Five Die In Tenement Fire In Boston Family Tragedy
A Boston tenement blaze on a first floor stairway killed five members of one family including John Horne 32 Recife 27 and their children Arnold 8 and Carol 2 and Mrs Horne sister in law Alan Gorneault 18. Gilman Gorneault 16 survived. Fire damage estimated at 30000. Cause undetermined though an oil can was seen on the stairs prior to the fire.
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John Horne
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Carol
S Horne
Alan Gorneault
Horne
John V. Stapleton
Father Finds His Daughter After 24 Years Separated
Albert W. Martin of Eau Claire Wisconsin is reunited with his daughter Mrs. Raymond Ward Jr. of Louisville on Father's Day after 24 years apart since 1928. A son-in-law and three grandchildren join the family as birth and death certificate inquiries clear the past. Their reunion began in Detroit where the separation started after Mrs. Martin's death.
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Louisville
Albert W. Martin
Eau Claire
Wis
Martin
Raymond Ward Jr
Detroit
Aagin
Leroy
Rheumatism book promises non medical treatment guide
An expanded 44 page booklet titled Rheumatism offers free delivery to readers who request it from The Ball Clinic Excelsior Springs Missouri. It claims drugs provide only temporary relief and describes a non surgical, non medical treatment that has been successful for 33 years, with no obligation to respond.
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Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Adv
Jets swarm over camouflaged field near Chorwon base
Reports describe a hidden airfield under Communist repair with jet and propeller aircraft in numbers. Nearby, the 45th Division repelled a Chinese battalion near hill positions at Chorwon as part of a three day assault described as among the bloodiest since last November. The Eighth Army notes heavy ground action across the 155 mile front and near record artillery barrages.
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Oklahoma
Chorwon
Seoul
Reds
Miss Hutchins Shines Amid Fiesta of Five Flags Heat
Pensacola observes Fiesta of Five Flags with Colleen Kay Hutchins leading as Miss America. She parades on a float amid flags from multiple nations and participates in tonight's De Luna Miss America ball. Yacht Club regatta features 13 clubs from 11 gulf cities with finals tomorrow.
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Truman warns against cheap national security fixes at rally
President urges caution over calls for large tax cuts while criticizing Eisenhower tied proposals. He cites defense costs and a recent three billion expansion for atomic energy, and lauds the Nautilus submarine as a future atomic powered gateway to peaceful uses amid Cold War tensions. He hopes for Soviet cooperation in disarmament.
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Truman
New York
General Dynamics Corporation
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Atomic Energy Commission
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News of Political Conventions Looms Large in 1948 Coverage
Public will have ample news of convention activities July 7 at Chicago's International Amphitheatre. AP plans extensive coverage with about 150 staffers and a two story approach tracking national nomination and state delegation moves. Major reporters will monitor top figures such as Taft and Kefauver as press and photo teams prepare previews and results.
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International Amphitheatre
Associated Press
Jack Bell
Belman Morin
Don Whitehead
D. Harold Oliver
William L. Beale Jr
Washington
al Orton
Don Kovacic
Newsphoto
F. A. Resch
New York
Taft
Warren
Stassen
Barkley
Harriman
Kefauver
Kerr
Russell
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Manhattan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Press corps chosen to cover North Korea convention
The report lists 15 top compound leaders and 85 lieutenants picked for removal. Davis will supervise afternoon news flow while Ed Hankinson Norman Walker and Ovid A Martin will draft party platforms. Pulitzer winners Relman Morin Don Whitehead Hal Boyle will describe the convention. James Marlow will analyze events Ruth Cowan covers the women’s angle.
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Don Whitehead
Hal Boyle
James Marlow
World Today
Ruth Cowan
Ed Creagh
Arthur Edson
Wreck on Highway 101 Sparks Fire and Damage
The collision occurred at the Foster Bridge Road intersection as a Mercury traveling east pulled into the highway and struck a northbound truck. The truck exploded and ended up 222 feet into a pasture, with about 1600 dollars in damage split roughly between the car and the truck per Patrolmen Roy Thomas and Warren Jones.
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Florence
Roy Thomas
Warren Jones
Thomas
Jones
Highway 101
Mercury
Foster Bridge
Heat Wave Grips South and Midwest With No Break In Sight
The steamy June heat kept a tight grip on the South and midwest with temperatures in the 90s for a 10th straight day in St. Louis where three heart exhaustion deaths are linked to the heat. Roswell New Mexico hit 100, Selma Dothan Alabama reached 101, and many Nebraskan cities urged water conservation as thunderstorms brought only temporary relief.
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Associated Press
South
Midwest
Mercury
St. Louis
Roswell
N. M
Selma
Dothan
Ala
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
Grand Island
Neb
Lexington
Nebraska
Illinois
Rockford
Ill
Northern Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
CIO Committee to Finalize Steel Production Plan
The article reports a four man CIO committee will visit to draft a production plan with the government. The White House says both sides will inventory all finished and unfinished steel and route it to defense plants. No tonnage estimate is given. Steel shortages have already led to mass layoffs and threaten more. No immediate progress on a new work contract between unions and industry.
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CIO
White House
Anti Communist detainees relocate as operation continues
Lt Col Rhee, sought for weeks as the top compound boss, was identified by prison officials as masquerading as an enlisted man. Prisoners faced a choice between returning to the Communist run compound 606 or moving to a nearby facility. 282 chose to move, bringing anti Communist captives to nearly 800 since Brig Gen Haydon L. Boatner launched operation breakup on June 1.
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Rhee
Haydon L. Boatner
New York Times Raises Sunday Edition Price
The New York Times announced a price increase for its Sunday edition in New York City and suburbs from 15 to 20 cents, effective June 22. Weekday editions remain five cents. The Daily News and The Daily Mirror also raised weekday prices to five cents due to higher production costs.
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New York Times
New York City
the Times
Daily News
The
Daily Mirror
Doubt Expressed Accused Woman Kin of Governor
In Columbus Georgia a grandmother, Mrs. William Hart, disputed that Carolyn Smith Leogrande 22 is the governor Hoke Smith’s niece. Hart said Burton Smith had a single brother and a son who died at 14, and she never heard of Leogrande who admitted cashing $500 in bad checks in New York and other cities.
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Columbus
Hoke Smith
Georgia
New York
William Hart
Burton Smith
Hart
Carolyn Smith Leogrande
Wheat Flour Milling Shows Small Share of Whole Wheat
In the United States only about two percent of milled wheat flour is whole wheat. The figure highlights the dominance of refined flour in national production and dietary trends.
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United States
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