Vote On Bond Issues For City Schools And Sewer
Kingsport voters go to City Hall precinct from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday to decide $983,000 in two bond issues for a new elementary near Litz Manor and remodel of Juni or High School plus a relief sewer from West Sullivan Street to the proposed plant and a new line through the annexed Litz Manor area. No poll tax but proof of registration required. mark For or Against the bonds. The aldermanic election follows a week later on June 2.
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Kingsport
City Hall
Litz Manor
Forest Lawn
Sullivan Street
Holston River
Tests To Decide College Or Khaki
Tomorrow three hour test may decide if 175000 college students stay in school or join the military. Deferments until Aug 20 cover about 500000 draft age collegians to take the exam on June 16, 30, or July 12. ETS administers the tests at 1000 centers with scores sent to draft boards to determine where to place them.
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Princeton
N. J
Education Testing Service
ETS
Selective Service
Kingsport Soldiers Return From Korea
Thirty five Tennessee servicemen including Kingsport residents Corporal Donald K. Yates, SPC Laurence B. Moore, and Corporal William Upchurch are returning from Korea. They arrived in San Francisco May 22 aboard the USS General William Mitchell and will receive 30 days leave before reassignment.
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Nashville
Donald K. Yates
Bridwell Street
Laurence B. Moore
Highpoint Street
William
Upchurch
Route 1
Kingsport
Fioting
Korea
San Francisco
Wilam Mitchell
Tennessee Miliary District
Eninowetok Tests Hint At Hydrogen Bomb Development
The United States reports successful atomic tests at Eniwetok with experiments that may contribute to thermonuclear weapon research. The ABC cites the Jan twenty ninth 1980 president’s orders as backing continued work on hydrogen bomb development.
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Eniwetok
Washington
United States
ABC
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
French Frigate Hunts Survivors Of Sunken Ship
Two French trawlers collided in foggy Grand Banks waters. The Ginette Le Borgne sank with 63 aboard. ten died, two rescued. The Jacques Coeur rescued two crewmen. US Coast Guard planes from Argentia aided search. Royal Canadian Air Force also investigated the sinking.
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Halifax
Grand — Banks
Paris
Ginette le Borgne
Jacques Coeur
France
Sall
U. S. Coast Guard
Argentia
Nile
Royal Canadian Air Force
Cinette le Horguesl
Lloyd's Register
Bath
Fecaino
Jacques
At Least 16 Sailors Die In Capsizing Of Motor Launch
The Navy reports at least 16 sailors killed when a 125 man motor launch capsized in heavy seas near Newport Rhode Island. Twenty six men were hospitalized after the 50 foot launch went down in a gale. Navy spokesman says 23 men are missing, 14 of whom were aboard at launch time. Two dead are confirmed. several missing may have overstayed leave.
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Newport
Navy
Boston
Mer
Britain to Send 4000 Paratroopers to Cyprus
Britain announced the 16th Parachute Brigade will sail in about ten days to Cyprus as a reinforcement to the garrison. Gen Sir Brian Robertson will oversee future movements, amid global speculation the force could head toward Iran and raise Cold War tensions with the Soviets.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Iran
Fortress
Brian Robertson
Middle East
Defense Ministry
Russia
Baku
Cynrus
Handyman Indicted in Kidnap Murder Case
Santa Ana California handman McCracken indicted today on charges of kidnapping and murder in the slaying of 8 year old Patricia Hull. The grand jury charged serious, holding against will and child stealing as prosecutors seek triple bills. Autopsy found 15 gashes and skull fractures.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Patrick Jean Hull
Henry Ford McCracken
Orange County
James L. Davis
Magdalena
N. M
Trabuco Canyon
Buena Park
McCracken
Patricia
Davis
Reds To Resist Troops In Iran
East Berlin reports Soviet envoy Gregory Pushkin told East German Communists that the Soviet Union will not allow foreign troops in Iran and will view their presence as a direct threat. He cited a 1921 treaty and noted possible intervention in Korea only under certain conditions.
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Berlin
Gregory Pushkin
East Berlin
Pushkin
Soviet Union
Iran
Rug|sia
Platt Commended for Public Service by American Legion Post
Platt was commended for royal and unselfish public service in a resolution by the American Legion Post No 3 at its last meeting. The document praises his leadership as chairman of Local Selective Board No 39 and notes his work for the county state and nation amid many draftees under his tenure.
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P. Platt
Tennessee
Truman's Vast Foreign Aid Plan Faces Rough Sledding
President Truman's $8.5 billion anti communism aid program sparks early opposition in Congress. Rep Ben Jensen argues for a possible $6 billion trim while House and Senate panels negotiate India grain aid terms and conditions including import sources and transport rules.
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Truman
Washington
Ben Jensen
R-Iawa
Jensen
Richards
House Foreign Affairs
India
Senate House
House
John Maragon Jailed After Denied Plea
John Maragon once a White House caller was jailed after a judge refused to suspend his sentence for lying in a Senate inquiry about influence peddling. The Kansas City bootblack is to serve 8 to 24 months as his attorney calls him scapegoat in the probe.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Senate
Tve
Kansas City
Jennings Bailey
Edward J. Hayes
Maragon
MacArthur Said To Violate Orders At Yalu
Gen James Lawton Collins testified that General Douglas MacArthur violated orders by sending U S troops to the Yalu River frontier between Manchuria and Korea. He said five more divisions would be needed to implement MacArthur's Korean War proposals.
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Mac
Yalu
Collins
Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Yalu River
Manchuria
Korea
MacArthur
J. Lawton
Collin
Cyanamid Plant Still Pending in Southwest Virginia
American Cyanamid Co public relations manager said there is no change in plans for a 2000 acre plant site development near Carbo Virginia. He denied reports the company has cancelled the project and noted long investigations are needed before any plant is built.
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New York
Nn. Y
Cott Fuller
American Cyanamid Co
Virginia
Fuller
American Cyanamids
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
Carbo
Ponitesentitiva
Southwest
Clinchfield Coal Corp
Dante
Cyanamid
Chicago Inside Track For Democrats In 1952 Nomination
President Truman remained the sole candidate in sight as the Democratic National Committee chose the 1952 convention site. Chicago held the inside track for the July 21 week gathering, ahead of Philadelphia and Miami bids. Truman hinted he would decide soon whether to run again, saying a decision had been made but not announced. If he runs, he said, it would likely be for a second term rather than a third.
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Denver
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
Chicago
Miami
National Committee
Frank McHale
Indiana
Re Forters
Washington
White House
Parallel Advances Across 38th Parallel Stir Korean War Push
Allied tanks and troops crossed the 38th Parallel at two points in a broad offensive to chase Communist forces. Lt. Gen. Van Fleet praised the drive as the Eighth Army presses into North Korea, with air and ground units reporting heavy enemy losses and captured positions.
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Tokyo
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Stout
Chunchon
South Koren
Red Koren
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Utjongha
Korea
Mead Workers Vote Union Choice Today
Mead Corporation employees vote in a National Labor Relations Board election to decide which bargaining agency may represent about 1,100 eligible workers. They may choose between the Pulp and Paper Workers Union AFL and United Mine Workers District 50, with balloting supervised by NLRB staff and expected to continue late today.
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Mead Corporation
National Labor Relations
Pulp and Paper Workers Union
AFL
United Mine Workers, District 50
Mead Paper Mill Workers
NLRB
O. F. Woolf
Fer
Fishing Tables From John Alden Knight Plan
Fishing times and periods outline Major Periods starting at town times for an hour and a half, with Minor Periods of shorter duration. The guide uses Custom Standard Time and notes specifics for days and lakes.
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John Alden Knight
Wate Tay Mit Mines
Matec
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Lewis B. Polter
1St. Marine Division
3Rd Marine Brigade
AEC
L’aventure
Grand Banks
Dewitt Mackensie
Associated Press
AP Wirephain
Handyman
May
Platt
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Jack Griffith
Grace Griffith
Meridian
Miss
Army
Benators
Moe
Hunt
Edward M. Almond
10Th Corps
Clark L. Ruffner
Mead
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