Truman Flys Home After Baltimore Airport Dedication
President Truman leaves Baltimore after dedicating Friendship International Airport. The Independence plane rocks off at 10 04 am CST for Kansas City and will reach at 2 pm CST. He heads to Independence Missouri for a weekend at home.
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Atomic Official Faces Senate Hold on Reappointment
Washington reports a new Senate clash over the Atomic Energy Commission focused on acting chairman Sumner T. Pike. McMahon said Hickelrooper requested the delay. Pike’s hearing is slated for Tuesday while three other nominees Dean Murray Smyth advance. Term expirations June 30.
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California U Fires 157 for Oath Refusal
The University of California fired 157 faculty and staff who refused to sign statements denying communism. The move highlights the anti communist posture impacting university personnel in Los Angeles.
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Racine Nurse Given Hearing
A Racine nurse, Miss Genevieve Potman, 38, faces a habeas corpus hearing over infants found in her car. Police say she admitted motherhood of both babies, one full term and one premature, with bodies hidden in her hospital quarters and then car. No charges filed until pathology report. dismissal of university employees followed a loy alty oath dispute led by Dr. Robert Sproul.
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Five Railroads Face Shutdown
Five major mid western and western railroads face a strike by AFL Switchmen's Union members set to begin at 6 a.m. tomorrow. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, Chicago Great Western, Western Pacific, Great Northern, and Denver and Rio Grande Western threaten work stoppages with most roads declaring they will not operate. Railway mediation board chairman Francis A. O'Neill said no progress toward settlement was evident and the board remained in telephonic talks with both sides. The Great Northern expects to keep service with most workers belonging to another union.
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Marinette Architect Max L. Hanisch Dies at 68
Wisconsin architect Max L. Hanisch Sr. dies in Marinette at age 68 after a career spanning the United States and Europe. Hanisch was a prominent figure in architectural circles and locally praised for his designs.
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No Stand by VFW on Socialized Medicine
Oshkosh Wisconsin delegates at the state convention refused to go on record opposing socialized medicine. They sent a resolution against compulsory health insurance to committee and will study it further. Manitowoc chosen for 1951 encampment site.
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Weather strikes Wisconsin with locally heavy storms
Rain and lightning hit large parts of Wisconsin Friday night and today with locally heavy showers and varying rainfall. Kenosha logged .91 inches, boosting June to 6.20 inches, the wettest in a decade. temperatures rose only slightly, ranging from 47 at Land o Lakes to 67 at Lone Rock, with 73 in downtown Kenosha by noon.
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Johnson and Bradley Return From Far East Visit
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and General Omar Bradley returned from a two week Far East tour aboard a Constellation, saying they obtained all facts on the Pacific security situation. They declined comment until briefing army navy and air force leaders and reporting to President Truman next week. Johnson called talks with General MacArthur very satisfactory.
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Conant in good condition after emergency intestinal operation
President James B. Conant of Harvard University underwent an emergency operation for acute inflammation of the intestines and was reported in good condition. The statement came from Harvard officials today.
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Highway Worker Killed by Grading Machine Near Manitowoc
John Cohen aged 29 of route one Cato Manitowoc county was fatally injured when struck by the road grader he operated. He apparently fell or jumped during a sharp turn at a road project 17 miles north of Manitowoc and died hours later at Holy Family Hospital.
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Illegal Referendum Question Sparks Wilmot School District Battle
Andrew Brookhouse a county school committee member challenged the legality of the referendum on the enlarged Wilmot district held today Brookhouse argued state law required district officers to be qualified before March 15 1949 and thus the officers were not valid to call the vote The ballot asks whether to revert to the pre May 1949 size with debates over Wilmot high school expansion or relocation Balloting ends at 8 p.m. in most areas and 7 30 p.m. in Twin Lakes
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New Yorker Jack Wooster Dean Dies at 75
The actor and well known theatrical figure died Friday at age 75 after a career spanning London Paris the French Riviera and Hollywood where he appeared in silent films.
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Ball of Fire Streaks Across Sky Baffles Nation
Sightings from Montgome ry Alabama to Abilene Texas described a brilliant fireball moving southeast or west as a jet, meteor, or possible flying saucer. Experts weighed sun reflections, dust trails, and atmospheric burn, with witnesses uncertain about landfall or origin.
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Appleton men killed in Wisconsin plane crash
Oscar Kunitz and Aaron Zerbel, prominent Appleton residents, died when their two seat Cessna nose-dived into a hillside four miles north of Appleton. The victims, I67 and 68, were returning from Beloit after attending the state Eagles convention and the wreckage was scattered along Highway 26. Zerbel served on the Outagamie county board and chaired its airport committee. Kunitz ran a filling station and ambulance and parking services in Appleton.
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Toll May Be Worst In U. S. Air History
A missing Northwest Airlines DC4 with 3 crew and 55 passengers could set the worst death toll in American commercial aviation history. The list of past disasters records multiple crashes with high fatalities, including 1950 events and major European and Caribbean incidents, underscoring the era’s aviation dangers.
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