Burglar Who Underwent Surgery Kills Himself
Millard F Wright a 42 year old burglar who had brain surgery to curb theft killed himself in a barracks detention cell. He left notes expressing remorse and named several Pittsburgh doctors and clergy who had influenced his life or treatment. He had been paroled from Western Penitentiary after confessing 28 burglaries in Pennsylvania and West Virginia and two more in Pittsburgh.
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Hutler
Millard F
Wright
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Roberta
Millard
Oskoff
Sweyer
Bill Heagy
Stremel
Hubert
Yale Koskoff
Grover E. Sweyer
William Heagy
A. W. Stremel
Western Penitentiary
F. J. Hubert
North Dakota delegates push Ike as anti slander claims ease support
A GOP delegation from North Dakota says defamatory literature against Dwight D. Eisenhower is shifting sympathy toward him. Delegate Hjellum reports Taft forces inflated delegate claims and notes Eisenhower discussed farm policy including continued CCC operations. The group met Eisenhower before Sunday church services. Meanwhile, DiMaggio extended his 56 game hit streak with 43 pitchers collecting hits.
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Denver
North Dakota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Hiellum
Jamestown
N. D
Eisenhower
Robert A. Tait
Ohio
Hjellum
Associated Press
Taft
North
Herman Zahl
Williston
GOP
Zahl
Joe DiMaggio
Iowa Boy Arrested in Fairmont Chase
A 13 year old Spencer, la boy faced juvenile court action on car theft and assault charges after stabbing Mrs S L Hansen in the forearm and fleeing in her car. He was captured after a chase reaching up to eight miles per hour when Adolph Sieburg of Fairmont ordered him to halt.
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Fairmont
Minn
Spencer
S. L. Hansen
Adolph Sieburg
Rhee Warns Breakup If Legislation Fails in Korea
President Syngman Rhee pressed the crisis by demanding rapid constitutional amendments for a popular election and a two house legislature or he would dissolve the National Assembly. Rhee warned only a few more days to decide as his supporters held captive about 80 lawmakers for hours.
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William Jorden Pusan
Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Assembly
Rhee
National Assembly
Chang Taek Sang
Republic
United Nations
Gerald van Ittersum
Netherlands
Oliver S Powell to Head Reserve Bank
Oliver S Powell resigns from the Federal Reserve Board to become president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. President Truman accepted the resignation with thanks for his inflation fighting leadership. Powell noted his 30 years with the Minneapolis bank and his strong wish to serve as its president, effective July 1.
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Oliver S. Powell
Reserve Bank
Washington
Oliver S Powell
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis
Truman
Powell
Powellen
Minneapolis Reserve Bank
Eisenhower plans no Iowa stop before Chicago convention
Iowa figure D Silliman reports Eisenhower’s Denver headquarters say the general will not visit Iowa en route to the Chicago Republican national convention. Also in brief regional items include a Des Moines crash killing Hugh M Marshall and injuring his wife, the Marshall son wounded, and other local agricultural notes.
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D. Silliman
Cedar
Repids
Iowa
Eisenhower
Chicago
Silliman
Denver
General’s Board of Strategy
Hugh M. Marshall
Des Moines
Marshall
Ames
Korea
Alvin H. Marshall
Huxley
Norman E. Norfleet
Sherman’s
Honolulu Meeting on Pacific Defense Plan
Prime Minister Robert Menzies said Australia the United States and New Zealand will meet in Honolulu in August to form a mutual defense organization for the Pacific. He noted details would be announced in Washington as he traveled from London and Washington.
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San Francisco
Australia
Robert G Menzies
U. S
New Zealand
Honolulu
Pacific
Menzies
Washington
London
Thirty Years of Communist Atheism and Repression
Editorial reprints claim of widespread religious persecution under Communism, noting destruction of churches, expropriation of religious groups, imprisonment of clergy and missionaries, and espionage aims. It questions the Vatican’s fate under European Communist control and cites Liberty as a shared concern.
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Austin Herald
Red
China
United States
Britain
Europe
Vatican
Stalin
New Jail Approved by Narrow Margin
Grand Forks County voters approved a $350000 bond issue for a new jail plus sheriff’s residence and office addition to the courthouse by a margin of 16 votes over the 60 percent threshold. The tally was 6304 in favor and 4176 against, after county canvassing on Saturday.
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Grandforks
N. D
Sherif
Grand Forks
60,000 at Mankato Centennial Opener
Sixty thousand spectators packed Mankato sidewalks to kick off a week long Centennial celebration the largest parade in the city history. Thousands of marchers 50 floats 20 bands and 38 antique automobiles joined the event. Fire Chief Ben Bangerter helped pull an 1860 hand pumper as members of the antique auto association of Iowa and Minnesota drove their wheezing horseless carriages and 320 brothers of the brush paraded their beards. On Sunday Mary Jo Johnson was crowned queen of the Centennial at the high school grounds chosen from a slate of 100 candidates. The celebration will end July 4 with Labor Day Governors Day Good Neighbor Day and Youth Day closing events.
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Mankato
Ben Bangerter
Antique Auto Association
Iowa
Minnesota
Mary Jo Johnson
Guerrillas Kill 61 in Korean Train Attack
The U S 2nd Logistical Command reports 61 people killed in a June 24 train attack in Southwest Korea. Among the dead are two American soldiers.
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Pusan
Korea
U. S. 2Nd Logistical Command
We Still 2 to 5 Years Away From Color TV
Industry predictions place regular color telecasts at least two to five years off. The NPR action relaxes production bans for color sets used in industry and theater, but home color TV remains unlikely until widespread broadcasts resume. CBS and manufacturers doubt immediate impact, with defense needs delaying production.
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New York
Federal Communications Commission
National Production Authority
NPA
Columba Broadcasting System
FCC
CBS Columbia Inc
CBS
NPR
Crewmen Injured in Train Collision at Cass Lake
Cass Lake Minnesota A Great Northern freight train backed from a siding onto the main line and was struck by another freight injuring one crewman who suffered only minor injuries in the collision Saturday at Cass Lake Minnesota authorities said the accident disrupted service for hours and an investigation is underway by railroad officials.
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Cass Lake
Minn
Great Northern
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