Hood-Hit Ohio Towns Facing Lack of Water
Seven Southeastern Ohio towns faced a critical water shortage after a four hour cloudburst caused a flash flood that killed two and damaged property estimated at 10 million dollars. Flood waters polluted drinking sources as National Guardsmen patrolled streets and Red Cross aid flooded in.
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Ohio
Crooksville
RED Cross
John S. Furguson
Harold Anderson
Roseville
White Cottage
Saltonham
Rose Farm
Tropic
Saltillo
Jonathan Creek
Acme Pottery Company
Ohio Power Company
Morgan County
Sheriff Seeks Ballistic Proof in Guthrie Death Case
Sheriff Ernest Best said he believed a .38 revolver found in Dallas is the murder weapon in the Guthrie death. Guthrie, 36, was found shot four times at his Manchaca Road home. A 17 year old girl and Anna Pearl Wheeler face murder charges amid the investigation.
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Ernest Best
T. R. Guthrie
Austin
Dallas
Best
Helen Goodrow
Anna Pearl Wheeler
Dalas
Guthrie
Manchaca Road
Release of Vogeler Expected in Two Days
Vienna reports American sources say Robert A. Vogeler, imprisoned in Hungary, is to be returned to Vienna within two days. Informants tied to the American legation in Budapest indicate the Hungarian government may hand him over on Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Vienna
Austria
Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
Budapest
Hungaria
Thb
German Roads and Bridges Ready for Quick Destruction
Western Germany trains and bridges are being prepared for rapid destruction in case of a Soviet attack as part of routine defense measures. A German picture magazine and a French source report holes drilled in a Rhine highway to be blown to flood the river, with authorities declining to confirm specifics.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lorelei
Rhine River
Rhine
Koblentz
Lahn River
Bad Ems
Air Force
J W Smith Blanco Ranch Owner Dies
John W. Smith a pioneer Blanco County rancher died after a short illness in Fredericksburg. Survived by widow Mrs. John W. Smith, daughter Mrs. E. R. Dowdy of San Antonio, five sons Vernon Abernathy Lincoln M B Smith Round Mountain Clinton Smith Cypress Mills and J W Smith of Johnson City. Funeral service Monday at 3 p.m. at Crofts Funeral Home with Rev Agie of Johnson City Baptist Church officiating. Burial in Johnson City Cemetery under Johnson City Lodge 561 AF&AM.
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Johnson City
John W. Smith
Blanco County
Fredericksburg
E. R. Dowdy
San Antonio
Vernon Smith
Abernathy
Lincoln Smith
M. B. Smith
Round Mountain
Clinton Smith
Cypress Mills
J. W. Smith
Indiana man floats for protest at Lake Shafer
An Indiana man protested hidden taxes by entering Lake Shafer, declining to pay. The scene drew local attention as part of a broader weekend stretch of unusual happenings.
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Indiana
Lake Shafer
US netmen open 66th NCAA tennis tourney in Austin
The 66th annual NCAA national championship begins in Austin with 66 players competing across three sites: Memorial Stadium courts UT freshman courts and Caswell Tennis Center. Day one features top matches at Caswell and Penick starting 10 am with no admission through Wednesday.
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Austin
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Memorial Stadium
University of Texas
San Jacinto
Caswell Tennis Center
Lamar
Caswell
Penick
Dick Savitt
Cornell
Glenn Bassett
UCLA
Herb Flam
Hugh Sweeney
Houston
Texas
Swede Sees US Hydrogen Bomb Prospects
Swedish atomic scientist Professor Gustaf Ljunggren said the United States may be ready for practical hydrogen bomb attempts. He based his view on a report that the US Atomic Energy Commission sought funds to produce tritium and said the theoretical use of tritium in an explosion has been solved. He leads the atomic energy section of Sweden's defense research institute.
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Stockholm
Gustaf Ljunggren
United States
US Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Ljunggren
Swedish Defense Forces’ Research Institute
NCAA tennis players face heat in Monday start
Tennis stars from across the nation begin play Monday in the NCAA tournament here as the Weather Bureau warns of hot conditions. Clear skies are expected with a high around 92 degrees, after a 90 degree high on Sunday.
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Weather Bureau
Veto Proof Tax Cut Bill Studied
The House Ways and Means Committee edges toward a veto proof label on a 1.1 billion dollar excise tax cut bill by boosting corporate taxes to cover revenue losses. A clash over cigarette taxes risks stalling action as lawmakers weigh raising the corporate rate from 38 to about 41 percent to compensate for the cuts.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Democrats
Sam Rayborn
Doughton
D-Nc
Boggs
D-La
Chinese Reds Protest Dutch Deporting Editor
The official Chinese Communist News Agency said the all China Association of Journalists urged the Dutch premier to withdraw an unlawful deportation order against Yun Chang-Tai and his family. Yun, editor of People’s Era, was told to leave the Netherlands by June 22.
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Hong Kong
Netherlands
all-China Association of Journalists
Yun Chang-Tai
Yun
People’s Era
German Ruhr election shows Communists collapse in state vote
In North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr region ballots on a proposed state constitution favored socialization of large industries while Communist support fell to about five percent as the CDU led with 36 percent and SPD at 32 percent. nationalist parties made minor gains.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Ruhr
Communist Party
North Rhine- Westphalia
Obers
Christian Democrats
Social Democratic Party
Socialists
Fredericksburg Night Officer Killed by Bus
Fredericksburg guard Alfred J. Ellebracht 62 died instantly in a midnight bus pedestrian crash on Main Street. Bus driver George L Hillmer of San Antonio said lights blinded him. no charges filed. Funeral planned at Schaetter with burial in City Cemetery. survived by wife, three sons, two daughters.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Alfred J. Ellebracht
Ellebracht
Main
George Lawrence Hillmer
San Antonio
West Texas
Hillmer
Justice of the Peace
William Bruns
Monroe Ellebracht
Brady
Guenther Ellebracht
Raymond Ellebracht
Jessie Casper
Liano
Kurt Tuhlmann
Crews Free Farmer From Caved-in Well in Elkhart
Rescue teams freed 33 year old farmer Milton Randall after a caved in well excavation in the Sunnyside Addition suburb of Elkhart Indiana. He had been trapped for nearly two hours while digging a backyard well with a neighbor.
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Elkhart
Ind
Tgol Milton Randall
Sunnyside Addition
Grandmother Plans English Channel Swim From New Jersey
Betty Cohn, a Fort Lee grandmother described with a secret sledge hammer stroke, swam a warmup from Fort Lee to the Statue of Liberty and announced plans to begin the English Channel crossing on August 6. She said after the Sunday session, Now bring on the channel.
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Fort Lee
Betty Cohn
England
English Channel
Shooting in South Austin Leaves Two Wounded
A 46-year-old Austin man, Howard I. Jordan, in critical condition after a shotgun blast to the face and neck. A 20-year-old woman, Fay Dickenson, seriously hurt with multiple wounds. FBI and detectives investigate the front of the Loustin residence on Colorado Street.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Howard I. Jordan
Alta Vista Street
Fay Dickenson
Colorado Street
Jordan
Loustin
Robert D. Brubaker
Miss Dickenson
FBI
Jordan House
K. R. Herbert
M. M. Lee
Firefighters Close In On Blazing Well
BIG SPRING June 18 Firefighters closed in on a blazing oil well after gunners used an anti tank rifle to clear a path. A large oil puddle burned itself out as debris was cleared. Crews aimed to snuff flames by morning while grappling hooks were used to yank the rotor table from the shell shredded casing.
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Big Spring
Aay
Austin Aviator Admits Hoax After Wild Reno Tale
Allan Lee Pearce alias John E Chenau, 23, of Oklahoma City and 24, Austin Texas, faces air plane theft charges after claiming a crash landed Cessna 120 near Reno and five days of survival. Deputies doubt his tale after failing to locate a burned aircraft while peeling back details of a promiscuous spree between Oklahoma City and Reno.
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Reno
Veterans’ Hospital
Washoe County
Allan Lee Pearce
Oklahoma City
John E. Chenau
Austin
Texas
Chenau
Stanley Power
Fernlee
Seattle
Albuquerque
N.M
Nevada
Pearce
Canada
Bridges Defends Peurifoy While Criticizing McCarthy Tactics
Senator Bridges praised John E. Peurifoy as a capable official and supported his work in the State Department while criticizing McCarthy's methods in pursuing Communists in government. He urged open questions to be answered and commended loyalty board head Conrad Snow for his efforts, though noting overruled decisions by superiors.
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Washington
Bridges
McCarthy
R-Wis
New Hampshire
John E. Peurifoy
Peurifoy
State
E Committee
Service
Conrad FE. Snow
State Department
Loyalty Board
Snow
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
Accused Gotham Slayer Surrenders in New York
Benedetto Macri, 36, one of two men indicted for stabbing William Lurge, the garment workers union organizer, in May 1949, gave himself up with radio host Walter Winchell. A $25,000 reward posted by David Dubinsky went to the Damon Runyon cancer fund.
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New York
Garment Workers
Walter Winchell
Benedetto Macri
William Lurge
Damon Runyon
Macri
John Giusto
Record Marine Flight Sets Transpacific Passenger Mark
The Caroline Mars and Hawaii Mars giant flying boats carried 144 and 104 aboard on non stop Honolulu to San Diego and Alameda legs. Marines from Hawaii aboard the Caroline Mars en route to Camp Pendleton for two weeks of training. Major General Graves Erskine publicly welcomed the Hawaiian unit as the territorial flag was flown.
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San Diego
Calif
Uup
Honolulu
Hawaii
North Island
Hawaii Mars
Alameda
Camp Pendleton
George Cooper
Erskine
United State
Mars
Alameda Naval Air Station
Navy
Barber's Point Base
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Winchell
Penick Courts
Wanda Wiggins
Garland
Solon
Gotham
Pendleton
Pearl Harbor
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