Northern Gas Seeks Third Rate Increase From Customers
Northern Natural Gas Co of Omaha files with the Austin public utilities board seeking a third federal rate hike tied to a $60 million construction program this year. If granted all three requests could total about a 30 percent rise, with two prior increases already in escrow or pending.
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Austin Public Utilities Board
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Federal Power Commission
Northern Natural
William Dunlap
Water and Light Board
Commission
Dunlap
Johnston
Frigid Midwest Sees 25 Below Zero Readings
A deep cold wave grips the Midwest with Bemidji and Bis marck reporting 25 below. At 6 30 a m Minnesota and Dakotas list subzero readings except Rapid City five above. Snow fell lightly in Bemidji International Falls and Alexandria as forecasts call for gradual warming.
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Midwest
Bemidji
Bismarck
N. D
Minnesota
Dakotas
Rapid City
S. D
International Falls
Alexandria
State Man Three Die in Chesapeake Bay Plane Crash
A twin engine navy bomber on a routine flight crashed into Chesapeake Bay killing four aboard. The Mary Ann salvage boat probed near the mouth of the Rappahannock River where the P4M sank. Comdr. A O Vorse announced the crew list including Lt Cmdr Goodwin W Sandvig and aviation machinist mate John Vogel Meyer along with family connections.
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Patuxent
M. D
Chesapeake Bay
Mary
Edwin Sandvig
Brooten
Minn
John Vogel Meyer
William D. Meyer
Box 287
Glasgow
Montana
White Slayer Surrenders to Chicago Police
John R. White, 28, sought for the slaying of his wife in Omaha, walked into the Chicago detective bureau and admitted killing his bride of a year. Chief Andrew Aitken said White is willing to face the music. Mrs Katherine Jean White, 24, deaf mute, was found strangled in their Omaha apartment. a divorce plea and a farewell letter to her mother were found.
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Chicago
John R. White
Omaha
Andrew Aitken
White
Aitken
Detective Bureau
Katherine Jean White
Former Minnesota Deaf School Student Found Dead
Kathrine White a Faribault native and former Minnesota School for the Deaf student was found strangled in Omaha. Born July 28, 1926 in Detroit, she attended the Faribault school from 1936 to 1946 and previously spent five years at Jacksonville State School for the Deaf in Illinois.
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Faribault
Katherine White
Omaha
Minnesota Deaf School
Detroit
Mich
Illinois State School For Deaf
Jacksonville
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Truman Silent on RFC Implication
President Truman studied international developments as W. Averell Harriman joined the party at Key West naval base to brief him. He remained silent on the Senate subcommittee inquiry into Reconstruction Finance Corp loan making.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
State Department
Naval Submarine Station
Wallace H. Graham
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Indict 20 on Trust Laws
A federal indictment charges 20 corporations labor unions and individuals from St Paul and Minneapolis with anti trust violations in electrical equipment sales and distribution. The case names 10 corporations two unions and eight individuals and alleges a conspiracy to restrict channels from manufacturers to jobbers to contractors to consumers.
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Minneapolis and
Minneapolis Electrical Contractors Association
St. Paul Electrical Contracting Association
L. Arthur Clausen
Minnetonka Beach
Allies Rip Holes in Red Line in Korea Offensive
Allied troops broke through Communist lines driving up to four miles as Red casualties mount. The 25th division crossed the Han River, gaining a five mile bridgehead while reporting heavy enemy losses and prisoner captures. Red officers fled as artillery and air power dominated.
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Tokyo
U.S. Ninth Corps
U. S
Eighth Army
Ninth Corps
U.S. 25Th Division
Korea
25Th
Han River
Seoul
25Th Division
Navy Man in Spy Trial Mental Case
Max Blitcher 33 an engineer in the navy bureau of ordnance testified in the atom spy trial that Rosenberg and Sobell tried to have him steal government secrets in 1944 and 1946. He said he received psychiatric treatment in Washington starting 1947 for a year and again from 1949 for another year.
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New York
Max Blitcher
Navy Bureau of Ordinance
Washington
Blitcher
Julius Rosenberg
Morton Sobell
RFC Scandal Demands Action by Truman, Capehart Says
Sen. Capehart alleges the senate inquiry into RFC loans reveals corruption and rot that implicates the White House. He compares the affair to Teapot Dome and calls on President Truman to apologize and take action. He cites political favoritism in millions of dollars lent.
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RFC
Truman
Sen. Capehart
Washington
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
Teapot Dome
Senate Banking
Reconstruction Finance Corp
White House
Government seeks lower soap prices and wage boosts
The mobilization program promises slight soap price cuts of one cent per bar and possible broad wage increases for white collar workers amid debates over cotton price controls. Eric Johnston calls progress, while labor leaders see cautious improvement as Congress weighs ceilings.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Michael V. DiSalle
GOP Group Criticizes Legislature Defeat of Youngdahl Plan
The Young Republican League of Hennepin County condemns the legislature for blocking two key GOP planks from the party platform. The resolution, 31 to 0, pledges support for Youngdahl if he carries the fight to the people and urges renewed executive legislative cooperation.
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Young Republican League
Hennepin County
Republican Party of
Minnesota
Union merger panel formed for CIO and AFL meat unions
A new joint committee from CIO Packinghouse Workers and AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters aims to merge their unions. Frank Schultz of Local 9 Austin sits on the CIO side as reps from both sides signaled unity and urged prompt approval of recently negotiated packing-Industry agreements to avoid a strike affecting over 200,000 workers.
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Meat Packing Industry
CIO
AFL
CIO Packinghouse Workers
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of
North America
CIO Packinghouse
Frank Schultz
Austin
Tee
Ralph Helstein
Upwa-Cio
Earl Jimerson
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
United Packinghouse Workers of America, Cio
State Pilot in an Red Troop Shoot
U S Fifth Air Force headquarters in Korea reports Lt Curt Nelson led a flight of F 80 Shooting Stars in Thursday operations killing at least 70 Red troops. Nelson described troops marching along a road and multiple wagons destroyed with signs of ammunition carried.
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U. S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Curtis Nelson
Benson
Minn
Nelson
Court Frees Dr. Seagrave in Burma High Treason Case
Burmese court of appeal today ordered the release of Dr. Gordon Seagrave, the Burma Surgeon, reducing his six year sentence to about six months already served. The court kept guilt on aiding rebels but allowed his release for reasons of age and service. He was arrested last August at Namkham and could return to his hospital as authorities decide.
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Rangoon
Burmese Court of Appeal
Gordon Seagrave
Burma
Seagrave
Namkham
Rachel
Namkham Hospital
Yugoslavia Charges Soviet Pressure Over Tito Regime
Yugoslavia released a 481 page white paper accusing the Soviet Union and eastern bloc states of persistent military pressure and arm shipments aimed at overthrowing Marshal Tito. Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Vejvoda urged Western reps to review the document.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Ivo Vejvoda
Cominform
Tito
Kremlin
Ussr
Hungary
Romania
West Glum on Big 4 Outcome
Western deputies met with Russia’s Andrei Gromyko in Paris as talks stalled over a foreign minister conference agenda. An American official said progress shrank from slight to none and a French delegate noted backsliding after Gromyko spoke, urging patience.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Alexandre) Parodi
Gromyko
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Gordon Tucker
Northland Electric Supply Co
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co
Graybar Electric Co
Kehne Electric Co., Inc
Donald F. Kehne
Tieso & Kostka Electric Co
Clen Clements
Second Corps
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