Radar in Highway Patrols Triggers Speed Trap Debate
Police radar widely issued or licensed across 48 states, with new devices added monthly, boosts traffic violations nationwide and sparks complaints that speed checks prioritize revenue over safety. AAA and law enforcement largely back radar for reducing crashes that kill 38,300 yearly, while motorists decry it as a harsh enforcement tool. Local merchants report "wholesale arrests" via radar hurting business, as communities seek balanced use.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
U.S
Dicate
Harold
Manchester
Conn
Madison
L Ala
AAA
U.S. Highway 41
Kentucky
Chicago
Miami
Lawrence Wetherby
Clarence Mahoney
California
Virginia
New Jersey
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
British Agents Still at Work in Mau Mau Fight
A wartime era report details undercover European and African agents posing as Mau Mau among Kikuyu bands in Kenya 1953 54. It cites officers Francis Erskine Peter Nicholas and Walter Gash for valor and recounts clashes near Nairobi with 13 Mau Mau killed.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Kage
Ft. Hall
Kikuyu
Kago
Kenya War Council
Francis Erskine
Peter Nicholas
Walter Gash
Gash
Kenya Regiment
Nicholas
Kiambu
War Council
Father launches campaign after daughter's cystic fibrosis death
In Lynn Massachusetts Edward Kaden starts the Children’s Cystic Fibrosis Association of Massachusetts and serves as a trustee of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation after his six year old daughter Linda dies from the disease. The piece details cystic fibrosis symptoms, lack of a cure, and ongoing research, fundraising and awareness efforts. Linda, born in 1949, battled chronic cough attacks, pneumonia, and poor weight gain, while her father emphasizes family sacrifice and a personal mission to help others.
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Edward Kaden
Linda
Kaden
Children’s Cystic Fibrosis Assn
Massachusetts
National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation
State Association
National Foundation
Birth Control Debate Splits India and Egypt
Indian economist John Kenneth Galbraith urges cut in passenger rail travel to free freight capacity for the second five year plan. In Egypt, population growth thunders onward with birth control promoted by officials and religious scholars amid social pressures and widespread poverty.
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New Delhi
India
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
Indian Statistical Institute
Galbraith
Statesman
The
Nehru
Hussein el Shafei
Egypt
National Commission For Population Questions
Truman Seeks Short Epitaph After Historic Tomb Tour
President Truman toured Britain’s great tombs at St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He asked for a brief epitaph on his grave, saying, He done his damndest. He reflected on pages of history, noting the stone floors and a tablet honoring U S airman William Meade Lindsley Fiske III at St Paul’s.
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London
Harry Truman
Britain
St. Pauls Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
U. S
Duke of Wellington
Lord Nelson
Charles Dickens
Gladstone
Truman
St. Paul's
William Meade Lindsley Fiske III
Fiske
Royal Air Force
Build a Half Hour Workbench With Masonite Top and Peg Board
A simple under thirty minute project using pre cut lumber and Masonite Tempered Presdwood panels includes 2 x 4 legs 32 inches, 2 x 10 planks for top, and a 4 x 6 foot Masonite panel for top and shelf. A peg board panel adds tool organization with metal fixtures sold at lumber yards. Plan AE 312 available from Home Service Bureau Chicago.
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Home Service Bureau
Washington St
Chicago 2
West Virginia Judges to Address Fourth Circuit Conference
Boreman and Watkins, both Federal judges from West Virginia, will participate in the 26th annual judicial conference of the U S Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Hot Springs July 5 to 7. Earl Warren will open the event with Supreme Court Justice Harold H Burton to speak at the banquet. About 500 members from the five-state council are expected.
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Hot Springs
West Virginia
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Herbert S. Boreman
Parkersburg
W.va
Harry E. Watkins
Fairmont
Earl Warren
United States
Harold H. Burton
U.S. Supreme Court
Council
Poultry Market Report from Harrisonburg Va
Shenandoah Valley area live poultry market steady on broilers and fryers with good demand. Heavy hens weak and demand light. farm prices last 24 hours ending noon yesterday show broilers 20-21 cents per lb, mostly 20-21. heavy hens 18-19. turkeys weak with small turkey fryers 27-28 and one lot 26. breeder hens 25-26.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Moslem Stevedores Unload Arms for French in Algiers
ALGIERS The stevedores unload armored cars and ammunition for the French army on the docks. Moslems, wearing red fezzes, form a scene highlighting Algeria’s rebellion. Rebels target pro French Moslems to sever ties between Europeans and Arabs and to disrupt French authority.
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Algiers
France
Algeria
SAS
Canada
Baltimore Apples and Potatoes Market Report
Baltimore apples close two inches up with a 1.75 to 2.00 basis. Potatoes steady with size A and washed USis. cobblers in 100 lb sacks unwashed 2.00 to 2.50, 50 lb 2.25 to 2.60, fair quality 90 to 1.25, USis size B 50 lb 0.75 to 0.85, White Clouds 50 lb 3.00, Sebagoes 50 lb 2.90 to 3.00. Virginia cobblers unwashed 100 lb 4.25 to 5.00, ordinary to fair 1.75 to 2.75, 50 lb 2.25 to 2.50, Pontiacs unwashed 50 lb 2.00, bu bkte cobblers unwashed 2.50 to 2.60.
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Baltimore
NC Cobblers
Usis
Cobblers
Pontiacs
Bu Bkte Cobblers
Man arrested after destroying mail evidence then stealing again
Jacksonville postal inspectors confront Albert Cole who first destroys evidence, is released, then calls to admit another theft. He is arrested and jailed amid claims of poverty and hunger. Separately, ancient Egyptian tombs reveal well preserved wood models and figurines from six millennia ago.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Albert Cole
Cole
Annual church service marks shipwreck memorial procession
A yearly church service honors the shipwreck that brought St Paul to Malta. The commemoration includes a procession recalling the voyage and its historical religious significance for Maltese and visiting communities.
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St. Paul
Malta
How to Build a Drum Table for the Recreation Room
A simple drum table project describes using 1 by 6 boards for the top, a box frame from 1 by 3/8 inch lumber, and 6 penny nails with glue at joints. Edge glue, corner irons, and glue reinforce the frame to support legs, with a drawer option noted if desired.
Make a drum table of the false front as shown
Create a drum table from the false front using a 2-inch divider for the face board, a %-inch side dado for the divider, and glue with 4-penny nails. Attach %-inch drawer runners with No. 4 1%-inch screws, wax runners to avoid sticking, and cut legs tapering as shown. Bevel one face, fasten, mount top, set nails, round edges, finish as desired. Classified display.
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Mau Mau
Ohio
Cleveland
Memphis
Denver
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Syracuse
Oklahoma City
Houston
Fort Worth
Staunton
Federal Communications Commission
Turnpike
Garden State Parkway
South Pole
Antarctica
New York
Paul Siple
Dr. Siple
Adm
Richard Byrd
Richard L. Chappell
Eggertsville
N. Y
John B. Clark
Sycamore
Ill
H. Kent Frewing
Vancouver
Wash
Stewart Gillmor, Jr
Kansas City
Keith E. Goering
Neodesha
Kan
James R. Heavener
Charleston
W. Va
Jere Jon Hodshire
Prairie Village
International Soundphoto
Massachusetts Association
Association
Aswan
HST
Elizabeth
Grenadier Guards
Windsor Castle
Acme Loan Company
Warid
Lewisburg
Acme
Ays
OM US
Daniel
Prince Street
St. Stephen's Guild of the Episcopal Church
Atk
T.R.I
Pennsylvania
Beckley Tire
South Fayette St
Dial
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