Illinois River Flood isolates Grand Tower town
Grand Tower Illinois faced complete isolation as the Mississippi rose to 40.6 feet the highest since 1943. Coast Guard supplied essentials by boat and amphibian craft while 1,600 residents evacuated to high ground. One casualty a 12 year old with a broken ankle.
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Grand Tower
Illinois
Coast Guard
Billy Claus
State Department of Health
St. Louis
Dupe
Ill
Perry County
Here
Mississippi River
Tax Cut Bill Push Aims January 1948 Effective Date
Senator Hatch argues for a $4 billion tax cut to take effect January 1 1948 to aid small taxpayers and avoid refunds. The House Ways and Means Committee approved the plan vetoed by President Truman, with a House vote likely Tuesday and Senate action soon. Hatch criticizes the veto as an admission of weakness and commends the majority for frankness.
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Washington
Hatch
D-Nm
Congress
House
Ways and Means Comee
Truman
Senate
Knutson
R-Minu
Rouse Committee
Demo Leader Gael Sullivan Faces DUI Trial in Rhode Island
Gael Sullivan 42 executive director of the Democratic National Committee is to stand trial July 14 in Wakefield Rhode Island district court on a driving under the influence charge from a crash the night before. He pleaded innocent at a special session of the second district court and was released on personal recognizance for trial in South Kingston.
Lockmaster Retires at No 9 Lock and Dam
Frank Knigge retires this week as lockmaster at lock and dam No 9 Lynxville Wisconsin after 24 years with the St Paul district corps of engineers. He plans to move to McGregor Iowa and will be succeeded by Abbott block. Edmund Fitzpatrick will fill the vacancy left by Abbott's promotion.
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Frank Knigge
Lock and Dam No
Lynxville
Wis
St. Paul
Corps of Engineers
Knigge
McGregor
Block
Edmund Fitzpatrick
Abbott
Weather roundup for La Crosse area
Mostly cloudy with local thunderstorms early tonight then clear and cooler. Sunday will be partly cloudy and cooler with a low around 62. Highs remain uncertain as the forecast calls for sun and clouds.
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la Crosse
Congress Considers 50 50 Chance of Special Session
Washington sources say Congress may hold a special session by October to map a program for Europe’s recovery. Bipartisan talks focus on how when and where, sparked by the Marshall plan ideas and Paris conference discussions.
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Washington
Congress
Iing Europe
Pane
Paris
Marshall
United States
Europe
Mine ConNnLrace Settlements Soon
The Illinois Coal Operators Association expects to settle with John L. Lewis this weekend and return 40,000 miners to work Tuesday. The contract calls for a 1.63 per hour wage increase and a six-cent per ton levy to fund welfare. a nine hour day was reduced to eight. Southern operators wait for final language as UMW and management lawyers finalize terms.
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Washington
Miinois Coal Operators Association
John L. Lewis
George F. Campbell Wannelard
United Mine Workers
Campbell
Indiana
Southern Coal Producers Association
I 16
Lewis’ Policy Committee
Iwindis Deep
UMW
Southern Coal Operators Association
Lewis
United States Steel Corporation
Walter Thurmond
Southern Association
UMW Welfare Fund
Truman denounces Russia in Monticello address on independence day
President Truman urged peace and unity in a Monticello speech denouncing Russia's stance on the Marshall plan. He urged open information flows and warned against organized mistrust while noting Britain and France invitees to a European recovery dialogue. He planned a relaxing weekend before returning to Washington tomorrow.
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Charlottesville
Truman
Russia
Soviet Union
Marshall
Paris
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Europe
Ernest Bevin
London
America
Britain
Bevin
Stanley Woodward
State Department
Iber
Uni
Washington
Britain and France Send New Plea to Russians
Britain and France dispatched new notes to the Soviet Union seeking Russia's participation in postwar European reconstruction. The moves followed Bevin's warning to Russia and accompanied invites to a 24 nation Paris conference on an inter European economy with American aid. Greece Portugal the Netherlands and Denmark indicated acceptance or intent to attend, with Turkey Belgium Switzerland Ireland and Iceland also expected to join.
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London
Britain
France
Russia
Foreign Office
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Georgi Zarubin
Transi
Paris
Bevin
American Society
Georges Bidault
Marshall
Rome
Greece
Portugal
Netherlands
Denmark
Turkey
Belgium
Switzerland
Eire
Iceland
Dewey Begins Western Trek
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York starts a 4000 mile western tour seen as the first major phase of a back stage bid for the 1948 Republican nomination. He plans to visit Mrs. Dewey’s parents and his mother, attend the governors conference in Salt Lake City, and provide sightseeing for his sons. He maintains political silence, as in 1944, and is not expected to declare.
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Salt Lake City
Search For Flier Urban Rahoi Missing Since Thursday
An aerial search was under way for Urban Rahoi of Iron Mountain Michigan who left Vancouver on Thursday morning in a light plane bound for Fairbanks Alaska. Rahoi was bound for Sullivan Bay about 250 miles away and has not been heard from since.
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Vancouver
B. C
Urban Rahoi
Iron Mountain
Mich
Fairbanks
Alaska
Rahoi
Sullivan Bay
Fourth of July crowds in La Crosse hit peak turnout
Firecrackers boomed from dawn to midnight as La Crosse residents flocked to parks, roads, air shows and circuses. The day stayed mostly safe with a few minor incidents, including injuries at 116 North Third street, a serious skull fracture from a fall, and a 20 foot tree fall.
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la Crosse
North Third Street
George Gilbert
Dan Erickson
Hoeschler
Max Fischer
Wood Street
Sportys Barking Saves Three Families From Fire
Milwaukee report says Sporty a German shepherd saved three families by barking and clawing at doors to wake residents above the Szejnas tavern. Ten fled to safety as firemen fought the two hour blaze that consumed the tavern causing about 4500 dollars in damage. Cause not immediately determined.
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Milwaukee
Nic
Ber Pnard
Szeinas
Szejnas
Romania's exiled king wed to Elena Lupescu in Brazil
Former King Carol of Romania and his companion Elena Lupescu were married in the Copacabana Palace suite in Rio de Janeiro. Their escape from Bucharest amid bullets in 1940 and long exile spanned several countries before settling in Brazil with prior refusals of refuge elsewhere.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Carol of
Romania
Mme
Elena Lupescu
Ernesto Adreanu
Carol
Copacabana Palace
O Globo
Lupescu
Bucharest
Tron Guard
Yugoslavia
Italy
Switzerland
Berlin
Hai
Spain
Portugal
Gerissimo Roates
Hitler
Cuba
Mexico
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Russia
Bevin Thanks U S For Defeating British
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin delivered a Fourth of July toast praising Americans for defeating Britain and celebrating the United States of America. At the dinner presided by U S Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas Bevin invoked Revolution and Yorktown with a defiant line about future ties.
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London
Ernest Bevin
United States of America
U. S
Lewis W. Douglas
Bunier Hill
Yorktown
Bevin
Educator Dr William C Ruediger Dies at 73
Dr William Carl Ruediger 73 noted educator and author died at his home in Washington. A native of Fountain City Wisconsin he taught from Alma to Eau Claire and Winona before leading George Washington University School of Education. He authored numerous education books and spoke at Fountain City high school event in 1940.
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Washington
William Carl Ruediger
Wisconsin
Ruediger
Fountain City
Buffalo County
George Washington University
University of Wisconsin
Columbia University
Alma
Wis
Eau Claire
Winona
George P. Ruediger
Will Play Ball Game Slated For Tonight
Tonight's ball game at Copeland Park is set for 8 15 PM between the Peerless and VFW clubs of the City league pending further rain according to the park department.
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Copeland Park
Peerless
VFW
Speed Champ Dies In Crash At Decorah Iowa
Decorah Iowa July Fourth tragedy ends Marge Hurlbut world speed record holder and Flying Tigers star. The 32 year old aviatrix died when a borrowed AT6 trainer dived during a looping maneuver in a corn field near the airport as the air show audience watched. Remainder of the program canceled. Hurlbut joined the Flying Tigers three days before and had set a 337.635 mph speed record at Miami. She was born in Painesville Ohio and taught school before becoming a stunt flyer.
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Decorah
Marge Hurlbut
Miss Hurlbut
Tigers Air Circus
Huribui
Iimp
Flying Tigers
Battle Creek
Mich
ATG
Miami
Jacqueline Cochran
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Cleveand
Ned the Wasps
Painesville
Bowling Green
State University
Winneshiek 4-H Club
Air Circus
Flying Saucers Seen Across Cities Heighten Mystery
Portland residents pilots and picnickers report silvery discs undulating over Portland and Idaho scenes as United Air Lines crew member confirms sighting near Boise. City police, flyers and reporters echo sightings while a photographer captures a light spot in the night sky. Oregonian sends a reporter to investigate.
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Portland
Ore
United Air Lines
Twin Falls Park
Idaho
UAL
Boise
Port Huron
Mich
E. J. Smith
Seattle
Emmeet
Ontario
Twin Falls
Ydsho
al Seatile
Frank Ryman
Coast Guard
Oregonian
Nation's Fourth of July death toll climbs across injuries
Auto crashes and drownings dominate the holiday toll as 253 fatalities are tallied with a day and a half left. Drownings include 103 deaths, autos 98, misc 48. a Elk Neck Maryland explosion kills three at a reunion. Wisconsin, New York report multiple fatalities. plane crashes claim several lives.
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Associated Press
Elk Neck
William Cameron
Anna
Ruth Anne Holmes
Maine
National Safety Council
Texe
New Yor
Wisconsin
Indiana
Martin Schulwalter
Lehman, Jr
Watertown
Lehman
LaPorte
Schulwalter
Wellsboro
Ind
Betty Erickson
Marinette
Milwaukee
James E. Hopkins
Waukesha County
Lawrence Binder
Highway
Herbert Borkowski
Stanley Dubis
Milwaukee County General Hospital
Rose Knox
Solon Springs
Superior
Wis
Sclon Springs
Fritz Dressel
Jim Falls
Edward Kurtz, Jr
Kurtz
Dressel
Augusta, Hill
Oxford
Montello
John Flynn
Mar
Debris From Plane Found in Atlantic Ocean
A navy ship recovered an oxygen bottle and a yellow cushion identified as army aircraft equipment from the Atlantic 300 miles northeast of West Palm Beach as the Orion continued search for a missing C-54 cargo plane with six aboard. Army officials caution the items may be from the missing plane but not confirm.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Orion
Mumphreys
Fifth Air Rescue Squadron
Morrison Army Air Field
Kindley Field
Bermuda
Morrison Field
Afoon
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