Youths Escape Death in Flood and Coal Truce Call
President Truman urged a seventy day coal production truce and a three member presidential board to study the mining dispute. He asked for a 70 day production period starting Feb 6 and a board to report within 80 days with nonbinding recommendations. 100000 miners idle, 300000 work three days weekly, negotiations with John L Lewis looming.
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Truman
Washington
Ruman
United Mine Workers
Mr. Truman
John L. Lewis
Northern
Western
Delegates Speed Up School Building Bill in Virginia
Richmond lawmakers accelerated action on a school building program as committees push to cut the 1948 tax increases. Senator E O McCue Jr proposed tax reductions including lowering corporate income tax from five to four percent and providing partial relief for personal income taxes while preserving some local matching of funds.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Senate
E.O McCue, Jr
Charlottesville
McCue
Battle
Truman Orders Hydrogen Bomb Development
President Truman directs the Atomic Energy Commission to continue work on all atomic weapons including the hydrogen or super bomb. He says the program will proceed to defend the nation while pursuing international control of atomic energy and peace goals.
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Washington
Truman
Atomic One Commission
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Congress
February II Special Offer Ends Today
February 1 marks the last day to claim the Kingsport News subscription deal. New mail subscribers and renewals save 2.50 with a year’s rate of 6.00 daily or 8.50 for daily and Sunday, sent to P O Box 911 Kingsport Tennessee.
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Kingsport News
Andress
Attempt Made To Halt Pending Phone Strike
Washington reports the government mediation service moved to avert a nationwide telephone walkout set to begin February 8. CIO Communications Workers leader Joseph Betrne and allies plan to keep emergency services running while unions mobilize 166,000 workers across the country if no settlement is reached.
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Washington
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
CIO Communications Workers
Joseph A. Betrne
Bell Telephone System
CIO
Bierne
Russia Recognizes Viet-Nam Republic Move shifts Asia alignment
Moscow reports that Russia has recognized Ho Chi Minh’s anti French Viet Nam republic and will exchange diplomats with the leader’s government. The note labels Bao Dai’s Bao Dal regime as a puppet government backed by a small faction. Britain and the United States were expected to recognize the Bao Dai government.
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Moscow
Russia
Ho Chi-minh
TRA
Bao Dal
Britain
America
Moscow Halled
Chleminh
Republicans Split On Electoral College Change Stirs Senate
Washington reports a GOP split over a constitutional amendment to divide state electoral votes by statewide popular totals. Senators Taft of Ohio and Lodge of Massachusetts align opposite sides, with Lodge seeking a caucus showdown and Taft ready to oppose the measure. The plan requires two thirds in Congress and state ratification to pass.
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Washington
Senate
Senatora Taft
Ohio
Lodge
Massachusetts
Taft
Henade
Senate Igof
New York
Minnesota
House
Air Force C-47 Crashes During Yukon Rescue Mission
Lt. Charles R. Harden reported his downed C-47 after aiding a USAF C-54 search for 44 aboard. He and two civilian engineers located the crash five miles north of Aly. Three crew members from the rescue team were injured. conditions described as deep snow and forested terrain hindered the response. The Alaska airfield link from Elmendorf connected to the effort. The Holston River stage and City Filter Plant readings are noted amid ongoing flood updates.
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Stert
Charles R. Harden
Elmendorf Field
lAnchorage
Alaska
U. S
Made To Prove Carol Developed Dread Of Cancer
Attorneys defending Carol Ann Paight seek to show she developed a dread of cancer years before killing her dying father. They will cite her unpleasant cancer experiences and call her mother Mia Mary Paight to testify about the family’s fear of illness.
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Carol
Bridgeport
Conn
Autorneys
Mercy
Carol Ann Paight
Smother
Mia
Mary Paight
Athens
Carol Ann
Worst Flood Strikes Gate City and Moccasin Gap
Reported by Bill Perry and Herb McClelland, the Gate City Moccasin Gap flood floods Little Moccasin Creek overwhelming Beatt County towns. Homes businesses and roads flood as creeks rise, with Gate City areas including Cavaler Grill, Bush’s handle factory, and the depot surrounded by water. Clinch River and Speers Ferry dam levels rise as authorities monitor the scene.
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Bill Perry
Herb McClelland
Gate City
Clate City
Beatt County
Moccasin Gap
Pendleton Construction Co
Bush
Marcom Quarry
Speers Ferry
Clinch River
Clinch
Clinchport
Nickelsville
State Highway Department
Hee Gate City
Brothers Saved In Boat Mishap On Reedy Creek
Two Kingsport brothers nearly drowned when their wooden rowboat capsized in the swift current of flooded Reedy Creek near West Sullivan Street. Ross Ritchie, 20, and his brother James, about 17, clung to trees as rescuers aided them with a hose line and a rope. Ross was rescued. James drifted downstream and was later pulled from the water. James was treated for a head injury at Holston Valley Community Hospital. a reporter and volunteers assisted in the ordeal.
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James Ritchie
James
Shorty'a
Times-News
Dick Wilhelm
Bill Prophet
Kingsport
Bical
Mic Roscoe
Ross) Ritchie
Sullivan Street
Ross
Bull Prophet
Navy
Ross Ritchie
Prophet
Kingsport Times-News
Wilhelm
Hal Newman
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Waa
Ritchie
Rescue Effort For Ritchie Brother In Creek
Reporter recounts a perilous river rescue as one Ritchie brother was pulled from a creek and the other remained stranded 60 feet out, the community rallying with a hose line and a rope to reach him. A motor boat arrived as the boy was saved by Hal who grabbed him by the shoulder.
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Dick Wilhelm
Times-News
Ritchie Brothers
James Ritchie
Bill Prophet
James
Bill
G. W
Bil) Fletcher
Ritchie
Newman
Hal
Soviet Resumes Truck Blockade In Germany
Soviet guards at Helmstedt border checkpoint resume limiting truck traffic into Berlin after a one day truce. Early Tuesday they checked cargo papers and driver documents slowly, reducing flow to about five trucks per hour from a normal thirty, with many trucks delayed and a long line forming.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
West Germany
Riusalan
Documenta
Bidault Wins Confidence Vote Over Tax Increase Plan
Premier Georges Bidault secured a confidence vote in the National Assembly by 209 to 292 on his budget plan seeking tax increases. The tally follows Parliament’s Upper House rejection of several government tax boosts, as Bidault pursues five confidence votes.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
French National Assembly
Johnson Urges U S to Stay Strong Amid Global Tensions
Washington Secretary of Defense Johnson delivers his first annual report urging America to remain powerful and alert until international cooperation is accepted by adversaries. He warns of possible unannounced attacks from the opposite hemisphere and notes Russia’s atomic progress while claiming war threats have diminished and strength is greater than any peacetime era.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Russia
Stage on Cherokee Lake Tursday s
The readable fragment notes a stage at Cherokee Lake and references Douglar Lake with a distance of 4008.0 feet, indicating a geographic or measurement detail amid unclear wording.
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Cherokee Lake
Douglar Lake
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