Old Trading Post is Now Chicago's Trading Center
Chicago feature recounts the Merchandise Mart as a global buying center. It details size, scale, and impact with statistics on area, elevators, materials, and daily operations, comparing it to other landmarks and noting its status in trade and media.
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Old Trading Post
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Terre Haute
Indiana
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chicago Loop
Ripley
Mart
Soviet Union
Empire State
Captured Enemy Weapons Prove Hazardous in Korea
In Korea a Marine admires a damaged artillery piece abandoned by enemies. A pursuing Corsair spots the weapon and targets the Marine by mistake, firing rockets that strip his clothing and send him tumbling. He survives, wiser to the dangers of captured arms.
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Korea
Marine Corsairy
Project Residents Solve Problem Create Another
Cincinnati residents at a government housing project used their wits to curb a rat and mouse infestation by buying cats since poison was unsafe for children. With the rodents gone the cats remain, and management orders owners to remove excess felines.
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Cincinnati
B T U Defined as Heat to Raise Water Temperature
The BTU is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.
Old Love By R H Wilkinson
Helen suspects her husband Roger is drawn to Sally Burton at a lakeside lodge. A thunderstorm crisis reveals her fear and longing, and Roger reassures with a hopeful confession that true love remains.
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Helen
Roger
Sally Burton
Kiddo
Birch
Sally
Reg
Guards Freed as Riot Ends in Michigan Prison
In Jackson Michigan prison riot ends after five days as guards William Blair and Burt Myron are freed. Deputy Warden Seymour Gilman negotiates and grants demands including outside visitors newspapers magazines and limited yard access. Prisoners report escape ability as threat fades with tear gas buckshot used by state troopers. Carl Bradford wounded in the back during the disturbance.
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Jackson
Mich
William Blair
Burt Myron
Joseph Vacek
Carl Bradford
Seymour Gilman
International
Three Bibles common in American homes
An old observation notes that there is an average of three Bibles in every American household, suggesting the diverse presence of religious texts across the nation. The remark frames Bible ownership as a common domestic trait rather than a strict statistic.
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America
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Acheson
Vargas
Brazil
Mna
Ocean Wentine
Dillie and McGuire
Ibs
Wallon
Amy Ivory
Ivory
CAMRY
Widmer’s
Wieners
Mr Fk
Raspberries
Calif
Libby
Wittmer’s
U. S
Dean Acheson
Getulio Vargas
Rio de Janeiro
International Radioploto
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