Maine 1952 election tests GOP strength in statewide races
The Maine election today serves as the year s first test of Republican versus Democratic strength with expected Republican wins in governor U S Senate and three House seats. A taft Eisenhower conference is awaited for hints on the presidential race while a Maine liquor monopoly bribery case shadows the campaign.
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Associated Press
Maine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai, Stevenson
Ilinois
U.S
U. S
House of Representatives
Margaret Chase Smith
Frederick G. Payne
Tate
U. S. Senate
Payne
Roger P. Dube
Earl S. Grant
Bernard T. Zahn
Liquor Commission
Democratic National
Lquor
George W. Ball
Steven~oon
Eisenhower
C Payne
Eneral
Ball
Stevenson
Madison County
Harold O. Gwillim
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Portland
Hicks Rehires 4 Tax Workers in Revaluation Office
Four of the former eight Sullivan County Tax Assessor revalua tion department workers were reinstated after last week. Eight aides were terminated on August 11 as the department closed for the month. Tax Assessor Cleve Hicks planned to reopen around September 1 with about 15 employees. Returning staff include Co. M Minnick of Bristol, deputy tax assessor Jack Catron, Jerry Bimerly, Cap White, and newly enjoyed draftsman Phil Carter. Piers noted the tax revaluation proceeding.
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Co. M. Minnick
Bristol
Jack Catron
Jerry Bimerly
Cap White
Phil Carter
Piers
Well-Heeled Man Pays Fine From $1,830 Roll
A 35-year-old man connected to a grand yet unclear tax event in Sullivan County paid a fine from a roll totaling $1,830 in 1953. Police noted the man carried large sums in $20 and smaller bills when detained, with the county's 1952 land tax assessment listed at $61,139,997. The case involves tax roll completion and transfer to the county trustee for collection, following an ongoing reassessment program.
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Grong
Paul Bowers
Sullivan County
County Trust
Imoney
Iranian Premier Rejects U S Proposals In Oil Dispute
Tehran Premier Mohammed Mossadegh flatly rejects the British American plan in the Anglo Iranian oil quarrel calling the Truman Churchill proposal inequitable and impracticable. He hinted possible court settlement while British envoy George Middleton conferred at Mossadeghs home.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
George Midleton
Britain
United States
Anglo- Iranian Oil Co
Georgia sportsman charged with voluntary manslaughter
David Red Barron of Clayton Georgia faces a voluntary manslaughter charge in the death of his wife Sheriff Lamon Queen announced an autopsy showed severe facial bruises. Barron once starred at Georgia Tech and later pursued baseball, college administration and ran a mountain camp for boys. The Rabun County coroner's jury issued the charge following the family tragedy.
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Clayton
David Red Barron
Georgia
Lamon Queen
Rabun County
Barron
Georgia Tech
Disaster Averted as Luxury Cruiser Sinks Near Juneau
In Alaska 387 evacuated from the sinking 6000 ton Princess Kathleen after it ran aground on a reef near Point Lena 17 miles north of Juneau. Coast Guard cutter rescued 308 passengers and 286 crew four hours before the ship sank. 88 year old Mary Thorne of San Francisco praised the crew and calm passengers. Investigations into the sinking were ordered by Canadian Pacific Railroad.
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Juneau
Alaska
Coast Guard
G. O. Hughes
Kathleen
Vancouver
Skagway
Point Lena
Mary Thorne
San Francisco
Hunt For Tanker Crew Pushed
NORFOLK Va Two more survivors of the freighter Foundation Star were rescued today about 40 miles south of Cape Hatteras. Total survivors rise to 21 with eight crewmen still missing as search continues for missing crew in rough Atlantic waters off Charleston South Carolina.
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Norfolk, Va
Foundation Star
Norfok
Charleston
8. C
Norfolk
Cape Hatteras
Flames Destroy Home On Ridge
Flames consumed a five room frame house on Skyland Drive owned by C. B. Gilley Jr as Highland Station firemen fought a rear blaze with a water supply failure. Neighbors alerted the department at 9 p.m. no one was home. by 11 p.m. only a skeleton remained. Cause undetermined though suspected to have started in the front portion.
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Pat Fields
Highland Station
C. B. Gilley, Jr
Skyland Drive
Gilley
Old Stage Head
Walter Kline
Scott Motor Company
Tennessee Valley Fair Opens in Knox at Chilhowee Park
The 3ard Tennessee Valley Agricultural and Industrial Fair opened at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville. Over 100 booths display nearly 10,000 exhibits from farm, home, school and industry chasing $52,000 in prizes. Today is juniors day with 4-H FFA Future Homemakers and safety patrol groups admitted free.
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Knoxville
Toecome
Chilhowee Fark
Future Farmers of Amer
Ica
Future Homemakers
t/America
Georgia Girl Chosen As 1952 Miss America
Neva Langley, 19, named Miss America after winning preliminary swimsuit and talent rounds at Atlantic City. Born in Lakeland, Florida, she represents Georgia and embarks on a 100000 mile glamor tour with 325 personal appearances planned over the next year.
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Neva Langley
Macon
Georgia Peach
Jo Hoppe
Chicago
Atlantic City
N. J
Reading
Neva
Georgia
Lakeland
Fla
Bookie King Erickson Pleads No Defense in Million Dollar Ring
HACKENSACK N J Wealthy Frank Erickson king of the bookmakers pleaded no defense to running a ten million dollar gambling empire on both sides of the Hudson River. He changed his plea in a conference with Deputy Atty Gen Stamler John Toolan and Judge Leyden who set Oct 6 for sentencing. Erickson 55 faces up to three years in state prison though defense seeks suspended sentence. His Bronx office manager Alexander Levy also changed plea and will be sentenced with him. Both jailed on ten thousand dollar bail pending sentencing.
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Hackensack
N. J
Frank Erickson
Hudson River
Nelson Fl. Stamler
John Toolan
Erickson
J. Wallace Leyden
Leyden
Texans Try To Make Up Lad's Lost Christmas
Vernon Texas residents rallied for five year-old Tommie Yates after a brutal Christmas Eve attack left him paralyzed and dependent. The town collected gifts and money totaling hundreds, while officials sought care and a safe home for the boy now under state guardianship. His mother received prison time for the assault.
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Fred Roetechke
Tommie Yates
Tommie
Vernon
Wilbarger Grove
Texas Movielphans
Jesse Gwenn
Dallas
Baylors
Hejin
New Gadget To Give Sabre jets Big Advantage
Air Force Secretary Thomas Finletter disclosed a secret new gadget or gimmick for the F-84 Sabre jet, to be tested in Korea, promising a very great technical edge over Russian MIGs. He suggested more MIG-15s would fall and F-84s stay aloft, with details to be released once the Communists learn of it. He also defended aircraft production gains and warned against sacrificing quality for quantity while addressing congressional critiques.
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Washington
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
Korea
United States
Finletter
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Air Force Chief of Staff
Congress
Security Chief Desertion Shocks Korean War Truce Talks
PANMUNJOM Korea United Nations said a North Korean security officer who kept others from deserting deserted to UN lines. The officer, a first lieutenant, left the 1000 yard neutral zone and surrendered to Allied troops after attempts to surrender in the neutral area failed. He had been in charge of posting the Red security guard and had considered desertion for some time.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U.N
8Th Army
Seoul
U. N
Red
Four Dangerous Convicts Escape From Tennessee Prison
NASHVILLE UP Four Negro convicts described by Warden Glenn Swafford as dangerous fled the state prison here last night. The warden said 50 to 100 other convicts might have joined but were asleep or refused. He discharged four guards for negligence after learning of the break. Escaped were Eugene Penn 24 Bristol serving a 09 year sentence since Oct 25 1934 for murder of a guard at Pikeville reform school. Grady Wyatt 28 Hamilton County sentenced July 9 1943 to 198 years for three counts of rape and robbery. Lewis Bell 47 Shelby County sentenced to life on Aug 13 1950 for rape paroled June 28 1949. (See Escape Page 10)
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Nashville
Glenn ‘Swafford
Bristol
State Reformatory
Pikeville
Grady Wyatt
Hamilton County
Lewis Bell
Shelby County
Lfe
Former Tennessee reporter admits writing threat note in murder case
Dillam A. King, once Trenton correspondent for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, testified he wrote a threatening note while covering the Jan. 18 killings of Trenton businessman Robert Hays Phelan and waitress Kathleen Wilson McCage to get closer to the story. He said the note was a joke for his wife that escalated as he sought more involvement in the investigation. King left Trenton Aug. 2 and has faced charges of desertion and non support.
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Trenton, Tenn
Dillam A. King
Trenton
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Robert Hays Phelan
Kathleen Wilson McCage
Wo King
West
Tennessee
Trenton Mills
King
Sheriff's Office
Gibson County Grand Jury
Rhode Island
Memphis
Strike Stops Output Of Newest Jet Plane
About 45,000 Lockheed workers in Burbank Calif went on strike stopping production of the Air Force s newest jet fighter the F 94 Star Fire On site union leaders said wage talks bogged down and only government intervention could end the walkout Union officials noted other Lockheed craft such as Neptune P 33 trainer and Constellation transport continued production amid ongoing negotiations and federal mediators efforts.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Air Force
International Association of Machinists
AFS
John Snider
Lockheed
Navy
Washington
Fierce Chinese Attacks Thrown At Capital Hill
Chinese and South Korean infantry battled for Capital Hill amid heavy UN and Communist artillery. An American officer described largely hand-to-hand fighting with bayonets grenades and clubs, noting no side controlled the crest due to dueling barrages. UN artillery reportedly ruined two Red battalions. Fifth Air Force jettisoned five MIGs and damaged five more near the Manchurian border, boosting the September tally to 22 destroyed. Major Frederick Blesse credited with two downed MIGs today, raising his total to seven.
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Beoul
Korea
Capital Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
Hil
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Manchurian
Richmond
Phoenix
Ariz
Father reunites with daughters after 37 years apart
Roy L. Young, a Klamath Falls taxi driver, spent over a quarter century and thousands of dollars searching Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and more after his Navy service split the family in 1925. Last week he stepped off a bus into the arms of his two daughters in Lincoln. The reunion ended a decades long quest and the family spoke of overwhelming emotion.
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Lincoln
Neb
Roy L. Young
Klamath Falls
Ore
Young
Daniel Fuss
Fritz Roth
Falla City
Ned
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Oregon
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