Spreading Flood Waters Paralyze Kansas Cities
Kansas City Kansas and Topeka faced the full force of the flood as the Kansas River rose, inundating 15,000 in Armourdale and forcing evacuations. Fire damaged lumberyards and gas stations as water 12 feet deep flooded Argent ine and surrounding areas. Wichita prepared for flood waters as the Little Arkansas River threatened the city, while other towns suffered widespread damage and 11 deaths across Missouri and Kansas.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Kansas City
Missouri
Armourdale
Earl Swarner
Wichita
Arkansas
Frank Tiffany
Associated Press
Mystery Over Human Bone Near Lake Helen, Solved
Sheriff Stanley Lewis announced the Lake Helen bone case solved. An Ohio State University pathologist said the bones were about 40 years old and used in lodge initiation ceremonies. The lodge reportedly gave the bones to boys to bury, but they were only loosely buried and found by a fisherman in June. Coroner Charles N. Gaskill pushed for cleanup.
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Jackson
Stanley Lewis
Lake Helen
Ohio State University
Charles N. Gaskill
Truman Says Congress Must Accept Controls Law
President Truman told reporters responsibility for a workable controls law now rests with Congress as Republicans attack inflation and accuse him of campaign plotting. House action continued as lawmakers backed a farm subsidies amendment and opposed a broad executive power measure to seize and run plants for defense.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Taber
Jensen
Iowa
House
Rep
Brown
Ohio
Cooley
DNC
Two Ohioans Die in Crash Near Fayetteville
A single engine plane crashed into a creek four miles west of Fayetteville killing Elmer W. Hilberg 48 of Silverton part of greater Cincinnati and Pauline A. Cordes 39 of Cincinnati. The wreck was found after a state patrol plane spotted the ruin while searching overdue at 2 a.m. for a flight from Indianapolis to Blue Ash Ohio.
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Fayetteville
State Highway Patrol
Elmer W. Hilberg
Silverton
Greater
Cincinnati
Pauline A. Cordes
Here
E. P. Webb
Hilberg
Indianapolis
Watn M. Parks
Blue Ash
Ohio
37th Infantry Begins Two Weeks Training
The 37th Infantry Division of the Ohio National Guard starts its annual two week field training trek. Motor convoys from across the state move toward Camp McCoy Wisconsin for the exercise.
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Columbus
37Th Infantry Division
Ohio National Guard
Camp McCoy
Wis
Rioting Crowds Clash With Guards in Cicero Streets
In Cicero Illinois a large mob clashed with National Guardsmen and police for about two hours of rioting over a housing dispute. Eleven injured including three soldiers and three officers, with fires set and police cars overturned. About 50 detained for questioning as martial law had been declared the night before.
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Cicero
Ill
National
Chicago
Harvey E. Clark, Jr
Chicago Transit Authority
Illinois
Adelai E. Stevenson
Cook County Sheriff's Office
Ike's indefinite term fuels 1952 presidential speculation
President Truman says Eisenhower has no time limit on his European defense role and no understood date to leave command of NATO forces. Republicans want a swift transition to a civilian campaign, while Democrats hint at Ike as a ticket option if Truman does not run. Truman remains unclear on his own plans.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Ike
Columbia University
Howor
Verters
Rio-bound Plane Crashes Off Brazil. 32 Die
Rescuers hunted the South Atlantic surf for the bodies of 32 people killed when a Rio-bound airliner from Natal to Rio crashed offshore near Aracaju just after takeoff from the Sal River airport.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Natal
Rio
Aracaju
Here
Sal River
Weather Outlook for Columbus Temperatures Dip Slightly
Temperatures will average two degrees below normal in Columbus. Norman highs reach 85 with a normal minimum of 63. Cool Saturday and Sunday then warm Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation around half an inch with thundershowers Monday and scattered showers Tuesday.
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Columbus
Norman
Bail Granted for 15 Reds in Communist Conspiracy Case
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan ordered the release on bail of 15 communist leaders after an appeals court ruling. Bail, totaling $175,000 and provided by the Civil Rights Congress fund, had been revoked earlier for alleged lack of trust by trustees. The defendants, awaiting trial, face charges of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the U.S. government.
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New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
U.S
Civil Rights Congress
Ryan
United States
Pottery Union Plans Wage Increase Push by Fall
An AFL official says 30,000 pottery workers in nine states will seek a substantial general wage increase before Sept. 30 when their contracts expire. The union claims representation in 65 plants across Ohio New Jersey Pennsylvania California Illinois Indiana Georgia Louisiana and Alabama.
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Atlantic City
N.J
AFL
Ohio
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
Indiana
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
Oatis Release Sought Told by President at Press Conference
President Truman said every effort is being made to obtain the release of American journalist William N. Oatis, imprisoned by Communist Czechoslovakia after a Czech court conviction. Oatis, an Associated Press correspondent, received a ten year sentence with potential five years reduced for good behavior.
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Washington
William N. Oatis
Truman
Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
No Talks Until Enemies Allow Free Movement
Allied command demanded unrestricted UN movement for cease-fire talks in Korea. Ridgway rejected Red demands on access for news crews and UN personnel, calling for removal of armed guards from Kaesong and acceptance of any UN-designated delegates. Meanwhile US forces advanced up to three miles east of Kumsong as Red air activity rose and reports of Red buildup circulated.
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Joseph Long
Red Lines
Kaesong
Red
Matthew B. Ridgway
Seoul, Korea
Reds
United Nations
Ridgway
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam HU
Joy
Nam
Pyongyang
Aan
Tokyo
Kim I Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Kim
Peng
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Kumsong
U. S
Munson
Split Reports Loom Over RFC Probe Possibility
Washington AP A Senate banking subcommittee debate on a final RFC loan investigation report surfaced as Capehart warned a minority report may be issued. Fulbright and Frear supported the draft, Bricker opposed in current form, while Bricker signaled possible compromise to resolve differences. Capehart argued the draft omits key loans and testimony from White House aide Dawson and other witnesses.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking
Capehart
R - Ind
Fulbright
D-Ark
Frear
D-Del
Bricker
Ohio
Subcommittee
Kart
White House
Donald S. Dawson
Treaty Signed By Three Nations For Security
Washington reports that the United States Australia and New Zealand have agreed to meet the common danger if any one is attacked in the Pacific. The postwar security pact, part of Pacific World War II settlement, was initialled and will be signed in San Francisco early September alongside the Japanese peace treaty. Senate approval is required.
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Washington
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
San Francisco
Senate
Pacific Area
Airport Improvements Get Tentative Approval
The House Armed Service Committee tentatively approved a $24,000,000 expansion for two Ohio airports Lockbourne Air Force Base near Columbus with $18,094,000 and Youngstown Municipal Airport with $6,206,000. The projects were part of 48 selected funding totaling about $700,000,000 to protect the nation against hostile air attack.
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Washington
House Armed Service Committee
Ohio
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Youngstown
Twelve Die in Explosions At Plants Across Nation
Twelve men were killed and three injured in three blasts at industrial sites in Indiana Illinois and California. GM jet engine plant in Indianapolis suffered eight fatalities with no sabotage alleged. A DuPont powder plant near Seneca Illinois killed four men. Union Oil refinery in Wilmington California and nearby harbor area suffered extensive damage with four 80 000 barrel tanks exploding and fires threatening military facilities.
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Indiana
Illinois
California
General Motors
Indianapolis
Air Force
E. I du Pont de Nemours Company
Seneca
Ill
Union Oil Company
Wilmington
Calif
Los Angeles Harbor
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Ohio to Spend More on County Aid Programs
Columbus reports Ohio will spend 500000 more on county Aid to Dependent Children for the year starting July 1, raising total to 3400000. State welfare chief Robert Canary cites changes in the Social Security Act to include mothers and a rising caseload and costs amid higher living costs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert Canary
State Welfare Department
Canary
Brammer Sentenced to Life for Slaying Marshal
IRONTON Ohio Common Pleas Judge Collier gave Lawrence Brammer a life term for the June 3 shotgun slaying of Chesapeake Town Marshal John Lunsford. A jury convicted Brammer of first degree murder and recommended mercy, resulting in a mandatory life sentence.
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Ironton
Common Pleas
Collier
Lawrence Brammer
Chesapeake
Jdon Lunsford
Brammer
Draft Deferment Tests Announced as Finished
Selective Service examinations completed for college men seeking deferment next fall. Only about one in three took the test, roughly 380,000 of 1,059,000 college students. Results must reach local draft boards by August 30.
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Washington
Selective Service
Firemen Contain Blaze at Shingle Co Plant
In Columbus yesterday about 100 firefighters battled a stubborn storeroom fire at the West Plant of the Shingle Co for nearly six hours. Fifty three firefighters were treated for smoke exhaustion as naphtha drums fed the flames. Chief Walter G. Stric said a spark from new installations started the fire. Damage was not estimated.
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Columbus
West
Walter G. Stric
61 Dead in Flood in Southern Japan
Kyodo News reports a southern Japan flood on Wednesday left 61 dead, 184 injured, and 103 missing. Officials urged rapid search and relief efforts as rivers overflowed and widespread damage occurred across multiple prefectures.
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Tokyo
Kyodo News
Japan
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