U S Sues for Immision in Ship Sinking in Fog
The United States filed a maritime libel action in federal court seeking 14 million dollars in damages from the Luckenbach line for the hospital ship Benevolence sinking after a collision with the freighter Mary Luckenbach off San Francisco. Eighteen deaths, 13 unaccounted for, 492 rescued. Eight counts cite alleged negligence including excessive speed, failure to sound whistles, improper lookout, and failure to use navigational aids.
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San Francisco
United States Today
Luckenbach Line
Federal Distict Court
Mary Luckenbach
Golden Gate
Ithel
Alure
Actress Joan Muir Dropped From Aldrich Family Cast
Actress Joan Muir was removed from the cast of The Aldrich Family amid anti Communist protest pressure. General Foods, sponsor, declined to judge the protests. In other news, Lieut. Gen Walter Bedolt Smith was confirmed as director of the CIA by a Senate vote, and a Security Council meeting planned to add Formosan issues to its agenda alongside the Korean conflict.
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Associated Presap
New York
Joan Muir
Aldrich
General Foods Corporate
Washington
Senate
Walter Bedolt Smith
Central Intelligence
Aperey
LAR Farol
Security Council
Thussia
Trains Collide Near Connellsville Injure Fifty
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train and an eastbound express collided head on near Connellsville Pennsylvania injuring about fifty people ten hospitalized with one in critical condition among the injured are crew members and Mrs Kate Michel eighty of Connellsville. The trains were traveling from Baltimore to Cleveland and Chicago to Jersey City.
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Aconnellville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Firsin
Pittsburgh
Kate Michel
Connellsville
Baltimore
Cleveland, C
Chicago
Jersey City
Weather Report for Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Partly cloudy conditions persist in Jefferson City and central Missouri with a warm up. Highs reach the mid to upper seventies, while temperatures trend warmer into the afternoon across the region.
Thief Steals $500 In Wooden Nickels At Taft Chamber
Taft California August 28 AP a thief stole about 500 worth of wooden nickels from the chamber of commerce office over the weekend. The wooden nickels were planned as currency for the Oilersdo celebration a civic jamboree next month. If they are not recovered only nickel nickels will be legal tender, said Chamber Secretary Warren D Bruce.
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Taft
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Warren D. Bruce
Truman signs sweeping social security expansion into law
President Truman signs a broad social security expansion covering about 16 million more workers, boosting retirement benefits and widening payroll taxes over 20 years. The measure, praised as outstanding though with elements to improve, adds coverage for 750,000 farm workers, 1,000,000 domestic servants, and 5,900,000 self employed, with optional coverage for many government and nonprofit workers.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Qei
Fers
Transit Segtems
Gels Life Term for Attack on K.C. Man
Claimed it would take 245 years to serve his crimes, Claud Tillman 48 pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge F AR Duve in Vandalia Missouri to armed robbery grand larceny theft of a truck and assault with intent to kill in the June 6 attack on Cil Pursinger 38 Kansas City oil truck driver. The judge imposed the maximum life term for armed robbery and grand larceny plus 20 years for theft and 14 years for assault with intent to kill.
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Vandalia
APJ
Clauce Tillman
AR. Duve
Cil Pursinger
Kansas City
Dove
$35.5 Billion Fund Bill Sent to Truman
A $85,554,000,000 appropriation bill for General Government expenses was sent to President Truman with a loan rider to Spain totaling $62,500,000. Truman may impound funds, prompting speculation on release. The bill funds the coming fiscal year ending June 30.
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Washington
Truman
Spain
Clinton man 79 suffers double fracture climbing bicycle
John Neal of Clinton Massachusetts visiting friends here sustained a double fracture of the right leg while stepping onto a bicycle. He is 79 years old.
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Chuswournis
Aug
John Neal
Clinton
Neal
Draft power over doctors approved by Senate committee
The Senate Armed Forces Committee unanimously approved a draft bill granting draft power over doctors and dentists with a rush tag to the Senate. A House Armed Services panel neared completion but rejected extra S100 monthly pay for medics who wait to be drafted. The measure would allow draftees premium pay, while pre medical deferment policy is retained. The bills aim to meet military demand, with about 7,666 medical men expected by next June.
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Washington
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Senate
House
Armed Services Committee
Rep. Kilday
Dtex
Howse
Sisoi
Defense Department
Gulf Coast in Storm Alert Near Louisiana Tonight
A tropical Gulf hurricane swirls north toward Louisiana, 400 miles south of Pensacola. From Pensacola to New Orleans coast preps for possible strike as 480 planes depart Pensacola and more leave New Orleans. Biloxi and other ports brace. fishing boats seek safe harbor. At least 20 drownings reported in Cuba hurricane. The storm’s path after 12 hours is uncertain. In Germany, a haystack lifted by wind caused Saucer panic in Kirchhorsten as villagers fled blustering clouds.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf Coast
New Orleans Naval Air Station
Biloxi
Miss
Weather Bureau
Cuba
Germany
Bee
Kirchhorsten
Abenpost
Yankee Ghost of Guam Recalled From Navy Reserve
George Ray Tweed known as the Yankee Ghost of Guam has been recalled from the fleet reserve. The 48 year old Oregon man, a 22 year Navy veteran, survived the Japanese occupation after operating in Guam's jungles and caves during World War II. He has lived on a farm near Grants Pass, Oregon for the past two years.
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Portland
Ore
George Ray Tweed
Guam
Pacific
Navy
Tweed
Oregon
Fleet Reserve
Grants Pass
Effort to Avert 10 State Bus Driver Strike
Federal conciliator A E Johnson calls a meeting for tomorrow to prevent a looming strike by approximately 10 states bus drivers employed by Missouri Pacific Transportation. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members seek higher wages as contract renewal with ANE 14 stalls. About 40 percent work in Arkansas with other affected states including Nebraska Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi and Texas.Drivers seek a cent a mile raise from 6 cents. Company disputes costing about 160000 yearly, citing net operating loss of 120005 in first six months of 1950.
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ST. Louis
A. E. Johnson
Missouri Pacific Transportation Company
Brotherhood of Railway
A. Purcell
Watervliet
Lyre
Brotherhood
Johnson
Arkansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Tennessee
Labigiana
Mississippi
Texas
Unseasonable Weather Continues in Capital
Unseasonable cold grips Jefferson City and Central Missouri with forecasts showing little temperature change, high near 73 to 8 and continued partly cloudy skies. Cropping up with international lines, a Formosa dispatch notes 270,000 Chinese Communist troops massing in North Korea and across the border into Manchuria to aid Korean Reds.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
U.S. Weather Bureau
Tomor
Talipel Formosa
Chinese Night Defense Ministry
North Korea
Mareluria
Clarksburg Man Missing In Korea
Pvt. Russell B. Stout of Clarksburg reported missing in action in Korea per the Department of Defense casualty update. He is the son of Henry 4. Stout.
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Clarksburg
Russell B. Stout
Henry 4. Stout
Korea
Department of Defense
Formosa Policy Clash Splits White House and General
South Korean forces sweep back three miles on the east front as controversy erupts over Formosa policy. The White House says President Truman ordered MacArthur to withdraw a statement that caused confusion about U S goals. MacArthur complied but Congress exposed his views, provoking GOP protests and calls for his radio address from Tokyo.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Douglas Marco Arthur
Formosa
U. S
Far Pacific
Lincoln
MacArthur
America
Far East
Congress
Charles G. Ross
United States
Capitol Hill
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate Gop
State Acheson
Tokyo
McCarran
Nevada
Recapture Kigye in Pohang area from invaders
American supported by guns, South Korean infantry retook Kigye on the east coast, advancing three miles amid light resistance while holding Pohang nine miles southeast. U S. Navy ships provided continuous support as Reds attacked from multiple prongs along the 120 mile defense line near Masan and Battle Mountain.
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Tokyo
API
Kigye
United Nations
Pohang
No. 2
U. N
Korea
Higye
Red
U. S. Navy
8Th Army
U. S
Battle Mountain
Masan
Pusan
Associated Press
Stan Swinian
Hal Boyle
Boyle
Taeru
6Th Division
Ulhung
Targu
8Th Army Seid
Truman's Order to MacArthur Sparks Uproar Across Nation
New York dispatch reports President Truman directed General Douglas MacArthur to withdraw a Formosa message, provoking sharp editorials nationwide. Voices split over printing, with some papers asserting public right to know and others citing security concerns.
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New York
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Far East
MacArthur
Chicago
New York Daily News
Trumas
Youngstown
William J. Pape
The
Waterbury (Conn
American and Republican
British Troops Land in Korea Amid Clash at Port
Two battalions of British troops arrived in Korea from a carrier and tied up at a port beside the U S Navy hospital ship Consolation. The units were the Arevil and Sutherland and Middlesex regiments flying the Union Jack as the war in the Pacific widens.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Hong Kong
Arevil and Sutherland
Middlesex
U.S. Navy
Korean Officers Call for Radical Army Reforms
High ranking U S officers in Korea urge major changes to Army organization recruitment and training. They say many troops joined for noncombatant perks, and warn that unwieldy equipment and rocky terrain hindered rapid movement. Calls to emphasize combat readiness and skilled specialists prevail amid improving operations.
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Tokyo
Apjj
U. S
Korea
Athletic Group Here Asks Incorporation of Club
A petition filed in the circuit clerk’s office seeks incorporation of the Central Missouri Marine Corps League Athletic Club as an association for fraternal, patriotic, beneficial and educational purposes. Officers listed include President Wyman Rasinger, Vice President William J. Tipton, Secretary William Tranbarger, and Treasurer Matthew Schmidt.
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Central Missouri Marine Corps League Athletic Club
Dravit
Wyman Rasinger
William J. Tipton
Wiliam Tranbarger
Gat
Matthew Schmidt
Treasuirer
Jefferson City couple applies for marriage license
Fred W. Kelpe Jr. and Roser Mary Ann Markwry of Jefferson City filed for a marriage license in the county recorder’s office yesterday.
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Fred W. Kelpe, Jr
Rosermary Ann Markwry
Jefferson City
County Recorder
New chief examiner named for State Insurance Division
E H W Lige Norton Lid Jerty is the new chief examiner for the State Division of Insurance. He succeeds Byron Beavers of Grant City who resigned to enter private business. The appointment was announced yesterday by C Lawrence Lergett, superintendent of the division.
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E. Hw.lige
Norton Lid. Jerty
State Division of Insurance
Byron Beavers
Grant City
C. Lawrence Lergett
Unusual Catch Lands 40 Pound Cat In Missouri River
Walter Dametz hauled a 40 pound blue catfish 44 inches long from the Missouri River near Miami. The catch required two men to land it, topping his previous 20 pound fish from last week. Dametz made the unusual gain while fishing on his teot line.
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Wmarshall
Walter Dametz
Miami
Dametz
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