Truman Says He Knows Nothing of Any Mess in Administration
President Truman told reporters at a news conference that he knows nothing about any mess in his administration. He brushed off Adlai Stevenson’s remarks on the Washington situation and said the Democratic party must run on the records of the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. He declined comment on the steel strike and said he would not read a critique in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Adlai Stevenson
Washington
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Oregon
Minocqua
Wis
John Sparkman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Jack Bell
Bell
Wendell Willkie
Gov. Thomas
New York
Saturday Evening Post
Trueman
United States
Wilkie
Dewey
Michigan Republicans Overlooked Ballot Nominates Eisenhower Nixon
LANSING Mich. Republicans scrambled to place Eisenhower and Nixon on the November ballot after the State Central Committee admitted a mechanical error caused their names to be omitted from ballot preparations. Barbara Dickoff called the slip a rushed mistake and said the issue would only cause a minor delay.
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Republican ‘State Central
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Nixon
Barbara Dickoff
Republican Committee
Malenkov May Assume Mantle Of Stalin At Moscow Meeting
Washington reports point to Georgi Malenkov as Stalin’s likely chosen successor as premier. Analysts say the first Communist Congress since 1939 could elevate a Praesidium chairman, with Stalin possibly remaining as figurehead leader. Molotov and Beria appear sidelined for now as the power shift unfolds.
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Stalin
Moscow
Washington
Russia
Communist Party
Georgi Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
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Soviet Union
Matenkey
Marshal Beria
Soviet Secret Police
M. Molotov
Molotov
Western Farmer Sinks After Collision Off Goodwin Sands
Lifeboats rescued 37 crewmen from the American freighter Western Farmer after a Norwegian tanker Bjorgholm rammed and split the ship in two off Southeast England near Goodwin Sands. Captain Gunnar Utvik and remaining crew landed at Ramsgate and Dover, with 11,732-ton tanker Bjorgholm reporting no serious damage. The May 7 collision left the freighter's engines and radio out of action while rescuers reached the scene amid wind and rain.
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Eng
English Channel
Gunnar Utvik
Galveston
Tex
England
Ramsgate
Bjorgholm
Oslo
Goodwin Sands
Channel
Dulcilio Santiago
Brooklyn
Thirty U S soldiers drown in Korea training flood
Thirty members of the Oklahoma 45th Infantry Division were feared dead when a nine foot wall of floodwater swept a South Korean river during a training exercise. Only 12 bodies recovered. 18 still missing as dredges search the river. Names withheld until next of kin are notified.
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Korea
U. S
Oklahoma 45Th Infantry Division
Okinawa
Army
IH Employees Strike at Nine Harvesters Plants
About 23 000 IH workers walked out at nine Harvesters plants amid disputes over a congressional investigation of the striking union. The walkout followed a breakdown in contract talks with Harvesters Farm Equipment Division. Rep. Harold Velde accused the strike of opposing the House on American Activities probe.
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International Harvesters Company Pemployes
Harvester
United Electrical Workers
Tarold Velde
RTM
House On American’ Activities Committee
Truman deflects Swedish claim on agents roughing photographers
President Truman said Secret Service men guarding his daughter Margaret are always right. He acknowledged reading reports of the Swedish inquiry but dismissed the incident as unimportant.
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Washington
Truman
Secret Service
Margaret
Snake on Walls Forces Centron Crew to Hunt for Dinner
Centron Corp employees at 107 Mass. St. scramble as a five and a half foot blacksnake escapes its box during filming for the educational movie Snakes Are Interesting. Dr. Burt of Quivers Specialty Co. suggested bringing in more snakes to coax one to eat on camera. A group of snakes arrived and one began feeding, allowing late filming to proceed.
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Centron
Art Wolf
Wolf
Herb Harvey
Charles Lacey
Lacey
Harvey
Charles Burt
Unusual Quivers Specialty Co
Topeka
Burt
Norm Stuewe
Tornado Hits Sedalia Missouri State Fair
A tornado struck the Sedalia area and Missouri State Fair grounds killing 25 year old concession owner Harry Ray Pyle from Kalamazoo Michigan and injuring 17 others. The storm damaged 160 tents leaving only 8 or 9 standing as 5 inches of rain swelled roads.
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Sedalia
Fair Grounds
Enteape
Harry Ray Pyle
Kalamazoo. Mich
Midway
Mighty air blows Seoul in two passive raids over Korea
Okinawa based B 5 bombers dropped 350 tons on Pyongyang with 38 planes destroying 400 acres of troop, supply and industrial areas. Follow up missions by B 26s and fighters hit a cement plant south of Pyongyang and damaged multiple buildings. Marines hit 10 maintenance buildings near Namchonjom and two Russian aircraft tangled with Sabres near Sinuiiju.
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Yonan
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Sinuiju
London Welcomes First Diesel Taxi Trial
Britain's first diesel powered taxi began cruising London streets on Thursday. Owner John Birch said the diesel engine installed in a standard taxi basis aims to prove diesel power is economical despite early doubts.
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London
Britain
John Birch
Truck registration pact settles reciprocity between Kansas and Wisconsin
The Kansas Motor Vehicle Reciprocity Commission announced a completed truck fee agreement with Wisconsin. Each state will recognize the other's vehicle registrations, simplifying cross state trucking operations.
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Pera Ih
Kansas
Trader Prophesied Airstrip Help Saves Navajo Boy
At Pine Springs trader Sammy Day urged aid to build an air strip. The Navajo finished it midweek and a 4 year old boy named Ande?Six nearly choked on an orange peel but was rescued by James Bickle of the Navajo Civil Air Patrol who flew to the strip and transported the child to Fort DeFiance Medical Center where doctors said he was out of danger.
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Anz
Sammy Day
Pine Springs
Ande
James Bickle
Navajo Civil Air Patrol
Ft. Defiance
Ariz
Eisenhower Warns of Greater Korea War Risks Without Reacting
General Eisenhower told Kansas City audiences that the United States would face worse trouble if it had not reacted to the 1950 Korean conflict. He aligned with Truman on Korea policy, urged accountability for blunders, and criticized plans to attack China while noting no feasible alternative to end the war. He spoke after a GOP meeting with midwestern leaders in Boise.
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Easiy
Eisenhower
South Korea
Truman
Korea
China
Douglas MacArthur
Yalu River
Red China
K. B. Cornell
GOP
Congress
Oklahome
U. S
Tru
Boise
Idaho
Lawrence Woman Hurt in Kansas City Accident
Mrs. Peggy Howe of 63943 Mass St suffered a lacerated scalp in a multi car crash at a street intersection with Highway 40 inside the west entrance to Kansas City. She was taken to Providence Hospital for treatment and was resting at home. Her husband Charles D. Howe was with her.
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Mass
Kansas City
Howe
Howes
Kefauver to Campaign Ahead for Democratic Ticket
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee said he will actively campaign for the Democratic ticket after a meeting with Stephen Mitchell. Mitchell said Kefauver will be used in campaigns across California and Ohio and other states following strong showings in select presidential primaries. Also, the State Highway Commission announced a one mile paving extension on highway 24 at Williamstown Junction will open to traffic Friday.
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Estes
Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Milnois
Stephen Mitchell
Mitchell
State Highway Commission
Williamstown Junction
Lawrence
Firiday
Douglas County 4 H Fair Hinges on Rain for Tonight
Rain or mud dictates events at the 22nd annual Douglas County 4 H and Vocational Agricultural Fair. Livestock parade and style revue may shift to the arena with sand and mud removal. 400 seats set, 99 cattle expected, 18 sheep not shown tonight, and blue ribbon winners to follow the parade. Attendance and entries down from last year due to storms, with praise for grounds crews and 4 H members amid slick conditions.
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County Bridge and Road Department
Clotl
Dairy
Whrmera
Frances Smith
Franklin County
Donna Kempton
Donne Kempton
Jeferson County
Misa Ethel Brenner
Worst Week for Polio In Country Since 1949
The U S Public Health Service reports 3110 new polio cases last week the highest weekly total since 1943 and part of a 16477 total for the year to date. Officials warn the season is early and the year may still reach historically high levels.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
U. S
Margaret Truman Questions Newsmen Over Stockholm Incident
In Helsinki Margaret Truman says the uproar over alleged tough tactics by her bodyguards was a misunderstanding. She notes a security detail is required by law to protect the president's family, though reports claimed a photographer was shoved at Stockholm Central Station.
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Secret Service
Miss Truman
Stock Hholm
Central Station
U.S
Four Way Traffic Signal Planned At Mass and 14th
The city will install a pedestrian activated four way signal at the Massachusetts Street and 14th Street intersection to improves safety. City Manager Jim Wigglesworth says completion could occur by mid September with costs between two thousand and two thousand five hundred dollars funded by labor and materials and with state and federal approvals already secured.
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Mth
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Sis
Jim Wigglesworth
Kansas Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Roads
Massachusetts Street
Wigglesworth
Lawrence
Fourteenth Street
Treadle
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Sumner County Wheat Champ in Second Win
A. J. Deets of Sumner County was named wheat champion for the second year in Kansas. He grows 700 acres with two sons Leonard and Max, and harvested 270 acres of a early triumph variety at 35 bushels per acre. The award honors reduction quality and good farming practice.
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Wellington
Kasi
A. J. Deets
Sumner
Kansas
Semnual
Leonard
Max
Deets
Rainfall Overnight Heaviest Here Since Last September
Rain amounted to 2.08 inches in Lawrence the heaviest in 11 months, boosting year total to 21.37 inches and still 4.99 inches below normal for eight months. Worden 1.46 inches, Balduin 2.03 inches. rain general across the county with beneficial impact on pastures ponds and soybeans.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Missouri
Worden
Balduin
Iran
Lawrence residents face 1953 mill levy changes in city and county
The 1953 aggregate local levy affects Lawrence, Douglas County, School District No. 60 and state funds. North Lawrence's rate rises to 9.89 mills while South Lawrence shares 53.052 mills plus drainage adds 3.45 mills. County levy drops to 13.241 mills and city budget tag rises to 18.178 mills. School District No. 38 shows 20.610 mills, all-time highs.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
North Lawrence
jReenath
Kaw
North Law Trenes
South Lawrence
Jdust
Gary Pent Road
Shool
Kiwanis Delegates From Lawrence Attend Seattle Convention
Delegates from Lawrence, a Kiwanis International convention recently held in Seattle, spoke at Eldridge Hotel. Mosser and Russell Mills provided colored photographs while narrating convention and Mosser family trips. Final plans announced for the Kiwanis picnic near Bates Lake Wednesday evening in August.
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Russell Mills
Lawrence
Kiwanis
International
Seattle
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge Hotel
Mosser
Bote Is Lake
Red Sox Beat Indians 4-1 Behind Hudson Pitching
Boston Redsox defeated Cleveland Indians 4-1 as Sid Hudson pitched effectively. Gromek Wilks and Hegan appeared for Cleveland while Evers supplied the lone home run for Boston.
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Thaxton Red Sox
Cleveland
Indiana
Sid Hudson
Gromek
Wilks
Hegan
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