Soviet Move to Seize Romania Uranium Resources
Reports from Belgrade indicate the USSR plans major uranium mining in Turnu Severin and Galatz regions of Romania with construction of plants in spring 1952. Refugees claim Bulgarian sites already ship 60 carloads nightly while Bulgarian and Romanian workers labor amid border policing and deportation warnings targeting Serb communities.
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Romania
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Buhovo
Sofia
Turnu Severin
Kladovo
Newport Stonecutter Carries Ancient Art to Fame
John Howard Benson, a renowned Newport stonecutter, preserves Egyptian technique in a 246 year old shop dating to 1705. His handinscribed stone work, using a home-forged toolkit, commands up to 7000 dollars per piece and draws architects, typographers, collectors, and artists.
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Newports Main
Benson
Newport
Congress votes for steel wage board probe in dispute
The House votes 255 to 88 for a special investigation of the wage stabilization boards handling of the steel wage dispute. Republicans and Southern Democrats seek to see if the Union Shop was beyond legal authority and whether the action fit a broader Anti Truman motive.
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House
President Trumans
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Washington
Foster Homes Urged For Younger Waifs
Cleveland Ohio report from the children's council of the Welfare Federation urges replacing institutions for preschool children with foster homes. It argues these youngsters need consistent mothering and the love of one caregiver. An unrelated zoo anecdote follows about a Gnu family.
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Cleveland O. U.P
Children‘s Council of the Welfare Federation
Neglected Child Promises Better Treatment
Assistant district attorney filed charges against a Hobbs couple for cruel treatment of a child identified as their niece. A judge ordered the pair to bring the child, recently ill with measles, to the sheriff by April 21 for examination by Dr. H. W. Gillett of Lovington. They were allowed to keep the child and promised no more beatings.
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Max Edwards
Hobbs
Thehild
H. W. Gillett
Lovington
Jury Probes State Gambling Era and Liquor Ties
The jury urges an inquiry into income tax evasion tied to illegal gambling and racketeering in the state from 1943 to 1949. It found no syndicate drug sales, asks for more narcotics officers, and notes liquor licensed near reservations fuels non Indian traffic. Four true bills issued. suspects include Baldonado, Riley Dodd, Milligan, and Castone. The panel cites local enforcement aiding gambling and cites a Las Cruces case as catalyst for reform.
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Edward Baldonaldo
Thomas Riley Dodd
Gallup
Edward L. Milligan
Lubbock
Texas
Lonnie Alfonso Castone
Alcatraz
Wool Market Shows Slight Improvement In Local Trade
United Press reports a modest uptick in the Boston area wool market with some greasy domestic medium grade fleece sold at higher prices while scoured wools and nails remained quiet. Territory states noted a few clip sales and overseas auctions in South Africa indicated a 5 to 10 percent advance Wednesday.
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Boston
South Africa
Grand Jury Finds No Organized Gambling in New Mexico
A federal grand jury in Albuquerque reported organized gambling was stamped out in New Mexico, though it thrived in six counties from 1943 to 1949. The panel submitted its findings to U. S. Judge Carl A. Hatch after 11 days. Two Acoma Indians Willie Felipe and Gabriel Felipe were indicted for first degree murder in the slaying of state police officer Nash Garcia. charges carry the death penalty.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
U. S
Carl A. Hatch
Acoma
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Research Station
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Pakistan
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Ganges River
Bay of Bengal
Zoo
Mamma Gnu
Papa Gnu
Gnus
John Deere
Lovington Implement CO
Artesia Highway
George Blocker
George
Police and Safety Department
Felipe Brothers
Hatch
Dona Ana
Lincoln
Taos
Colfax
Socorro
McKinley
Ovida
Las Cruces
Wool Market
United Press
McKnight
Sheet Metal Shop
North Turner
Hobbs, New Mexico
Maurice Sanchez
Timbuctu
Fiji Islands
Democrat
Democratic
Leroy Wise
America
Texas and Pacific Railway
J. B. Shores
Dallas
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
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