Truman Spars With Press Over Interview and Omission
President Truman clashed with reporters at a Washington news conference, saying he is his own free agent and will not be censored. He defended his exclusive NYT interview with Arthur Krock on Russia talks and acknowledged omitting a word, inviting editors to print it if they wish.
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Washington
Truman
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Russia
Fr. Truman
Doris Fleeson
SIX B-36 CREWMEN PILOT TELL OF STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
Eyewitness Captain Harold L Barry of Hillsboro Illinois describes bailing out from a B-36 over a British Columbia island after engines iced and caught fire. He and radar operator Lt Paul Gerhart waded through slush and snow to shore built a parachute tent for a wounded sergeant Trippodi, then reached the coast and signaled for help with an SOS.
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Harold L. Barry
Hillsboro
Ciwy
British Columbia
Paul Gerhart
Germantown
Whitfield
Trippodi
Whitfield Anay
Seventeen B-36 crewmen rescued or missing on BC coast
Six crew members remain unaccounted for after the ice weighted B-36 crash over rugged islands off northern British Columbia. Eleven were saved by a fish boat, ten rescued by a Canadian destroyer party, and one later picked up by Canadian seamen. A Coast Guard briefing noted no information on the six missing as search efforts continue from McChord, Vancouver, and Ketchikan with a C-82 Flying Boxcar lifting the injured survivor Set Vitale Trippodi of Brooklyn.
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Mcchord Air Force Base
Wash
British Columbia
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Information Office
Alaska
Comdr
F. J. Scheiber
Ketchikan
Vancouver
Vitale Trippodi
Brooklyn
McChord
Permit Issued for Shopping Center Construction
A $70,000 construction permit was issued to W. F. Reid for a 190 by 110 foot shopping center at 906 Georgia Street. The project budget rose to $758,568 as of February.
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W. F. Reid
Georgia
Hydrogen bomb could destroy world in a minute says Canadian physicist
Ottawa report quotes Dr Allan Munn, associate professor at Carleton College, predicting a hydrogen bomb big enough to trigger a globe circling chain reaction ending in less than 60 seconds. He warns there is no peaceful use for H-bomb power and urges a political deal with Russia to avoid total destruction.
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Ottawa
Allan Munn
Canada
Globe
Munn
Atomic Energy Op
Montreal
Carleton College
Britain
United States
Russia
Munich
Four Pickets Wounded As Owners Open Fire
City Commissioner Bud Curtis met the new corporation court judge Harris E. Lofthus this morning after stopping at the station to pay a $2 overtime parking ticket.
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Bud Curtis
Corporation Court
Harris E. Lofthus
Coal Field Violence Strikes Near Harlan Ky Diggings
In Harlan County coal fields near Phillippi and a nearby mine a gun battle left injured men sent to a hospital. Pickets in the area disrupted operations, with 30 workers at the mine and police at the scene. The violence followed a wave of picketing that damaged property and threatened workers. Duquesne Light cut electric supplies to 44 000 customers due to coal shortages.
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Harlan
Esterday
Williams
de Grant Williams
Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
Chemical Explosion Kills 7 at Midland Plant
An explosion at a Midland latex plant killed seven workers and injured seven others. Fire crews rushed to the scene, with ambulances and hospitals in Saginaw alerted as casualties were treated. The blast occurred at 10 28 and shattered windows across the area, with one unidentified body recovered. No cause yet determined.
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Midland
Mich
The
Chemical Company
Mi | General Hospital
Senate seeks tough controls to curb potato price supports
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted six to two to end all government price supports for Irish potatoes until strict planting and acreage controls are in place. Senator Lucas Illinois Democrat pushed a plan to fix quotas by bushels or acres, arguing the controls would save taxpayers about 50 million dollars this year and cut surpluses from nearly a half billion over four years. POTATOES-Page 10.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Manns convict man in fatal shooting case
Billy Mac Mann was sentenced to 32 years for the fatal shooting of Donald Mann at the Mann home. Trial concluded after three days with the jury rejecting insanity and self defense defenses. A psychiatrist testified Mann was sane and understood right from wrong. Separately in Singapore, a government statement says communist terrorists killed 1,084 police and civilians in 18 months in Malaya, with 1,051 terrorists killed, 988 of them Chinese.
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Billy Mac Mann
Donald Mann
Virgil Mann
Washington
Penn
Fox
Om Mac Mann
Atty. Lloyd
Dean Dunlap
Young Mann
C. Sloan
Inna Sama Sapannaren
Billy Mac
Singapore
Malaya
Weather Summary From US Weather Bureau Report
The report notes continued favorable weather with fair and rising temperatures. Ample detail covers New Mexico and Amarillo area, with fair today tonight and Friday and warmer conditions in the northeast portion. A 24 hour period ended at 6 30 with low 59 and high 72 degrees, influencing today and tomorrow outlook.
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New Mexico
Amarillo
President Truman to push full program at gala dinner
President Truman prepared to call for full speed ahead on his legislative agenda at the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Washington. The nationwide event at the National Guard Armory, selling out 5,200 seats at $100 each, aims to bolster Democratic majorities as campaigns move into Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Truman
National Guard
William Boyle
GOP
White House
Congress
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Boyle
Texas
Hint at Break in Spy Trial Hint at Break in Spy Trial
New York February 16 judges adjourn the Copion Gubitchey case amid rumors of a major development. Federal Judge Sylvester J Ryan dismissed the jury until at least Monday saying a situation has arisen and justice requires the adjournment. Defendants Judith Coplon and Valentin A Gubitchev face charges of plotting to steal US defense secrets for the Russians. The judge offered no further reasons and dismissed questions about whether the case might end.
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New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Rusegians
Ryan
Life-With a Smile Series Starts Next Monday
Noted psychologist Dr. Murray Banks will present Life-With a Smile a weekly advice and humor program in The Globe starting next Monday. Banks author of How To Live With Yourself has long served as psychology consultant to universities and industry.
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Murray Banks
Critics Call Stromboli A Disappointing Film
Hollywood critics mostly agree Stromboli falls short of its story. Ingrid Bergman endures misery for 81 minutes as a simple wife on a bleak volcanic island amid harsh villagers and confusing dialogue. Some praise Bergman but fault the ending and overall pace, predicting weak box office despite heavy publicity.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman
Mario Vitale
Enue
James Fitzpat
Travelogue Maker
Bergman
M’ Bergman
Robertolini
Amarillo veterans hospital expansion gains mixed Washington talks
George Broome and Lew Fields, Amarillo chamber veterans affairs committee members, returned from Washington claiming progress on expanding the 500 bed veterans hospital. They say they faced resistance from VA head Gen Carl Gray despite pledges of support from Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico lawmakers.
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Washington
George Broome
Lew Fields
Amarillo
Veterans Hospital
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Fields
Veterans Affairs Committee
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Chamber of Commerce
Nation
Capitol
Carl Gray
Paul Magnuson
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Dennis Chaves
Bob Kerr
George Broom
Fage
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