Arab armies press toward Tel Aviv amid mounting toll
The Associated Press reports Arab forces from Egypt Iraq and Trans Jordan encircling Tel Aviv while frontal assault shows no sign. Iraqi armor pushes from Ras El Ain nine miles away as Arab leaders hesitate over UN ceasefire demands. Trans-Jordan forces advance from the southeast, Egyptian bombers hit coastal towns, and Jewish and Arab units trade attacks near Isdud Tulkarm and Rehovot. The UN deadline looms and a Soviet recognition broadcast appeals for aid.
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Associated. Press
Egypt
Iraq
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Ras el Ain
Cairo
United Nations
den of Partition 4
Folka Bernadotte
U.N
Haifa
Arab League
Amman
Natrun
Tel Avive
Terusalem
Trans-Jordan Araby
Hartov
Israel
Traqi
Tulkarm
Isdud
Defense Ministry
Rehovot
Khelda
Afula
Marhavia
Sha‘ax Hagolan
Jordan Valley
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Mnte
Holy Sepulchre
Soviet Union
Tarael
Britain
United States State Department
U.N. Security Council
Palestine
Russia
Blaze in St Paul Stockyards Reported Early Noon Fire
A fire broke out in the west chutes of the South St. Paul stockyards shortly before noon today, reported by a watchman who called it a bad one. The blaze disrupted operations and drew emergency personnel to the site amid ongoing assessments.
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St. Paul
South St. Paul
Minn
Cherokee Lake Tragedy Claims St Paul Man E J Lytton
E J Lytton 55 of St Paul Va, employed by Clinch Reed Coal, believed drowned after a beached hired motorboat on Cherokee Lake near Beeta Tourist Court. Funeral and family details listed. body not found by Monday morning as rescuers searched with sheriff, highway patrol, and relatives.
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Bean Station
Tenn
Cherokee Lake
Beeta
E. J. Lytton
Clinchfleit Coal Corporation
St. Paul
Lytten
Thomas Warren
Grainger County
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Clinch Reid’ 1 Corporation
Dante
Lytton
Maury Thomas Lytton
EB. J. Lytton, Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Thomas W. Lytton
Shelby A. Parker
Cruger
Mias
Thomas B. Porter
Indianapolis
Ind
K. Auvil
Limestone
Teen
C. H. Lytton
Grunny
T. J. Bailey
Willow Run
Mich
P. M. Lytton
Athens
W. Va
J. S. Ayers
Clinton
N. C
ER. B. Lytton
L. B. Neel
Four Hitchhikers Held After Attack On Kindly Motorist
Four hitchhikers from Kingsport including two men and two women are jailed in Sullivan County after attacking and robbing motorist G W Daniels of Asheville. Charlie Hickman and Joe Hickmen face robbery and felonious assault charges with bonds of 3000 and 2000 dollars respectively, while Viola Harris and Louise Wilkles are held on 3000-dollar bonds for aiding and abetting. Daniels, who had given them a lift and bought food and cigarettes, identified the quartet after his car was abandoned near Piney Flats and later wrecked near the same area. Police, including Constable O W Burgin and Deputies Glover, Webb, and Howard, arrested the four. Daniels was returned to Piney Flats after the assault.
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Jwemle
Kingsport
Sullivan County
Charlie Hickman
Joe Hickmen
Viola Harris
Louise Wilkles
George L. McIntyre
Hickman
G.[ W. Daniels
Asheville
Norton
Daniels
Piney Flats
O. W. Burgine
E. Glover
Lester Webb
Pat Howard
Sute
Robeson Refuses To Answer If He Is Communist
Washington reports Robeson, a Negro singer, refused to tell a senate panel whether he is a member of the American Communist Party. He said he would go to jail rather than answer. He opposed the Mundt Nixon Communist Control bill but refused a direct party membership question. Contempt action potential hung on committee decision.
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Washington
Pan
Robeson
American Communist Party
Senate Judiciary Committee
BML
Communist Party
America
Ferguson R-Michas
Berguson
Singer
Wiley
Cr-Wise
Moore
R-Okla
United States
Russia
Congress
House Committee On Un-American Activities
James Imbrié
U.S
New Jersey
Henry ‘Wallace
Memorial Day Court Dockets Grow With Weekend Offenses
Memorial Day weekend led to heavy dockets in City and Sessions Courts with 48 public drunkenness charges, five drunken driving cases, and other offenses. In City Court Wesley B. Harris and James S. Beasley forfeited 50 dollars and license suspensions. Beasley’s was 14 months 23 days for a second offense. Bly W. Green pleaded guilty to drunk driving possessing whisky and driving without a license, fined 75 dollars and license revoked. Sessions Court saw two drunk driving cases bound to Circuit Court for 3500 dollars each. Additional fines included reckless driving, more public drunkenness, and liquor possession. Numerous forfeitures were noted for possessing liquor and indecent exposure with other minor offenses.
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Sessions Court
Wesley B. Harris
Johnson City
James 5. Beasley
Kingsport
Beasley
Bly W. Green
WLI Fairview Avenue
Sessions
S. G. Gilbreath
Clarence G
Atkins
Jennings B. Insley
Highland .Street
Dignitaries Dedicate Southwest Va Museum
Governor William M. Tuck and Virginia officials dedicate the Southwest Virginia Museum in Stone Gap. The ceremony honors C Bascom Slemp’s legacy, with about 2,000 locals in attendance as the museum to house Slemp relics and serve as a cultural center under Slemp Foundation and State Conservation Commission supervision.
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VFW
Willam’m. Tue
Southwest Virginia
Big Stone Gap
Herman Giles Big
Stone Gap
C. Bascom Slemp
William M. Tuck
William A. Wright
Virginia
Vof Stemp
Tuck
Southwest
Slemp Foundation
State, Conservation Commission
Appalachian
Stendfast
Judge Dismisses Contempt Charge Against Nashville Reporter
Judge Jesse L. Rogers dismissed a contempt of court citation against Nat Caldwell of the Nashville Tennessean after ruling sources and informants cited in a news story need not be disclosed. The District Attorney had sought contempt for Caldwell's refusal to name informants who claimed a State Patrolman owned part of an Anderson County liquor store. The judge noted the information came in confidence and that press reporting relies on confidential sources.
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Wnawun, Lenn
Jesse L. Rogers
Nat Caldwell
Nashville Tennessean
Caldwell
Dist. Atty
Howard H. Baker
Baker
Anderson County
Rogers
Grand Jury
Brabson May Enter Race For Governor
Greeneville Tenn February report states Thomas OD Brabson president of the First National Bank said he was giving serious consideration to seeking the Republican nomination for governor in the upcoming race.
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Greeneville, Tenn
Thomas OD. Brabson
First National Bank
Street Scenes Show Sprinkler Run As Rain Pours Down
In a whimsical window, a fussy home scene unfolds with a lawn sprinkler running while rain pours. A distraught brother and two young girls prepare for the bus, touching up makeup and hair, reflecting mischievous childhood chatter and promises of good behavior at home.
Czechs Oppose Reds With Blank Ballots In Sunday Election
Prague reports 770701 blank ballots as protest against the Communist led National Front. Total votes 7199846 from 8005887 registered. Communist ticket 6420145. Blank ballots high in some districts. turnout 7199846 with 906041 not voting or invalid. Projections place Communist seats around 205-210. Social Democrats ~28. Merger of parties into Workers' Party expected next month.
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Prague
Uno Mimatry
Interior
National Front
Bohemia-Moravia
Poten
Slovakia
Jeaders
Social’ Democrats
Workers’ Party
Flooding at Vanport Dike Break Described by AP Reporter
AP reporter Sy Gordon MacNab recounts the Vanport flood scene with vivid detail. A red haired girl runs through the street while cars and residents flee toward higher ground. Water appears as a two foot high wall sweeping through Denver Avenue toward the dike and surrounding apartment blocks as deputies attempt rescue amid splintering buildings.
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Bonteraway
Viadma
Srasp
Columbia River
Portland
Vanport
Oregon
Vanport College
Adiust
Mile Square
Gordon MacNab
Ore
Denver Avenue
Denver Avenuue
Hub Deep
Seven Killed In Tennessee Holiday Toll
Seven people died and at least eight were injured in Tennessee during Memorial Day weekend traffic crashes. Names include Frank Woody of Monterey and J A T Taylor of Turrell, with multiple fatal incidents across Tipton County and near Memphis, plus two motorcycle deaths in Cookeville. The National Safety Council cites a national toll near 712 for holiday travel.
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Associated Preseeven
Tennessee
Mermorial Day
Frank Woody
Monterey
Tenn
Rockwood
Robert M. Robbing, Jr
Shepherd Blackmen
Memphis
J . A. T. Taylor
Turrell
Ark
Tipton County
Clay Maynard
Cookeville
Corley
Chattanooga
Jasper M. Haynes
Unionville
Inhelbyville
National Safety Council
Alabama
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Tinois
Indiana
Town
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetta
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Texas
West Virginia
Whconsin
Wyoming
Speedway Race Opens With Record Fast Field At Indy
Rex Mays led the opening laps as Wilbur Shaw released the pace car. Mauri Rose battled for second with Bil Holland on the back of a record 275000 attendance. The 2 1/2 mile track hosts a field of new cars and drivers in a landmark Memorial Day race.
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Indianapolis
Rex Mays
Khummed
E.S.T
Wilbur Shaw
Speedway
Mays
Mauri Rose
Bil Holland
Holland
Rose J
Harry McQuinn
South
Bend
Ind
Gill Holland
Reading
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Oan
Rufus A. Ayers
Brabson
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