Dayton Speedway Tragedy Kills Four, Injures Fifty
A sprint car plowed into the Dayton Ohio grandstand during a 10 lap race on a hot Sunday afternoon. Four people died including track guard Robert Thatcher and driver Reid. Fifty were hurt, nine hospitalized as spectators and riders fled amid debris and paint splatter.
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Dayton, O
Reid
Robert Thatcher
Eagle-Stanko
Gene Lawson
Ruby Ellen Shaffer
Springfield
Miami Valley
The
Good Samaritan
Herman Cottrell
Dayton
Mutiny at Southern Michigan Prison Holds 4 Guards as Hostages
In Jackson Michigan four guards were seized by about 200 convicts in a prison mutiny at Southern Michigan Prison. The hostages were kept in a segregated cell block five hours after the takeover as leaders Jack Hyatt and Earl Ward, both Detroit men, directed the protest calling for an AP representative and alleging brutality. One guard escaped as the situation unfolded.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
George Bacon
Associated Press
Smith
Jack Hyatt
Earl I. Ward
Detroit
Hyatt
Marquette State Prison
Mercury hits near April record at Bridgeport
The U S Weather Bureau reported Bridgeport reached 84 degrees yesterday, the second highest April temperature in 57 years and 25.6 degrees above the normal. Only 1915 saw a hotter 93 degree April reading, as the weatherman noted an average of 205 degrees above normal. What will summer bring?
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Bridgeport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Fair and cool with midweek warmth in Bridgeport
Official Weather Data notes bridgeport and vicinity expect fair cool today with a high near 70 and a cooler night in the mid 40s. Tuesday remains cool with a high 65 to 70 as winds shift from north to northeast then east to southeast. New York City mirrors Bridgeport conditions through 8 pm with yesterday’s highs around 54 and lows near 53, precipitation 0.00. Almanac records Monday April 21 as the 112th day of the year and 33rd of spring.
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U .S Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Sanhalve
Japanese woman leader urges Ridgway to bar U S troops from brothels
Tokyo reports an open letter from Tamaki Uyemura, head of the Young Women’s Christian Association in Japan, urging Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgway to press the general to remove American servicemen from Japanese brothels and isolate them morally. The appeal targets Allied command’s wife and accuses U.S. troops of corrupting Japanese morals.
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Tokyo
Japan
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. S
Tamaki Uyemura
National Public Safety Commission
Young Women’s Christian Association
Missing Youngsters Found Thumbing Ride on Parkway
Evelyn and Albert Horosiski aged eleven and ten were found hitchhiking on the Merritt Parkway in Trumbull after police had pressed a weekend search. They told a trooper they feared home due to poor report cards and planned to reach New York City, later taken to Westport barracks for meals and shelter.
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Evelyn
Albert Horosiski
Merritt Parkway
Trumbull
Frenchtown Road
Alfred Kosloffsky
Kosloffsky
Alba Avenue
New York City
Parkway
New Haven
Westport Barracks
Genevieve Horosiski
Stephanie Kobciak
William Street
Polling Place Change for Sixth B District Primary
Democratic Town Chairman Frank McGee and Albert Coles reached an agreement to move the Sixth B polling place from a barber shop at 3071 Main Street to Madison School on Wayne Street. Coles delegates waived objections to the change after legal notices appeared, with McGee noting Madison School as his first choice pending Board of Education clearance.
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Frank S. McGee
Albert L. Coles
Main Street
Adison Schop
Wayne Street
Coles
McGee
Madison School
Board of Education
Board of Educa
American Fliers Down Seven MIGs In Air Fight
U S Sabre jet pilots claimed seven MIG-15s shot down over North Korea in an aerial clash that earned Captain Robert J Love of San Bernardino California his fifth MIG and ace status. The Fifth Air Force reported seven downs five damaged and one MIG-15 damaged. About 50 Sabres faced more than 90 MIGs in the engagement near Seoul.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
President silent on bid to argue legality of steel seizure
Washington April 20 AP The Justice Department has declined and President Truman has ignored a bid to argue the legality of steel industry seizure before a Senate subcommittee. Hearings are set for Thursday to determine if the seizure order was legal.
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Washington
Justice Department
Truman
Senate
Willis Smith
D-Nc
Judiciary Committee
United States
Smith
Sawyer
CIO
United Steelworkers
NBC
Meet the Press
Sen
Knowland
Calif
National Association of Manufacturers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
William Green
AFL
U S May Suspend Credit Controls
Washington reports that the government plans to suspend consumer installment controls for now to curb inflation. The Federal Reserve Board is ready to lift requirements on down payments and payment terms unless Congress changes its powers, ending the current regime on autos and many household goods.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Reserve Board
Devon Brush Fire Threatens 500 Homes In Milford
A wind driven brush fire in Devon, Milford, spread across a mile and a half, threatening 500 homes. Four people injured as volunteers and residents battled flames, with six fire alarms triggering respond, traffic on U S Route 1 halted. State Fire Marshall to investigate cause.
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Milford
Devon
New Haven
Devon Center
Schoolhouse
Post Road
Milford Water Company
Opal
Rowe Streets
Naugatuck Garden
Schoolhouse Road
Richard F. Coley
25 Big Fires Hit State Woodlands
Hartford April 20 AP Fire, driven by winds and dry brush, scorched hundreds of acres across Connecticut woodlands. Over 1,000 volunteers and fire crews fought blazes statewide while patrolling overnight to prevent further spread. Fire control chief Milton Stocking cited 25 large fires and many smaller ones, mostly started by careless smokers near roads from discarded cigarettes or matches.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Milton Stocking
State Park and¢ Forest Commission
Bishop Dedicates St. Ann's Church in Hartford
The Most Rev Henry J O'Brien bishop of Hartford dedicated the new St. Ann's church on Brewster street before nearly a thousand attendees. Right Rev John H Anderson of Stratford preached a sermon as the liturgy followed a solemn high Mass with Rev Walter J McCarthy presiding. Monsignor Anderson declared the parish church influence reaches beyond its parishioners.
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Henry J. O’brien
Hartford
St. Ann’s Church
Brewster Street
John H. Anderson
St. Jamies’ Church
Stratford
Walter J. McCarthy
Anderson
Parachute Troops Prepare For Atomic Test Drop
Army forces in Exercise Desert Rock IV plan a parachute drop of about 120 men from the 504th Regiment 82nd Airborne to test reactions to an atomic blast near Yucca Flat. Weather could cancel the drop. ground maneuvers include foxhole digging and weapon checks before and after the simulated explosion.
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504Th Regiment
82Nd Airborne Division
Terday
Harry P. Storke
Foxholes
Fortifi
Storke
Yucca
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Governor Lodge backs Baldwin in Connecticut GOP revolt
Governor Lodge announced support for State Chairman Clarence F. Baldwin amid a party revolt in Connecticut. He spoke at Torrington dinner praising Baldwin and rebuking dissidents led by John Minetto, warning against selfish partisan aims as caucuses approach.
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Baldwin
Torrington
Hartford
Lodge
Republican Party
Connecticut
Clarence F. Baldwin
State Central
John Minetto
Goshen
Governor Lodge
Republican Club
Former Episcopal minister to be ordained Catholic priest
Hartford reports a former Episcopal pastor, Gordon Butler Wadhams, will be ordained May 22 by Bishop Henry J. O'Brien at St. Thomas Seminary Bloomfield. Wadhams, ex-pastor of the Church of the Resurrection in New York, left the Episcopal church March 15 1949 to join Catholicism and was received at Regina Landis Monastery in Bethlehem Connecticut.
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Hartford
Henry J. O’brien
Gordon Butler Wadhams
Episcopal Church of the Resurrection
Park Aventue
74Th Street
New York City
St. Thomas Seminary
Bloomfield
Church of the Resurrection
Wadhams
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
Regina Landis
Bethlehem
Conn
Episcopal Church
Peril over Missouri floods heights Fights at Leavenworth base
Missouri river flood fighters fear rain could worsen crests from Omaha to the upper Mississippi. Brig. Gen. Shingler warns that showers may push tributaries higher while Omaha and Council Bluffs report levees holding. At Leavenworth Sherman base crews battle sand boils and rising flood waters as forecasts keep towns along the Missouri on edge.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Omaha
Council Bluffs
D. G. Shingler
Shingler
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kaw
Desse .Gulieks
Gulf of Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kansas Citys
Council Bluff
St. Joseph
Glen Riddle
AF Base
Sherman Air Force Base
Leavenworth
Kas
Col
J. L. Lincoln
District Army
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St. Elizabeth's Hospitals
Burbank
Betty
Hazel Reid
Michigan
N. J
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Savin
Beck
Savin Rock
West Haven
William Croll
Edgefield Avenue
Mary
Point Beach
Water Street
Douglas
U.S
Joan Fontaine
William Dozier
Santa Monica
Dozier
Miss Fontaine
Deborah
Spain
ST. Ann's Church
Brewster St. Edifice
Telegram
Angelo Patri Olesen
O. Iceeee Vane
GOP
Upper
Mississippi
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