City Legion Compromise on Land Fuss
City council and the American Legion reach a lease deal for six adjacent lots by the Legion ball park on West Broadway with a $10 yearly rent and an option to buy. A water works board separation remains, requiring a separate lease or city action for sale or option to buy.
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City Council
Water Works Board
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Franklin Jensen
Aid’ ‘Board
Walter Works
Jensen
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Water Works
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Atdjoina
Legion Baseball Park
Thirty- Fifth Street
City Planning Commission
Emmet Tinley
Tinley
Frank Swanson
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the Legion
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R. L. Sheelee
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Mulquaen Wald
Water Works Board of Trustees
Major Ike appearances slated in Detroit June 14
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower plans two Detroit events on June 14 a nonpartisan afternoon address at city hall and a major speech at Olympia stadium in the evening officials announced. The tour underscores his rising Republican presidential prospects as he campaigns in Michigan. A separate Vienna dispatch notes continued coal miners passive resistance impacting industrial regimes in Czechoslovakia.
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Detroit
Dwight D. Eisenhower
City Hall
Olympia Stadium
Chuckle Prompt Reveals Card Game Banter
A humorous exchange features a caller and responder joking about card bids and drinks. The dialogue plays on poker terms with playful mispronunciations and misread phrases, delivering lighthearted wordplay. The humor centers on a pretend hand and whimsical table talk.
Aviation Gasoline Shortage Worsens Amid Industry Strike
Denver reports a deepening aviation fuel shortage as a strike nears end. Commercial airlines cut flights while Air Lines asks Secretary Chapman to decontrol aviation fuel. The Petroleum Administration for Defense may oppose due to ongoing military needs.
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Denver
A. Atrike
Air Force
Als
Spend Too Fast Money Warned By Finance Director
Finance Director Lawrence Larson warned Friday that funds from six city departments are being spent too fast, highlighting concern over budget management and urging tighter controls.
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Lawrence Larson
Union pact faces ratification doubt amid city budget strain
An agreement announced by Cyrus Ching of the federal mediation service is contested by AFT Commercial Telegraphers union spokesmen who say ratification by membership is uncertain. The plan shifts funds from police, sanitation, and sewer salaries to cover costs as 50 percent of police equipment repair funds have already been spent. The city plans to buy five new cruisers early this year to offset repair costs, with bids expected next week. Budget overages stem from hiring without funds and higher sanitation staff than budgeted, while meter maintenance spending rises.
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AFT
Lar- Son
Sebrenhach
Larson
Gardiner
Bida
Thorp
Willis Shrader
Twister Strikes Lawrence injuring eleven
A tornado touched down near Lawrence Kansas on Thursday and moved eastward uprooting trees and damaging farm buildings. At least eleven people were injured none seriously.
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Lawrence
Kan
Tornedo
Weinberg Indicted for Perjury in Atomic Spying Inquiry
Federal grand jury charges Weinberg, a scientist long described as "Scientist" by the House committee, with three counts of perjury. He testified to the House investigation into wartime espionage at the University of California radiation laboratory in Berkeley. Conviction could yield up to ten years in prison on each count.
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Weinberg
House
Webbie Geve
University of California
Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Reclaiming the Dogcatcher King Title in City Fight
Local dispute centers on Chris Christensen known as theKing of Dogcatchers. He seeks reemployment after abdication in April 1951 as city tensions rise over staffing and policy. He built a youth zoo and led dog license efforts while earning national attention.
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Veel
King
Chris
Christensen
America
Acc
Kennard
W.j.gardiner
Oliver’ D
Tadio
Harvester to Trim Living Cost Bonus
Harvester Company plans a one cent per hour cut in the cost of living allowance for about 75 000 employees. The reduction takes effect with the first payroll period after June 1 and is based on the April 15 consumer price index. The move lowers annual labor costs by roughly 1.6 million dollars.
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Chicago
International
Harvester Company
Fritt
Bureau’of ‘Labor Statistics
Jand
Harvester -Sais
Rescue Dash Keeps Premature Baby Alive Aboard
The U S transport Washington reported a sister ship’s rescue dash with oxygen saved a tiny premature baby named Emily Rebecca Rozelle born three months early aboard the Washington four days ago. The infant, weighing about two pounds, is in critical condition as Southampton is expected by Saturday morning. The Navy ordered an ambulance by the docks with an incubator, and the mother Mrs Janet Rozelle of Dallas is en route to join her husband Sgt Leland Rozelle of the U S Air Force in England.
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London
U.S
Washington
the Washington
U. S. Navy
Southampton
Navy
Emily Rebecca Rozelle
Janet Rozelle
Dallas
Tex
America
England
Leland E. Rozelle
U. S. Airforce
Caterpillar Armies Strip Northern Minnesota Trees
Billions of armyworm-like caterpillars are stripping trees in northern Minnesota, infesting 11 millars of acres. State entomologist Aamodt says the vast outbreak is the greatest on record, with forests stripped and property damage in resort areas. Spraying by planes and ground crews has begun, costing between 150000 and 175000 dollars, and highways may face hazards as caterpillars mature. Some homes have washing hung outside covered in larvae cocoons or worms moving between trees. The semi wild northern Minnesota region remains heavily infested as growers report widespread harm to trees and roadsides.
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Tobbing
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Minnesota
T.‘L. Aamodt
Asinodt
fAanodt
Army Demotions for Gens Dodd and Colson
Friday demoted generals Francis T. Dodd and Charles Colson over a Kore a prison camp incident. The move follows U N and Senate Armed Services Committee briefings on the POW situation and the decision to split the communist prisoner population into smaller groups with commanders reassigned.
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Korea
Washington
Army
Charles
Colson
City to Buy Portable Asphalt Mixer for Patching
The city council, following Acting City Manager Kennard W. Gardiner’s recommendation, will buy a portable asphalt mixer. The unit on two wheels can mix hot or cold asphalt for patching and street repairs, expected to cost about 31,800 and support 79 blocks of resurfacing planned this year.
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Kennard W. Gardiner
Gardiner
Boone
Soleil
Gaadiner
Gardiner Ita
Ithe
Foreign Aid Cuts Raised by House Amid Bipartisan Push
The House increased its cuts to the foreign aid program to 1.7374 billion dollars while Republicans push for tighter reductions. Amid weather chaos in the plains a severe storm caused flash floods and power outages in Nebraska and Iowa, disrupting traffic and damaging infrastructure.
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Washington
House
Truman
Taft Sees Dakota Win On Five Day State Tour
Taft travels across South Dakota predicting victory in the 14 Republican delegates. He speaks to about 2,000 in Sioux Falls and 7,000 more in seven speeches as he campaigns on a five day state tour. He warns against following New Deal policies and campaigns for his delegate slate against Eisenhower supporters.
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Tate
Taft
Aberdeen
Ohio
Sioux
Falls
Dwight Eisenhower
Dakota
South Dakota
Eisenhower
Tail
Nation's Railroads Return to Private Ownership
Undersecretary Karl R. Bendetsen announced that the railroads will be returned to private ownership after 21 months of army control begun in August 1950 to avert a strike. The army seizure, established to administer rail operations, will be dissolved as swiftly as possible following acceptance of a peace plan by management and union leaders representing engineers, firemen, and conductors.
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Washington
Karl R. Bendetsen
Auust
Truman
Army
MIG defense tactic effective against sabre jets
In Tokyo the U S air force says MIG 45s are using a new foul weather defense tactic that has proved effective against USS Sabre jets and bombers. Col Harrison Thyng reports ground radar directs dives from overcasts to strike allied planes. He notes some MIGs may be crewed by Russian pilots and describes observed apparel differences in cockpits.
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USS
Sabre
Harrison R. Thyng
Tahlequah
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Western European Nations Finalize Unified Defense Pact
STRASBOURG FRANCE Friday Western European nations approved a treaty to merge their national armies into a single Euro defense force serving the North Atlantic community. In Bettendorf, Iowa a plant blast damaged a J. J. Case company facility, with damage estimates in the hundreds of thousands of dollars per plant manager T Mahl.
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Strasbourg
France
North Atlantic Community
Bettenqdorf
J. J. Case Company
Planit
T. €. Mahl
Truman Signs Housing and Pension Bills in Washington
President Truman signed two bills in Washington to boost housing and veterans pensions. The measures, totaling over 146 million dollars, move to the House as the Senate approved the legislation amid reluctance, with estimates of annual costs exceeding four hundred million dollars.
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Washington
President Truman
Senate
Jolla
House
Truman
Adenauer Beats Down Socialist in German Debate
Chancellor Adenauer defeats challenger in a heated German debate amid postwar political tension. Socialist opponents faced strong critique as the leader defended policy directions and U.S. Allied influence during a pivotal public exchange.
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Adenauer
Warplanes Smash Red Industrial Area Near Pyongyang
United Nations warplanes struck a large industrial complex southwest of Pyongyang in what the air force described as the Korean war's greatest saturation raid. The attack targeted key facilities in the region as part of ongoing military operations.
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Korea
United Nations
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