughters gathered with relatives to honor the milestone.
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Clinton
Canada
Aaron C. Fisher
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