Truman quits race sparks questions on successors and impact
Washington crowded with speculation after President Truman said he will not run again. Officials weighed who could become the nominee with Stevenson, Kefauver, Russell, Kerr, and others in play. Governors Talmadge Byrnes White hailed Russell while Stassen and Taft framed the GOP race amid Democratic uncertainty.
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Oklahoma
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Texas
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Herman Talmadge
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Hugh White
Mississippi
Plan To Attack Across Area Hit By A Bomb In New Tests
In a Nevada atomic test series soldiers and Marines will practice assault tactics near blast zones. About 7,000 personnel from the Army and Marine Corps will participate starting next month. Navy Secretary Kimball outlined atomic power uses for naval operations and aircraft carrier delivery of bombs. The move follows last November’s troop-assisted tests and aims to study psychological effects of blasts. The Army group includes the 82nd Airborne, 1st Armored, 31st and 47th Infantry units from Exercise Long Horn.
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Army
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Navy
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Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Long Horn
Texas
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1St Armored
31St
47Th Infantry
Police Busy in Sparta Saturday Night
Sparta Wisconsin saw a busy night as police handled multiple calls. Residents reported a broken window and storm sash damage, prowlers with a stolen 32 caliber revolver, and theft of keys from Monroe County highway department trucks. A collision at South Water Street damaged Robert Kronberg’s car front after a crash with a car driven by Mrs. Jack Wiggins.
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Pine St
Robert Sanders
Henry Cline
Monroe St
A. S. Eyler
Iva Kitchell Birthday Tribute and Career Review
Iva Kitchell born March 31 1912 in Junction City Kansas as Emma Baugh is celebrated as a dancing satirist and town choreographer. The performer created her own costumes and gained praise for technique and talent from New York to Canada Hawaii and South America. She began in the Chicago Opera ballet earning 35 dollars weekly.
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Junction City
Kan
Emma Baugh
New York
United States
Canada
Hawaii
South America
Chicago Opera Ballet
Woman Flier Resigns Post Over CAA Policy Shift
Phoebe F. Omlie, first American woman to win a federal pilot license, resigns as special assistant to the Civil Aeronautics Administration Aviation Development, citing Truman era moves toward socializing civil aviation. She warns policy shifts may liquidate America's aviation industry and push government ownership.
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Truman Administration
Phoebe F. Omlie
Aviation Development
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
America
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