Heat wave grips eastern half of nation. 11 die
A blistering heat dome blankets half the United States with 11 deaths in two days and numerous city records toppled. President Truman cancels a Washington news conference as New York forecasts near 100 degrees while Chicago anticipates a cool front and 66 tonight.
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Associated Presa
U. S
Truman
Washington
New York City
Mercury
South
Midwest
Virginia
Arkansas
Richmond
Miss Universe Pageant Tonight Features Aqua Show and Fireworks
Sixty plus contestants from the United States and abroad compete for the Miss Universe crown tonight. An outdoor aqua show on Rainbow Lagoon begins at 7 30 p m with water ski acrobatics and a fire jump. Fireworks follow, then dancing at Municipal Auditorium with Manny Harmon and his orchestra.
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United States
Iand
Municipal Auditorium
Unite States
Municipal Art Center
Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
Rainbow Lagoon
Pat Lissa
Redondo Beach
Rainbow Pier
Manny Harmon
Senator Williams denounces $38 million tax case settlement
Senator Williams blasts the Treasury for settling a $38,000,000 tax claim against New York oil speculator William R. Davis for about three cents on the dollar. He accuses Treasury officials, names John W. Snyder, William M. Boyle Jr., and Daniel J. Hanlon, and calls for the case to be reopened to study their roles.
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Washington
Sen. Williams R.del
Treasury Department
New York
Williams
Senate
William R. Davis
Davis
Delaware
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
William M. Boyle Jr
Daniel J. Hanlon
House Votes to End Federal Rent Controls
The House approved a plan to lift federal rent controls on September 30 except in critical defense areas or where cities request continued control. The vote stood 144 to 113 with rostral reconsideration possible, amid earlier motion to end controls June 30.
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Washington
House
Tighe Woods
Wheeler
D.- Ga
Laekh He
Beachcombing and TV Listings Across the Page Tabs
The fragment lists various section references such as Beach Combing on page 8 column 1 and different topics across pages A23 B6 and C10. It mentions obituaries, comics, editorial, tides, temperatures, and sports pages with incomplete range notes.
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Boyle
Plane With 7 Aboard Lost on Short Hop
A routine 70 mile flight from Norton Air Force Base to the San Fernando Valley Airport vanished last night with seven aboard. Search efforts by Air Force Civil Patrol and Los Angeles teams continued at dawn as ground units scoured foothills. Weather was favorable but scattered squalls and a brief downpour may have caused a loss of control over the San Gabriel foothills.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
San Bernardino
van Nivys
Norton Air Force Base
San Fernando Valley
March Air Force Base
San Gabriel Mountain
Civil Air Patrol
San Gabriels
Armor-Backed Foe Driven From His Hill in Korea Battle
Allied infantry and Chinese troops repelled an armor backed Communist force after a bitter five and a half hour clash on a western Korean hill. Marine planes knocked out airstrips and carrier based navy planes hit rail yards and supply facilities in eastern Korea. Fifth Air Force reported destroying 11 Red troop bunkers four artillery pieces and an antiaircraft gun along with damaged boxcars and vehicles. Temperatures reached 98 degrees as shell bursts rose, with 6,925 bursts logged by the Eighth Army.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Eighth Army
Tuesay
Warren Olney III Cleared of Libel
Oakland jury clears Warren Olney III on libel charges after a one hour and nineteen minute deliberation. The panel unanimously rejected the $500,000 libel damages sought by George W. Rochester of Los Angeles.
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Warren Olney III
Oakland
Warren Olney Til
Superior Court
George W. Rochester
Los Angeles
Steel Lock Cuts Off Truck Tank Jeep Production
The Army announced the steel strike has halted delivery of some equipment and will halt production of additional material including light tanks within days. Trucks from General Motors and Chrysler were stopped in mid June, Willys Overland jeeps scheduled to stop today, with Studebaker and Cadillac tank lines next and July 1 for another heavy truck.
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Washington
General Motors
Chrysler
Willys Overland
Studebaker
Cadillac
Federal Motor Trucks Company
Allison
House Group Advises 25 Percent Cut in Funds
The House appropriations committee proposed a 25 percent reduction in new funds requested by the administration for the armed forces foreign aid atomic energy and other purposes. The total cut totaled 3 467 594 566 bringing available funds to 10 283 143 780 from 13 750 688 280. The panel led by Rep Cannon recommended smaller allocations for agencies including a 1 706 000 000 cut for the Atomic Energy Commission and a 250 120 000 trimming of foreign aid. Defense construction was reduced to 2 187 899 840 and Civil Defense Administration faced a 562 500 000 cut. The ESA received no funds this year pending wage decisions.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Rep
Cannon
D.-Mo
Truman
Congress
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Lin
Civil Defense Administration
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Eisenhower Speech Broadcast For Denver Tonight
Gen Dwight Eisenhower discusses domestic issues in a live address broadcast from Denver at 7 30 p m heard in Long Beach via KNX and CBS stations.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Denver
Long Beach
KNX
CBS
Truman cancels news conference due to heat
President Truman called off a scheduled news conference in Washington because of extreme heat. Secretary Joseph Stort announced the cancellation at 10:30 p m EST. Forecasters expected temperatures near 99 degrees by midafternoon, and the unairconditioned State Department room with fans silenced hindered questions and answers.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph Stort
Weather Bureau
State Department
President Orders Farmers Rejected
Washington June 26 UP President Truman told the armed services to quit recruiting farm workers if they are deferred from the draft for necessary production. He cited a loss of six million workers in four years and announced an executive order to provide a more orderly policy for granting temporary deferments for essential industrial workers.
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Washington
Truman
Armed Services
Prison Riot Grips Kentucky State Penitentiary
Convicts seized two guards, released them after about half an hour as fighting erupted at Eddyville prison. Eight prisoners wounded by gunfire and looting reported. warden says disturbance traces to months of brewing discontent. State police rushed to quell the uprising at the maximum security facility housing about 1000 inmates.
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Eddyville
Kentucky
Henry Darnell
Ellix Morris
Jess Buchanan
Kennetucky
Buchanan
Penietentiary
W. E. Watson
Probation and Parole
la Grange
Weather Outlook With Drizzle and Clouds
Considerable cloudiness with periods of sunshine tomorrow after late night and early morning drizzle. Little temperature change. South to southwest wind 10 to 20 miles per hour in the afternoon.
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Wied
Shape Commandant Periled Pilot Missing Midway Isle
The Air Force reprimanded Lt. Col George L. Hannah Jr for missing Midway Island on Gen. Ridgway’s return flight on May 12. Navigator 1st Lt John J. Albers was downgraded to second assistant navigator until proficiency improves. The transport landed in Hawaii with insufficient fuel.
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Washington
Air Force
Matthew B. Ridgway
Midway Island
Far East
U.S
George L. Hannah Jr
John J. Albers
Ridgway
Midway
Hawaii
Hannah
Albers
Burma-India
Europa
oeAas
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van Nuys
House Group
William F. Arbogast
Bulletin
Midway Isle
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