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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1948
Page
3
A sequence of clashes disrupts tensions in the area as guerrilla forces strike a road hub causing partial destruction and prompting a regional security response. Local authorities report sporadic incidents and evacuations as repairs begin.
AP reports Greek guerrillas damaged a road between Blasso and Kovane aiding their Northwest Greece campaign. Casualties cited: six killed on the guerrilla side, ten killed and twenty wounded for the army. Air power and artillery supported operations around Nestorion and Grevena.
The thirty-ninth annual NAACP convention enters its fifth day with morning sessions at St Stephens Baptist Church in Birmingham. A nominations committee was elected and reports from credentials and resolutions committees were read. A statewide mass meeting at 2:30 pm tomorrow will feature Walter White of New York as executive secretary and the presentation of the Spingarn Medal for distinguished service.
The board of inquiry appointed under Taft Hartley found no ongoing national emergency after reviewing wage and output issues in the steel industry. President Truman met with reporters after a 15 minute conference and signaled the crisis had been avoided. The report was signed by Davis L. Sie, E. Wight Bakke, and Waldo E. Fisher.
NOBLES, June 20 AP reports Miss Secretary of 1948 describes no screen test yet and plans a week in Hollywood stage. She notes prizes are modest and speaks of pursuing an acting career, matching her goal to be in the movies.
Clason Wood age 19 will enter the ministry tomorrow at Maple Grove Baptist Church. He has served as pastor for seven months and is the son of Mr and Mrs Guy Wood of Gentry Missouri. The ordination is performed by a Gen Darlington delegation from the Gentry church.
Herbert Douglas of Neosho urged support for the Dewey Warren Republican ticket at a Hotel Muehlebach luncheon, praising the pair as a strong combination and pledging anti trust enforcement if elected attorney general. He cited wide state travel and warned against fraudulent voting in Kansas City.
Sanitation workers dug through twenty tons of New York harbor garbage aboard a scow in a search for narcotics valued at 12 million dollars. Six people were held on smuggling charges after a 45 pound package containing cocaine and heroin was found. The drugs arrived from the Orient via Italy aboard the Marine Perch. A seaman was arrested with a shipment sample after arrival.
Four persons were injured when a car driver lost control and the vehicle overturned into several feet of water on U S highway No 54 seven miles east of El Dorado Springs. The Hoffmans from St Louis to Globe Arizona and Los Angeles were aboard.
Details of daily and Sunday delivery rates for the Kansas City Star dated June 26 1948. Rates include thirteen years or weekly, carrier delivery in Missouri and nationwide options with monthly, weekly, and foreign rates noted.
Barbara Jo Walker Miss America, 22, will marry Dr John Vernon Hummel, 24, in a double ring ceremony at First Methodist church in Memphis before 2,000 guests. The Tennessee couple will honeymoon countryward, avoiding city life, after a brief vacation.
A nationwide food workers strike called by the Communist controlled C G I L began in Rome with over 250 000 workers from spaghetti flour bread ice pastries dairy and packaged foods joining in. Negotiations with the labor ministry continued as De Gasperi urged a quick settlement to avoid consumer hardship.
Nearly 700 Boy Scouts from the Northeast and Westport districts of Kansas City and from Clay, Platte and Cass counties depart from the Liberty Memorial mall in fourteen buses for Camp Osceola Missouri. Flooding on the Osage and Grand rivers reroutes the trip via U S 71 to Nevada then No 54 to No 83 Bentonville where smaller buses take over for the 75 mile longer journey to camp. J H Roe Bartle scout executive notes daily rain in the first session which began June 14 and ends today. Youths from the first session expected home late today and the second term runs to July 8.
Fred Brinkmeyer a 49 year old Higginsville Missouri farmer was reported in critical condition at St Luke's hospital today. He was taken there after shooting himself following a highway accident yesterday morning. Riding with him were Roy and Mrs Cook who were taken to Research hospital with injuries. Mrs Cook had a broken back and Cook suffered lacerations to both legs. Brinkmeyer shot himself in the head with a .22 rifle after being driven home from the accident.
Mrs Winthrop Rockefeller said she would welcome twins but has no reason to believe a published report that she expects twins next fall is true. Formerly Mrs Sears remarked there is no medical proof of twins or triplets and noted the Rockefellers had disclosed a family addition was expected.
Poem by James J. Metcalfe reflects on history and modern life. It contrasts past worries about sin and doom with the persistence of virtue and business as usual in the present. The piece suggests continuity across generations and societies.
President Truman accepted Randolph Carpenter's resignation as United States district attorney for Kansas and praised his loyal and conscientious service. Carpenter resigned June 21 to run as the Democratic candidate for governor of Kansas. Auto refinishing seat covers ad for South Town Motors at Paseo and 47th.
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