Argonne offers high school teachers nuclear energy refresher
Argonne National Laboratory will host a four session program for high school teachers to review nuclear energy fundamentals and recent developments. Lectures by Argonne scientists will cover physics chemistry biology and metallurgy related to atomic energy. Forty teachers attended last year. a $10 registration fee is required and housing is the teachers’ responsibility.
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Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont
Argonne
Argonne Chapter
Scientific Research Society of America
Jurflior College
Earl W. Phelan
P. O. Box
Ill
University of Chicago
Atomic Energy Commission
New Ottawa Church to Have First Service
Trinity Lutheran will hold its first worship at Chambers and Moore streets at 10 30 a m with two services for morning and 6 p m a 600 seat sanctuary and a 375 capacity fellowship hall supported by a public address system. Keys will be turned over to Rev I Nelson with Rev Kenneth Stangeland and Rev Wendell Stangeland assisting. dedication of the modern church is planned for June.
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Ottawa
Trinity Lutheran
Chambers and
Moore Streets
Fellowship Hall
I. Nelson
Kenneth Stangeland
Wendell Stangeland
Illinois
Bids Opened for Ellis Island Sealed Sale
New York bid results range from five cents to 201000 dollars for Ellis Island where millions of immigrants first stepped ashore. The Immigration Service pulled out of the 27 acre island in New York Labor in 1954. Sealed bids were opened Friday.
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New York
Ellis Island
Immigration Service
Spaceman Faces One More Weary Day in Space Test
SAN ANTONIO Tex Airman Donald G Farrell nears the end of a seven day space endurance test aboard a sealed cabin at Randolph AFB. Doctors report fatigue but remain confident he will complete the mission. He showed signs of real fatigue on Friday but slept well and remained cooperative.
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San Antonio
Tex
Donald G. Farrell
Randolph Air Force Base
Bronx
Air Force
George R. Steinkamp
Speace Medicine
Randolph
Farrell
Wanted Ads Through a Keyhole
A classified list notes a young man seeks planning jobs for presses and typing work. Also advertised are a home for a Dalmatian puppy, a two room furnished apartment for rent, and a lady's gold watch for sale.
Harold Stassen Resigns to Run for Governor
Harold E. Stassen resigns today as President Eisenhower's disarmament adviser to run for governor of Pennsylvania. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty says the move was Stassen's own decision, not prompted by the administration, noting the cordial tone of Eisenhower's resignation letter and Stassen's note of leaving to seek political office.
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Thomasville
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
James C. Hagerty
White House
Stassen
Dulles
Hagerty
Feeding Ducks In A Frozen Atlantic City Winter
Ducks that remained in Atlantic City suffer as back bay feeding grounds ice over during a long cold spell. Duck lovers haul greens to feeding areas and seek contributions of cast off produce from hotels and supermarkets to help sustain the flock through the freeze.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Back Bay
New Frigid Wave Invades Illinois Tonight
A new Arctic cold blast sweeps across the midcontinent with heavy snowfalls. Temperatures drop below zero in northern states, with Forts like Grand Forks and Huron reporting deep freezes while Lookout Pass records 100 inches of snow. The Weather Bureau warns of subfreezing temps spreading to northern Florida by nightfall and up to eight inches of snow in the Memphis area.
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Weather Bureau
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Rockies
Minnesota
Grand Forks
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Huron
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Mississippi Valley
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Tennessee
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Mississippi
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New England
Woman Killed in Car Crash Near Fisher Illinois
Mrs. John Ark aged 51 of Piper City died Friday when her car skidded off a country road near Fisher, while returning home from visiting her daughter Mrs. Leon Springer. Police reported no other injuries.
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Fisher, Ill
John Ark
Piper City
Fisher
Ark
Leon Springer
Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Dies at 90
Marvin B. Rosenberry, longtime chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, died at University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison three days after his 90th birthday.
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Madison, Wis
Marvin B. Rosenberry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Dollar Day Sale Set for Thursday in Morris
Morris merchants announced Thursday, Feb. 20, as the annual winter Dollar Day Sale. Shoppers will visit participating stores for discounts on winter wear and household goods and appliances. A $50 in grocery orders giveaway will be awarded at 4:30 p.m from values of 25, 15 and 10, redeemable at any Morris Chamber of Commerce grocery member.
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Morris
Grundy County
Herald
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Anti-Discrimination Bill Fails 15-13 in St Louis Board
The St Louis Board of Aldermen defeated a controversial anti-discrimination bill by 15 to 13. The measure would have barred theaters and restaurants from refusing service based on color race or creed and had backing from Mayor Raymond R. Tucker II.
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St. Louis
Board of Aldermen
Raymond R. Tucker II
Troopers To Start Seeing Red
State Police Chief William Morris says red license plates will be required again starting at 12:01 a.m. Sunday as the old red plates are replaced by off-white Land of Lincoln plates with purple numbers after February 15. Illinois motorists who fail to display the new plates must explain why their colors are not up to date.
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Illinois
William Morris
Morris
Charles F. Carpentier
Ilinois
Justices of the Peace
Seminole Indians Sleep in Cars as Winter Winds Bite
Florida's icy weather drives Seminoles to sleep in their cars since chickees lack walls. Palmetto-thatched roofs and open walls expose them to the cold winds sweeping the Everglades.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Everglades
Gold in Them Thar Equations Proposal Drafted for Students
Congress members propose 500 dollar cash awards to any high school graduate who passes a standard math exam. Rep Price says the idea has broad appeal. NSF director Waterman supports it as a step to boost future scientists, while urging additional measures to expand research output and engineering education.
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Price
D-Ill
House
Alan Waterman
National Science Foundation
Waterman
Senate House
German Scientists Awarded Stalin Prize by Russians
Dr. Wilhelm Fischer, a returning scientist, said he was part of a mixed Russian German group of eight who received the Stalin prize in 1953. Each member got about $4,000 in cash. The group worked on electronic problems, including remote control systems for missiles, though the exact aim was unclear.
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Friedland
Germany
Wilhelm Fischer
Fischer
Russia
Tunisia Faces Security Council Hearing Over French Raid
Tunisia awaits a U N Security Council vote on condemning France for the Sakiet Sidi Youssef air raid that killed 79 people and wounded 130. Paris calls the action defensive while Tunisian authorities bar French consuls and demand France withdraw troops and cede Bizerte.
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Tunisia
France
U. N. Security Council
U. N
New York
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
The
Council
Paris
Algeria
Bone
Bone chilling weekend forecast for Grundy county
The U S Weather Bureau warned of temperatures near 10 degrees below zero with a light one inch snow at Pyatt. Travel remained treacherous as road crews treated intersections. The second week of severe cold pushed up fuel bills for homeowners and landlords with no relief in sight. Sunday’s high near 15 degrees and Friday’s low around nine above zero.
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Grundy County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Two Spies Executed in Canton Say Ta Kung Pao
The Communist Ta Kung Pao reports two Nationalist Chinese espionage agents were executed in Canton. They joined the Hong Kong espionage network in 1956 and were tasked with information gathering and underground operations in Canton. They plotted to bomb a movie house on Oct 10 but were arrested before the attack.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Ta Kung Pao
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