Frost Ruins Northwest Fruit Crop
Frost blanketed eastern Washington and parts of Oregon as temperatures plunged to below freezing for the fourth night, devastating soft fruit orchards in Yakima Valley and Hood River. Smudgepots attempted to save crops, with reports noting extensive damage to cherries, pears, prunes, peaches, and apricots.
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Akima
Wash
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Wenatchee
Spokane
Wenatelies
Fred Overly
Washington State
Yakima Valley
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Yakima
Hood River
Doctor Guilty of Kidnapping in New Mexico Trial
Dr. Nancy Campbell, a Santa Fe baby doctor, was found guilty of kidnapping Linda Stamm and sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison. The 43 year old woman stood silent as the verdict was read, with Judge Edwin L. Swope denying asylum and choosing prison. Linda Stamm, lured from home with a ransom note, was later found drugged but unharmed at Campbell's home.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Nancy Campbell
Santa Fe
Edwin L. Swope
Linda Stamm
Linda
Allan Stamm
FBI
Dr. Campbell
Stamm
Santa Ire
Campbell
Seaman Relates Fire On Tanker Collision At Sea
John A Horten an able bodied seaman from Cambridge exposes the Suez Suez crew battle with a tanker collision in the Gulf of Mexico. He describes foggy dawn, rapid explosion, oil fire, and two deaths aboard Esso Suez while the Greensboro tore loose.
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John A. Horten
Cambrige
Mass
Wroe
Gulf of Menxich
Horten
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Hospital
17 Ship Fire Dead Found 22 Sought
MOBILE Ala April 21 With 17 dead counted and 22 missing men presumed dead two tankers collided and exploded in the Gulf of Mexico about 200 miles south of Morgan City La The Suez and the Greensboro headed for ports as Coast Guard opens an investigation in Mobile One man died on the Suez and another unidentified man died from burns Thirteen bodies have been recovered and 22 missing presumed dead including Captain Cyril Eden of Tampa Be.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Esso
Suez
Greensboro
Morgan City
Esso New York
Galveston
Texas
Coast Guard
Walter Brehm
Lyndshurst
N. J
Cyril C. Eden
Tampa
Youth Crushed Between Cars in Alameda Del Amo Crash
Charles Barton, 19, Los Angeles, was crushed between his car and another while pouring gasoline at Alameda and Del Amo Boulevards. He suffered compound leg injuries, chemical burns, and cuts. Lelia Stearling, 18, Wilmington, received head injuries and shock. Barton was taken to Harbor General Hospital. Stearling was treated and sent home.
General's Ouster Topic at Mass. Taxgroup Meet
Boston April 71 Senator William F Knowland said the dismissal of Gen MacArthur is a matter of vital import to the free world. He added the controversy is not partisan and questioned the President's judgment and method in firing the general. He suggested a Washington conference could have led to retirement or continued command in Japan.
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Boston
William F. Knowland
R.-Calif
Gen
MacArthur
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers’ Association
Knowland
Washington
Japan
Negro Singer OKd by DAR for Constitution Hall
Washington April 21 The Daughters of the American Revolution will allow Dorothy Maynor a Negro soprano to sing with the National Symphony Orchestra in Constitution Hall next fall winter season The DAR building manager says this may be the first time a Negro artist appeared there since the Marian Anderson incident of 1939 The 1939 clash led to protests and an open air Lincoln Memorial concert by Miss Anderson The DAR convention later reaffirmed a white artiste only leasing policy
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Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dorothy Maynor
National Symphony Orchestra
Constitution Hall
Fiarold Maynard
DAR
Marian Anderson
Hungarians to Free Vogeler from Prison
Budapest announces the release of Robert A. Vogeler American business executive after 17 months in prison on spy charges in exchange for Hungary claims. American minister Davis confirms negotiations. Vogeler’s wife reacts with relief as details of the “just Hungarian claims” remain unclear.
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Robert A. Vogeler
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
Budapest
Hungary
Nathaniel P. Davis
Foreign Office
Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
West Germany
St. Stefan
Germany
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
U. S. State Department
Retail Volume Rises After Easter Week
New York April 2 Dun and Bradstreet reports retail spending rose in the week ended Wednesday for the first time since before Easter. Total dollar sales exceeded the year-ago parable week by a wide margin, while unit sales were modestly above the 1950 level. The gross dollar volume was about 13 to 17 percent higher than the 1950 Easter-following week.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Formosa Aid Grant Sought in Major U.S. Plan
Washington reports a new and greatly larger Formosa arms program to back a 50 million dollar aid effort. Defense and State review Chiang Kai-shek needs while military assistance possibly rises to 250 million annually starting July 1. A U.S. mission led by Maj. Gen. William C. Chase will inspect Nationalist forces in Formosa in about ten days.
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Washington
Congress
Defense
State Departments
Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Chiang
McGrath Attacks MacArthur Plan at Iowa Dinner
Des Moines April 21 Attorney General Howard J McGrath challenged General MacArthurs Asia policy saying the United States would have to go it alone if followed He argued opposition to an invasion of China does not equal appeasement and that Formosa must be protected by the President and the Seventh Fleet to guard against unfriendly hands.
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Des Moines
Howard J. McGrath
Douglas MacArtars
Iowa
McGrath
MacArthur
Asia
Congress
Thina
China
Formosa
Universities to Admit 50 Youths Age 16
Four universities including Yale will admit 50 students under sixteen next September as part of an experiment for two years of college before military service. Yale Columbia Wisconsin and Chicago receive pre induction liberal education scholarships funded by the Fund for the Advancement of Education. At least three fifths of the students will not have completed high school.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Fund For the Advancement of Educaton
Columbia
Wisconsin
Chicago
Srsenna
Reds Plan East German Army of 25 Divisions
Soviet sources say Moscow drafted plans for a 25 division East German army based on Bereit Schatten units of the 50,000 man People's Police as a fallback if Four Power talks fail. Russia would gradually withdraw occupation troops and urge US Britain and France to follow. Allied officials note accelerated East German reorganization, conscription drafts, and rapid rearming with Soviet weapons as preparations proceed.
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Pderlin
Apri
Soviet
Russia
People's Policer
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
People's Police
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United Press
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Conant
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Henredon
Weiman
Karpien
Long Beach
America
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