Floods From Weekend Storms Hit Pittsburgh Area
Floodwaters from west Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania surged down the Monongahela after relentless weekend storms. Multiple auto accidents caused several deaths as waters rose past capacity. Forecasters predicted a Pittsburgh crest near 26 feet, with upstream towns already reporting five feet above flood stage and rising.
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Stalin Statue Removed in Leipzig East Germany
The East German government quietly removed the city’s only statue of Joseph Stalin amid postwar reconstruction concerns. Western visitors say the move aims to clear the war damaged opera house area.
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Love Nest Is Set Afire in Baltimore Police Charge Arson
Police charge 43 year old Mary EK Love with arson after she admitted setting her apartment blaze to prevent her husband from having a home to return to after a quarrel. Firefighters had been summoned to extinguish a mattress fire that damaged a room in her residence.
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Mary EK
Fort Scott Sees 109 Degree Heat In Summer Record
Fort Scott recorded 109 degrees yesterday the hottest of the season and the eighth day in eleven with temperatures above 100. Fort Scott highs reached 107 earlier Saturday, marking continued extreme heat.
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Fort Scott
Burglars in California Prove to Be Too Boring
In Alameda burglars drilled from one store to another stealing 700 dollars in cash and 1400 in checks. They bored 38 holes in a grocery wall, forced a safe, and took 300 dollars. They moved to a meat market but took nothing. A drugstore safe yielded 400 dollars in cash and 1400 in checks. Elsworth was fined 50 dollars for drunkenness on a public highway.
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Alameda, Calif
Elsworth
Salina Star Halfback Gary Baer Chooses Oklahoma
Salina 18 year old Gary Baer, a 480 pound all state halfback, said Saturday he has accepted a football scholarship to the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Baer earned all state honors in football and, beyond on field achievements, plans to join the Sooners this fall.
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University of Oklahoma
Gary Baer
Norman
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Baer
Siles Zunzo takes over as Bo
Hernan Siles Zunzo, noted for leading Bolivia's 1952 revolution that toppled a military junta and installed Victor Paz Estenssoro, is cited as taking over today as Bo. The item references his sports accolades such as selection to the American Legion all state team, Class AA basketball ranking, and a 9.8 second 100 yard dash.
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LA Paz
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Hernan Siles Zunzo
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