Atom Bomb Set for Nevada Test Largest Yet in U S History
Desert Atomic Blast to Top Hiroshima's tests as Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission says the Nevada drop may exceed earlier blasts in energy, though not the largest ever. Troops and the first atomic paratroopers will witness the event, with TV coverage planned between 9 and 10 p m. tomorrow.
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Nevada Desert
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Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
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Eniwetok
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Classifieds and sections listed for the newspaper issue
The page index lists sections including Beach Combing Bridge Comics Editorial Classified ads and more across pages A-3 to B-13. Other items cover radios sports theaters tides temperatures and women's activities on various pages.
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Boyle
Truman Urges Solons Devise Steel Solution
President Truman challenged Congress to craft its own plan for the steel crisis if it opposes his seizure of the industry and the government’s mill operations funds. He warned that crippled financing could trigger a steel shutdown and hinder weapons supplies to Korea, urging Congress to show its views on what should be done.
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Truman
Congress
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Korea
Senate
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Supreme Court
Bridges
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Mrs. Clark Gable Divorces Screen Idol in Santa Monica
In Santa Monica on April 21 UP Mrs. Clark Gable won a divorce from famous actor after testimony that he said he did not wish to be married to her or anyone else. She appeared in court hobbling on crutches. Gable was absent, represented by two lawyers. The socialite blamed the breakup on the actor's words and attitude.
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Santa Monica
Clark Gable
Gable
Ashley
Cripps Slipping Toward Deep Unconsciousness
Zurich April 21 Sir Stafford Cripps British postwar austerity architect is reported slowly sinking into deep painless unconsciousness. The former chancellor of the exchequer, soon to be 70, suffers from spinal infection known as spondylitis.
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Switzerland
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Dagmar Lieckti
Sutter Falls plunge claims Girl Scout life
In Groville on April 21 Beverly Fricke, a year-old Sacramento Girl Scout, fell near the head of Sutter Falls and was swept to death over the 640 foot waterfall while on a troop outing with accompanying adults. The accident occurred on the Feather River tributary during a weekend trip.
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Awa
America
Beverly Fricke
Sacramento
Feather River
Weather Outlook With Clouds and Breeze
Considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with some morning bristles. Mostly sunny conditions return and a slightly warmer afternoon tomorrow. Light variable winds shift to westerly at 15 to 22 mph tomorrow afternoon.
Queen Juliana Tours Paramount Dairy Farms in California Visit
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard toured Em manuel Reformed Church in Paramount and visited Ted Bouma’s modern dairy in Artesia. They spoke with hosts and Dutch Consul Hartog, admired fields and cattle, and shared a cordial moment as Bouma’s daughter pinned a corsage.
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Queen Juliana
The
Netherlands
Ted Bouma
Bouma
Artesia
Prince Bernhard
Paramount
Prass-Telegram
Juliana
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Adrian Hartog
Matie
Hartoz
Truman frees fund for flood relief
President Truman turned over 250000 dollars to the federal housing land home finance agency for flood relief in Montana. The funds were set for the Milk River watershed and the Missouri River area below Ft. Peck reservoir, drawn from the emergency disaster relief act of 1950.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Housing Land Home Finance Agency
Montana
Milk River
Missouri River
Ft. Peck Reservoir
Four Perish in Racer's Crash at Dayton Speedway
A racing car rammed into the Dayton Speedway grandstand killing four, including driver Gordon Reid of California and spectator Ruby Shaffer of Springfield. Among 14,000 spectators several were injured as Reid, 29, planned to race at Indianapolis May 30.
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Ohio
Dayton Speedway Grandstand
Gordon Reid
Burbank
Calif
Winchester
Ind
Reid
Ruby Ellen Shaffer
Springfield
Robert Thatcher
Gene Lawson
Indianapolis
Riot Rages at State Prison of Southern Michigan
In Jackson Michigan a massive mutiny at the State Prison of Southern Michigan left the facility in siege as 200 state police and 400 guards fought to regain control over about 1600 inmates. Fire and clashes spread through the complex with multiple blocks including cell block 15 at center. several guards captured and at least four killed in related violence.
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Jackson
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AU Miqne Jong Tour
San Juan
Buenos Aires
Crazy Jack” Hyatt
Westerner-1
G.mengentina
Ike Sidelined Until Thursday
Allied European fronts report Gen Dwight Eisenhower kept in bed with an upper respiratory infection and severe throat ailment. He remains at home through Thursday as physicians order rest and monitor his temperature and condition.
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Europ
Dwight Eisenhower
Triformants
Eisenhower
Truman Names Arkansas Editor to Lead Point Four
President Truman nominated Stanley Andrews, 56, Arkansas editor, to head the Point Four program as technical cooperation administrator. Andrews succeeds Dr. Harry Bennett, killed in a Middle East airplane accident last year. The Point Four program provides economic aid to underdeveloped countries under the State Department.
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Washington
Truman Today
Stanley Andrews
Arkansas
Point Four
Andrews
Harry Bennett
Middle East
State Department
Sabres Down Seven MiGs in Yalu Air Battles
U S Sabre jet pilots claimed seven Communist MiGs shot down and six damaged in three duels over the Yalu River area near Manchuria. Capt Robert J Love of San Bernardino became the 11th American jet ace by downing two MiGs.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
America
Robert J. Love
San Bernardino
Calif
Two Americans Die Falling Off Mount Fuji Cliff
Two American men, a Navy lieutenant and a Navy civilian employee, died yesterday in a fall from a 1000-foot cliff on Mount Fuji. The group of five set out Saturday to climb the 11,000-foot peak, about 60 miles southwest of Tokyo. Names were not released by the Navy. Japanese sources identified the dead as part of the expedition.
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Navy
Mount Fuji
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Rainfall Adds Fury to Flood
Rain and new floods deepen the Missouri River emergency near St. Joseph Missouri with Levee concerns for agricultural dikes. Colonel Lincoln warns of more rain risks as crews rush to Sherman Air Force Base Fort Leavenworth to shield the installation while rivers mount nine feet above base level.
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Bluff
U. S. Corps of Engineers
St. Joseph
Col. L. J. Lincoln
Kansas City
Sheriman Air Force Base
Fort /Leavenworth
South St. Joseph
Kansas
Oklahoma Texas tornado warning issued for afternoon
The Oklahoma City Weather Bureau warned severe thunderstorms may produce tornadoes this afternoon into tonight across western Oklahoma and parts of Texas. The bulletin lists boundary points from Gage to Olney to Oklahoma City and Enid, with tornadic activity likely from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Local residents should seek shelter and monitor updates.
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Oklahoma City Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Texas
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Lexus
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Solons
G. Milton Kelly
Cripps
By George Henderson
Truman Frees Fund
Ike
Japan
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