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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1948
Page
2
The Patoka publication notes it appears every Friday in Patoka Illinois. It lists subscription rates at 1.50 per year in advance within Marion County and a higher rate for outside county readership.
In Canon City Colorado a 12 year old boy James Melton who pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing his sister Phyllis Marie 16 faces education decisions as residents split on letting him mingle with other children Warden Roy Best offers to educate the boy at his home provoking support and opposition from townspeople teachers and parents. The boy received a sentence of 12 years to life and is housed in the state prison system with custody issues prompting public debate.
Navy and Army reports reveal a new liquid fueled rocket named Aerobee achieving 78 miles altitude at 3000 miles per hour. The test, conducted at White Sands, compares with the wartime V-2 and with the Army WAC Corporal, while noting secret design details and a 150 pound instrument payload.
The column debates Louis defending against Walcott and the potential retirement. It considers how Tunney left a weak era and fears chaos if Louis wins or if Jersey Joe Walcott takes the belt. It contrasts Louis’s conditioning with the era’s other champs and surveys how reforming the division hinges on the champion’s form and rivals.
New York City salvages division chief Leo P Flood markets municipal surplus to bidders. Items include 500 grams radioactive gold, 165 grams plain gold, 250 city pigs, two fire engines, a ferry boat, cannery, iron lungs, gas masks, medical supplies, and defense-era equipment saved from city agencies.
The Chicago Natural History Museum preserves a 19 foot diameter model of the visible hemisphere of the moon, acquired as far back as 1898, regarded as the largest and most elaborate representation of the moon’s surface.
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