Clarke Dies Former Utilities Magnate at 73 in Chicago
Clarke, 73, once president of Utilities Power and Light Corp and a figure in Fox Film control, died Friday. He built a vast utilities empire with 560 cities across the U S and Britain, faced tax disputes in the 1920s, and retired after Atlas Corp. gain. Mansion sale and heirs listed.
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Chicago
W—Karley L. Clarke
Utilities
Power and Light Corp
Power and Hight
British Isles
United States
Fox Film Control
Clarke
Fox Film Properties
Utilities Corporation
Atlas Corp
New York Investment Trust
Floyd B. Odlum
Evanston
Power Door Co
Door Company
Mount Prospect
Hildur
Herman Beardslee
John W. Clarke
Hartsdale, N
Young Leader Is Suspended from Houston Police
Texas J. Foster, named one of the nation’s 10 outstanding young men in 1952, is suspended indefinitely from the Houston police for conduct unbecoming an officer. Foster plans to appeal to the Civil Service Board after a shooting incident at a woman’s home. The action followed a related shooting where a fellow officer was wounded. Foster called that shooting accidental amid alcohol fueled horseplay.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
J. Foster
U.S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jack Heard
Foster
City Civil Service Board
Junior Chamber
Heard
Driver Loses Plea In Four Deaths
Buffalo Justice Ward denied a defense motion to dismiss an indictment charging Emily Decina with criminal negligence after her car struck four schoolchildren on a sidewalk on March 14. Decina claimed she blacked out due to an epileptic seizure. Trial will be scheduled later because of a crowded calendar.
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Buffalo
Hamilton Ward
Emily Decina
Decina
Nehru Leaves Prague for Moscow Visit
Indian Prime Minister Nehru departed Prague for Moscow after arriving from Cairo. He met Czech leaders President Antonin Zapotacky and Premier Viram Simke before continuing his international trip via Vienna and Warsaw.
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Nehru
Prague
Smoascow
Caire
Antonin Zap Tacky
Viram Simke
Moscow
Warsaw
Vienn
Democratic Dinner At Chicago Tonight
Fragmented OCR text noted a Democratic dinner in Chicago with mentions of Gov Frans, Bl Steven, and various candidates and locations. Details are unclear due to garbled letters and misreads. no definite outcomes or organizations can be confirmed.
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Chicago
Adian
Steven GE
Gov. Frans G
Anacratie Fund-Racconz
DSM
Democrats
Salk Answers Questions On Polio Vaccine In Atlantic City
Dr Jonas Salk faced parents questions on the polio vaccine. He said one shot gives substantial protection lasting six months or longer and reduces paralytic polio risk. A second shot can be delayed up to 30 months and may be given in summer. Vaccinated children can still carry and pass polio to others.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jonas E. Salk
Salk
American Medical Assn
Ford Labor Walkouts Spur Nationwide Plant Closures
The article details union-led walkouts at Ford plants in Buffalo Monroe St Louis and at GM in St Louis and Cleveland with thousands of workers striking over grievances and classifications. Ford reaches a contract including a guaranteed wage and a 35 million dollar fund for unemployment benefits while paying 5 cents per hour for each employee.
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Mich
Buffalo
Ford
St. Louis
Lincoln- Mercury
Monroe
General Motors
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Cleveland
Railroad official laments heavy government regulation
Richard G. May, vice president of operations and maintenance for the Association of American Railroads, said at the safety section meeting that a strait jacket of government regulation handicaps railroads in competing for traffic, while other carriers face fewer restrictions.
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Buffalo P
Association of American Railroads
Richard G. May
Association
Thief Flings Raincoat After Snatching Clerk’s Briefcase
In St. Louis a thief knocked down 68 year old drugstore clerk Maurice Schachter on the way to a bank and stole his briefcase. The only item inside was a raincoat, leaving the suspect to flee.
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ST. Louis
Maurice Schachter
Low Income Farm Problem Studied in Memphis
Farm representatives and government officials met to discuss aid for low income farmers. Undersecretary True D. Morse announced a two day conference on a new program to lift cash incomes under 1000 dollars to at least the U S average for farm families.
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Memphis
Tenn
D. Morse
United States
Death of Joseph Dunbar Leader in Oil Drilling Sector
Joseph Dunbar 55 president of the American Assn. of Oil Well Drilling Contractors and head of the Dunbar Drilling Co. of Denver died Sunday. He led major industry interests and contributed to drilling operations in Colorado.
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Denver
Joseph Dunbar
The
American Assn. of Oil Well Drilling Contractors
Dunbar Drilling Co. of
Bank Bandits Hold Up Buffalo Savings Bank
Two armed men held up a Buffalo Savings Bank teller yesterday escaping with more than 2200 before about 50 customers noticed. They concealed pistols under newspapers and ordered Eugene F. Golebiewski to surrender the cash, after which a burglar alarm was triggered. A bystander suspected the bandits were after a payroll.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Savings Bank
Eugene F. Golebdiewski
U S May Re Study Anti trust Facts
Atty Gen Brownell said the government will not settle the antitrust case against advertising agencies and publisher groups without a consent decree. He also reaffirmed readiness to reexamine facts if defendants argue true facts justify not pursuing the suit.
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Washington
Atty
Brownell
Justice Department
Hungry Finns launch 50th day hunger strike in Missouri
The flying Finn twins report their 50th day of hunger strike inside a federal institution in Springfield Missouri. They vow to fast until death or freedom, drawing international attention to their protest.
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Los Angeles
INS
Flying Finn Twins
Springfield
Red China Vows Reforestation To Halt Dust Storms
Peiping radio reported that the Chinese government is vigorously pushing reforestation to combat dust storms, contrasting with the United States where expanding dust storms threaten the Great Plains and residents are told to wait for a dry cycle to end.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Red
China
United States
Great Plains
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