TV Special Lets Mother See Son Graduate From Naval Academy
Mrs Dorothy Mills Compton who cannot travel due to multiple sclerosis will see son Robert E L Compton graduate and receive his commission as ensign through TV broadcasts by WMAR Baltimore and KTTV Los Angeles The telecast films show the moment the girlfriend pins on his shoulderboards and follows his Navy family history with Lt Commander Philip D Compton USN Ret, a 1925 Naval Academy graduate born in Honolulu and raised in Long Beach The son attended Lakewood Junior High and Wilson High School class of 1948 an Eagle Scout and 1945 Outstanding Sea Scout of Long Beach The Los Angeles telecast is set for Monday and the mother expresses pride and excitement.
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Dorothy Mills Compton
Hersholt Ave
U. S. Naval Academy
Robert E. L. Compton
Ensign
WMAR
Baltimore
KTTV
Los Angeles
Ensign Compton
California
Philip D. Compton
USN
Naval Academy
Commander Compton
Pacific
Bob
Honolulu
Lakewood
Wilson High
Willis W. Bradley
Long Beach
Compton
Blue Ghost Sniper Again Strikes in Illinois
Illinois motorists report new sniper fire as the "blue phantom" shoots at drivers in a north Belleville area. A Freeburg high school teacher and his wife survived a near miss around 1 am, with shots continuing to injure one motorist yesterday. Police widen roadblocks across a 10 mile central Illinois zone from Towanda to near Springfield.
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Belleville
Freeburg
Illinois
Towanda
Springfield
George M. Cushing
Pontiac
Bloomington
Reds Grab Area Ruled by French
Berlin dispatch reports Communist forces seized the Frohnau estate on the edge of Berlin, a farm 60 percent in the French sector. Five families, 15 people, were ordered out as 270 cows, two horses, and pigs were taken. Russians barred Allied patrols but allowed West traffic. Refugee flows grew as border-area “safety belts” and closures tightened. The move follows disputes over zone boundaries and food aid for Berlin.
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Berlin
Toy
Red People
Frohnau
Eupens
Jeanna
Weather Forecast Mostly Clear and Sunny Tomorrow
The forecast calls for mostly clear and sunny skies into tomorrow afternoon with a light temperature change. Expect morning low clouds and a milder daytime rise, with gentle winds and minimal precipitation.
Indiana GOP delegates favor Taft for President
In Indianapolis Indiana Republicans move to complete a 32 vote Taft delegation with 20 Taft backers named in district caucuses and one Eisenhower candidate. Backers call the result a steal and threaten a convention challenge in Chicago as rules and filing deadlines sparked controversy.
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Indianapolis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indiana
Sen
Roberts A. Taft
GOP
Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
Robert A. Grant
Texas
Grant
Eugene C. Pullam
Indianapolis Star
Boat Capsizes Drowning Tallies Five Family Members
Five members of a Thermopolis family drowned when an 18 foot boat capsized during a sudden storm on Madison Ocean Lake near Riverton Wyoming. Coroner Floyd Page identified the victims as Tom Buchanan 56 Nellie 47 Jim 23 and two unnamed sons. Three other party members survived.
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Riverton
Wyo
Jeane
Thermopolis
Madison Ocean Lake
Floyd Page
Tom Buchanan
Nellie
Jim
Wall Collapses Injure Twelve Firemen in Chicago
June 7 Chicago dispatch reports a wall at the Terre Paper Box Co collapses during an alarm fire, burying and injuring twelve firemen. Crews rushed to rescue others as bricks and mortar fell from a three story building onto workers on a roof and nearby street.
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Chicago
Teast
Terre Paper Box Co
State raises pay five percent on July first
Sacramento June seven. UPI reports the state personnel board voted five percent or more raises effective July first for about 53,500 state civil service employees. Average lift is about $15 monthly, costing roughly $6.6 million yearly. The 1952 Legislature funded the raises and left discretion to the board.
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UPI
Personnel Board
Flames engulf four story hotel in Pennsylvania
Nearly 100 guests escaped safely as a fast spreading fire swept through a four story hotel in Johnston Pennsylvania. The incident prompted continued coverage on page A 3 column 4.
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Pennsylvania
Johnston
French Communists Raided as Government Leans Toward Crackdown
Paris police raided Communist strongholds and naval bases including Brest to uncover a Red plot against the government. Toulon naval tribunal reported evidence the party acted against external security for a foreign power, a charge potentially leading to outlawing the Communist party. Hernand Revest, union secretary at Toulon, was arrested with about 65 others, with five held for questioning.
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Brest
Toulon
Mediterranean
Pinay
Communist Post
Hernand Revest
Great Toulon
American Tanker Sha'bonee Loses Rudder Near Rotterdam
Rotterdam port radar dispatches report the American tanker Sha'bonee sent a radio message stating it had lost its rudder. The incident involved the tanker near Rotterdam, with details from the Wethernee Shipping Agency.
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Rotterdam
Wethernee
Diewaeysipping Agency
Where to Find It
Public notice listing sections and page numbers for newspaper content across categories including Churches Classified Ads Comics Financial Obituaries Radio and Television Shipping Sports Society Theaters and Tides and Temperatures with specific page designations for each item.
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We Can Bomb Enemy at Will Says Truman
President Truman declared in Springfield that the U S Air Force in Korea can bomb the enemy at will almost anywhere in his territory He criticized Taft and other critics for cutting defense and warned of new Koreas in other parts of the globe He noted the U S has about 15 000 planes in active use and defended aid levels amid calls to reduce foreign military and economic assistance
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Springfield
Truman
United States
Korea
Robert A. Taft
Russia
Taft
Republian
Stalin
Kremlin
Eisenhower open to meet Stalin but doubts value
New York June 7 AP General Dwight D. Eisenhower said he would meet Stalin anywhere if it advanced world peace but added he doubted such a meeting would accomplish much. He urged work and sacrifice to secure lasting peace, noting East West differences are not negotiable while Soviets suppress free government. The news conference lasted 40 minutes as reporters pressed on topics including labor steel crisis and Supreme Court rulings. Continued on Page A-3 Col. 4.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stalin
Eisenhower
Father Divine
Untion
Supreme Court
Stowaway Fumes Evict Stowaway From Ship Exhaust Stack
William Cunningham, 33, hid in the Winnipeg exhaust stack at San Pedro to reach France. The ship departed for Le Havre, and diesel fumes forced him out within an hour. He was interviewed by the captain and returned to shore aboard a water taxi.
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William Cunningham
Gay Paree
Cunningham
Winnipeg
San Pedro
France
J. H. Fenton
General Steamship Co
Russian jets buzz U S ambassador in Austria flight
U S ambassador to Austria Walter J Donnelly said two Soviet MiG fighters deliberately buzzed his Air Force plane during a Vienna to Paris flight in Austria's Russian zone air corridor. He described approaching at about 250 feet with flaps down, then returning at full speed before heading toward a Russian air base. A spokesman noted a protest had been filed with Soviet occupation authorities.
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Washington
Walter J. Donnelly
U. S
Austria
Vienna
Paris
Donnelly
Air Force
U. S .High Commission
Offi ‘Cals
Train Crushes Car Killing Five in Minnesota
A passenger train hit a car at a crossing near Elk River Minnesota shortly before midnight killing five people. Identified by coroner Dr Gordon Tesch the dead include Rev Edward A Dicke 55 pastor of Trinity Lutheran Long Prairie Minn his wife 55 their son Martin 18 who had just graduated from Concordia College St Paul their daughter Dorothy Minke about 23 and Edwin Kroll 18 son of William and Mrs Kroll farmers near Long Prairie.
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Elk River
Minn
Gordon Tesch
Sherburne County
Edward A. Dicke
Trinity Lutheran Church
Long Prairie
Martin
Concordia College
Gh School
St. Paul
Dorothy Minke
Edwin K. Kroll
William Kroll
Truman Declared Hillbilly of the Ozarks at Breakfast
Springfield dispatch reports President Truman was proclaimed a hillbilly of the Ozarks at a June 7 breakfast during the 35th Division reunion. The event featured hound dog baying and a fox hunt imitation, drawing hundreds including division members, families, politicians, and Hollywood stars. Truman accepted the title and medal amid the festive, sunlit morning.
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Truman
Ozarks
35Th Division
129Th Field Artillery
Colonial
Shrine
Ceara
Ozark
Belek
Dwight D
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