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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
3
Francisco Vasquez Coronado appears in Hal Bogie’s travel notes as an early explorer in the Southwest. The fragment hints at a wartime era rush for uranium resources influencing frontier exploration and history.
The piece satirizes a locals’ rush to find uranium as tourism and commerce spin stories of hidden wealth. Cars, planes, and pedestrians are drawn into a mock treasure hunt while genuine dividends prove elusive. Geiger counters and speculation replace steady returns in a comic take.
In Lockwood California on Wednesday, pilot Donald Betts McNab aged 44 died trapped in wreckage after his plane struck a 12,000 volt power line during takeoff. Passenger John Marcus, 30, was thrown clear but critically burned. McNab was grandnephew and heir of Gavin McNab, a noted San Francisco attorney and political figure.
The United States has seen life expectancy climb from 47 years in 1900 to 69 years in more recent decades, reflecting major gains in public health medicine and living standards.
Rescue craft plucked burned survivors from the sea after a collision involving the Johannishus and a tanker near Margate. Vessels including Apollo Emsworth and Arak aided, with 13 dead en route and 12 rescued by a British pilot boat. Captain Maas of the Arak reported a woman aboard the Johannishus may have survived aboard a German vessel. Seaman Klaus Bunte described the moment of impact and subsequent lifeboat chaos.
Lev admits profits exceeding a million on government contracts and invites Sen Bender to Puerto Rico to taste turtle steak as the Senate probes graft in military clothing buys. Air Force and Army suspend personnel amid testimony and ties to Lev, Rubin, and Tartaglia as Lev names a feather business partner.
William Frank Hert, 52, of Zanesville, Ohio, was fined 25 dollars and costs and had his driver's license suspended for one year after appearing in Justice of the Peace Court Lee East on a DWI charge. State troopers arrested him after he operated a truck on U S Highway 40 near Seelyville.
Water levels were below average and many near record lows in eight percent of key wells. Streamflow was deficient across Atlantic Seaboard states and west to northeastern Indiana. May shortages extended through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and parts of Nevada.
In Colorado Oklahoma and Louisiana landlord outreach continues via Want Ads under Reach choice tenants. Dial C 1331 for details.
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