Moves against Truman over steel mill seizure stirs impeachment talk
In Washington the House impeachment move against President Truman for seizing steel Mills was introduced by Rep Hale with a resolution declaring the President violated the Constitution and return to private operation. The measure was referred to Judiciary. Senate debate focused on blocking funds for the seizure.
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Bulletin
Washington
U—The
Senate
Truman
House
Rep
R-Mp
Judiciary Committee
United States
Rep. McCormack
Massachussetts
Crawford
R-Mich
More Rain in State to Peka
A new round of showers drenched Kansas with waterlogging across the state. Forecaster Richard Garrett warned a pattern of recurrent showers and thunderstorms is likely in the coming days. Elkhart and Scott City each reported 1.48 inches, boosting totals since last Thursday to 3.24 inches in Elkhart. Rain expected to spread from west to east Tuesday with easing by Wednesday. Temperatures ranged from the 50s in the east to 36 in the west, with highs around 80 in central Kansas.
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Peka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Elkhart
Scott City
Garrett
Chanute
Goodland
Teading
Kansas River
Wil Hattan
Wamego
Lawrence Wi
Duluth Mother Seeks Adoptive Homes for Two Sons
A Duluth mother Evelyn Paro, diagnosed with incurable stomach cancer, appeals to place her sons Gerald six and Gordon nine in good homes. Offers poured in after a news appeal, with 50 letters and many calls. four Duluth district judges volunteer free legal work to arrange adoption after a probation period.
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Duluth
Minn. Ub
Evelyn Paro
Gerald
Gordon
Paro
Duluth Herald and News-Tribune
Gordon i
Voters in New York and Pennsylvania decide delegates
Voters in New York and Pennsylvania head to the polls Tuesday to choose uninstructed delegates for national conventions. New York has no presidential race, while Pennsylvania lists Eisenhower and Stassen on the ballot for 60 district delegates each. Ten at large delegates have already been chosen. Eisenhower forces expect favorable results in both states, as Taft forecasts gains in New York and brushes off Pennsylvania as fruitless. Kefauver leads in a Idaho Democratic delegation poll, while Taft touts tax cuts if elected. Colorado and Denver delegate selections also shape the GOP path to Chicago.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Thomas Dewey
Taft
Sen
Kefauver
Idaho
Lewiston
Kerry D-Okla
W. Averell Harriman
Ohio
Ashtabula
Washington
Denver
Colorado
GOP
Mighty Blast Atomship Site Sparks 1500 Troops Experience
A Tuesday atomic blast at a Nevada test site jolted 1500 troops within four miles, shrouding the area in a mushroom cloud and dust. The explosion, among the largest on continental US soil, was seen from Las Vegas and produced heat, shock, and multiple fires as observers described the vivid, color-shifting cloud and ensuing fallout.
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Bill Becker
Nev
HU. S
Las Vegas
Nevada
Imock
News
Nob
Bikini
Salt
AEC
Cost of Living Boost Listed by Government
Washington reports a one tenth of one percent rise in the cost of living as the consumer price index reaches 188.0 percent of the 1935-39 average on the new series and 186.4 percent on the old series. The March readings show a 1.9 percent year over year increase and a 10.5 percent rise from pre Korean War levels. No wage increases are triggered by the small uptick due to escalator clauses.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumers Price Index
Nurse's Aide Dies In Ottawa Car Crash
Miss Edna Woodsum a 56 year old nurse's aide was fatally struck by a car driven by 18 year old Larry Roger Jones late Monday night as she walked to work at Ransom Memorial Hospital Ottawa Police Chief F H Bullock said heavy rain prevented the driver from seeing her in time to stop Funk's Mortuary and Chapel Ambulance Service Ph 119 Adv
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Ottawa
Edna Woodsum
F. H. Bullock
Mliss Woodsum
Larry Roger Jones
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Jones
Wichita man sues mother in law over alleged abortions
James K. Leslie sues Sybil V. Caldwell for 50000 in Sedgwick County District Court alleging his wife Catherine was persuaded to travel to Hutchinson Kansas for two abortions. He claims Caldwell financed and pressured the procedures and the wife filed for divorce at Emporia after these events. The couple had two children.
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Hutchinson
Sedgwick County District Court
James K. Leslie
Sybil
Leslie
Former Woman Mayor Dies in Kansas City Area
Louise Fussman, 87, longtime Humboldt resident and three term mayor, died Monday night at a Chanute niece's home. A pioneer descendant educated in Humboldt, she taught school and later managed Fussman estate properties. Survived by niece Mrs Herman Janzen and nephew Charles Fussman of Humboldt.
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Humboldt, Kas Uh
Louise Fussman
Humboldt
Chanute
Miss Fussman
Fussman
Herman Janzen
Nepet Charles Fussman
Hum
Stock Market Close Dips Minor On Broad Decline
New York closing average of 600 stocks falls to 100.6, down 0.4 points amid a broad market retreat. Acme Bachelor Lary and Dry Cinrs at 1111 Mass present a service offer in the ad copy.
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New York
Flood Wardens Hold On As Missouri Rains Persist
Flood fighters at Sherman Air Force Field near Atchison and in St Joseph faced renewed rain and rising river levels. Dikes held with water near one foot above flood stage, sandbag supplies ferried by boat, and pumps used to drain water. Crests near 26.9 feet cited. utilities deemed safe while rail yards and plants saw flooding and sewer overflows.
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Sherman Air Force Field
Missouri
Chico
Missouri Valley
Atchison
Locomotive Finished Materials
Burlington Railroad
Commercial Street
St. Joseph
Joseph
Sydney Davis
Pick-Sloan
Rosecrans Field
Bean
Sugar Lake
Elwood
Kas
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansans Plead Guilty To Evading the Draft
WICHITA Two Kansans pleaded guilty Monday to draft evasion charges. Eldon Bargen 21 Newton was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for refusing to comply with the selective service law. Marvin Koehn 22 Burns was deferred after being charged with failure to report for induction and classed as a conscientious objector. Bargen gave no religious reason and refused counsel.
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Eldon Bargen
Newton
U. S
Delmas C. Hill
Marvin Hn
Burns
Koehn
Bargen
25 Million Flood Disaster Bill Passes House
The House approved a 25 million dollar disaster relief bill for Missouri Valley flood victims by voice vote, returning from an 11 day Easter recess. About 6.7 million dollars remaining from last year will supplement the funds, with the whole amount administered by the President. At Topeka, W. W. C. Robinson, Abilene school superintendent, was named president of the Kansas Advisory Council on Teacher Education.
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Missouri Valley
House
Senate
Topeka
W. C. Robinson
Abilene Schools
Kansas Advisory Council On Teacher Education
Tornado Report Misled by Oil Field Fire West of Coffeyville
Smoke from a lease blaze off an oil field near Coffeyville was mistaken for a tornado by a commercial pilot. A private flyer later surveyed the area and confirmed burning oil, not a tornado cloud, about 20 miles west of Coffeyville.
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Associated Prose
Civil Aeronautic Ministration
Coffeyville
Independence
William Allen White Memorial Library Dedication at Emporia
Dedication ceremonies for the William Allen White Memorial Library on the Emporia State Teachers College campus were held Monday night with a dinner. Gov. Ann will deliver the dedicatory address at 3 45 p m Tuesday. Speaker Hodding Carter warned that threats to constitutional freedom of speech endanger all freedoms and that media exclusion harms democracy. A William Allen White children's book award has been approved, with 250 books selected yearly and a Kansas pupil vote to choose the winner who will receive the William Allen White Medal.
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Emporia
William
Greenville
Miss
Ilicensex
Carter
David L. MacFarlane
Emporia State College
Board of Regents
White
Tisto Kansas School
William Allen White
Eldon Tefft
University of Kansas
Rain Sharpens Fear As Flood Fears Rise
Heavy rain intensifies flood worries along the Missouri River with major dikes holding and governors seeking federal aid. Missouri Governor Forrest Smith declares a flood emergency and asks President Truman for emergency funds. About 448000 acres flooded from Rule to the Missouri's mouth, 13000 people displaced, 9300 between Rule and Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kas
Twin Cities
Forrest Smith
Truman
Army
Rule
Nebraska
St.Louis
Mississippi
la Crosse
Wis
A. D. Saniat
Three Wichita Airmen Admit Six Burglaries
Three Wichita airmen attached to Wichita Air Force Base admit six burglaries. A2-C Horace J. Carrier 20 At-C John Raum 20 Aj James E. Hunsucker 21 were arrested in Belle Plaine for a $4 burglary. They were released to Sedgwick County authorities. Charges not yet filed.
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Wichita Air Force Base
Clyde Madden
Madden
Ty Lockett
Sedgwick
Wellington
Horace J. Carrier
John Raum
Aj James E. Hunsucker
Mutinous prisoners clash at Southern Michigan Prison
In Jackson Michigan an uprising erupts involving 179 mutineers at the Southern Michigan Prison as 11 guards are held hostage. Two inmates are wounded in a brutal cell block battle that ends with bodies tossed from the block amid ongoing negotiations for a truce and police siege. The riot causes about two million dollars in damage.
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Jackson, Mich
Southern Michigan
Tonia Reformatory
Russell Jarbo
Jarbo
Vernon Fox
Siscplinary
Movie Producer Wanger Gets 4 Months in Jail
Walter Wanger was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting Jennings Lang in a Beverly Hills parking lot last December. The judge reduced the charge from attempted murder, ruling there was no intent to kill. Wanger, calm in court, said the act broke up his home, while Joan Bennett described Lang’s ties as business.
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Santa Monica
Califonna
Walter Wanger
Harry J. Borde
Grey
Jennings Lang
Beverly Hills
Lang
Wanger
Joan Bennett
Miss Bennett
Census Bureau Sets U S Total
Washington estimates the U S population on March 1 at about 156 397 000 up 2 707 000 from last year and about 3 4 percent above the April 1 1950 census figure, the last formal count.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U.S
Lovellette turns down 50 thousand offer to join Phillips
Clyde Lovellette, Kansas All American, rejected a $50,000 Milwaukee Hawks offer to play with Phillips Oilers in the National Industrial Basketball League. He said he would take a job with Phillips Petroleum and play for its team, keeping payroll while in Europe with the Olympic squad. Milwaukee officials quoted as saying Lovellette planned year round employment, then canceled the trip.
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Milwaukee Hawks
National Basketball Association
Phillips Oilers
Hawk
Ben Kerner
Milwaukee
Lovellette
Phillips Petroleum Co
National Industral Basketball League
Amateur Athletic Union
Journal-World
Kerner
Russ Lynch
Sports Ediitor
The
Milwaukee Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Europe
Clyde
Phillips
Bartlesville
Okla
Avery
Brundage
Lawrence area semi pro baseball hopefuls invited to meeting
Lawrence organizers call for local men to attend an 7:00 p.m. meeting on Tuesday April 29 at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss forming a semi pro team. E R Zook says sponsors needed. Gib Francis named manager. tryouts open with no geographic limits. previous Lawrence connections include the 1949 Jolt team and players who turned pro.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Wren Building, Ltd
Vt Sts
E. R. Zook
C. of C
Gib Francis
St Joseph
Tentchison
Leavenworth
Topeka
Kansas City
Francis
Lawrence Jolt
Wichita
Montgomery
Jay Drake
Floyd Temple
Dick Johnson
Currents of Kaw Flood Worse Than Missouri Waters
Flying over the Kaw and Missouri river valleys, the Missouri flood is described as far larger than last year’s Kaw flood. Pilot Delbert Erhart and City Commissioners Simon Hurwitz and Lew Henry witness a massive single current, with dikes under heavy construction at Leavenworth and Fort Leavenworth area yards. Upstream, the flood channel widens to three to five miles near Atchison as a tug battles the debris and rising waters.
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Missouri Valley
Leavenworth
Atchison
St. Joseph
Nebraska
Kaw Valley
Delbert Erhart
Simon Hurwitz
Lew
Henry
Ge Missouri
Uils
Amea
Sherman Air Base
Fort Leavenworth
Miscouri Valley
Erhart
HOUSES AID STUDENTS AT K U PLAN FOREIGN STUDENTS HOUSING
University officials describe a program pairing organized houses on Mount Oread with foreign scholarship students. American residents would share costs for board and room, allowing 25 houses to host foreign students and expose both groups to international living. Plans involve sororities fraternities and residence halls choosing students from agencies and aiming for yearly or alternate year hosting.
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K. U
J. A. Burzie
K. U. Foreign
Worman Department
Kurtle
Foreign Silent Committee
Mount Oread
Jachie Asnenned
Burkde
Hid
Ornien
Institute of Internationa Tion
Ine
Buzzle
Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
PL Beta Phi
Halle
Flier
Sellards
Germany
France
Buyzle
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