Oak Ridge Becomes Atomic City From Hidden War Hub
Oak Ridge Tennessee grew from a secret wartime site into a 35 000 population city. Residents recall how sur years of surveyors land purchases and chalked chimneys gave way to housing and roads. The government still operates the city while neighbors see tax and legal tensions and a new era of industry and commerce.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Pocatello
Blackfoot
Idaho
Black Oak Ridge
Southeastern
Howard W. Phillips
D. K. Shields
Clinton
Knoxville
Ing
Beet Worker Wages Fixed for 1949 Sugar Beet Crop
S LeRoy Salvesen announces minimum wage rates for southern and eastern Idaho sugar beet work. Time rates set at 6.00 per hour for thinning hoeing or weeding and 0.65 per hour for pulling topping and loading. Teen workers 14 to 16 may receive up to one third less. Piece rates: hoeing and finger thinning without machine blocking 12 per acre, with machine blocking 9 per acre, and hoe thinning without finger thinning 7 per acre.
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Idaho
S. LeRoy Salvesen
Bannock County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Oak Ridge Liquor Sales Await City Status
Oak Ridge remains dry as liquor sales cannot begin until the area is incorporated as a city. The unusual rule ties alcohol sales to municipal status, delaying commerce despite nearby counties allowing sales.
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Derson County
Oak Ridge
Churchill Arrives Amid Jeers From Picket Lines
Winston Churchill arrived in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth to noisy picketing against the Atlantic pact. About 2,000 spectators plus pickets lined the pier as Churchill, in good spirits with a cigar, prepared for a Cambridge speech on March 31. He hinted the Fulton address foreshadowed the pact and said he looked forward to meeting President Truman in Washington.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Newark
Mr. Churchill
White House
Quaratine
Bernard Baruch
Churchill
Cambridge
Mass
Fulton, Mo
Pacific
Washington
Truman
Fulton
State Prison Population Rises in Idaho
Idaho state prison population rose by three to 418, the state board of corrections reported yesterday. New inmates include William Varney from Fedderson County and Edgar D. Samson from Bannock County, each 14 years for forgery, and Norman Baker from Jefferson County, 15 years for first degree burglary.
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Boise
Idaho State Prison
Idaho State Board of Corrections
William Varney
Fedderson County
Edgar D. Samson
Bannock County
Norman Baker
Jefferson County
Elders Quorum Sponsors Free Dance at Seventh Ward Chapel
The Elders Quorum of the Eighth Ward will sponsor a free dance at the Seventh Ward chapel at 8 30 p.m. Friday per Ellis Chatterton. Joseph Evans leads the refreshments committee. All adult members of the Seventh and Eighth wards are invited.
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Eighth Ward
Seventh Ward
Ellis Chatterton
Joseph Evans
Eighth Wards
Berlin Reds Call Uprising in Protest Demonstration
Berlin Communists urged a mass demonstration for Saturday to protest Western action. Neues Deutschland called residents from all sectors to join the meeting to oppose what it terms the currency crime by Berlin splitters.
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Berlin
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Kaiser Cuts Steel Price Across Fontana Production
Kaiser Company began selling Fontana steel yesterday at discounts up to 39 per ton, signaling a downturn in the steel sellers market. Prices fell from 10 to 39 dollars per ton on plates and standard structural shapes, bringing some categories below the pre hike levels from seven months ago.
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Oakland
Cal
Kaiser Company, Inc
Fontana
Fontana Steel
Frog Invasion Terrifies Lincoln Residents
An army of several hundred frogs invaded Lincoln last night. Housewives locked doors while men hunted the intruders today.
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Lincoln
England
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