Police uncover 50 acre marijuana field case ends with seven arrests
Police raided a 50 acre field near Chicago after days of surveillance uncovering marijuana plants nine feet tall planted to be sold to teens in Milwaukee Chicago Springfield and other midwest cities. Seven men were arrested for tending and harvesting the crop as investigators traced the operation through paid laborers and disguises.
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Chicago
Iup
Milwaukee
Springfield
Midwest
Maurice Green
Cook County Highway Police
Washington hogs lead with price at $22.30
Weather forecast notes cloudy skies with scattered showers this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Top hog price listed at 22 dollars and 30 cents.
Men Arrested With Reefers From Home Grown Marijuana
Police recovered reefers made from home grown marijuana and four bags of dried marijuana ready for processing. Green claimed illicit prices put the potential value at ten thousand dollars.
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Green
Vacationers Return from Many Places
Franklin residents share summer travels as Walter Neffs Will Bhallas H J Brennemans return from the Ozarks R H Fultons from Canada and Minnesota John Kienes visits Kansas Mr and Mrs George Bartholomew see Yellowstone and Denver John Hindahls Wisconsin trips and Mr and Mrs Frank Kleese and Mr and Mrs Sam Bowser Iowa State Fair visits Mr and Mrs Ed A Peiffer see the Sidny ro-
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W. V. Durst
Franklin
Walter Neffs
Will Bhallas
H. J. Brennemans
Ozarks
R. H. Fultons
Canada
Minnesota
John Kienes
Kansas
George Bartholomew
Yellowstone Park
Denver
John Hindahls
Wisconsin
Frank Kleese
Sam Bowser
Community Visitors and Family Gatherings Highlight Week
Mr and Mrs Bert Booth joined Clarence Booth at the State Fair marking their first visit. The Coon and Durst families visited, with multiple relatives dropping by to share Sunday evenings and meals. New arrivals include Mr and Mrs Donald Disney’s daughter and son in law Douglas Eugene returning home from the hospital.
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Deo
Bert Booth
Clarence Booth
Murray
Phyllis Coon
Lewis Coon
Frank Stransky
Lydia Horak
Harold
John Kienes
John H. Reber
Noah Beer
Ed A. Peiffer
Peiffer
W. V. Durst
Donald Disney
James Stoops
Milton Nebel
Amos Graber
Bill Nebel
Dale Nebel
Iowa City
Raymond Nebel
Douglas Eugene
Johnson
Fairfield
Disney William Lewis
Reita Kay Murphy
Everette Coon
Fultons
Kay McCreedy
J. H. Fulton
Hazel Euwer
Archie
Bill Rief
Diana
Leonard Kokesh
R. H. Fulton
Shirley
Connie Smith
Ottumwa
Joe Smith
Mr. Smith
Carl Greiner
Ainsworth
Henry Peiffer
Norbert Peiffer
Homer Mayer
Marlene
Roger
Martha Mayer
Homer Brinning
Vernon Tucker
Max
Larry
Howard Witting
LeRoy Letts
Everette Curtis
Richard
Swift
Sunset Park
Lacy Lines
Cloyce Barnett
Evelyn Farrier
Wallace Knight
George Swift
Modesto
Calif
Clyde McCall
Ross Neucom
Denver
Colo
Byron Swift
Dale Darbyshire
Crawfordsville
Carl Schneider
Raymond Witting
Martha Gamon
Howard Caldwell
Howard Benn
Ed. Chalupa
Roslyn
William Rathmell
Kremlin
Oklo
Dale Caldwell
Wisconsin
Jacob Earnest
Naomi Kephart
Max Goodlander
Lee Goodlander
John Ganon
Frank Henderson
Ethel Henderson
Oskaloosa
Mary Mortland
Hastings
Neb
Robert MacDonald
Mary Sojka
George E. Sojka
George Sojka
Paul Houseal
Berlin
Norenburg
Ed Letts
Everette
John Gamon
N. R. Gamon
Joe
Donald Goodlander
Ray Randall
Dale
Stella Been Blossom
Glenn Pratt
Columbus Schools
H. E. Ross
Ross
Stephen Bausch
Hope
Ruth Ann
Marilyn Jean
Phillip
West Virginia
J. W. Pence
Canada
William
Downer’s Grove
Ill
Pleasant Hill Social Notes and School Start
Pleasant Hill community news covers Tuesday callers at the Ray Teel home and local visitors. The Pleasant Hill school opens with teacher Mrs. John White and 12 pupils, with several students listed as beginners or new entrants.
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Ray Teel
Pleasant Hill
John White
Crawfordsville
Yvonne Whittaker
Irene Redeker
Donald Goodlander
Palladium Used in Delicate Balance Wheels for Watches
A use of palladium seldom associated with this precious metal is in the construction of delicate balance wheels for non magnetic watches.
Carlyle Fragmented Civil War Lecture Found in Emerson Manuscript
A fragment of a lecture from the American Civil War era, written in Emerson’s handwriting, was discovered in Thomas Carlyle’s London home. The fragment reflects 19th century wartime discourse and links Emerson and Carlyle through a shared historical moment.
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Chelsea
Thomas Carlyle
London
Emerson
Columbus Community club elects officers for 1949 50
Columbus Junction reports the Columbus Community club chose Raymond Priebe as president Harry Edwards as vice president Raymond Hendrickson secretary treasurer and Dr J S Groben as summer program committee chair. Other items include band funds and a Coralville dam talk by Edwin Hicklin Wapello.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus Community Club
Raymond Priebe
Harry Edwards
Raymond Hendrickson
J. S. Groben
Edwin Hicklin
Wapello
Coralville
Iowa City
Lee Colton
Lobster Housing Shortage Under Study At UCLA
Zoologists from the University of California Los Angeles study a housing shortage for the Southern California spiny lobster. Led by Robert Lindbergh with Theodore Bullock supervising, the project seeks hollow tile or prefabricated concrete housing to protect lobsters and reduce fish predation. The research also examines lobster biology including breeding, migration, and mortality from egg to maturity.
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California
Los Angeles
University of California
California Fish and Game Commission
Robert Lindbergh
Theodore Bullock
The Sun's Surface and Interior Temperatures
The article notes the sun’s surface temperature around 11 000 degrees and states the interior heat is believed to reach many millions of degrees.
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FOX
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Gloria Henry Ross Ford
State Farm
Earle F. Libe
Keith L. Vetter
Rhaa Ort OL
Bete
Washington
Indi
Tonite
Abbott & Costello
the Willer
Nina Foch
George Macready
Will Geer
Walter Rode
Wr Umbia Picture
Jack Wagner
R. H. Fulton’s
Peiffers
Betty Applegate
Loren Booth
Clarence Hayes
Dean LeRoy J Letts
Mrs
Richard Hayes
Regina
Ed Chalupa
William Frye
Herman Frye
Burlington
Kenneth Watt
Hazel Alliman
Roseville
Harold Gamon
Washington Junior College
Marjorie Sines
Washington High School
Donnie Novak
William Rathmel
Benn
Chalupa
Mrs. Curtis
Jack
Bobby Knapp
Caroline Fox
Madison Square Garden
Fort Madison
Iowa
RODEO
NAVY
Mediterranean
Huntington
Patrick J. Ryan
Mooreman
Washington, D. C
Navy Board
Howard Mader
Edwin Hanna
Lloyd Straits
John Sparkman, Jr
James Pulliam
Ryan
Sue Pheasant
International
Palladium
F. Koster
Nancy Bales
Mat Wehr
Keota
Fred Frank
Riverside
Paul Thayer
Ruth Ayers
Speedway Food Store
R. Priebe
Junction Group
Marthe Butler
WSCS
Methodist Church
Violet T. Franklin
Anatol Barsov
Peter Pirogov
Barsov
Austria
Pirogov
Russia
Capital
International Soundphoto
Mandy
Rastus
James Dawson
Brighton
Ford
Tme
Mace Motor CO
G. E. Mace
G. W
Michigan
Puritana
Kentucky Music
C. C
Lord Clinton
Farmers Store
North
R. C. Wead
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