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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
6
The article weighs editorials on the Atomic Energy Commission plan to breed bomb material. It notes trade unions seek a 1 hour waiver and mentions Wey reporters and the newspaper analysts, with opinions not necessarily representing the paper.
The AEC touted breeder reactor concepts and an atomic engine for ships by 1952 with a separate breeder device to produce new atomic materials while a reactor may yield power. Dr HarriAd explained materials can be used for bombs or peace use, and Arco Idaho would host the breeder reactor if successful. The report contrasted breeding with the experimental breeder aimed at material production with power as a sideline. The piece also covers U.S.-Nationalist tensions in Shanghai and a forecast of U.S. population rising to about 188.5 million by 1975 driven by fertility immigration and migration patterns.
In a San Francisco trial presided by Federal Judge George B. Harris, attorney Vincent Hallinan faced contempt findings while defending labor leader Marty Bridges. Employer groups and unions in the U.S. construction industry urged the National Labor Relations Board to grant a blanket exemption from Taft Hartley election requirements, a move seen as potentially shaping January congressional action.
Soviet scientists claim visible proof of vegetation on Mars with telescope observations from a Russian observatory. The report notes luminescent plant-like activity and radiating waves, citing a south central Russian observatory as source.
The piece explains a forthcoming census starting in April with in depth questions for about every fifth person. It outlines required data on age race birthplace citizenship marital status employment and more plus extra queries on residence a year ago income and veteran status. District supervisors and enumerators will be named in March and trained to begin April 1.
The GOP pitched terms for Truman administration policy, contrasting a welfare state with a poorer house state. Guy Gabrielson argued tariffs and federal spending push America toward a poorhouse state, harming free enterprise and exporting jobs, while Democrats defend progress and fiscal responsibility.
In Manila four United States senators warned the Philippines that disorders such as the post election Batangas revolt could hurt the islands credit. Senator Billender of Delaware declared he had been hopeful of seeing more development and law and order. The remarks were made at a press conference and joined by three other group members.
Brooklyn hurlers Ralph Branca and Rex Barney need control work to lift a 154 game season. Joe Page anchors the Yankees rotation, with Porterfield and Byrne in doubt over form. Red Sox, Tigers, and Phillies also must resolve weak spots, while Don Newcombe could emerge as a two series worker.
Advertisement copy requests 20 cents and pattern number to receive a crochet pattern. Mentions transferring six mice and crochet directions with measurement 19 inches and a 7x8 to 4 format. Includes request for name and address and pattern number.
A hunter bragged his dog has the world’s most sensitive nose. The dog flushed a pheasant, followed its back scent for miles to a tree, barked at a nest, and the hunter found the pheasant’s nest two years old, with no explanation for the egg’s presence.
A visitor counts a large English family and the mother proudly reveals a formal group portrait. The narrator lists the children with humorous but odd spellings: Envy, Arold, Erbert, Ubert, Orris, Arriet, Etty, and Holiver, noting their “head child” starts with a hanch.
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