21 Aug 1951
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1951
Page
1
The Middlesboro community laments shrinking payrolls and fading industry. Citizens urge sustained, aggressive promotion of new factories, leveraging local labor, power, and resources, to rebuild a diversified economy.
In a satirical graduation scene, Desutiful You founder Mrs Meadows hosts a pompous showcase. Lucilla, escorted in a fashion show, slips on the staircase as her father and Arthur watch in the front row, causing stunned laughter and an abrupt ending to the ceremony.
Congressman Marvin Price warned in a testimony to the House Civil Defense Committee that Russia possesses more atomic bombs than previously believed and could threaten major U.S. cities. He cited casualty estimates for if a single bomb detonated in cities like St Louis, Chicago, and New York, and pressed for higher civil defense funding while acknowledging no official bomb count for Russia.
Two AWOL servicemen Potter and Herring are charged with murder and robbery in Kentucky. Police say Brann was beaten and killed near the Teas Bridge. FBI reports indicate they tied and killed him, then hid the body under the bridge. Authorities in Kentucky request their return from Georgia where they were later found and detained.
In Washington on August 21 an offer surfaced for reentry into the army as a path to stand trial for murder. Aldo Bard, an OSS lieutenant, proposed reinstatement and described U S Defense Department charges as vicious. Rochester, New York connected officials say two Italian suspects implicated in a separate murder case have sought extradition.
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