Texas City Disaster Damages Put At 200 Million
A Federal judge ruled the U S Government was negligent in the Texas City disaster that killed more than 500 people in April 1947. He extended the ruling to $200 million in damages across thousands of suits, with each case to be heard separately.
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Houston
Tex
Texas City
U.S
Texas
Grandcamp
T. M. Kennerly
Kennerly
Wwowan
U. S
Washington
H. Graham Morison
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Jude Kennerly
Congress
Coral City
S. S
Tudge Kennerty
Elizabeth IH
Datefile
Henry Dalehite, Jr
Coal Men Protest Big Oil Imports Amid Crisis for Mines
Washington April 1 OTA delegation of soft coal operators and Dr Charles J Potter warn imports are displacing domestic coal and threatening up to 50 000 miner jobs yearly plus 1000 railroad workers with reduced coal shipments They seek import limits to 5 percent of domestic demand and back a tariff bill of 1 05 per barrel on imported oil.
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Washington
OTA
Interior
Chang
Charles J. Potter
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co
Solic Fuels
Potter
Venccusia
Middle East
Inka L. Lewis
Rep. Gossett
D-Tex
Trampled To Death At Hindu Ceremonial
WEW Delhi reports thirty people died as about 1,006,000 Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Ganges for sacred bathing rites near Hardwar. Unofficial figures say 32 more were hospitalized in critical condition as troops were sent to the outskirts to control the crowd.
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Delhi
India
Ganges
Hardwar
Here
Solon Predicts New Rent Law Compromise Plan
Senate Banking Committee Chair Maybank predicts a compromise rent control extension allowing local option. He notes the present law expires June 30 and hearings for five days begin April 24. Testimony will quote admin, pro and anti views with many requests to testify from Maine to California.
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Washington
INS
Maybank
DSC
Senate Banking Committee
Maine
California
Chicago
Searchers Trace Plane Tip in Baltic Sea Mystery
Search crews pursued a new tip about the missing U S Navy patrol plane with 10 aboard vanished Saturday in the Baltic. First Officer Bernhard Reveng of the German steamer Juno reported sighting debris or an airplane near Bornholm, Denmark, prompting a six hour carrier flight by four U S C 54 planes which found nothing conclusive. Deputy commander Capt Michael F Ogisty said no surface vessel was needed unless debris credibility grows. The search resumes at dawn.
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Correnhagin
Venmerk
U. S. Navy
Parol
Rassiarts
Baltic Sea
Bernhard Reveng
Dimites
Bornholm
U . S. Air Force
Michael F. Ognisty
Fast Sixth St
New York City
Gazette Want Ads Expert Handy Help Line
A promotional note highlights the Gazette Congust Expert column offering home repair services. It suggests inevitable breakdowns may occur and promises ready specialists for radio, refrigerator, plumbing or furnace issues, with phone-ready ads indexed for easy contact.
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The
Gazette
Pickets Resume Strike Against Freezer Maker
BERKELEY SPRINGS April 13 Pickets from the 10 United Automobile Workers resume protests around Victor Products Corp with no arrests. Yesterday 34 members were arrested convicted and fined for violating a municipal order banning gatherings at the home freezer plant. Union leaders including CIO-UAW officials vow to appeal and return to the picket line.
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Berkeley Springs
Victor Products Corp
United Automobile Workers
Vernal Barney
Cio-Uaw
E. T. Michael
Victor Products
Ha~ Serstown
Jas
Morgan County
Snow Covers Kanawha Valley in Spring Rain
Snow fell in the Kanawha Valley as chilly air sent temperatures to the 30s with a high of 36 degrees and as low as 14 degrees in Preston and Webster counties. Snow plows and cinders were deployed to keep routes clear on U S Rt 7 near Aurora and Terra Alta and on highland roads, with traffic moving safely by mid afternoon.
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Kanawha Valley
U. S
Huntington
State Road Commission
U. S&s
Allied Strength Stalls Communist Youth March in Berlin
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor said Allied resolve keeps half a million Communist youths from marching into Western Berlin next month. He warned the plan faces serious organizational and logistic hurdles as Eastern leaders struggle to mount the Whitsuntide march while West Berlin rejects use of the former Olympic stadium as a rallying point.
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Berlin
Richard S. Weil
INS
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S
Bertin
Taylor
United States Military Academy
Whitsuntide
West Berlin
East Berlin
Olympic Stadium
Solon Questions Wheeler Loyalty in Congress Records
Washington April 13 official records show that over three years ago Republican George A. Dondera of Michigan questioned the loyalty of George S. Wheeler once a government official. Wheeler later sought asylum in Czechoslovakia and returned to hold senior AMG roles after a Civil Service Commission loyalty board reversed under pressure.
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Washington
Congress
George S. Wheeler
Czechoslovakia
George A. Dondera
Michigan
House
Wheeler
Germany
Dondera
Civil Service Commission Loyalty Board
Ber Cane
AMG
U S Ready to Start New Series of Atom Tests
U S officials indicate a new series of atomic hydrogen weapon tests may begin this summer at Eniwetok proving ground. Air Force Lt Gen Elwood Quesada will lead a staff to Honolulu then to Eniwetok to oversee construction and preparations for testing.
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U.S
Honoluyy
Air Force
Elwondt Quesada
Honolulu
Pacific Fleet Headquarters 17
Truman Cites Racket Hold In Big Cities
President Truman says rackets flourish in major cities and he ordered crime probes in Kansas City and St. Louis. Republicans accuse the admin of packing the Senate crime probe with Democrats to dodge Missouri fallout. He notes prior authorization to the Justice Department for grand jury investigations and explains jurisdiction limits on the Kansas City and St. Louis cases.
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Truman
Ayers
St. Louis
Kanszaz
Washington
Kansas City
Senate
Missouri
Charles Binaggia
Charles Gargotta
White House
Justice Department
St. Leuis
Binaggio
Gargotta
Ate
Torney
McGrath
FBI
Enos Axtell
Axtell
Roger Slaughter
Grand Jury
BuMoHa
Dewey Attacks GOP Leaders as Selfish in Free Enterprise Talk
Princeton April 1921 Thomas E Dewey denounced certain Republicans as selfish for using the phrase free enterprise to push their own barrow interests He urged Republicans to uphold labor rights and warned against rocking the nation’s bipartisan policy program during his Princeton lectures sponsored by Woodrow Wilson School Dewey contrasted GOP criticism with praise for labor rights and faulted Democratic big government policies.
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Tom Dewey
Princeton
N. J
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Party
New York
Dewey
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Jean
Alcoln
Herbert Hoover
GOP
Sewing Contest Entry Deadline Nears at Gazette
Less than 48 hours remain before midnight April 15 to submit entries for the 1950 Garetti Sewing Contest. Send insured mail or deliver to Gazette offices with an entry blank attached, labeled care of The Gazette Sewing Contest Editor, to be eligible for cash prizes.
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Garetti
Gazette
President taunts McCarthy amid State Department charges
President Truman in a news conference questioned the possibility of “libeling” Sen. McCarthy by quoting his remark on Communist infiltration. Taft defended McCarthy. Barcett denounced the accusations as shockingly irresponsible in the ongoing controversy.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
McCarthy
R.wis
State Department
Taft
Ohio
Wisconsin
Kremlin
Mgr
Uruman
Senate
Edward W. Barcrett
Youth Stays 3 Kills Himself Huntington Tragedy
Huntington April 13 Billy Blanks 18, shown moody, killed his father mother and 10 year old sister with a hammer and butcher knife then set fires in their two story home. He wounded himself fatally and died in hospital. The girl Valindal 3rent was stabbed 15 times and the mother and father were killed. Police found the scene with signs of a hurried attempt to flee.
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Huntington
Billy Blanks
Moody
Azel Bryant
Billy
William A.’ Blanks
Valindal
Andrews Urges State Tax Aid
Mayor Andrews urged Charleston receive a larger share of state gasoline tax to fund major street construction and relieve abutting property owners. He reviewed a $1.5 million budget with police $293,600 and fire $836,000, noting no major street work last year and citing the assessment law as a hurdle.
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Lions
James B. Lawrence
Andrews
Lions Club
Charleston
Fire Department
Health Department
State Road Commission
Federal Public Roads Administration
Lacy
Meyor Andrews
Kanawha County
Cadell County
Huntington Man Helps in Fatal Blanks Family Fire and Tragedy
Truck driver Samuel F. Curry stopped at a Huntington residence after seeing smoke he mistook for fog. Firefighters found William A. Blanks, his wife, and 10 year old Valinda Brent murdered, and son William A. Blanks Jr 18 had shot himself after police arrived. Curry aided by awakening neighbors and assisting at the scene.
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Charleston
Blanks
Huntington
Samuel F. Curry
Pacific St
Kroger Co
the Gazette
Nolice
William A. Blanks
Valinda Brent
William A. Blanks, Jr
Curry
Radio Ordered To Air All Views In Public Controversy
FCC tells New York station WLIB it must seek out and encourage broadcasting of opposing views when taking sides on public questions. The ruling follows a January series where WLIB advocated a national fair employment practices commission and claimed no other views were solicited. The commission requires a balanced presentation beyond merely offering time for opposition.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
WLIB
New York City
FCC
Truman Says U S In Fine Shape After Five Years
President Truman said the United States is in fine shape after five years in office as he previewed a May coast trip and campaign for the farm program. He defended the 1948 farm income outlook, noted higher employment, and pledged to push the FEPC civil rights bill in Congress despite delays.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Chic
Jhomr
Missouri
U. S. to Trade Tariff Slashes At Conference
The United States plans to lower tariffs on about 2,500 items as part of a push to help countries earn more dollars. A 41 nation Torquay conference will negotiate reduced duties with US delegation, while urging other governments to slash tariffs on American goods.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Torquay
England
Department
Russia
Asia Police Need Arms Says Jessup in Asia Trip
Roving Ambassador Philip C Jessup told Washington that non Communist Asia needs modest supplies of U S military equipment such as rifles jeeps and boats to bolster police or militia against attacks that disrupt these nations He also backed technical aid on crops and production to raise living standards Jessup warned of violence civil war and political strife across Korea south to the Pacific and noted mistrust of motives but overall respect for the United States with confidence in its leadership
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Washington
Upkr
Philip C Jessus
Asia
U.S
United States
Acheson
Jessup
Far East
Korea
China
Charleston Skies Friday Forecast and Planet Hints
The April 14 sky notes show Sunrise near 5 a.m. and Sunset around 8 p.m. Mercury appears in the evening sky with Saturn and Mars nearby to the southeast, Jupiter and Venus rising late. Temperatures hover around the 30s with a few readings near 36 at midnight.
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Mercury
Sete
Saturn
Bngh
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
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