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Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1950

Page

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Doctor Cleared In Mercy Killing

Dr. Hermann N. Sander, acquitted of murder in the death of a cancer ridden patient, faces a hearing before the New Hampshire State Board of Registration in Medicine. State health officer Dr John Wheeler said the board will decide any penalty and that Sander will have time to prepare before called. The New Hampshire Medical Society delegates plan to meet in Concord to discuss the case. Wheeler noted the board has authority to license or revoke. Sander was requested to appear in January but postponed until after the trial.

Candia Hermann N. Sander State Board of Registration In Medicine John & Wheeler New Hampshire Medical Society Concord Wheeler Sander Dr. Sander Mercy

Roll Call On All Fund Bills Moves In House

Washington reports defeat of a federal bid to fund state library systems as roll call votes rise on all fund bills. The $36 million library measure failed 14 to 181, while a $163 million postal workers pay raise passed by party lines. Debate centered on recording votes in an election year, with supporters urging accountability and opponents warning against broad public outlays.

Washington Iibrary House

Street Scenes with Kites and a Pup in March Wind

A busy intersection misreads a red signal as green causing near misses as four cars run the light. A boy with a new puppy tours the neighborhood inviting neighbors to admire his pet amid breezy early spring weather.

Kingaport Residents Face March 16 Poll Tax Deadline

Tax payment due by March 16 for Kingsport residents to vote in an April 15 bond referendum totaling 792000. Exemptions apply for seniors and veterans among others. Supplementary city registration March 21 22 at City Hall for eligible Kingsport voters.

Kingaport Bullivan County Asl Tennessee National Guard Bey A. R. Pecktal City Recorder Forest Lawn Oakwood Forest Urbas City Hall Kingsport J. Fred Johnson

Will Cummings Leads In Hamilton Election

Seventy five year old Will Cummings leads in Hamilton County Democratic primary returns from 30 precincts show a large margin over Hugh Abercrombie. County Commissioner Wilkes T. Thrasher carried heavy vote totals as vote counting continues amid reports of alleged irregularities.

Chatanooga Tenn Will Hamilton Hugh Abercrombne Eonty Election Commission County Councyman Abercrombie Vreambent Wilkes T. Thrasher County Grand Jury

Suspect In Billy Rose Jewel Theft Captured

One of two men sought for a $25,000 jewel burglary at Billy Rose's home walked into Rose's Ziegfeld Theater office Friday carrying some looted gems. Rose turned him over to police and arranged for legal defense, expressing confidence the second suspect would surrender soon.

New York Billy Rose Rose

Truman Housing Program Faces Senate Battle Over Aid

The Truman middle income housing cooperative plan runs into Senate resistance after sharp cuts. The Banking Committee trimmed loans from 2 billion to 1 billion and dropped direct government guarantees, proposing a national mortgage corporation to insure loans via debentures. Republicans Tobey and Ives push a substitute with private lending incentives to FHA insured cooperatives.

Washington i Abi Truman Senate National Mortgage Corporation Tobey R-Nh Ives Federal Housing Administration FHA

Made To Report Electoral Change Bill Stalls in House

Advocates of a new plan to alter the presidential electoral system push for action as the Lodge Bonnett proposal sits in the Home Rules Committee. President Truman indicated Sabath advised a vote, but the Rules Committee rejected the bill 7 to 4. The measure would amend the constitution to award each state's electoral votes proportionally to the popular vote, replacing the winner take all system.

Washington Sabath Truman Sabath Dmill House Lodge R-Mans Goarett D-Tex

Death of aged couple ruled from undetermined causes

Coroners jury found the deaths of Aaron Smith, 75, and his wife Mary, 77, at their Sunnyside home near Pikeville, Tennessee, listed as undetermined causes. Police said no foul play is ruled out.

Pikeville Tenn Here Lewis Tollett Aaron T. Smith Mary Sunnyside

McCarthy Pursues Reds Charge During Senate Hearings

Senator McCarthy pressed his claim of a Communist ring within the State Department during Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearings. He said he will name cases and may reveal some names publicly while others go to the committee. The panel voted to slow interruptions so he can finish outlining his evidence by Monday night. Dorothy Kenyon was invited to a public hearing to respond to the charges. Mina Kenyon, a former UN official, is alleged to be tied to Communist-front groups.

Aon Dwight Rogers New York Judith Copton Taber Miss Coplon Valentin A. Gubitlehev Washington McCarthy Ur-Wis Caren State Department Kuds Senate Bubcommittes McCarthy Dorothy Kenyon Wisconsin Mina Kenyon United United Na Horm Commission al- Altatad New York City Nar

Winter Ice Grips Eastern U S as Cold Snap Hits

A brutal cold front from Canada sweeps the eastern half of the nation bringing freezing temperatures and high winds. New York City experiences gusts up to 45 miles per hour knocking down signs trees and wires. Areas from Carolina to northern Alabama Georgia and Tennessee report plummeting readings with Miami dipping to 42.

Canada Guam New York City Carolinaa Alabama Georgia Tennessee

Tax Law Writers Abandon Truman Plan In Split Debate

Washington states Democratic tax writers pull back from a $1.0 billion net tax increase proposed by President Truman. They may support a bill cutting excises by about $1.0 billion while increasing revenue from other sources. The House Ways and Means panel, with 13 Democrats, fails to agree after two sessions and plans to reconvene to craft the measure amid internal confusion and a looming GOP briefing.

Washington Truman Trumankia House Democrate Fxcmen Rayburn

Va Poll Tax Measure Debated by Delegates

Richmond delegates held a night session to consider a constitutional amendment repealing the poll tax. The House Privileges and Elections panel proposed a simpler substitute, potentially sending the measure to a 1952 referendum if approved by both chambers and reenacted later.

House Committee On Privileges and Elections Norfolk Walter A. Pore House Senate

Editor Blasts Secrecy as Hampering Atomic Plans

Robert J. Blakely of the St Louis Star-Times criticizes a “cult of secrecy” in the atomic energy program. He says Congress and the American people are not given sufficient information to form intelligent opinions on atomic energy.

Lexington Bt. Loula Robert J. Blakely Bt. Louis Star-Times Congress

Attlee's Party Wins First Major Parliamentary Test

London readers report Labour Prime Minister Attlee surviving a key Commons test by 310 to 206 as the government faces a tougher vote on housing and nationalization of iron and steel. Conservative gains threaten the Labour majority and potential resignation calls loom if confidence is shaken. Florence Horsbrugh defeats Rowland Casasola in Manchester Moss Side for a Conservative gain.

London Britain Attlee King George Labor Labor Sost Florence Horsbrugh Rowland W. Casasola Moss Side Manchester

Accident Victim Still Critical After City Bus Crash

Kingsport and Church Hill mourn the death of Ralph Peagins a popular bus driver killed in a head on collision with a Knoxville trucking company truck near Silver Lake. Nine injured were treated at Halston Valley Community Hospital with conditions ranging from critical to good.

Kingsport Church Hill Ralph Peagins Knoxville Silver Lake Halston Valley Community Hospital Harry Laugherty R M. Hales Packing Company Cora Mae &Kelton Calvin Pierson Watauga Street Walker Christian Tennessee Eastman Corporation Ed Bishop Church Hil Mrn Gladys Fansler Kitiga Porte Houte J Eastman Corporation Dorothy Fansler Verna Christian Borden Mills Pauline Christian Kingaport Velma Fansler Kingaport Route 4 Miss Fansler

Benoit Captured After Escape From Police Convoy

Alcide Benoit, a 36 year old convicted murderer known as Frenchy, fled during a prisoner transfer from Marquette to Jackson. After stealing a police car and driving about 20 miles on a dark highway, he surrendered when overtaken near Otsego County. Police used a roadblock with 30 patrol cars. two axes were found in the car Benoit had obtained by breaking into a shack.

Cylord Mich Michigan Alcide Frenchy Benoit Npt Benoit Otsego Hen Bi Hia Here Richard Hammond Monroe Hammond Tres Northern Branch Marquette Southern Michigan Jackson Sxt Harold W. Moore Stayford Thoopera Canlmer Szocinski Lambert Rayner

Red Readers Told Charges Collapsed Against Gubitchev

London reports that Valentin A Gubitchev is being sent home after the accusations against him collapsed groundlessly The Tass dispatch to New York omits espionage charges on which the former Soviet UN staff member was convicted Thursday

London Valentin A. Gubitchev New York Tass United Nations

Senate Debates Year-Long Rent Control Extension

The Senate debated extending rent controls for another year as the June 30 1980 expiration approached. A $758.7 million funding bill included $1.4 million for Housing Expeditor and $2.8 million to prepare for ending operations by that date. Congress could decide on continued controls before then.

Washington Senate Tigher Wooda Congress

Soviet Leaders Make Peace Declarations

Moscow reports three Soviet politburo members Malenkov Beria and Andreyev pledge peace as a national election campaign topic. Malenkov spoke in Moscow in the Hall of Columns, promising the USSR will participate in any sincere effort to prevent a new war amid applause.

Moscow Soviet Union George M. Malenkov Lavrenti P. Berla Andrei A. Andreyev Malenkov

Indian Wants Scalping Picture Taken Off Wall

Charley Grounds, representative of Florida Indian tribes, told Congress that a wall picture of an Indian scalping a white man should be removed or altered. Grounds argued the image misrepresents Indians and should depict the red man as the victor.

Washington Congress Walla Charley Grounds Grounds

Battlecry Called Total Diplomacy By Dean Acheson

Secretary of State Acheson outlined a new total diplomacy as the cold war approach to curb Soviet expansion. He urged a single minded, voluntary national effort across government and the people, including business, agriculture and the media, to halt world domination by the USSR. The plan, prepared from memory for public release, stresses two closely related lines of policy and avoids exclusive reliance on resources.

Washington State Acheson Acheson Seton Congress Business Agriculture United States Advertising Council Feld Acheron Francia Russell State Department

Need For Scientists Hinders H-Bomb Plan

Reported worries in the hydrogen bomb program focus on recruiting scientists, especially foreign experts. Issues include safeguards, scale of tests, training pipelines, and potential political opposition, with ties to Britain and shifting U.S. atomic energy law.

Washington Britain Noma Rctenaiste Benate-House Atomic Committee Atomic Energy Commission United States Budapest Edward Teller Enrico Fermi University of Chirenga

Solunar Tables By John Alden Knight

Solunar Tables by John Alden Knight explains hunting times and lunar phases for fishing and game. The text notes misprints and warns readers about altered pages and table formats including minor periods and major periods aligned with retiree standard time.

Lake stages: The Kage of Cherokee Lake Friday

The report notes Cherokee Lake water level at W118 feet with a Tnumba GAGE reading on Friday, indicating stage status and measurement context.

Cherokee Lake

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Medical Doctor Dr. Lancer Trustee's Will Cummings Bond Judy Coplon Try Reds Mies U. 5 Richmond House of Delegates Peagins Red Gubitchev Dean Acheson Secretary of State John Alden Knight Shawn Bate
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