Terrific Blast Jolts Viewers Atoms Site Detonation
AP report details a massive nuclear test near the United States continental border with observers ten miles away witnessing an enormous blast. The explosion occurred from a high altitude drop at 30,000 feet, forming a mushroom cloud that sprayed colors from rust to white. The blast's heat singed observers and caused secondary fires as trucks moved in to recover troops within minutes of ground zero.
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Bill Becker
Atom
Continental
United States
Ground Zero
Las Vegas
Nevada
News Nok
Many Seek Sons of Dying Mother in Duluth
Duluth, Minn April 22. A dying 44 year old Duluth mother seeks foster homes for her two sons Gerald G and Gordon aged 9. Evelyn Paro, divorced from the truck driver husband, wants the boys placed this week before she dies of incurable stomach cancer. She has worked as a bookkeeper by day and waitress at night. She appealed to local papers a month ago and has since received hundreds of letters and many phone calls from families, attorneys, farmers and businessmen across the region.
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Duluth
Minn
Evelyn Paro
Gerald G
Gordon
Paro
Gerald
Duluth Herald and News-Tribune
Pato
Four Month Sentence for Wanger Shooting Case
Representative Hale led a House move seeking President Truman's impeachment over the steel mill seizure. A companion resolution would declare the President violated the Constitution and demand return of plants to private operation. The impeachment measure was sent to the judiciary committee. no action expected soon. Other Republicans assailed the move while Democrats defended the President. Senate debated a GOP plan to block government spending on the seizure and questioned legality before Congress.
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Washington
Truman
House
Rep
Hale
Judiciary Committee
United States
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Crawford
R-Mich
Capitol
Senate
Seen Coast to Coast 35 Million View Atom Bomb Blast
Television brought the atom bomb blast to an estimated 35 million viewers nationwide. A pooled videocast used six cameras at the site with a countdown and delayed audio of the explosion. Bob Pelham praised the telecast, noting strong views despite camera challenges and lens outages near the blast. Klaus Landsberg organized KTLA facilities for the coverage.
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Say
Pelham
Klaus Landsberg
KTLA
Los Angeles
Slayer Fails in Freedom Bid Escapee Recaptured
Rose Marie Birdsall, 24, former Long Beach waitress, escaped from Tehachapi Prison with two other inmates last night but was recaptured this morning. She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the Jan 30 1951 Rialto cafe slaying of Warren Eddenfield, husband of her sister Ruth. Another escapee remains at large as of early morning.
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Rose Marie Birdsall
Long Beach
Inlaw
Tehachapi
Associated Press
Tom Kelly
Miss Birdsall
California Institution For Women
June Costello
San Francisco
San Bernardino
Warren Eddenfield
Eddenfield
Ruth
Lonely Mt. Baldy Fd
Biles
Fears of Flood Grow as Heavy Rains Hit Missouri River
Heavy rains along the Missouri River intensified flood fears in Kansas City, Kansas, and Missouri, with major dikes holding at critical spots. Gov. Forrest Smith proclaimed a flood emergency and asked President Truman for emergency federal funds as the muddy waters rose, while experts predicted safety for the twin cities.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Kan
Twin Cities
Missouri
Forrest Smith
Truman
Army Engineers
Boy Killer of Father Receives Life Term
In Bemidji Minnesota on April 22 a 16 year old boy Lloyd Knutson who admitted dynamiting his father to death and burning a barn to cover the crime was sentenced to life imprisonment the mandatory sentence for second degree murder. He pleaded guilty last week and said he had planned the act for several weeks.
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Bemidji, Minn
Apri
Lloyd Knutson
Lloyd
Classifieds and pages listed in a newspaper index
A concise index shows where to locate sections such as Beech Combing on page 8, Boyle on page A-11, Bridge on A-11, Classified Ads pages B-8 to B-11, Comics 8-4, Crossword B-7, Editorial A-10, Financial eight through seven, Obituaries 5-7, Radio TV A-8, Shipping B-7, Sports A-12 to A-13, Theaters B-5, Tides Temperatures 8-7, and Women’s Activities B-2 to B-3.
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Beech
Mutinous prisoners riot at Southern Michigan Prison
In Jackson Michigan an angry band of 179 mutineers battled guards for three days after seizing a block, killing one convict indirectly and causing about 2 million in damage as negotiations for a truce continued. A tornado killed a 38 year old Oklahoma woman and damaged property near Blair.
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Jackson
Mich
Preas
Torna
Michigan
Southwestern
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Horace Jones
Altus
Okla
U. S
Blair
Film Bigwig Reconciles After Four Months Jail Time
Santa Monica April 22 AP Walter Wanger, the veteran film producer, received four months in county jail for shooting agent Jennings Lang in the groin. He cited marriage strain with actress Joan Bennett as cause and hinted at reconciliation. Convicted of assault with a deadly weapon after mercy from the court, Wanger faced possible one to 14 years on the original charge. Letters of support from industry figures and leaders were presented by his attorney.
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Santa Monica
Walter Wanger
Jennings Lang
Lang
Joan Bennett
Wangers
Wanger
Jerry Gieslier
Superior Court
Harry J. Borde
Fulton Oursler
Giesler
Second Reluctant Flier Convicted
The Air Force reports a second flier, navigator Captain J. Tzard, 34, of Keesler Field, was convicted by a court martial for malingering after refusing to fly. He received dismissal and forfeiture of pay, with three months imprisonment that was later remitted. His case remains subject to final disposition. His wife lives in Columbia, Mississippi.
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Washington
Air Force
J. Tzard
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Tzard
Keesler
Izard
Columbia
Miss
Willis ‘Lee Izard
Hazelhurst
Finletter
Pentagon
Verne Goodwin
Peabody
Mass
Variable winds bring warmer, calmer Thursday forecast
Low clouds tonight give way to mostly sunny skies tomorrow afternoon as temperatures rise. Light variable winds at 12 to 18 miles per hour are expected in the afternoon.
Truman Back From Cruise Clears WV Mystery
President Truman returns from a weekend Potomac River cruise while White House officials clear up a West Virginia mystery about the USS Williamsburg passing a bridge. A mistaken Morgantown contact led to initial confusion before correct Morgantown, West Virginia, was identified.
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White House
West Virginia
Washington
Truman
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
W. K. McMorrow
Williamsburg
Monogahela River
McMorrow
Monongahela
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Morgantown
White ‘House
W. Va
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Mt. Charleston
Nation
NBC
New York
Bob Pelham
Rose Birdsall
Emhouse
Navarro County
Charles Shelbourne
Blackwell
Enid
McGregor
Waco
Weather Bureau
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