Thousands Free Floods As Twisters Hit South
A massive Midwest flood belt across nine states led to deaths in Missouri Nebraska and Kansas. Tornadoes damaged towns including Trenton Missouri while Sioux City faced escalating flood pressure. Evacuations, airlift rescues, and emergency hospitals multiplied as guardsmen aided waterways and road closures intensified.
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South
Midwest
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
North
South Dakota
Trenton
Montgomery County
Sioux City
Iowa City
Floyd
Big Sioux
Connie Bodine
Valley
Concordia
Kaw
Wabash
St. Louis
Omaha
Grand River
Missouri River
Free Town
Floyd City
Red Cross
Sac City
Des Moines
Eddyville
Lehigh
Dakotas
Bismarck
Mandan
N. D
James River
Huron
S. D
National
Marysville
Frankfort
Beloit
Kan
Platte
North Bend
Fremont
Lincoln
Sergeant York Receives 33 Dollar Monthly Social Security
72 year old World War I hero Alvin C. York is approved for 33 dollars monthly Social Security. He will get 522 dollars retroactive payments immediately while living on a 395 acre Wolf River farm in Pall Mall Tennessee with his wife Gracie and nine children. York is famed for his World War I exploits and has a 60 dollar disability pension and 10 dollar MOH pension. The IRS filed a 1950 claim seeking 85442 dollars in taxes on movie rights income of about 152000 dollars.
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Pall Mall
Tenn
Alvin C. York
York
Gracie
Wolf River
Tennessee
France
John J. Pershing
Argonne Forest
Internal Revenue Service
Execution Rodgers Named as Murder Case Outcome
Rodgers faced a first degree murder verdict with no leniency recommendation, making the death sentence mandatory. Medical experts disputed the claim of insanity, and no further details on Rodgers were available in Lubbock Tuesday night.
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Rodgers
Lubbock
Texans Woman's University dean's list alters local news scene
Miss Ellen Hendrix and Miss Donna Jean Hobdy were named to the first semester dean's list at Texas Woman's University in Denton. Hendrix studies secretarial work while Hobdy majors in journalism. A fire at Lubbock Apartments damaged a trash disposal house, and another blaze damaged a fence and dog house nearby. A city dump truck contents burned and were extinguished by firefighters. A two car collision at Ave S and 14th St sent Audrey Hill to West Texas Hospital with injuries. driver of the other car was Effie Bruster.
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Ellen Hendrix
23Rd St
Donna Jean Hobdy
Erskine
Texas Woman's University
Denton
Lubbock Apts
5Th St
33Rd St
Audrey D. Hill
Grinnell
West Texas Hospital
Ave. S
14Th St
Al’s
Effie Bruster
Lubbock
Actors Strike Nearing End of Four Weeks
HOLLYWOOD AP The four week strike by actors against major movie studios is expected to end today or Thursday with cameras rolling again next Monday. A three year contract formula is reported as agreed. Stars like Marilyn Monroe Bing Crosby Elizabeth Taylor and Alan Ladd may return to eight suspended films next week. Producers say they will not share post 1948 profits with actors.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Bing Crosby
Elizabeth Taylor
Alan Ladd
Davis Nominated by North Dakota Republicans for Senate
Governor John FE. Davis was nominated by acclamation at the North Dakota Republican convention for the special U.S. Senate election set for June 28. The nomination was announced Tuesday night.
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Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
John FE. Davis
U.S. Senate
Bewitched Bride and Hypnotist Husband Stir Albany Case
Iris and Albert Herman, newlyweds, face hypnotism allegations amid a marriage under scrutiny. Iris claims she was under suggestion by a NYC psychiatrist hypnotist and fled to NYC, while Herman says her elopement was voluntary and accuses her family of manipulation. Iris's parents keep her away until she recovers from the spell.
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Albany
N.Y
Iris
Albert Herman
New York City
Herman
Larry Lashin
Hermion
Americans Freed After Cuba Quizzing Incident
Five Americans held since Sunday for questioning after their yacht, the Bob Katef, ran aground near Havana were released by Cuban army intelligence agents. Captain John M. Steele and his family, plus crew members, were freed and planned to fly to Miami. The release followed embassy negotiations. officials said all were in good condition.
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Havana
API
Miami
Isle of Pines
John M. Steele
la Puente
Calif
United States
Steele
Margie
John Jr
Leo Boucher
Springfield
Mass
Richard Patterson
North Hollywood
U.S
Hugh D. Kessler
Steeles
James Park
Torrance
Fort Lauderdale
Los Angeles
Panama Canal
Cape Francis
Ha Yvana
South Africa Faces National Strife Over Pass Laws
In Johannesburg workers return to jobs amid stoning and arson by bands of black workers. Cape Town sees 50,000 still refusing to work as intimidation spreads. Verwoerd’s government moves to outlaw PAC and ANC while declaring passbook protests temporary suspension.
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Johannesburg
Cape Town
Hendrik Verwoerd
PAC
African National Congress
F. C. Erasmus
ANC
South Africa
Communist Party
Russia
Torrential Rains Sweep Over Brazil
Torrential rains hit Brazil's northeast as hundreds of thousands flee advancing floods. Six bodies were found in Mapua near Jaguaribe River Valley, Ceará, with shoeless peasants escaping across Ceara Pernambuco Piaui and Rio Grande do Norte as homes washed away.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Jaguaribe
Ceara
Mapua
Pernambuco
Piaui
Rio Grande Do Norte
Port Acres Annexed by Port Arthur Ruled by Judge
District Judge Gordon Gary dissolved the town of Port Acres after ruling Port Acres had been legally annexed by Port Arthur in a land grab dispute with Port Arthur and Nederland. The decision ends Port Acres as a separate municipality.
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Port Aruther
UPI
Gordon Gary
Town
Port Acres
Port Arthur
Nederland
Gary
60Th District Court
Archbishop Makarios to speak on EOKA anniversary
Greek sources say Archbishop Makarios will deliver a major address Wednesday marking the fifth anniversary of the Greek Cypriot guerrilla group EOKA which fought British rule for Cypriot independence.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Makarios
EOKA
Pint-Sized Bandit Robs Armored Truck in Montreal
An armored truck guard near the Banque Nationale branch in Montreal reported a pint-sized bandit seized a bag containing 54000 dollars. The guard fired at the robber and may have wounded him during the attempt.
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Montreal
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Alabama State College Students Stage Rainy Campus Protest
Alabama State College in Montgomery saw a student demonstration in a rainstorm over the dismissal of 100 students for missing a March 14 registration deadline. Tuskegee Institute joined about 50 Alabama State students in a march around campus, singing hymns as patrols blocked entrances. Governor Patterson ordered an investigation into potential school closure amid ongoing protests and a classroom boycott by roughly 300 students.
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Necro
Alabama State College
Montgomery
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Alabama State
John Patterson
Tuskegee
Halt In Game With Police Urged At Texas Safety Meet
Atty Gen Will Wilson urged drivers to stop playing cat and mouse with police at the Governor's Highway Safety Conference in Dallas. He warned that this risky behavior contributes to traffic tragedies and noted law violations in over 3,000 of more than 40,000 rural Texas crashes last year.
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Dallas
Atty
Will Wilson
Wilson
Texas
Local Births Reported From Lauf and Area Hospitals
Congratulations to several families reporting births this week. Names include Victor and Victoria Gonzales with a daughter born at Lauf Clinic weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces, and Sidney and Mrs Robinson with a daughter born at Lauf Clinic weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces. Other families list newborns including Ramos, Gutierrez, Lewis, Rutz, Shaw, Rogers, Wallis, Rainer, Garea Jr, Burkett, and Wiley, with weights ranging from 5 pounds 4 ounces to 9 pounds 4 ounces and times noted. Fathers’ occupations span farm labor, plaster contracting, gas company work, construction, retail, and military stationed at Reese.
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Victor Gonzales
F. Broadway
Lauf Clinic
Sidney Robinson
Cith St
Workman Plastering Co
Manuel Ramos
Léth St
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Raymond Gutierrez
Ave
Laat Clinic
Roger W. Shaw
Harmon For
Reese Village
Soa A. Om
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
Reese
Alfred Garea Jr
Rt 2
Lubbock
Porter Clinic
Hearts and Minds Toward School Desegregation
Atlanta's Harold C. Fleming urges moving desegregation beyond lawyers and politicians arguing that the children’s voices must lead. His forum speech at the White House conference calls for federal guided fact finding to dispel fog and curb political gamesmanship in integration plans.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harold C. Fleming
Atlanta
Southern Regional Council
Fleming
White House
Whitney M. Young Jr
School of Social Work
Atlanta University
America
Kimball Wiles
University of Florida
Wiles
Warren
Grand Jury in Potter County Seeks State Ruling on Dual Panels
The 47th District Court serving Potter Armstrong and Randall counties weighs a special grand jury due to transcript needs from the Texas House investigation. Debates arise over two grand juries in one county and using DPS investigators amid a heavy felony docket. Roy Joe Stevens resigns as Randall County judge after misconduct testimony. Potter County deputies suspended over gambling links. sheriff Gaither defends actions. A note mentions a block of platinum as a curiosity.
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47Th District Court
Potter
Armstrong
Randall
Texas House
108Th District Court
Department of Public Safety
Roy Joe Stevens
House
Stevens
Committee
Texas
Potter County
Curtis Travis
Dick Bufkin
Nappy Nall
Grand Jury
Ike and Macmillan Back Short-Term Nuclear Test Ban
Eisenhower and Macmillan propose a one year informal ban on small underground tests and invite Soviet participation in a joint research program to detect blasts. Hagerty notes a treaty may later formalize the control system while declarations could end the ban. Nixon attended talks as the conference ended in a display of harmony amid fears of UK US rifts.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Macmillan
U. S
Senate
James C. Hagerty
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Senate votes 9 5 on extending desegregation penalties nationwide
The measure broadens penalties for obstructing school desegregation to all federal court decrees. Debates cover Kefauver amendments and local registrar questioning at hearings. Leaders discuss Berlin, Europe, and nuclear issues as Macmillan plans London trip and Khrushchev summit prospects.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
House
Joint Conference
Alumni Banquet Set at Quail School
Quail school outlines its annual alumni banquet for April 16 with registration at 6 p.m. and dinner at 8 p.m. Mrs. Delbert White of Quail requests alumni to write for reservations ahead of the catered event.
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QUAIL
Delbert White
Carr Criticizes Wilson Gambling Cleanup Record
Denton Texas United Press International reports former governor candidate Carr criticizes Attorney General Will Wilson for focusing on publicity and the gubernatorial race while allegedly failing to shut down gambling. He claims gambling persists in more places and crime rises under Wilson. Carr’s Austin campaign says Texans were misled about the cleanup effort.
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Denton
Tex
UPI
Waggoner Carr
Will Wilson
Texas
Carr
Austin
House
Wilson
Police Seek Park Murder Suspects
State police launched a secret trip to seize two "very hot suspects" in the Starved Rock bludgeon slayings of three women. Lt. Emil Toffant said the men were not questioned before and declined further comment to avoid alerting them.
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Starved Rock State Park
Ill
UPI
Starved Rock
Emil Toffant
Park
Toffan
Frances Murphy
Mabel Lindquist
Lillian Oetting
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413Th Civil Affairs Company
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413Th
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Albert Rogers
52Nd St
J. Marys Hospital
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24Th &T
Methodist Hospital
Raymond FB. Rainer
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
United Supermarket
Miro
HL Gi Burkett
Jackie Wiley
85Th St
Farmer's Co-Op Compress
Arthur Adler
Chicago
Adler
Ike
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Nixon
Christian A. Herter
London
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