Hardy Musk Ox May Save Soil
In Huntington Vermont Vilhjalmur Stefansson and anthropologist John J Teal Jr promote using the musk ox to rehabilitate thin rocky soils on abandoned New England farms. Teal plans to source eight calves from Ellesmere Island as part of a Vermont Animal Research Foundation project, arguing the animal can be domesticated and provide wool as well as beef.
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New England
John J. Teal Jdr
Teal
Stefansson
Ellesmere Island
W. Douglas Burden
Vermont
Vermont Animal Research Foundation
Alfred F. Barker
Leeds University
Woolen
Barker
Room Coolers Sell Amid Slump And Strike Threat
Air conditioner dealers report rising room cooler sales as hot June enters, with a risky steel shortage threatening appliance plants and a possible July shutdown for at least one maker. Nonetheless, inventories are viewed as sufficient to meet summer demand and the industry eyes broader growth as home cooling costs fall.
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New York
John A. Gilbreath
Servel
Weather Bureau Reads 139 in Sun Thermometer for New York
New York records a June 25 heat spike with Central Park sun thermometer showing 139 degrees. The heat caused structural stress as a Third Avenue Elevated rail buckled under the sun’s blast.
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New York U
New York
Weather Bureau
Central Park
Third Avenue
Mississippi GOP Factions Plan Fight at National Convention
Anson Sheldon of Greenville and George Sheldon of Clinton travel to Chicago to press for recognition of the Lily White faction at the national convention. They lead a split Mississippi GOP with Lily Whites pro Eisenhower but unpledged, and the Black and Tan group allied with Taft.
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Miss
Mississippi
Chicago
National Party
Anson Sheldon
Greenville
George Sheldon
Clinton
Attlee Chides Korea Policy as Burr Under Saddle
J M Roberts Jr reports that Prime Minister Attlee criticizes U S and British policy on Korea. The piece notes Attlee’s influence with Churchill, Gen. Alexander’s Korea trip, and ongoing strain in Anglo American relations over Korea policy.
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Burr
J. M. Roberts JR
Associated Press
Pres. Truman
Clement Attlee
Germany
Russia
China
the Burr
Egypt
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Korea
U.S
Gen. Alexander
Britain
World Federalists Leader Seeks Global Security Pact
Norman Cousins, newly elected president of the United World Federalists, advocates a world federation with limited powers to curb Soviet expansion and safeguard peace. The assembly backed continued U.N. support and urged merit-based funding, with delegates from Wisconsin and across the U.S. attending.
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Philadelphia
Norman Cousins
United World Federalists
Gunnar Gundersen
la Crosse
UWF
Cousins
Saturday Review
Alan Cranston
Los Altos
Calif
Norwalk
United States
World Federation
U.N
Idea
Pierce Butler Jr
St. Paul
N.C
Wisconsin
Rodney Shaw
Oconomowoc
Arnold Goodman
Racine
Charles McClure
Appleton
James Buchanan
Green Bay
Jack Eisendrath
S. B. Carr
Lawrence Giese
Arnold Pflamm
Milwaukee
Walter Engelke
William Ragatz
Madison
Helen Hunton
Ethel Schwalbe
Kenosha
Engelke
Rose St
Discovery of billion-dollar diamond fields found by children
Two children in a South African river discovered a small pebble valued at 2500 dollars which led to the revelation of the Kimberley diamond fields worth billions. The find triggered exploration and brought global attention to the region and its resources.
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Kimberely
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