Jaycees Plan Third Street Opening and Harvest Dance
Jaycees outline a dedicatory Third Street concrete wing project event titled harvest dance. Deal named chair, planning an old and new time street dance with antique cars, square dance callers, and various novelty acts for Friday night Sept 27 cues. Ed Higgins reports Stevens Point convention plans and upcoming meetings.
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Ed Higgins
Stevens Point
Robert Gaumer
Higgins
Sheboygan
Kaukauna
Harry Blair
Blazing seven story wall collapses in Philadelphia fire
A wall of a blazing seven story building on Sansom street in midtown Philadelphia buckled and collapsed sending flames and embers into the air. Four alarms and over 40 fire units fought the blaze for an hour before reignition. No injuries reported.
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Permit system in Madras labels drinkers as alcoholics
Foreign residents describe Madras prohibition rules requiring a permit to drink. Applicants must declare alcohol necessary for health and are labeled alcoholics. A catch follows: alcoholics cannot drive, so whites rely on native chauffeurs to drive their cars.
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Madras
India
Killer Unruh Ambushed Neighbors In Camden Rampage
James Unruh of Haddonfield New Jersey admitted he planned the killings after nervous strain from war service. He described driving through River road with a Luger 38 caliber pistol shooting multiple victims in shops homes and cars. Police found an arsenal and a Bible opened to a Matthew chapter.
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Camden
Rita Unruh
Unrush
Marshall Mpson
Trout Season Closes in Wisconsin This Last Day
Madison notes trout season ends today for Wisconsin anglers including youth and adult fishermen. The playful warning counts seven as a nod to the season's final closure.
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City board weighs zoning changes and public works
City committees recommend shifting Ninth and Market corner to local business district for a tearoom, deny a Stellick oil station change, and favor adding street lights in Verdota. They also back standpipes on Pettibone island, health ordinances with fines, and naming a polio fund tag day.
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Howard Colvin
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City Hall
Stork Brings Daughters to Bank and Hastings Kin
Mrs. Harry E. Bank of Sparta and her sister Mrs Donald Hastings of Minneapolis gave birth to daughters in a Minneapolis hospital within two days. Kathryn Louise Bank was born August 9 weighing seven pounds seven ounces. Linda Diane Hastings was born August 31 weighing six pounds four ounces.
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City considers transit route shift and police staff expansion
A proposal to move southbound bus routes from George Street to Hayes and Charles Streets was postponed due to lateness and Alderman Harebo's absence. Walter Roth, head of the administration committee, said the panel will begin review this month of adding 12 police officers and expanding city hall space.
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Oscar Harebo
Walter Roth
City council moves on traffic survey and two hour zone
The council discussed starting a traffic survey by Associated Consultants of Evanston Illinois. A proposed ordinance would create a two hour parking zone on Seventh Street from State to Cameron. An appropriation of 6000 dollars was approved to repair sidewalks damaged by recent paving on Cass Third and South. The board of public works will apportion claims. Lyden noted Mathy Construction Co did not receive the repair liability. Carpet coat proposals for the Rose Street viaduct and Fourth Street from Jackson to South were referred to the 1950 budget.
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South Avenue
Board of Public Works
Lyden
Mathy Construction Co
Rose Street
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Jackson Street
Indians on Eight Reservations in New York State
New York state has about 6,500 Indians living across eight reservations. The figure reflects the distribution of tribal populations within New York as recorded in the period data.
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New York State
Polio claims mother as three children hospitalised in Missouri
Dixie Hickok, newly moved from Omaha to Waverly, reports his wife died of polio while his three children Ray six Georgie Ann thirteen and Nancy Lee nine are hospitalized at Mercy hospital. Ray was the first to fall ill and the two girls soon followed as Hickok learned of the tragedy. He could not attend the wife’s funeral in Freeport Iowa. The family had moved a month earlier and he finds work on a nearby farm. The children’s condition was listed as satisfactory.
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New York
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Westmont
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Rose
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Omaha
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Mercy Hospital
Lawmakers Confront Rents as Tenant Burdens Rise
Dr Rennebohm met Wednesday with Republican leaders Sens Porter Bloomington and Miller and Rep Nicol to discuss session topics including extending a housing law to June 30 1951 and curbing rent increases. Officials declined to comment on talks highlighting potential $800 000 biennial appropriations for old age assistance and school transportation conflicts.
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Porter
Bloomington
Miller
Richland Center
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Sparta
Thomson
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