Israel Registers Diplomatic Victory with Cease Fire Move
Western analyst notes Israel used a cease fire order as a diplomatic win at the UN amid the Jerusalem battle. Arabs resisted, seeking to wipe out Jewish sovereignty, while the UN deadline forced a test of will with potential sanctions and strategic stakes in the Palestine conflict.
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No Conference: Truman presses social security expansion plan
President Truman urged Congress to overhaul and broaden social security with a five point program. He called for a 50 percent increase in old age and survivors insurance, extended coverage to farm and domestic workers, and broader unemployment and disability protections, aiming for rapid action.
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Dairying Faces a Crisis Behind Milk Promotion
The U S dairy industry warns of a looming shortage as population grows and high meat prices push farmers to reduce herds. With birth rates rising by about 45 percent, experts fear by 1952 production may not meet domestic demand, risking rationing in a land long rich in dairy.
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B-36 Sets 8000 Mile Nonstop Flight Record
An air force B-36 superbomber flew 8000 miles without a stop carrying a dummy five ton bomb load. It stayed aloft about day and a half and landed with roughly 1200 gallons of fuel remaining, enough for two to three more hours.
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World's Largest Sign to Shine on Chicago Lake Shore Drive
July will mark the lighting of a 114 foot by 210 foot billboard as the biggest switch on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive. Neon tubing spanning a mile and a half will display letters 38 to 58 feet high for a major product promotion by a distillery. In Oregon, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey leads Harold Stassen in the presidential primary, with Stassen suffering a clear defeat but still heading to the June convention with 200 delegates. Dewey also advances toward the nomination, with 548 votes needed for victory.
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Local Briefs Mix Wins, Measles and Meandering Fines
In Richmond George W Harvey won the city safe driving contest and was fined five dollars for driving too slowly. In London Buckingham Palace announced Princess Margaret Rose has measles. In Oceana West Virginia Please Wright named postmaster. In New York Magistrate Francis X Giaccone heard ten deaf mutes plead guilty to loud and boisterous conduct and fined them a dollar each. In Somerset Pennsylvania a department store advertised straw hats with earmuffs as spring weather cooled to fifty degrees.
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Diary Reflections on Famous Keepers of Records
A columnist muses on famous diary keepers like Churchill and Pepys, contrasts their entries with his own, and laments the vanity and unreliability of personal diaries. He recalls 1904 entries, a Blick typewriter, and the shift from Spencerian script to vertical writing, noting war days and the 1947 Marshall Plan era.
Dog’s Court Behavior Saves Him From Execution
In Pittsburgh Brownie a medium sized part German shepherd avoided death after behavior in court. The judge ordered the owner to a year of probation and let Brownie go home.
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Man Who Shared Cave With Snake Dies of Heart Attack
Frederick county’s last cave man Barton C. Remsberg, 62, who lived in a cave south of Middleton, was found dead in a potato field from a heart attack. Neighbors say his only companion was a large blacksnake. He worked on
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16 Year Old Boy Accidentally Shoots Self, Bullet Near Brain
In Atlanta a 16-year-old high school student suffered a nose bleed and later X rays showed a bullet lodged near his brain after he said the gun discharged while he inspected it. He admitted the shooting was accidental and did not seek immediate aid. Doctors planned no removal at this time.
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Robert G. Liggett
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