Rail Crash Kills 29 Injures 100
Rockville Centre N Y Feb 18 UPI A crowded Long Island commuter train sped through a stop signal and collided head on with another train killing 29 and injuring about 100 Many victims were in critical condition The accident occurred on a makeshift single track during a grade separation project Kiefer 55 of Baldwin N Y the eastbound motorman was charged with second degree manslaughter The wreckage blocked the line for hours and emergency crews worked to free trapped passengers The disaster marked metropolitan New Yorks worst rail crash in years
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Rockville Centre
UPI
Long Island Railroad
New York
Cob Kiefer
Baldwin
Nassau County
Frank Gulotti
T. W. Markin
Manhattan
Kiefer
Collee
Wea
Long Island Road
Naperville
Til
Manhattan Island
Long Island
Nassau
Hspitals
Fults Driscoll
Serpe Beauty
Ady
Miners unsure after Lewis orders work in coal fields
Pittsburgh February 18. United Mine Workers leaders backed Lewis new work order but many miners doubt they will return without a contract. Locals meet weekend as sentiment shifts toward defiance and possible government action if no agreement reached by Monday.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewisieutenants
United Mine Workers
Red Ft
Lewis
Heutenlanta
Washington
Harry Bennett
I M. W
West Virginia
Dave Fowler
Oklahoma-Arkansas
Russell Owens
U. M. W. District 50
Virginia
Grain storage guarantees for 11 million bushels in Kansas
The Commodity Credit Corporation approved storage guarantees for 11,000,000 bushels across 24 Kansas cities. Emmet Wormer announced the plan, with three quarter of new space to be used for ata. Hutchinson Elevators will build a 2,500,000 bushel plant at Hutchinson. Dodge City Industries plans a 1,000,000 bushel elevator at Dodge City. Additional facilities are planned at Bloom, Quinter, Grainfield, Lakin, Prescott, Meade, Niles, Mackay, Johnson, Argenta, Levan, and Brewster, plus upgrades at several towns. All new structures aim to be ready for wheat harvest. some by May for loan settlements.
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Manhattan
Kan
Commodity Credit Corporation
Kansas Cities
Emmet Wormer
Kansas State Committee
The
Production and Marketing Administration
Mment
Womer
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Elevators, Inc
Dodge City Industries
Dodge City
P.M. A
Bloom
Quinter
Grainfield
Lakin
Parl Prescott
Meade
Niles
Mackatoy
Johns
Argenis
Levant
Brewater
Kinnell
Ulysses
Horace
Wilburton
Liberals
Moscow
P.M
Menta
Streamliner derailment injures 15 near Gulfport
Fifteen people were hurt when the westbound Streamliner Pan American derailed six miles near Gulfport Mississippi. The Louisville and Nashville train was en route from Birmingham to New Orleans. Seven ambulances rushed from Gulfport to Memorial hospital with the injured.
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Gulfport
Miss
Pan American
Louisville and Nashville
Birmingham
Ale
New Orleans
Gusport
Cael
Memorial Hospital
May Set a New Date for Osawatomie Slaying Case
Kansas Supreme Court will consider a new execution date Monday for George Miller 61 Osawatomie Negro, sentenced to hang for the February 3 1947 shotgun slaying of Osawatomie Police Chief Mike Churchill.
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Topeka
George Miller
Kansas Supreme Court
Miller
Mike Churchill
Osawatomis
Guilty of spying in Hungary trial admits covert work
Robert Vogeler, 38, an ITT executive and former U S Army intelligence officer, pleaded guilty in Budapest to espionage charges saying his work was to aid atom physicists and help them escape. He described his business role as a cover and asked for a mild sentence. The court reviewed his plea as others involved faced varied statuses while inquiries included possible coercion and treatment concerns. In Vienna his wife dismissed the charges as fantastical. A separate Detroit gambling shooting left Maxie Sterns wounded and hospitalized.
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Budapest
Hungary
Robert A ‘Ogeler
Spr
Telephone Company
Hungarian Peoples Court
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
U. S. Army
Vienna
Vogeler
American Counter Intelligence Corp
CIC
Howard
United States Army
S. Britia Assiutant
Edgar Randers
Ane
Honepariang
Washington
State Department
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company
la Grange
Europe
Flood Threats Grow in South Blizzard Hits Midwest States
Flood dangers spread through the south as rising waters threaten more evacuations. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi face major overflows. thousands homeless, border towns isolated. Red Cross estimates up to 8,000 more displaced by March 1. Meanwhile blizzard warnings sweep northern plains with subzero temps and heavy wind driven snow.
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Pras
West
Staten
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
St. Francia River
Red Cross
Marksville
Ferriday
Atreama
Missouri
Kentucky
Canada
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minot
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Minnesota
Appalachians
New England
Great Kes
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Kan
Miami
Los Angeles
Yuma
Tariz
Bleak Outlook in Coal Strike Echoes Through Washington
The coal strike stalemate deepens as fact-finders say a soft coal settlement this week end is unlikely and President Truman plans no action before Monday. David L. Cole, chair of the three man board, remains upbeat that many miners will return to pits next week. Local leaders' support and John L. Lewis’s back to work appeal influence the mood amid ongoing talks with miners and operators.
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UPI
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Atem
David L. Cole
Pita
Cole
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ross
Rose
Rous
John R. Steelman
Tru
Presidential Board
Steelman
Cyrus
Lewin
Six Lawrence Men Attend State CAP Meeting in Wichita
Six members of the Lawrence CAP unit will attend a semiannual state conference at Wichita airport tomorrow. Maj. Gen. L. V. Beau, CAP commander, will address the meeting which starts a state-wide recruiting drive. Attendees include Lt. Harold Whigley, Ly Helvin Hammer, Lt. Wiesley Berg, Sgt. Rebedeek Huston, Charles Tice, and Richard Roshong.
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Lawrence C.ap
Wichita
L. V. Beau
C.A.P
Lawrence Jare
Harold Whigley
Ly Helvin Hammer
Wiesley Berg
Rebedeek Huston
Ee Charles Tice
Richard _ Richard Roshong
Governor Carlson makes capital rounds on one day trip
Kansas Governor Frank Carlson met House Ways and Means members to oppose a 27 to 15 percent oil depletion tax cut and urged repeal of amusement excise taxes. He urged governors and mayors to back the plan, met congressional leaders, and arranged a Midwest meeting with the public roads director. He also attended a senator's hospitality event before flying back to Topeka.
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Associated Prawi
Washington
Frank Carlson
Kansas
House
Treasury
Mar
Tin
R.-Masa
Kanaas
Thomas MacDonald
Public Roads Administration
Middle West
Council of Governors
Incheon
Darby
R.-Kan
Topeka
Strike Looms Over 15 Cent Wage Demand In Telephone Row
Washington officials say telephone workers will strike next Friday if new 15 cent an hour wage demand is not negotiated. Joseph Beirne of CWA says orders to present the contract demand have been sent to all 25 union divisions and hopes management will bargain seriously. Bell System managers call the proposal a hit and run tactic and note the union walked out on bargaining sessions previously without disclosing demands.
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Washington
Joseph E. Beirne
Communications Workers of America
Bierne
Bell System
C.W A
Beirne
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Summerfield Executor to Address Law Students
Williams Felstiner of New York City, executor of the Summerfield scholarship program, will speak to senior law students at 10 o clock Monday in the Little Theater Green Hall on The Practice of Law in New York City. Felstiner belongs to Spiro Felstiner and Prayer and will be hosted by Chancellor and Mrs Malott during the university visit.
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Williams Feletiner
New York City
Summerfield
Green Hall
Felstiner
Spiro
World Day of Prayer Observance At First Christian Church
University of Kansas students from ten denominations will meet at 6 30 tomorrow evening at the First Christian church to observe World Day of Prayer. Dr John Patton director of Westminster Foundation will be principal speaker. Pens fail to register. Tatheap Pega ir. Councilman Is Ad
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University of Kansas
First Christian Church
John Patton
Westminister Foundation
Pega Ir
Harvard head urges general education focus at KU talk
Dr James Bryant Conant president of Harvard urged broader general education in science during an address to Kansas faculty noting Harvard plans requiring entering students in 1952. He said the program’s success would be judged at the 25th anniversary of the 1955 class and described core courses to foster lay understanding of experts’ views while avoiding a separate faculty.
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James Bryant’ Conant
Harvard University
Union of Kansas
Yester, Y
Harvard
Conant
Deane W. Malott
Dr. Conant
University
Lorraine Buehler Memorial Oratorical Contest Date Set
The third annual Lorraine Buehler Oratorical Contest will be held Wednesday March 22 sponsored by the department of speech and drama and Delta Sigma Rho. William Conboy and E C Buehler will lecture at 7 20 in Green Hall. Open to all undergraduates with prizes for the top ten minute serious speeches.
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Lorraine Buehler
Willliam Conboy
Apeech
Idays E.C. Buehler
Green Hall
Department of Speech and Drama
Delta Sigma Rho
EF. C. Buehler
Liberty Memorial High School
Antil
Ten Cent Error in Year Riley County Audit
Manhattan Kansas February 18 the Riley County treasurer office made only a 10 cent error in handling 3 011 465 07 from October 1 1948 to September 30 1949 The report was confined in the annual audit of county books submitted to county commissioners Marjorie Hofmann treasurer said the deficiency was in entering a receipt for fees from the ster of debds office Auditing firm officials noted county book errors usually average 25 to 190 for a year of business Liberal Cash and Carry Discount Ama Dry Cleaners 1111 Mass le
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Manhattan
Kan
Riley
Marjorie Hofmann
President to create emergency board to avert rail strike
Washington reports President Truman to establish an emergency board next week to head off a nationwide strike by railway workers including trainmen and conductors. Labor and railroads clash over a 40 hour week and contract terms affecting about 85,000 employees.
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Washington
Siden
Saking
Jfontract Im
Booster Dinner on Lawrence Chamber Goals Tonight
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce plans a booster dinner next Tuesday at the Eldridge Hotel at 6 30 p m to inform new members about the city's development plans. Manager R Zook outlines industrialization aims and a full report on progress while urging reservations by Monday. Membership drive nears its 100 new members as total approaches 540.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Hotel
R Zook
Zook
Temperatures Swing From 70s To Freezing Statewide
The Kansas weekend forecast calls for clear skies and near normal temps after a rapid warming. Overnight drops reached around 40 degrees in places, with Anthony reporting 74 and Wichita 71 in February records. Garden City fell to 21 as frost returned. robb forecasts a touch colder east and central tonight with some warming tomorrow, lows from 15 to 25 and highs in the 50s to 40s across regions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Anthony
Wichita
Garden City
A. D. Robb Naid
Tomorro
Stock Market Index and Closing Notice Amid Bank Hours
A stock market index shows 60 stocks averaging 73.9. A closing notice states the banks of Lawrence will not be open Wednesday due to a local observance.
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Lawrence
Voter Registration Opens Evening Hours In City
A total of 10 569 residents are eligible to vote with registration at City Hall. City Clerk Haro noted extended hours until 7 p.m. on weekdays for the upcoming March 7 city primary elections. Any voter who voted last November 1948 is automatically registered for two years.
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Haroince
Effi
Fisher
Double Parking Crackdown Expands Downtown Massachusetts
In a crackdown expansion, official policy allows limited double parking for brief passenger pickup or drop off at downtown locations with rear entrance access limited. Officers will judge necessity per case. A no left turn rule is also reactivated for downtown Massachusetts this season.
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Wwe
D. A. Moors
Jef Moore
Sean
Massachusetts
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