British Labor Cabinet Faces Death Penalty Dilemma
Britain's Labor cabinet weighs revoking the death penalty after the House of Commons suspended it for five years. Lords panel expected to reject the experiment. cabinet splits could force a clash with the Lords or seek a cross-rail override. Also notes first steel plow innovation of 1833.
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London
Britain
House of Lords
House of Commons
Orr Owly
Lords
Commons
Cramons
United States
School Patrol Outing At Myrick Park Brightens Tuesday
About 241 patrol members from La Crosse schools enjoyed a sunny Tuesday at Myrick Park. The Jaycees and city police organized the picnic with games, prizes, and team events, including sack races and wheelbarrow contests.
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Tribune
Myrick Park
Schoolboy Patrol
Myrick
la Crosse Jaycees
Jefferson School
Dona Mae Sharlow
Ann Lienlokken
Washburn
Ann Roth
St. Wenceslaus
Jacqueline Rhomberg
Jefferson
Jacqueline
Gail McCormick
Franklin
Linda Lehmann
Nancy Bion
Hogan
Joan Merfeld
St. John’s
Mary King
St. Joseph's
Joan
Shirley Warg
Yvonne la Pointe
Alayne Baker
Delores Jones
Carol Dobrunz
Emanuel Lutheran
Kenneth Groskopf
David Beckley
Gerald Strelow
All First Lutheran
Jerry Zellmer
Holy Trinity
Jack Stang
Douglas Molzahn
Washington
Logan High School
Joanne Heiler
Joan Troyanek
Bob Roecker
Bob Ames
South Side
Doerflingers
Barrons
Fantles
Montgomery Ward
Sears and Roebuck
Alme Lett
Moore's Book Store
Olson's Sporting Goods
S and H
State to honor Civil War vet at centennial day
Wisconsin to honor 102 year old Lansing Wilcox of Cadott as the only surviving Civil War veteran. Also invited are representatives of the Chippewa Potawatomi Sioux and Winnebago tribes as part of the state centennial program.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Lansing Wilcox
Cadett
Not Gas, But Oil In Child's Stomach
Jimmy Cherry aged 20 months was found gaging and choking in his backyard. He was rushed to hospital where fluoroscopy showed nothing in the throat. Doctors performed a stomach pump and found coal oil. the source is unknown. He is reported much better.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Cherry
Jimmy
Georgia
Children's Hospital
Avis Cherry
Salt domes energize oil exploration off Texas Louisiana coast
Government oil experts show keen interest in possible salt domes in the Gulf of Mexico stretching 75 miles seaward from Sabine Pass to Grand Chenier. Salt domes may trap oil, and Interior Department figures note seismic surveys lure geophysicists, with industry leaders calling offshore shooting a geophysical paradise.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Sabine Pass
Tex
Grand Cheniere
Max W. Ball
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Division
Louisiana
Texas
Rhodesia plans massive settler influx to build industrial base
Southern Rhodesia aims to bring in at least 100000 settlers over the next decade to develop as a major African industrial base. Britain may join a large scale controlled immigration plan, with Sir Miles Thomas possibly heading a commission. The strategic defense of the empire and the diminished practicality of the Suez route frame Central Africa as a potential industrial supply base.
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Rhodesia
Salisbury
Britain
Miles Thomas
Suez Canal
Central Africa
Wisconsin Consumes Record Margarine Purchases In State
Wisconsin reports record oleo tax receipts as consumption rises. From January to March 1947 residents paid 278000 dollars in 15 cent per pound margarine taxes, with 1946 and 1947 quarters showing steep increases alongside licenses and fees collected by the state department of agriculture.
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Madison
Wis
Congress
America
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Caledonia Kin Attend Francis McGuire Funeral
Caledonia Minnesota mourns Francis McGuire as relatives Mr and Mrs James McGuire Sr and Miss Anna McGuire of Caledonia and Mr and Mrs James McGuire Jr of Los Angeles travel to St Paul to attend the Minneapolis home funeral service for his brother.
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Caledonia
Minn
James McGuire Sr
Anna McGuire
James McGuire Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
St. Paul
McGuire
Francis
Minneapolis
Marie Antoinette Divides Laces Before Final Versailles Leave
Marie Antoinette valued her lace collection highly and distributed portions among the court ladies before departing Versailles for the last time.
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Marie Antoinette
Versailles
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Dennis Hemingway
Jimmy Odbert
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David Bruha
Russell Klos
Dick Hardwell
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John Kamperschroer
John Leibhold
Rudy Silberschmidt
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Leonard Bennett
Lyle Gilbert
Ernie Johnston
Emil Sikorski
Monkey Island
Fifth Avenue Theater
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Robert Gaumer
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Wisconsin Dells
Re-Nu
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