Fresh Food Prices Edge Down Amid Seasonal Slump
Prices for beef, lamb and poultry show small declines as wholesale food index eases for the fourth straight week. Eggs and produce mostly soften in markets across major regions, with cabbage, sweet potatoes and other items noted as abundant while turkey production rises to a record 44.5 million birds.
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Sapenseet
Sabie
California
Utah
New Mexico
Idaho
Dunn& Bradstreet
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Surprise Russian Move Is Rejected
The U N Economic and Social Council rejected a Russian bid to oust Nationalist China and seat Chinese Communists. The two part vote fell 7 against expelling Chiang Kai-shek, 11 against seating Reds, with Denmark abstaining on the latter. The decision followed discussions on Korea’s postwar rehabilitation.
Himalaya Mountains Seismic Belt Cited by National Geographic Society
The Himalaya mountains are described as one of the world's major earthquake belts by the National Geographic Society, underscoring their geological significance and risk factors for nearby regions.
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Himalaya Mountains
National Geographic Society
Community News Keeps Carl Informed Every Day
The local paper highlights how residents rely on timely reporting for local life. It emphasizes community pride and the role of the newspaper in providing news from sports to classifieds.
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Carl
Jury Selected in Fifth Attempt at Murder Trial
A Bland County Circuit Court jury of twelve and one alternate was qualified for the murder trial of Samuel L. Newberry, 32, from 49 jurors from Washington County. The case marked the fifth attempt to select a jury. Newberry, in a pin stripe suit, pleaded innocent as arraignment looms. He is charged in the January 1949 decapitation slaying of his sister in law, Mrs Mary Kathryn Newberry, 37, while her husband Ralph was convicted and later granted a new trial by the Virginia Supreme Court.
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Bland
Bland County
Samuel L. Newberry
Washington County
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Dentine Ad
Newberry
Mary Katheryn Newberry
Britain Plans Civil Defense Force Recruitment Target
Home Secretary J. Chuter Ede stated Britain aims to form a civil defense force of about 800 000 within months. He suggested one in twenty of eligible Britons join, with about 16 million people over 30 qualified.
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Coventry
England
J. Chuter Ede
Britain
Brilliant College Youth in Court On Arson Charge
In Ann Arbor a University of Michigan teaching fellow Robert H. Stacy, 30, faced arson charges for a June fire that destroyed Haven Hall. Judge James R. Breakey Jr. refused to accept a plea without counsel, prompting Stacy to respond after being informed he must have an attorney.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Old Haven Hall
James R. Breakey, Jr
Robert H. Stacy
Stacy
Judge appoints attorney for suspect in odd confinement case
A judge agrees to appoint counsel for Stacy after a woman Zelda Clarkson petitions probate court for his confinement in a mental institution. She alleges he burned persons in Vegedeneie last summer and notes two earlier incidents and a confession. No arraignment date was set.
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Zelda Clarkson
Uni Hospital
Stacy
Vegedeneie
Fiat
Ycles Manccae
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