20 Aug 1951
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1951
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text lists postal rates and place names including Middleburg, Bell and Knox, Couthey, Civiboine County, and various subscription terms. The noisy data references six months, four months, and one month rates, indicating an old mail or newspaper subscription price note.
The Middlesborn merchants and Cumberland townspeople celebrated Middlesborn Days with three days of sales and free parking. Shoppers filled streets, volunteers praised city officials for parking meters free from 10 am to 3 pm, and residents welcomed visitors as part of a strong cooperative spirit. The piece lauds merchants setting a local example and calls for more such events to boost community enterprise.
Stephen T. Early, a trusted adviser to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, built a career as a thoughtful counselor and skilled administrator. He earned a Distinguished Service Medal for his role in unifying the armed services while with the Defense Department, marking a lasting mark on recent history.
An eastern manufacturer proposes a move described as a reconstriction effort in Kansas City flood’s business park. He offers to replace wholesalers’ gum stocks destroyed by water. The aim and mechanism remain unclear as the city looks to rebound.
Nevada Senator McCarran’s Internal Security subcommittee valued ex Soviet General Alexander G. Barmine’s testimony in probing subversive influences at the Institute of Pacific Relations. Barmine now heads the Trussian section in the State Department's Voice of America after breaking with the Reds. If he sought U.S. entry today, immigration law would bar him as a former Communist. Congressman Frances Bolton criticizes buying practices as wasteful in Army and Agriculture purchases including large quantities of paint pepper belts and oleomargarine.
In a rambling school pageant a group of students prepared for a “Beautiful You” graduation with fashion mockups and glowing commentary. Amid stage misadventures a zipper malfunction nearly exposed Miss Midge while a maintenance engineer saved the day with pliers.
Dixon Aug 20 In Douglas Miller 22 of Wopi County was to be arraigned today after a Saturday shooting spree that wounded four. He admitted drinking and said the only thing that could make him act was being drunk. He stole from Thomas Green, set fire to Green’s house, then fired on Green’s returner and a passing car injuring Donald Harvey and Dorothy Sue Dorris.
About 250 players from towns including Dayton Springfield Cincinnati Lorain Cleveland Dearborn Detroit Alden Pittsburgh Peoria Chicago and Atlanta travel to Louisville for the national junior baseball event for under 18s. Tournament runs Wednesday through Saturday with local organizers praised for successful management.
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