Fossils Of 40 Million Years Of Age Hunted
Four men from the Royal Ontario Museum of Palaeontology dig near a ranch on the Frenchman River edge in Eastend Sask to uncover Oligocene bones dating about 40 million years. They seek titanothere remains and rhinoceros fossils, with planned study and shipment to Toronto for reconstruction and exhibit.
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Eastend
Sask
Gulf of Mexico
L. Sternberg
Allan Weare
R. Hornell
Royal Ontario Museum of Palaeontology
Toronto
Chris Cochran
Regina
Frenchman River
Sternberg
Canada
Swift Current
Acheson Presses for Far East Testimony on Policy
In a weekend statement Senator Knowland urged that Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger be brought back to testify before any action on the program is completed. The California senator, a member of the armed services group, discussed Asia policy amid concerns over communism.
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Asia
California
Armed Services Group
Knowland
Douglas MacArthur
Oscar C. Badger
U. S. Army
Navy
Far East
New Hearing Device Removes Receiver Button In Ear
Chicago readers hail invisible Phantomold device that helps deaf users hear clearly without an in ear receiver. Beltone advertises free brochure and home test option, claiming privacy and no cost to try.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Dept
19Th St
Lightning Kills Ohio Semipro Ballplayer
In Urbana Ohio a bolt of lightning struck during a semipro game killing Harold Jensen 26 first baseman for Urbana in the Miami Valley league. Three other players were injured and about 400 spectators escaped unharmed.
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Urbana
Ohio
Harold Jensen
Otto Lorenz
Bill Eggleston
Lorienz
Eggleston
Jensen
Baker
Fla
Grandparents Liable for Support of Children in Court
New York August 8 A domestic relations judge ruled a mother need not seek work if the grandparents can fund basic needs and care for her two children. Justice Jacob Panken ordered the paternal grandfather to pay 75 dollars monthly. the maternal grandmother has been covering the mother's rent.
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New York
Jacob Panken
Panken
Honeymoon Couple Wins Photo Finish with Hospital Tie
Mr and Mrs Benson Portin, newlyweds, spent their honeymoon in a hospital after an auto crash shortly after the ceremony in Memphis Tennessee.
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Memphis
Tenn. U.P
Benson Portin
Five Storms Hit Central Arizona in Weekend Weather and Damage
The Nogales highway shut from 9:30 to 11 a m as August rainfall totals reached 0 62 inch with Monday rainfall adding 0 64 inch in just over six hours. Through Sunday total rain fell 4 02 inches for the year versus 6 32 normal to Aug 7. the Old Pueblo logged a 91 degree high. Monday night and Tuesday forecast called for scattered showers with little temperature change. The weekend storms caused thousands in wind and rain damage across central Arizona including Mesa and Tempe where two lives were lost. Virgil Lee Brown 21, a crop dusting pilot, was electrocuted by lightning while anchoring his plane. an elderly Mesa woman died when a windlifted roof collapsed on her house. a Phoenix man burned beyond recognition in a house fire.
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Atlanta
Chicago
Covington
Dodge City
Ft Worth
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Francisco
Cleer
Arizona Highway Patrol
Nogales
Monnday
Old Pueblo
United Press
Arizona
Mesa-Tempe
Mesa
Virgil Lee Brown
Wedding Party Has Unique Experience
PHOENIX Aug. 8 Ajo wedding party members travel back to Phoenix as floodwaters force a detour near Gillespie dam. A seven pound six ounce girl is born en route near Gila Bend to E A Hunt and his wife Ann. Guests supply towels and tablecloths to wrap the newborn.
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Gilbert Orabuena
Ajo
Gillespie Dam
Gila Bend
Orabuenas
Arlington
E. A. Hunt
Ann
Quincy Point Congregational Church Moves After 111 Years
The historic Quincy Point Congregational church in Quincy Mass has been moved to a new site a half mile from its original location after 111 years.
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Quincy
Mass
U.P
Quincy Point
Fires Rage Across West as Firefighters Battle Massive Blazes
Foreman Wag Dodge led a backfire to shield trapped smokejumpers in Mann Gulch as flames swept the ridge. The wildfire had scorched about 6,000 acres of timber and destroyed two ranches while rangers, prisoners, and volunteers fought seven other fires in four states amid record heat and low humidity. Idaho, California, Oregon totals varied with hundreds of firefighters battling multi‑acre infernos and evacuations near Burgdorf and Santa Margarita as Durkee was spared.
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Missoula
Mont
Idaho
Boise National Forest
Cherry Creek
Burgdorf
Ida
San Francisco
California
Pozo
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Margarita
Oregon
Durkee
Churchill to Address Postwar Assembly in Europe Unity Drive
Parley slots eight Turkish and six Greek seats, bringing the council to 101 deputies. The assembly includes ministers and leaders from European unity groups, excluding fascism and communism. Churchill, Britain’s wartime premier, arrives from Lake Garda and may use the gathering to warn against Soviet expansion.
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Turkey
Greece
Assembly
Council
Committee of Ministers
European Unity
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Lake Garda
Italian Alps
Rose Bush Invades Bay City Home Through Window
A rose bush grew from Mrs Sophie Doner front yard into her living room after forcing its way between a window and frame. The eight foot shoot stays green through winter and blossoms early in spring before outdoor blooms appear.
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Bay City
Mich. U.P
Sophie Doner
Policeman McCarthy Fires Fast On Escaped Steers
Policeman James D. McCarthy of Boston has shot and killed run away steers 16 times after they escaped from the Brighton abattoir. He has used a single rifle shot each time, earning the nickname Deadeye Dick Boston.
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Boston
W.P
James D. McCarthy
Steers
Brighton
Attorneys Seek Pardon For Jones On Death Row
W Fred Jones a Floydada Tex grocer convicted of a 1946 shotgun killing faces a potential second execution after a three day stay near the death chamber. His lawyers press the state pardon board Monday for clemency citing new information from ex District Judge Kenneth Bain. If no action is taken Jones would die in the early hours of August 10.
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Austin
Tex
W. Fred Jones
State Pardon Board
Jones
Floydada
Kenneth Bain
Stinky the prolific Seattle cat brings 288 kittens
Stinky, a shaggy black cat in Seattle, has produced 288 kittens over the past ten years, becoming a local pride for Paul Mayovsky and his family.
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Stinky
Seattle
Paul Mayovsky
Quake wrecks town Ambato area. 34 dead in crash
A powerful earthquake leveled parts of Pelilo Ambato region with towns buried under rubble. Rescue efforts are hampered as the Sieberg intensity reaches eight, and a Shell Oil plane crash in the nearby mountains adds 34 fatalities.
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Pelilo
Shell Oil Co
Ambato
Shell
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