County Dairy Herd Improvement Program Faces Tester Shortage
The Dairy Herd Improvement Association with 42 county herds seeks a full time tester after David Litton Jr. of Benevela left to serve in the airborne troops. At the county agent’s office, officials plan to appoint three directors and discuss program challenges and future staffing.
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Washington
Mark Miller
Coumy
Littan
Selective Service
Miller
Association
Conight
Grandmother Given Suspended Sentence
Mrs. Ruby Lowy was sentenced to one year suspended by Juvenile Court Judge van Crosaley for contributing to the delinquency of her four year old granddaughter. The term is conditional on no further alcohol use and no new injuries to the child. The defendant was previously convicted of assault and being drunk and disorderly, with the delinquency charge arising from those acts.
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Ruby Lowy
Conceoeleagne
State Women’s Prison
van Crosaley
Grosaley
County Wheat Crop Looks Bad
Washington County wheat farmers report poor stands with short thin grain as harvest nears in six to seven weeks. Miller cites dry post winter weather and heavy spring rains as possible causes while barley shows promise and corn remains largely unplanted due to ground conditions and late planting windows.
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Mark Miller
Miller
Democrats Name Dever Keynote Speaker At National Convention
The Democratic committee selected Gov. Paul A. Dever of Massachusetts to deliver the keynote address at the national convention, with Rep. Sam Rayburn named permanent chairman for the events. Frank B. McKinney said Dever and Rayburn provide geographical balance as delegates prepare to nominate President and Vice President.
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Chicago
Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Ifor
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Frank B. McKinney
Dever
Rayburn
McKinney
Wvenrold Beyer
Ula
Boston University
James J A. Farrey
John W. McCormack
I Massachusetts
House
International Amphitheater
Charity Salvage Day Tops Local Clean-Up Campaign
The Junior Chamber of Commerce announces a charity salvage drive with Salvation Army and Volunteers of America collecting usable clothing and furniture. Rags and cotton mattresses for scrap are also welcome. Pickup runs May 19 to May 31 with contact numbers for Jaycees, Salvation Army, and VOA.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Today
Salvation Army
The
Volunteers of America
Salvage
Jaycee Clean-up Committee
$400 Worth of TV Repair Tools Stolen
A. Miller reports a theft of a leatherette case with television repair tools valued at about $400 from his vehicle near Cleveland Avenue and Jefferson Street. Miller runs a radio and television repair service on Banat Frank in Strat.
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C. A. Miller
Franklin Street
Cleveland Avenue
Jefferson Street
Miller
Banat Frank
Strat
Forgotten Valley raid by Fifth Air Force in Korea
May 5, 1952 marked by a major Fifth Air Force bombing of a Communist supply dump at Suan, 36 miles southeast of Pyongyang. An observer on a ridge notes the valley’s quiet during dawn as Fifth Air Force intelligence and aircraft prepare the strike that would halt the valley’s role as a main supply center for the central front.
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Fifth Air Force
Suan
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Sedgwick R. Byron
Bady Mail
Korea
Ko Hrea
Red
USN
Fifth ‘Air Force
Two Accused Of Welfare Fraud Indicted in May Term
The May Grand Jury indicted two men Raymond McCoy and Charles M. Mowery for fraudulently obtaining money from the Washington County Welfare Board. McCoy allegedly took 2250.20 dollars and Mowery 223.40. Attorneys James Strine and Louis Boulity were appointed to defend them.
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May Grand Jury
Washington County Welfare Board
Joseph TD
Mish
Raymond McCoy
Charles MM. Mowery
McCoyv
Welfare Board
Faique
Mowery
James, Strine
McCay
Louis Boullity
Mawery
Washington County
Frank Kennedy
Lappans
Court House
White
Wisis
Vernon Barthlow
Bay Street
Aubrey Kemp
Daniel Lee Hornhaker
Aasault
Hornhaker
Plane Spotting Plan Called Off
Baltimore reports indefinite postponement of Operation Skywatch planned to run 24 hours a day across 27 states. Brig. Gen. Minty cited humanitarian concerns and logistical strains as the reason. Maryland and Rhode Island volunteers and Air Force personnel remain involved in ground observer posts and air defense planning.
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Baltimore
Iday
Maryland Civil Defense Agency
Air Force
Civil Defense
Russell J. Minty
Eastern Air Dessense Conanand
Providence
R. 1
Rhode Island
Maryland
Wommen
Ground Observer Corps
Batlmore
National Association of State “Civil Defense Directors
Skywatch
Hoyte S. Vandenberg
Vahlouharg
Sea Tale Ends With A Seafarer’s Tragic Homeward Way
Stephen Mersich a 74 year old seaman known for loving the sea died near Humboldt County. He suffered a heart attack while fishing alone north of Muroka California. After failing to signal for help he fired his pistol and the boat drifted to a breakwater where bystanders found it. The coroner ruled death from natural causes.
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Muroka
Calif
Stephen Mersich
Humbolt County
Lloyd Wallace
California
Meratch
Hoate
Ray
Merrick
House Members Vote To Slash Their Own Taxes
A House vote approved tax relief for members of Congress and free office space, marking a shift in budget measures. The amendment allows members to deduct housing and related official expenses as business costs, potentially reducing taxes by about 12000 yearly for many and altering tax liabilities for higher income members.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Library of Congress
Government, Printing Office
Legislative Department
Capitol Hill
McCormack
Massachusetts
Conlaren
Two Teens Fined After Route 66 Chase
State Trooper Clyde B. Tucker forced off Route 66 during a Monday night chase. Blair Spigler and James Bussard, both teens, forfeited fines totaling 77.90 each for reckless driving and exceeding 450, with no injuries reported.
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Clyde B. Tucker
Blair Spigler
Virsinik Avenue
James E. Bussard
South Cannon Avenue
Tucker
Mapteville
Boonshore
Rate 40
Spigler
Ruspeard
Spigher
Showery Weather Forecast for Three Days
The Weather Bureau predicts scattered showers and possible thundershowers today tonight Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. Yesterday's heat reached 83 degrees in the mid afternoon and a night low around 47 degrees. Today's high is expected near 64 to 67 degrees and tonight's low around 55 to 60 degrees.
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Weather Bureau
Top Jet Pilot Is Shot Down Over Korea
Col. Walker M. Mahurin, renowned Sabre jet fighter and veteran ace, was shot down during a third mission near Kunu while leading dive bombing attacks on airfields and rail targets across Sinniju and Manchuria. Born in Fort Wayne Indiana, Mahurin previously downed 22 aircraft in Europe and the Pacific, with eight and a half credited in Korea.
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U.S
Maharin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sinniju
Yalu River
Maanchuria
Kunu
Mahurin
Europe
Pacific
Korea
Halfway Store Break-In Reported
Sheriff's officers and County Investigator Bruce Spickler investigated a breaking and entering at the Acme store on Virginia Avenue in Halfway. A brick was used to gain entry but little was stolen, just some shrimp and hot dogs, and the taped window was misused.
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Acme
Virginia Avenue
Halfway
Bruce Spickler
Magistrate Denies Fine in Drunk and Disorderly Case
Magistrate William P. Kreykembohm ordered Efla Eshelman Palmer to 10 days in the Washington County Jail after denying a request for a fine. The magistrate noted Palmer’s repeated drunken offenses and said fines have little effect on habitual offenders.
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William P. Kreykenbohm
Efla Eshelman Palmer
Washington County
Magistrata
Red truce talks stall as Koreans blast Allies daily
In Munan Korea on May 16 Red truce negotiators blasted the Allies for a ninth straight day and demanded a formal break in armistice talks. Vice Adm. C Turner Joy spoke two minutes of a 30 minute session and rejected the Red prisoner exchange proposal. General Nam I ree urged a cessation until the Reds offer a new proposal.
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Munan
Korea
Red
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam
Allied air strikes silence Red guns and tanks in Korea
Allied planes on May 16 silenced 20 Red guns and damaged two tanks along the 155 mile battle front. Clear weather allowed 1 220 sorties with fighter bombers striking deep into Communist territory to hit a vehicle repair center near Pyongyang and destroy 30 buildings.
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Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
Korea talks stall over prisoner exchange bids
Negotiators held another session at Panmunjom amid sharp exchanges. Nam Il and Joy rejected the Allies’ plan to repatriate 132000 Reds and the Allied proposal to voluntary repatriation of 70,000. the prisoner issue hinders progress toward an armistice. A letter from Brig. Gen. Colson, later repudiated, alleged prisoner killings and promised humane treatment.
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Panmunium Tomorow
Joy
Reds
Red
Nam Jl
U. N
VA Office Still A Busy Place Report Indicates
The Veterans Administration office at City Hall logged 8 882 visits in the year ending Feathrus for claims and benefits. Weston said 2 518 applications were completed, 1 382 for direct benefits, with 5 097 telephone inquiries and 7% of veterans seen in non VA hospitals. Benefits cover hospitalization, medical care, disability and death compensation, burial benefits, and for World War II veterans added vocational rehabilitation and education loans. Korean War era veterans qualify for most benefits except allocation training and loans.
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Veterans Administration
City Hall
Sanmet J. Weston
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Baylay University
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Liz Saat
Daily Mail
S. R. Byron
Lonng Rovblil
Claude Keyser
Gardner Bowers
Hagerstonm Ire
Warren Stultz
Michard 3. Barger
Neaws
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State Civil Defense Agency
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Walker M. Mahurin
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