Busy Airlines Not Profiting Despite Tremendous Year
U S airlines carry record passenger totals in early summer yet profits lag. Eastern and TWA report record May passenger counts while American posts a May milestone of 325 million passenger miles but expects lower quarterly earnings. Industry cites rising costs, overexpanded capacity, and lower load factors as schedules and jet deliveries outpace demand, boosting emphasis on air tourist traffic.
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New York
Mac
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
American Airlines
American
United Airlines
TWA
Pan American World Airways
Flow Line Bids Set for Muskogee Water Line
Muskogee Oklahoma bids will be opened July 26 for laying a six mile flow line from Fort Gibson to the Muskogee City water plant. The project will be funded by a two million dollar bond issue approved January 19.
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Muskogee
Okla
Fort Gibson
Muskogee City Water Plant
Skiing Extends At Tuckerman Ravine Through June
Joe Dodge of the Appalachian Mountain Club said conditions at Tuckerman Ravine remain good for skiing through the end of June as summer nears and the snow starts to melt around the Fourth of July. The report from Mount Washington, New Hampshire, notes continued winter-like conditions despite the approaching official summer.
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United Press
Mount Washington
N. H
Joe Dodge
Appalachian Mountain Club
Tuckerman’s Ravine
Sailor Elton Wilson Freed After Brief Jail Term
Up Machinist's Mate Elton R. Wilson was sentenced to 50 days for speeding but released after serving five. Judge James St. Blaine discovered he had given Wilson 45 days more than the law allows.
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Elton R. Wilson
James St. Blaine
Texan hears from Claremore Ireland fan club founder
In Sweetwater Mayor Don Smith received a letter from Edward Minogue of Claremore Ireland inviting data on the Minogue Mannix names and Irish fans. In Houston Mrs Ruth Bethwick found a four foot water moccasin in her mail and flushed it away with hot water.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Don Smith
Edward Minogue
Claremore
County Mayo
Ireland
Minogue
Mannix
Houston
Ruth Bethwick
Quebec Corset Industry Faces Canadian Tightening
A 1952 survey shows Quebec firms produced 68 percent of Canada’s corsets across 20 plants. In other notes, a service station robbery yielded no cash and a jokey clerk joke, while Canadians in 1952 produced broom and mop handles totaling 12 210 379, up 870 383 from 1951. Joe Louis rested after a loss to John Murtagh as legal actions touched traffic summons reform.
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Quebec
Ottawa
Statistics Bureau
New York
Joe Louis
John Murtagh
Lee Aan
Malan Bill Against Negro Voters Fails in Parliament
CAPETOWN South Africa Prime Minister Daniel F Malans regime failed again to push through a bill to remove colored voters from the Cape Province registration Parliament voted 128 to 42 but fell ten short of the two thirds needed for constitutional change It marks the fifth defeat in Malans three year bid to alter colored voting registration through courts and Parliament
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Capetown
South Africa
Daniel F. Malan
Byag
Saetaa
Cape Province
Cossession
Malan
Lindbergh’s son to enter Navy Officers Candidate School
Sree Lindbergh, 21 year old son of famed flyer Lindbergh, has been ordered to the Naval Officers Candidate School at Newport Rhode Island. He will undertake eight weeks of training to qualify for a commission as an ensign. A Navy spokesman said he will likely be called to active duty for two years after completion.
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Navy
Lindberg Francisco, Sree
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Naval Officers Candidate School
Newport
R.L
Naval District
Lindbergh
Aay
Bradley Bares Dem Senatorial Offer
Retired General of the Army Omar N. Bradley says he was approached by parties to run as the Democratic candidate for the U S Senate in California but declined. He stated he would not return to Washington after eight years there and spoke during a USC fundraising event in West Los Angeles.
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Oakland
Calif
Omar N. Bradley
U.S. Senate
California
Bradley
Los Angeles
USC
Washington
Duck Returns Home To Bepet At Lincoln Park Zoo
Mr and Mrs Curtis Crim relocated their elderly duck to a lake near the Lincoln Park zoo but found it too old and troublesome to farm. The duck ended up back home and the Crims kept him as a pet.
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Oklahoma City
Curtis Crim
Lincoln Park Zoo
Zoo
Crims
Thrips No 1 Insect Attacking Cotton
Stillwater Oklahoma June 15 Entomologist Stiles said thrips are the top insect attacking Oklahoma cotton and urged constant scouting for boll weevils. He advised starting controls if one weevil is found per 100 feet of row and recommended toxaphene spraying to combat thrips. He noted thrips dwarf young plants and twist leaves. fleahoppers are rare and grasshoppers pose a statewide threat.
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Stillwater
Okla
Stiles
Oklahoma
Insects Outmanned as Centennial Entomology Talk Opens
June 14 observance in Ames began with Dr. H. M. Harris, state entomologist, predicting insects will never rule the world. He noted insects adapt quickly, but humans hold the advantage in reasoning.
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AMES
En States
H. M. Harris
Elks Tear Building Apart To Save Bird
Newport Kentucky. Mary Lou Kehoe’s 93 year old parakeet Jerry escaped home and flew into a hole in the Elks clubhouse wall. Workers tore wall paneling to free the bird at a cost of about 200 dollars and four hours of effort.
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Newport
Jerry
Mary Lou Kehoe
Elks
Ae Lou
Brunswick town elects officials without candidates
Brunswick, N C, elected a mayor and five city councilmen under a unique system after no one filed for office. With a population around 250, residents vote for five individuals, and the top vote-getter typically becomes mayor.
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Nort
Carolina
Brunswick
N.C
Alcoholism Seen as Threat to U S Survival
A speaker warned that seven million American adults are heavy or addictive drinkers and the number grows by about 250,000 yearly. He compared the danger to national survival with the need to confront the Communist menace and urged total abstinence as the solution to alcohol related problems.
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America
Believer Dies After Rattlesnake Bite at Georgia Sawmill
A man from Ton, Georgia, died after a rattlesnake bite suffered Friday at a sawmill. He had received medical attention but remained steadfast in his faith to the end.
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Ton, Ga
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