Uranium Search Dwarfs Gold Rush in Four Corners
A government backed uranium boom spreads across the Colorado plateau and border regions of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. About a thousand diggers, cowboys, Indians, and engineers endure harsh camps and low pay while production figures stay secret for security reasons.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U. S. Geological Survey
Strange Group
Colorado Plateau
Colorado
Utah-Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Srutted
1952 May Be Bad Financial Year For U S Farmers
The Agriculture Department warns 1952 could be a poor year for farmers with farm prices down and production costs up. Net income may drop 3 to 5 percent from 1951, worse than most years since World War II, while retail prices rise due to higher marketing margins.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U S Plane Lands At The North Pole
Anchorage Alaska reports the first successful landing at the geographic North Pole by a C 47 ski and wheel transport piloted by Lt Col William P Benedict of Pasadena Calif The mission was led by Maj Gen William D Old commander of the Air Command and occurred Saturday.
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Air Force
North Pole
Alaska Air Command
William D. Old
The
Air Command
William P. Benedict
Psadena
Calif
Reds Lose 6 Planes In Aerial Dogfights
U S Sabre jet pilots destroyed four Communist jets and two Red planes in aerial clashes over Northwestern Korea near the Yalu River. Three fights occurred as 30 Mig planes tangled with Sabres at high and low altitudes. Meager flak accompanied limited ground action with an UN patrol near Panmunjum truce site reporting 47 Reds killed and 21 wounded.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Manchuria
Chongju
Sinunju
Yalu
Sinanju
United Nations
Panmunium
Eighth Army
U. N
Eisenhower Favored Subsidies to Stabilize Farmers
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supports continuing some price subsidies for farmers if elected president. George T. Mickelson says Eisenhower believes food production is vital and government intervention may be needed to underwrite farm prices while market forces apply.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
George T. Mickelson
South Dakota
Gen
Eisenhower
United States
Nicholson
Ike Movement
Maryland Primary Opens Busy Week In Politics
The Maryland preferential primary begins a busy political week with voters selecting senators and representatives and choosing delegates to national conventions. Write-ins are banned and Estes Kefauver is the only presidential hopeful listed on ballots. Governor McKeldin hints at backing Eisenhower while signaling Taft supporters may find favor. Ohio and Florida hold major contests tomorrow as delegates continue to be chosen in several states.
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Associated Press
Maryland
House
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore R. McKeldin
Bronc
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Florida
Repubicans
Alabama
Indiana
New Mexico
Ilinois
Nevada
Utah
Michigan
Taft
Taft Leads In AP Survey For Delegates
An Associated Press survey shows Taft ahead in delegate prospects while the survey indicates his current delegates are not among those already chosen. The report notes Delewttes plecgec oO hisdl to x hints at irregular wording in the text.
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Associated Press
Delewttes
Taft
Youthful Father Confesses Role in 1948 Bank Robbery
Albert H. Johnson a 23 year old father described his part in a Hoyt Kansas bank robbery of May 17 1948 from a church pulpit saying God told him to wire himself up He stated he prayed for guidance and decided to surrender to County Attorney Donald Sands after initially planning a church confession The $835 robbery occurred in Hoyt Kansas and Johnson made a formal admission yesterday
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Topeka
Kan
Albert H. Johnson
Hoyt
Johnson
Donald Sands
Church
Sur
Robbery and kidnapping suspect released on bail after claim
The suspect testified to authorities about the Dank robbery and armed kidnapping. He said he received $315 as his share of the loot and claimed two accomplices were alive. He was released on $5,000 bail pending a preliminary hearing set for May 2.
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Joteon
Hazel Shifflett Wins Pellet Guessing Game
Hazel Shifflett of Route 2 won a pellet guessing contest at Winchester Milling Corporation where a rabbit pellet count in a gallon fountain timed with a baby chick giveaway yielded a winning guess of 13 050 versus the actual 13 125. Patricia Good and S W Eshelman placed second and third they each received prizes of 5 and 2 50 dollars respectively.
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Hazel Shifflett
Route 2
Winchester Milling Corporation
Patricia Good
Leicester Street
S. W. Eshelman
Stephenson
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Gordon G. Gauss
Grand Junction
Cole
Four Corners
U.S
Anchorage
Alaska
Reds
William C. Barnard
Mickelson
Willie Hoppe
B. L. A. Hoppe
Maurice Vignaux
France
the Lion
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hodgson & Brown
America
Cadillac
SZ. KpaMlec
Chevrolet
N. Loudoun St
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Peg “Palmer
Harper's
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