Power Plant Sets New Peak Load Record
Mon roe power plant reached an all time peak of 30 500 kilowatts surpassing last year by 400 kilowatts and nearing its 34 500 kilowatt capacity. Utilities Commissioner Tom H Underwood warned the rise could continue and urged major customers to cut usage if limits loom. City officials call a $412 million bond election to expand power and water systems a must with voting set for July 30.
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Monroe
Tom H. Underwood
Utilities Commission
Underwood
Returns Books Taken In 1935
A penitent borrower left 32 books at a Brooklyn public library doorstep this week. The items, overdue since 1935, were returned after the library's plea to reclaim 92,000 overdue volumes. Fines at 2 cents per day could total about 5621 dollars.
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New York
Brooklyn
Hursday
Veterans and draft questions answered in brief notices
A reader Q and A column covers rookie base pay in the Air Force at 78 dollars monthly for four months then 83.20, Korea bonus details at 15 dollars monthly for service in Korean theater and 10 dollars elsewhere, dependent status for a child, free flag for veterans, GI Bill with retirement pay, and reserve duty affecting active duty rank.
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Knoxville
Fenn
Air Force
R. R
Oakland
Calif
Montana
Helena
Mont
Virginia
Foreign Leaders Send Sympathy to Louisiana Hurricane Victims
Five foreign leaders sent messages of sympathy to President Eisenhower for Louisiana hurricane casualties. Mexico's Ruiz Cortines India’s Prasad Brazil’s Kubitschek the Netherlands’ Drees and Iran’s Shah expressed concern and offered best wishes for recovery.
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Washington
White House
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
Prasad
India
Kubitschek
Brazil
Drees
Netherlands
Shah
Iran
Cortines
Origin of the term Seabee and who they were
The Seabees were Navy Construction Battalion members in World War II. The name Seabee comes from the first two letters of Construction Battalion, reflecting their role in building and combat.
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W. F
Fayetteville, N. C
Navy Construction Battalion
Seabee
Construction Battalion
Citizenship for a U S child born overseas to Army couple
A Norfolk reader asks about the citizenship status of a child born overseas to an Army captain stationed in Germany. The inquiry notes both parents are U S citizens and requests guidance on the child’s nationality.
Woman Reenacts 14Year-Old Husband Death in Buffalo Area
Buffalo woman Helen Ginter 39 confessed to police that she killed her husband Edward Kemery 14 years ago by strangling him with his belt as he slept and staged the death as a suicide. She guided officers to the former Cheektowaga apartment and demonstrated the method, then described suspending the body with a sash cord in a closet. Authorities said she first spoke to a treating physician before reporting to police. no charges were filed immediately.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Helen Ginter
Cheektowaga
Memorial Fund Set Up For Hurricane Victims
Memorial fund established to aid hurricane survivors in Cameron parish. SBA opens Lake Charles office offering three percent loans with no set minimums or maximums. Red Cross reports 1,273 families seek rehabilitation aid. disaster fund totals reach $103,689.
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Lake .Charles
Audrey
Small Business Administration
Memorial Fund Foundation
C. B. Carter
Raymond Hufft
Louisiana Civil Defense
Memorial Fund
Cameron Parish
Hufft
Ishambles
Calcasieu Marine National Bank
Lake Charles
Federal Small Business Administration
F. A. Peek
Dallas
Tex
SBA
The
Red Cross
Cameron
Creole
Calcassett Parishes
Some Kind Of Animal In Her TV Set
A New Jersey woman, Mrs. Alice Robol of Bruck Heights, reports a frantic discovery of an animal in her television set. Police shake the set. a squirrel scampers toward the door as it is held open by officers.
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Brouck Heights
N.J
Alice Robol
American Citizenship Note in Service Letter
A short service feature advises American citizens that a child will be an American citizen and instructs writing Major Nial c/o the newspaper about a service-connected problem, enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope and 23 cents. The piece reflects AP Newsfeatures style.
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Nial
AP Newsfeatures
LSU Dean Leads Two Week Tour of Central American Labs
Dr. William W. Frye, dean of LSU medical school, conducts a two week inspection tour of Central American medical laboratories. The tropical medicine program is supervised by LSU and supported by a $120,000 grant from the China Medical Board of New York.
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New Orleans
William W. Frye
LSU Mmedical
LSU
China Medical Board of New York
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Camp Windywood
Alexandria
New Bridge
Arkanssas Rd
Peach Ridge Farm
Silverstein
Moe
Just
Silverstein’s
Viverstein
Hartford
Gordon Cummings
INS. Agency, Inc
Jim Sackman
Bill Cummings
Dacron
Panamas
Milans
DR. Frye
DeSiard & 2Nd Sts
Bernhardt Bidg
Walgreen
Leon F. Surratt
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Gee
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