Berle Hits $5 Million Damon Runyon Fund
New York June 9 Milton Berle’s third annual telethon for the Damon Runyon cancer fund raised the total to more than $5,000,000 at 4 45 p m after 5 hours 45 minutes of pledges and calls. Berle planned to continue the 22 hour program until 9 a m tomorrow with help from showpeople and volunteers. Last year the fund topped $2,000,000 and this year’s goal was higher though undisclosed.
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New York
Milton Berle
Damon Runyon
Berle
Woman Held in Traffic Death in Los Angeles
Mrs. Lillian Christian, 30, of Norwalk, was held on suspicion of manslaughter after her car struck and killed 75 year old John T. Flynn in Los Angeles. She said she was driving 20 miles an hour while lighting a cigarette and could not stop in time. Flynn was hurled 83 feet.
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Los Angeles
Lillian Christian
Graystone
Norwalk
John T. Flynn
Christian
Flynn
15000 Sleuths Hunt Missing Diplomats
London June 9 AP reports one of Europe's great manhunts as 15000 sleuths chase two AWOL British diplomats. Cold trail shifts from France to Italy with no solid trace since Rennes two weeks earlier. Officials fear they fled or were spirited to the East with British American secrets. Rome links a Burgess cable to a Mediterranean holiday. police search Florence and Ventimiglia. Reports from Istanbul cite Bucharest radio on AT TESS and Donald MacLean in Prague.
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Jack Smith
London
France
Italy
Rennes
Foreign Office
Tae
Guy Burgess
Rome
Russia
Burgess
el Tempo
Florence
Ventimiglia
Istanbul
Bucharest
Tess
Donald D. MacLean
Prague
Pressed on Magazine Pact Between US and Moscow
State Department urged Moscow to allow wider distribution in Soviet Russia of Amerika, the illustrated American life magazine. Assistant Secretary Barrett said Russia cut the 50,000 monthly run in half amid censorship and claimed sales fell. No retaliatory restraint on the Soviet bulletin is desired, while Moscow mocks American claims of rising living standards.
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Washington
State Department
Moscow
Russia
Edward W. Barrett
Barrett
Pravda
Literary Gazette
U. S
Flag incident at University of Alaska during May 21 commencement
FAIRBANKS Alaska June 9 The University disclosed that two students lowered the American Flag on campus stomped on it and tried to raise a Red flag during the May 21 commencement where Gov Earl Warren gave the address. One student was expelled and the FBI seeks the other’s identity.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
University of Alaska
Terris Moore
Earl Warren
California
Moore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ius
Taft Group Eyes Minnesota Race
A Taft for President campaign has started in Minnesota in preparation for the state presidential preference primary next March. National Committeeman Roy E. Dunn says Taft can win the 1952 race, but faces opposition from the GOP liberal camp led by Governor Luther W. Youngdahl seeking a less symbolic conservative candidate.
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ST. Faus
Minnesota
Roy E. Dunn
Taft
Dunn
Luther W. Youngdal
In Defense Quad Parents Set Visit Fee
In Pontiac Michigan Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rosebush parents of five month old quadruplets posted a sign demanding 25 cents admission to view the quads on their front door They say the charge is self defense to deter crowds that disrupt daily life and prevent seating at mealtimes The sign states 25 cents per person to see the quads No children allowed
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Pontiac
Mich
Kenneth Rosebush
Rosebush
Truman to address nation on meat prices and controls
President Truman will speak to the nation next Thursday night in a fireside chat about cheaper meat prices and a stronger controls law. He plans to seek a two year extension of the Defense Production Act, with lawmakers promising a new bill by Saturday. Meat price rollbacks, including cattle price cuts and pending reductions, aim to cut beef prices by 8 to 10 cents per pound by fall, affecting the entire meat industry from cattlemen to packers.
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Washington
White House
Truman
P.d.t
Roosevelt
Michael V. Disalle
Dulles in France for Japan Treaty
John Foster Dulles arrived in Paris to urge French diplomats not to delay a Japanese peace treaty. He met Far Eastern authorities at the foreign ministry and planned talks with Foreign Minister Schuman. He said Western talks had bogged down over differences and hoped to settle them next week. Britain expressed sympathy with France’s view to delay signing until tensions ease.
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Paris
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Japan
Foreign Ministry
Robert Schuman
Dulles
London
France
Far East
Britain
Survey Shows U.S. Meat Shortage Looms Next Week
Chicago dispatch reports a widespread beef scarcity with the smallest cattle turnout in years into stockyards and many stores. Butchers and restaurateurs cite price ceilings as a cause while some expect a temporary pork switch. poultry supplies remain plentiful though concerns grow for Denver Los Angeles Minneapolis and Kansas City markets.
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Chicago
U.S
Office of Price Stabilization
Congress
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Fittsburgh
Denver
Los Angeles
Probe Fuel in Jet Smashes amid mass U S jet crash
In Richmond Indiana experts from UP Air Force and FBI probed causes for the worst jet crash in U S history as eight F 34 Thunder jets fell from stormy skies over the Indiana Ohio border. Three pilots were killed two injured three unhurt. Sabotage and wrong fuel theories were explored plus weather not blamed by some witnesses.
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Richmond
Ind
UP Air Force
FBI
Indiana-Ohio
Indiana
Stilter
Jackson
Mich
Earl Smith
Jackson Oaks
Michigan
Lt. Smith
Pentagon
Washington
Republican Oaks Committee
Burglar Steals $1500 in Jewelry From Leveen Apartment
Jewelry and clothing valued at $1506 were stolen from Joseph K. Leveen at 1302 Third St while he was at work. Loot included two diamond rings valued at $900 and $400. Police say a pass key was used to enter.
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Joseph K. Leveen
Third St
Fire in East Whittier Causes 30000 Damage
A housing unit at the Leffingwell Rancho Lemon Association in East Whittier burned last night, causing about 30000 in damage and injuring a cook who escaped by leaping from a window. The blaze swept a recreation room and a dining dormitory. John Breseno was treated at Pico Emergency Hospital for cuts. Firemen attributed the fire to defective wiring. Four county companies responded.
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Leffingwell Rancho Lemon Association
East Whittier
John Breseno
Pico
Song Writers from Long Beach to Be Featured on TV Show
Two amateur Long Beach song writers Wyatt and George Metcalf will have songs presented on the Peter Potter television show on Station KTSL across three programs. Tomorrow at 11 p m Wyatt's "Oh Where and How Will It End" will be aired and on the next Mondays the Wyatt Metcalf collaborations "Nothing Else in This World" and "Time" will be heard. Metcalf recently finished a stint as caster at Canaleton Skyroom.
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L. B
Long Beach
Peter Potter
Ktsl Fon
Wyatt
Chestnut Ave
George Metcalf
Long Beach Bird
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