Final Shape Of Platform To Be Told
Democratic platform committee works through final drafting of a civil rights plank and foreign policy and labor sections. Rep John W McCormack leads the process with Sen John Sparkman and Philip Perlman credited for compromise. The draft seeks equal opportunity, eased discrimination, and revised immigration rules while promising UN aligned Korea policy.
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Alabama
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Maryland
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South Korea
Korea
United Nations
Severe storm relieves Milwaukee heat with heavy damage
A severe thunderstorm swept into Milwaukee and surrounding areas early today causing widespread damage including downed trees and power lines, smashed storefronts and wrecked cars. Rain totals surpassed monthly records while gusts reached about 60 miles per hour and utilities scrambled to restore services.
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Kenosha
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Wisconsin Municipalities to Fight Telephone Rate Hike
The municipalities defense committee representing 56 cities and 30 villages served by Wisconsin Telephone Co. voted Tuesday night to oppose the company’s latest request for rate increases.
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Madison
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U.P
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Weather turns cooler and drier across Kenosha after storm
A storm dropped .84 inches of rain on Kenosha last night. Temperatures this morning were about 19 degrees lower than yesterday. The Weather Bureau forecasts fair, cooler conditions tonight and mostly fair pleasant weather tomorrow. Nash Motors reported a high of 99 degrees, Sewage Treatment plant 98 with a low of 67. Downtown Kenosha reached 78 at noon.
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Highway Official Killed On Wis. Highway Project
Frank Weyers 61 of Phillips died yesterday while supervising a project on Highway 70 five miles west of Fifield. Price County highway construction superintendent Weyers was pinned by a backing truck near a gravel crusher. With a 35 year record he was the highway department’s senior employee.
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Highway Department
Cairo and Egypt in turmoil as Gen Naguib seizes control
General Mohammed Naguib declares the army in full control of Cairo after a coup. Troops occupy central districts and key sites, generals loyal to the old regime are arrested, and Farouk's government dissolves as a new cabinet is sought in Alexandria.
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Hussein Parid Pasha
United States
Mustafa Bey Sadek
Narriman
London
Allied Planes Hit Osan Barracks in North Korea Assault
Allied air forces launched two waves totaling 75 tons of bombs and 300 rockets against Osan village south of Wonsan in North Korea. Reports say 59 buildings and eight vehicle revetments were destroyed or damaged amid strong anti aircraft fire.
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Korea
U.P
Wonsan
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North Korea
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Steel Strike Halts Army Shell Factory Declares Crippling Impact
The army faces a defense production crisis as the Chevrolet plant in St Louis shuts down half of the 105 millimeter shell casings production due to steel shortages from the eight week old strike. The loss endangers finished shells next month and several months after. A six point NPA plan prioritizes defense orders and tighter inventory controls to resume production.
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St. Louis
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Barkley Dump Sparks Labor Rifts At Democratic Convention
John L. Lewis assails CIO and AFL leaders for backing away from Alben Barkley over age as Democratic factions jockey for the presidential nomination. Barkley, 74, faced pressure from union bosses Walter Reuther George Harrison and Jack Kroll while Stevenson leads the race and White House talks color the backroom maneuvers.
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Chicago
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Jack Kroll
Labor
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Harrison
Kroll
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Tennessee
Averell Harriman
New York
Canadian Planes Collide in Quebec Crash
Two Canadian air force aircraft, a Vampire jet fighter and a Lancaster bomber, collided during joint U S Canadian air defense maneuvers near Bagotville Quebec. Seven men were aboard. some of them were definitely killed. A nurse parachuted to the scene and ground rescuers moved toward the wrecks 130 miles north of Quebec.
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Danish Freighter Portland Capsizes in Kattegat
Danish freighter Portland of 1100 tons sank last night in the Kattegat amid heavy seas. The ship carried 18 aboard including three rescued by the German freighter Neuende. Eleven crew and three women were unaccounted for, with searchers scouring waters between Denmark and Sweden for survivors.
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Denmark
Sweden
Portland
Kattegat
Truman to Address Convention Friday Night
Chicago U P President Truman will speak to the Democratic convention Friday night. Party officials said he will postpone his trip from Washington by 24 hours due to the convention running behind schedule.
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U.P
Truman
Washington
Convention Seated Delegates On Temporary Roll In Chicago
The Democratic national convention seated anti administration delegations from Texas and Mississippi along with all others on the temporary roll including those who did not sign a loyalty pledge. Balloting for nominees may start late tomorrow night as Temporary Chairman Paul A. Dever announced. Kefauver accused Jacob Arvey of Illinois of scheming for a synthetic draft of Gov. Adlai Stevenson as the Democratic nominee. The United States achieved a 1 2 3 in the 200 meters and won the javelin with other world records set in Helsinki.
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Chicago
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