Berlin Blockade Tightens as West Berlin Pressure Mounts
Soviet authorities reinforce truck checks into Western Berlin amid tightens in the blockades. Western diplomats prepare separate protests while Paris reports a Moscow plan to push Western allies from the city. American airlift resumes with planes leaving every four minutes as an Air Force C 47 crash near Wiesbaden injures two.
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Truman Cheer From Eisenhower Action Sparks Backlash
President Truman’s special train rolled through Athens on schedule and continued to Washington after Missouri speaking stops. Eisenhower’s refusal to accept nomination sparked mixed reactions across Illinois New Jersey and Georgia while Truman plans a Minneapolis campaign kickoff next month with Dewey facing a rest period at Pawling Farm.
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Robbers Cut Silent Alarm At Max's Bar In Heist
Police report burglars cut telephone lines and a silent alarm cable at Max's Bar yesterday before rifling cash drawers. About 3500 dollars were stolen.
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Max
Federal Aid To Schools Gets Backing
The American Legion commander and National PTA head pledged to back a federal aid to schools bill through Congress. They urged Congress to reconvene in summer to pass federal aid and address major issues. The NEA delegates gathered to push for equal educational opportunities after a Senate measure failed in the 1948 session. Mrs. Mabel Williams Hughes pledged PTA support to work with NEA to prevent further harm to American education.
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Stroke Fatal For Mason Clergyman Meade
The Rev. William Meade 76 died at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a paralytic stroke at his home. He had served as assistant rector of St. John's Charleston and aided Red Cross and March of Dimes. A native of Alexandria he lived 20 years in Point Pleasant after marrying Josephine Beale. Three Arlington sisters plan to arrive. funeral arrangements possible Thursday afternoon.
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Charleston
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Alexandria
Josephine Beale
Arlington
Footprint Boosts Hope in Missing Toddler Search
In Somerset Pennsylvania a child's footprint in a wooded area renews hope that 23 month old Donald Collier may still be alive as search teams widen their effort.
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Somerset
Donald Collier
Film Star Carole Landis Dies By Own Hand In Los Angeles
Actress Carole Landis, 29, was found dead at her Pacific Palisades home with a sleeping pills bottle nearby. A note to her mother spoke of her love and a will directing everything to family. Police called it a deliberate suicide after illness and recent divorce filings.
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Pacific Palisades
Emmett Jones
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California
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Richmond
Lawrence B. Ridste
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Frances Ridste
Fairfield
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Willis Hunt, Jr
Holiday Death Toll Reaches 550 Mark
The three day July Fourth period saw 550 accidental deaths nationwide with 296 highway fatalities 184 drownings 66 miscellaneous and four fireworks deaths. Pennsylvania reported 44 deaths and Ohio 19 traffic fatalities.
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Vanishing Cream Fades Out Burglar
Joyce Lynn Murray, 20, reports a burglar tried to loot her home three times. He first surprised her in the bedroom and fled, then returned fifteen minutes later to the back porch, and finally reappeared in the living room with a gun before disappearing as Murray threw a jar of vanishing cream.
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Los Angeles
Joyce Lynn Murray
Meigs Resident Hurt In Truck Wreck North Of Pomeroy
Lloyd Blackwood of Meigs County was listed in critical condition at Meigs General Hospital after a utility truck owned by Columbus & Southern Electric Co. ran into a culvert and overturned along Route 33 near Howard Bolin’s home. Passerby Robert Story helped transport him to the hospital.
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Lloyd Blackwood
Meigs County
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Robert Story
Blackwood
Columbus & Southern Electric Co
Howard Bolin
Cafe Bombing Injures Four in Mansfield
Police seek clues after Crescent Cafe bombing injures two patrolmen and two firemen. The blast at about 2 am wrecked the restaurant rear and shook the district. Injured were Patrolmen William D. Mitchell 26 John P. Butler 24 and Firemen James Peck 44 Roy Reeder 44 with shock cuts and abrasions. Owner Russell J. Matthes said he has no enemies.
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Dewey Silent on Ike's Refusal Note
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey offered no comment on General Dwight D. Eisenhower withdrawing from the Democratic presidential race. Dewey ends a three day quiet period and will spend three weeks at his Pawling, New York, farm balancing campaign work with rest and recreation.
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N. Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
North Carolina Reports 16 New Polio Cases
RALEIGH N C The third worst outbreak of infantile paralysis in the state continued with 16 new cases reported to the state board of health bringing the annual tally to 369 cases. The day saw another burst of infections as health officials warned of the continuing spread.
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State Board of Health
Principal Hangs Self In Mother's Home
Coroner George Tyler reported Ruby L. Borden age 59, longtime principal of Main-Montrose School in Bexley near Columbus, died by hanging at her mother Edith Bordens home in Macon Ohio. Death occurred Saturday afternoon according to the coroner.
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George Tyler
Ruby L. Borden
Main-Montrose
Bexley
Columbus
Edith Borden
Macon
Manufacturer Dies in Cincinnati at 68
Edwin D. McDonell, 68, president of the E. V. McDonell Candy Co. of Cincinnati, died yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Edwin D. McDonell
E. V. McDonell Candy Co
Dems Seek Intra Party Compromise
Democratic platform drafters in Philadelphia seek a states rights plank to ease Southern bitterness over civil rights and satisfy both Truman civil rights backers and Southern factions. The platform committee, led by Senator Francis J. Myers, plans public hearings Thursday and Friday before the convention opens Monday.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Francis J. Myers
Truman
Yugoslavs Rally Behind Tito Amid Cominform Clash
Belgrade reports show Borba stating a $50 million rush toward a $70 million national loan in five days. Local Communist committees promise support to Marshal Tito while the National Organization of War Inval ids restates socialism under Tito. Contradictory front and back pages reflect tensions with the Cominform.
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Russia
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Sawyer Named as Truman Running Mate Prospect
A member of the Ohio delegation to the Philadelphia Democratic convention proposed Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati as vice presidential nominee to run with President Truman. Reed Winegardner said he would recommend Paul V. McNutt of Indiana as a second choice.
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Cincinnati
Truman
Reed Winegardner
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Indiana
Task Fleet Sails Early From Istanbul Amid Palestine Tension
ISTANBUL Three cruisers Fargo Huntington and Juneau of the U S Sixth Task Fleet sailed for the Mediterranean a day ahead of schedule without an official explanation. Staff close sources say urgent Palestine Situation messages were received yesterday. The escort carrier Palau accompanied the ships after discharging training planes for Turkey under U S aid.
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Forrest Sherman
Palestine
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Palau
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Halsey Urges Peace Speech at Charleston Independence Day
Admiral William F. Halsey addressed Independence Day listeners in Charleston West Virginia urging that America seeks peace and asserts that peace will be achieved. He stated America wants peace and by God will have peace.
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William F. Halsey
America
Israel Rejects UN Proposal Amid Truce Tensions
A Tel Aviv dispatch reports Israel voting 27 to 0 with four abstentions to reject the main UN Palestine peace proposal after a 3.5 hour session. The decision to inform UN mediator Count Folke Berndotte is expected today, with Arabs likely to resume fighting when the four week truce ends Friday.
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Arab League of the Truce
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Polio Strikes 13-Year-Old in Cleveland Area
Gary Ray Buck, 13, of Willoughby was named the Cleveland area’s 15th polio victim. He was stricken late yesterday and admitted to a local hospital as officials compare current cases with last year’s figure of three infantile paralysis cases on the same date.
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Cleveland
Gary Raybuck
Willoughby
Japanese quake toll rises to 5570 dead in Fukui
Fukui prefectural police estimated the recent quake killed 5,570 people and injured 19,628, with damage pegged at 48.5 billion yen.
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40000 Captive Miners Idle in Pennsylvania Walkout
A sympathy walkout halted about 40000 captive coal miners in western Pennsylvania with 56000 miners idle overall. Pittsburgh and area mines led to a 20 percent regional output, while major operators including U S Steel and Pittsburgh Coal Co reported most mines idle and losses of tens of thousands of tons daily. The strike extends the miners' 10 day vacation as union demands remain unsettled.
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American Air Review Over Tokyo Delayed by Weather
A July Fourth peace time air review over Tokyo, postponed by yesterday’s weather, was staged today with around 300 American planes in formation. The event, timed to U S morning hours, marked the holiday with a large showing of American air power.
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