Mutiny at Michigan Prison Purges Dissenters Amid Siege
Ringleader Earl Ward and 231 convicts in Jackson Michigan battle to hold 10 hostages as 600 state police and guards swarm Southern Michigan Prison. Six mutineers purge dissenters from cell block 15 while hostages face threats and a riot-torn facility endures $2 million in damage.
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Michigan
Jackson
Mich
Bottorn
Southern Michigan
Thomas Elliott
Elliott
State Corrections
E. Co. Brooks
Earl Ward
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan Reformatory
Ionia
Weather Summary Bridgeport and New York City
Official Weather reports warm today with considerable cloudiness and a chance of scattered afternoon showers. Highs in the low 70s, tonight partly cloudy and cooler, lows 40 to 45. Tomorrow remains mostly cloudy with cooler temperatures and showers, high mid-60s. Winds SW shifting to NW this afternoon. Also notes tide times and almanac details for April 23.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
New York City
Woman party leader urges crusading vote drive
Mrs. Gilford Mayes of Kellogg Idaho, top Republican woman, tells Fairfield county women that victory in November depends on personal contact and active crusading efforts. She calls for time for politics and bloc voting, while declining public support for Korea action.
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Fairfield County
Gilford Mayes
Kellogg
Idaho
Half Way House
Darien
Mayes
Republican National Committee
Red shells fire at U S Iowa as UN planes silence guns
Communist shore batteries on North Korea's east coast opened fire on the U S Iowa but scored no hits. Seacraft crews counted 17 splashes before carrier planes from the Seventh Fleet silenced the guns. UN ships and planes pounded supply centers between Wonsan and Kilchu while frontline fighting was quiet.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
U. S
Iowa
Wonsan
Kilchu
Glory
Atomic blast tests shock 1500 troops in foxholes near Nevada site
An atom bomb blast near Nevada on April 22 unhurt 1500 U S troops in foxholes as Lt General Joseph M Swing and observers witnessed the test. Soldiers laughed and joked after the detonation, confident fortifications can protect men from the weapon.
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Nev
Foxholes
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Joseph M. Swing
Swing
Sixth Army
Nevada
Danbury Factory Destroyed by Explosive Fire Record
A three story Danbury plant on Meeker’s Lane was leveled in under an hour by a general alarm fire fed by chemical explosions. The Merritt Finishing Co. occupied the first floor with two upper floors vacant. 200 firefighters battled the blaze, 1 firefighter injured, and damage estimated at $400,000.
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Danbury
Meeker’s
Cit
Bethel
Merritt Finishing Company
John J. Ireland
Merritt Company
Entin Realty Company
Paterson
N. J
Crosby Street
Masonic Temple
Main Street
Save
Turner Machine Company
Merritt
New Haven Railroad Company
John Mitchell
Ball and Roller Bearing Company
Joseph Bertalovitz
Mill Ridge
Danbury Hospital
Still River
Ireland
Pennsyl
Democrats Vote In Bridgeport Primaries Tonight
Democrats contend for City chair as Frank S. McGee and Albert L. Coles clash in 16 districts from 5 to 9 PM. They elect 80 delegates to the May 19 city convention, with about 10 000 eligible voters. Polling sites listed across districts.
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Bridgeport
Frank S. McGee
Albert L. Coles
Coles
Democratic Party
McGee
Prospect School
Prospect Street
Jefferson School
Myrtle Avenue
CWV
Alfred Street
State Street
Bryant School
Maplewood Avenue
Maplewood
Linwoood Avenue
Webster
North Avenue
Madison
Wayne Street
Center Street
Read
East Side
Kossuth Street
Garfield
Stillman Street
Barnum School
Noble Avenue
East Main Street
Barnum Avenue
Stratford Avenue
House Urges Impeachment Over Steel Seizure Crisis
In Washington on April 22 AP reports senators failed by a narrow margin to strip President Truman of federal funding for mills. In the House a resolution to impeach him over the steel seizure was introduced though unlikely to reach a vote. The Senate Banking Committee voted 47 to 29 to bar federal funds for the mills and pressed to investigate government handling of the steel dispute.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
Senate
Jury's Crime Report to Be Released Tomorrow in Connecticut
A federal grand jury has submitted a report on organized crime in Connecticut to Judge Carroll Hincks. He says the document will be made public tomorrow. The jury also returned indictments which will remain sealed until the named defendants are arrested.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Carroll 8. Hincks
Milford Forum Debates Yugoslavia Aid Clash
In Milford the April 22 forum by the League of Women Voters featured six panelists debating continued U S aid to Yugoslavia. Joseph Lyford urged ongoing supply for postwar peace while Vivien Kellems opposed any further aid, calling communism in all forms a threat. About 600 attendees filled Milford High School auditorium for the Citizens View of 52 event.
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Milford
Milford League of Women Voters
Yugoslavia
Joseph Lyford
Hartford Times
America
Europe
Miss Kellems
Vivien Kellems
Stonington
Tito
Stalin
Mr. Lyford
Milford High School
Fairfield Forum panel named for Citizen's View of '52
The Fairfield Leagues of Women Voters join Bridgeport groups for a Citizen's View of '52 forum tomorrow at 8 30 p m in Roger Ludlowe High School Fairfield Six citizens from diverse life areas will sit on the panel including Alfred V Bodine Mitchell Sviridoff Mrs Ward Phelps Rev Gibson Daniels Philip Merryman and William F Allen Other panelists listed include Dr Linton Pope Herman W Steinkraus Stuart Chase and Margaret Connors Driscoll End of note indicates continuation on page ten
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Bridgeport Area
Leagues of Women Voters
Roger Ludlowe
Fairfield
Alfred V.bodine
Bridgeport
Mitchell Sviridoff
Connecticut
CIO Council
Ward Phelps
State Board of League of Women Voters
Gibson Daniels
Westport Congregational Church
Philip Merryman
WICC
William F. Allen
National Broadcasting Company
Life Magazine
Linton Pope
Yale Divinity School
Herman W. Steinkraus
Bridgeport Brass Company
Stuart Chase
Redding
Margaret Connors Driscoll
Lyford
America
Yuguslavia
Saigh Indicted for Tax Evasion in Cardinals Case
Fred Saigh owner of the St. Louis Cardinals was indicted by a federal grand jury for income tax evasion. He allegedly hid 49 620 in taxes on 108 823 of unreported income from 1946 to 1949, facing up to five counts and up to 25 years in prison and 50 000 in fines.
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ST. Louis
Fred Saigh
St. Louis Cardinals
Saigh
Cardinals
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Pratt Faces Recall as Stratford Council Ouster Sought
Andrew C. Dulya filed an affidavit with Stratford Town Clerk W. Howard Wilcoxson seeking immediate recall of Councilman J Edward Pratt, Second District, under town charter Section 17. Blank recall petitions are issued to be returned within 30 days.
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J. Edward Pratt
Stratford
W. Howard Wilcoxson
Andrew C. Dulya
Beardsley Avenue
D and D Building Movers Company
Pratt
Mr. Dulya
Wilcoxson
Eisenhower wins Pennsylvania GOP primary by landslide
Eisenhower leads in seven of eight Pittsburgh area delegate contests and tops 80 percent of the statewide vote in the Pennsylvania GOP primary. Stassen trails Taft as Kefauver wins the Democratic vote. many GOP delegates remain uncommitted in the half-complete count from 4,266 of 8,421 precincts.
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Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Robert A. Taft
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Edwin F. Russell
Citizens For
Russell
Illinois
Ike
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Mt. Charleston
Woo
Huddle
Penn
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Sre Angelo Patri
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Herman Bundesen
Erich Brandeis
Aioe Ie
McGee-Coles
Milford Forum
J.B. Pratt
Council
A. C. Dulya
Lizht
Kefauver
Victor
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