Lynmouth Flood Devastates Southwest Resort Town
Army engineers blasted and bulldozed through debris after a flash flood along the Devon coast likely drowned 39 people. Nine bodies recovered, 30 still missing as waters surged over the Lyn River, washing away homes and hotels. Property damage estimated over seven million pounds across the flooded area, with Lynmouth bearing the sharpest impact of more than two million pounds.
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Lynmouth
Eng
England
Devon
Lyn
Weather Mixup And Storms Sweep Kansas Lakeside
A Kansas weather event disrupted play at Coffeyville with rain halting a baseball game as Oswego led 4-0. Lightning struck near the Coffeyville field, and power outages affected about 300 telephones. A large barn burned in Edna, and Sedan hit a year-high 111 degrees before a hailstorm and heavy rains spread across several counties. Rainfall varied, with Richmond seeing four inches unofficially and Ottawa only .60 inches. many towns reported winds, damaged poles, and scattered damage. Temperatures surged to near record levels before cooling into the 60s for lows, with forecast highs back into the mid-90s to 100s.
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Coffeyville
Oswego Ban Johnson
Oswego
Edna
Kas
Elmer Triebel
Sedan
Richmond
Ottawa
Kansas Gas & Electric
Uniontown
Ft. Scott
Bourbon ‘County
Salina
Kansas
Meade
Haskell
Stanton
Morton
Stevens
Seward
Arkansas City
Great Bend
Breau
Coldwater
Comanche County
Alta Vista
Tola
Mercury
Ashland
Emporia
Chanute
Wichita
Hutchinson
Garden City
Leavenworth
Goodland
Doctor Rescued After Cave Drill Seeks Fallen Explorer
In France LIC ATHERY i Dr Andre Mairey was pulled safely to the surface on Monday after a rescue attempt failed to save Marcel Loubens who died far below ground. Mairey and three other explorers had been 1 153 feet underground before Mairey descended last Thursday to aid Loubens. A bronze cross and two French photographs were lowered into the cave and placed on Loubens grave before Mairey was lifted out.
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Lic Athery
France
Andre Mairey
Marcel Loubens
Mairey
Loubens
Southern Illinois city names most courteous driver
In Olney a taxi driver and a woman were chosen as the most courteous. Mrs Idd Anderson received a $5 award after the selection and ceremony recognizing polite service by a taxi driver and a female rider.
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Olney
Illinois
Idd Anderson
Kansas City Jail Escape Presented to Jury
A nine man county jail escape case from Kansas City was handed to a Jackson County grand jury Monday after a new grand jury was impaneled. Judge Joe W. McQueen urged the jurors to also focus on underworld activity in Kansas City as they begin a three week session.
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Kansas
County
Jackson County
Joe W. McQueen
Kansas City
Incomes in Rise
Incomes received by individual Americans rose from 218 billion dollars in 1950 to 243 billions in 1951 an increase of 12 percent the Commerce Department reported today Per capita income was 1584 in 1951 up 10 percent from 1439 in 1950 The survey covers income before taxes from all sources including wages salaries dividends interest rents social insurance benefits and farm income It excludes corporate income Income in 1951 exceeded 1950 in every state due to growing production and prices The biggest gains were Arizona 243 percent South Carolina 21 percent and New Mexico and South Dakota 118 percent each driven by farm income rises
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Washington
Commerce Department
Arizona
South Carolina
New Mexico
South Dakota
Combat pay eyed for veterans in Korea campaign
Washington experts say it will take time to determine how many Americans were under fire in Korea. Congress approved a special combat pay of 45 dollars monthly retroactive to the campaign start, with retroactive payments and a large paper workload ahead. Pentagon estimates cost 250 to 300 million dollars as officials explain the six days under enemy fire criterion.
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Washington
Korea
Congress
Pentagon
Three Way Break Up In Mississippi Dems For Stevenson Eisenhower
Jackson Mississippi delegates split in a three way contest among Adlai Stevenson Dwight Eisenhower and a possible third party option at the state Democratic convention. The gathering will shape the campaign role for 1952 with Stevenson forces led by Gov. Hugh White and Mississippi's delegation prevailing in a key resolutions vote. The plan now pledges electors to Stevenson and Sen Sparkman without a state party endorsement, subject to further revision.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Hugh White
Resolutions Committee
Illinois
Sen. Sparkman
Stevenson Plans Upbeat Campaign Strategy Setup
Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma leads the Democratic Speakers Bureau planning a shift from old style oratory to short clear issue presentations. Stevenson schedules a busy campaign itinerary including conventions in New York Detroit and a California Oregon Washington trip with a Southern focus later. A Springfield sermon condemns Senator Dirksen as irresponsible while defending Stevenson’s Illinois governorship record and criticizing Dewey’s convention attack.
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Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Monroney
Democratic National Committee
Stevenson
Libertyville
Chicago
Minocqua
Wis
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
New York State
New York
New York City
New Jersey
Detroit
Truman
Milwaukee
California
Oregon
Washington
Southwest
Illinois
Everett R
Dirksen
Richard Paul Graebel
Senate
Mr. Graebe
Thomas E. Dewey
City Drunk Cases Named in Police Court Pleas
Leo Norcross of 7133 Mass Ave pleaded guilty to drunkenness and received a 15 day suspended jail sentence. Arthur Tarpy of 235 Maple St was fined 15 dollars after guilty plea. Terrance Williams of 1603 Mass St admitted drunkenness and resisting arrest, fined 10 dollars for drunkenness and sentenced to 10 days for resisting arrest with six months probation on the second charge.
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Leo Norcross
Mass
Arthur Tarpy
Maple St
Terrance Williams
Mass. St
Dover man completes Channel swim in 16 hours
Abdel Monem, a 27 year old Cairo news paperman, reached Dover shore after swimming from France to England in 16 hours during a heavy downpour. He finished about six hours behind the record time and was the fourth swimmer to conquer the Channel this year.
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Dover
England
Abdel Monem
Cairo News
English Channel
France
City Court Dockets Report Motor Vehicle Violations
City Court cases list Guilty pleas in police court for muffler and speeding violations. Thomas Drennon of 2013 Haskell Street received a $15 fine suspended pending muffler installation tonight. Bob McCafferty of Clinton admitted speeding and no muffler with $15 and $5 fines. May Hampton of 1320 N. J. Street found guilty of stopping at a sign with $10 fine. Jack Lawson of 1013 Conn Street guilty of speeding with $20 fine and 15 days jail suspended on condition of no night driving for 30 days. Ralph Gordon of Route 4 forfeited a $5 bond for failure to appear after being charged with left turn on Massachusetts Street.
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Thomas Drennon
Haskell St
Bob McCafferty
Clinton
May Hampton
N. J. St
Jack Lawson
Conn. St
Lawson
Ralph Gordon
Massachusetts Street
Local Classifieds Highlight Hardware, Services and Livestock
A bustling page lists merchants offering floor sanders tune ups and wheel work at Malott Hardware and Rogers Topps Cleaners. Also advertised are formal alterations and upholstery from Handicraft Tailors, canvass goods from Tarpaulins and more. Livestock for sale includes Holstein bull Louis Torneden and purebred Molsstein calf, plus 28 Poland China shoats and a Guernsey heifer soon to freshen.
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Vickens
George Pickens
Gamble
Krm
Pyters
Pontius
Lawning Co
Rogers Topps Cleaners
Laundertt
Sbu Walt
Bath and Pines
Elgsti
Van
Renith
Malott
Crystal Cafe
Dingman
Asheston Ialding
Al_ Powell
Grant
Hornberger
Ental Salon
Mann Hunpir
Louis Torneden
Linwood
H. Stoneback
Route 2
Helfera
Helferr & Helfer
Wontha Ahd
Hove Poole
Guernsey
J. BH. Wella
Eant
Riverside School
Assault and Battery Charge in Police Court
Elmer Robinson faced a police court today and pleaded guilty to assault and battery. He received a 15 day jail sentence with six months probation. The case arose from an argument with another man over a woman. A remark about horse names appears in the source.
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Elmer Robinson
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