Auto liability insurance premiums boosted in Tenn
Tennessee Insurance Commissioner M O Allen ordered auto liability rate hikes averaging 19.9 percent for bodily injury and up to 32.5 percent for property damage. Increases ranged by territory from 10 to 55 percent with Davidson County lowest. New rates apply to policies written after Sept 29 and to all policies on Nov 1. no cancellations to avoid the rise. He urged safe driving to help hold rates down amid 9,582 injuries or deaths last year.
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Nashville
Tennessee
M. O. Allen
Allen
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Beare
Davidson County
State Safety Department
No Hurricane Threat In Coastal Low Area
A 125 mile rain front described as a small bubble of low pressure moved toward the Atlantic coast with its center near the Georgia Florida border. Forecasters said it offered no serious threat as winds peaked around 25 mph and rain affected the Florida coast while small craft warnings were posted from Cape Hatteras to Jacksonville. A separate Memphis police report noted a drawn check on the East Bank of the Mississippi accepted by a downtown store without naming it.
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Miami
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Georgia-Florida
Miami Weather Bureau
Leonard Pardue
Florida Atlantic Coast
Jacksonville
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Memphis
East Bank of the Mississippi
Dread Polio Strikes Eight In One Family
In Scottsbluff Nebraska a mother watches over seven polio patients as her 11 year old son Bobby Rogers dies. Six other children are hospitalized in isolation along with one admitted earlier. In Washington the Public Health Service reports 3824 new polio cases for the week ending Sept 6, a year high.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
St. Mary’s Hospital
Bobby Rogers
Frank
Rogers
Washington
Public Health Service Today
United States
Bolich Indicted On Tax Charges
Daniel A Bolich once the government’s No 2 tax official was indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury on a five count tax evasion case covering 1946 to 1950. The DOJ said the jury’s probe continues as Congressional investigators pursue his activities.
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Washington
Daniel A Bolich
Justice Department
Brooklyn
McGranery
Bolich
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congressional
House
Henry Grunewald
Stevenson Boosts Western Campaign In California
Adlai Stevenson after whistle stop travels through California arrived in Los Angeles to deliver prepared remarks on government corruption and social security. He toured from San Francisco with eight stops and eight speeches drawing 1500 to 2000 crowds, Fresno reaching 6000, as Eisenhower refines his New York operations.
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Associated Press
Guv
Adlai Stevenson
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Truman
Fresno
Attaboy
Adlai
Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Tractor Scraper Collision Causes $300 Damage in Kingsport
A dirt scraper and a car collided at West Sullivan and the new U S 23 right of way in Kingsport early Thursday. The scraper operator Virgil Barnett and car driver Bruce Wingert were not charged. A hospital report said the girl Brenda Sue Liningham was struck near Watauga and Ravine, treated for foot injuries and abrasions.
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West Sullivan
Kingsport
Rogers
Wayne Construction Company
Bruce Wineger
Old Kingsport
E. L. Dykes
Signa
Virgil Barnett
D Street
Jicinity
Brenda Sue Liningham
Robert A. Laningham
East Park Drive
C. Kelly Minnich
Gate City
Watauga
Ravine
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Minhich
Texas Storm Drops Record Rainfall
AAN SABA Tex UP reports cloud bursts delivering up to 22.9 inches of rain in 24 hours across six Central Texas towns. Floodwaters isolated Kerrville Fredericksburg Comfort San Sales Johnson City and Marble Falls. at least three killed, possibly five. Rancher G L Tatum near Blanco recorded 22.8 inches in a day.
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Aan Saba
Tex
Texas
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
Comfort
San Sales
Johnson City
Marble Falls
G. L. Tatum
Blanco
Air Force unveils radio directed airborne lifeboat
MOBILE Alabama The Air Force shows a new radio guided lifeboat dropped from a bomber with a 100 foot parachute. The unmanned craft lands in the sea and is steered by radio to survivors with a rescue plane overhead guiding the operation.
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Air Force
Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Morchorgan
Brookey Air Force Base
Nightmare Turns Red For AF Sergeant
A 21 year old Air Force sergeant from Oak Ridge radar unit suffered a broken neck and other injuries when a nightmare drove him through a second story window. Sgt Gilbert Bennett of Lake City was reported in satisfactory condition at St Mary's Hospital Knoxville. Attendants said he broke through a window and fell to the ground after being disturbed by a nightmare.
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Knoxville
Oak Ridge
Gilbert Bennett
Lake City
St. Mary's Hospital
Bennett
Tough S Koreans Hold Firm Repulse Chinese Assault
The report details a fierce clash on Capitol Hill where South Korean forces repelled Chinese attacks. Heavy artillery and night fighting left an estimated 2,800 Communist casualties and 700 attackers on the slopes of Finger Ridge.
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Seoul
Korea
Hiulli
Eighth Army
Republic of Korea
Capitol Hill
Red Western
Korreans
Finger Ridge
Ani
Truman rails at Eisenhower on isolationist Congress
President Truman accused General Eisenhower of advocating an isolationist Congress which he said would not bring peace. In a news conference he tied the Republican call for a new Congress to a failure to seek peace and allowed quotes around the term isolationist Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sabath, 86, In Critical Condition At Chicago Hospital
Longtime U S Representative Adolph J Sabath 86 once known as dean of the House was listed in critical condition at Michael Reese Hospital Chicago after entering yesterday doctors kept illness private He had major surgery last spring and was released June 14 to attend the Democratic national convention and return to Washington Friends say he faces a relapse tied to age and the campaign Sabath was first elected in 1906 from Illinois Seventh District and has been reelected 22 consecutive times
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Chicago
Adolph J. Sabath
D-Il
House of Representatives
Michael Reese Hospital
Sabath
Michael Reese
Washington
Illinois
174 Tax Agents Fired In Year Says Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder reports the Bureau of Internal Revenue dismissed 174 employees in the 12 months to June 30. Of those, 53 were fired for taking bribes or gifts and 24 for embezzlement. He notes wartime strain and a push to weed out undesirables ahead of congressional scrutiny.
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Snyder
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Momaneepengee Snyder
Treasury
Tax Bureau
Internal Revenue
North Korean Protest Over POW Death at Panmunjom
North Korea's Gen Nam Ji protests to UN senior delegate Gen Harrison over a POW found dead by hanging in a hose enclosure at Mare Island. He accuses the UN of persecuting to death and calls for accountability under the Geneva Convention as negotiators end a weeklong recess with limited progress on Korea talks.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Mare Island
William K. Harrison
U. N
Nam Ji
Nam
Reda
Record crop and livestock output despite drought in 1952
The Agriculture Department reported a near record crop yield for September 1 1952 with total livestock product output set to be the largest ever. Some Southern Southwest and drought hit areas face winter feed shortages while overall balanced production limited by drought effects.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Innocent Youth Dead As Plot Backfires In Texas
ALICE Texas The law partner of a candidate for district attorney was held on a murder charge as Rangers probed a political assassination plot that backfired. Jacob Floyd Jr 22 was killed in a case tied to feuds in Duval and Jim Wells Counties. two others including Mario Sapate and an unnamed man were charged.
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Alice
Tex
Texas Rangers
Nago Alaniz
Jacob S
Buddy) Floyd Jr
Duval
Jim Wells
South
Texas
Rangers
Jacob
Floyd
Alaniz
Rayburn Morris
George Parr
Duval County
Mario E. Turko Sap|ate
San Antonio
Jim Wells County
Moody Authorized to Proceed in Coal Talks
Southern Coal Operators Association directors instructed chief negotiator Joseph E. Moody to pursue talks with United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis before the September 30 contract expiry. They kept the decision open, signaling possible acceptance of the Lewis plan with a modest miners pay raise. Lewis seeks even employment for his 320,000 Soft coal members with premium pay for extra work days.
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Washington (P
Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Operators Association
Joseph E. Moody
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Tito Says War Not Imminent
Tito told visiting Norwegian newspapermen that he believes the Soviets are not planning an attack on Yugoslavia soon but warned that any assault would trigger World War III. He said Yugoslavia would resist and stressed Western reliance on his country for defense of Western Europe and control of the Mediterranean lifeline.
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Split
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Western
Europe
Soviet Union
Isonze
Italy
Adriatic
Russia
Mediterranean
Solunar Tables and Lake Stage Forecast Update
Solunar tables show petiogs schedule with distorted text. The Lake stages forecast lists Thursday water levels at Wateuga and MAS2 with entries for Friday and Sunday.
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Wateuga
Aercken
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