Ice storm disrupts power lines in upper Midwest
An ice storm frozen communications and power lines across the upper Midwest, with northern Great Lakes towns hardest hit. Nebraska Des Moines and Clinton report widespread outages, 16,000 dollars in Iowa telephone damage, and power failures forcing households to improvised lighting and cooking.
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Mississippi River
Clinton
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Tilinel
Towa
Great Lakes Region
Des Moines
Lincoln
Nebr
Rapid City
S. C
Upper Michigan
Pickerel completes 21 day underwater voyage
U S submarine Pickerel dived off Hong Kong on March 15 and surfaced at Pearl Harbor 21 days later after traveling 5200 miles. Navy officials called it the longest underwater run known, noting Snorkel type design and potential for missile launches. Cmdr Schratz called the voyage routine and said crew felt fine after the voyage.
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Truman Hopes to Name AEC Chairman Soon
President Truman left Florida for Washington after a month away and said he hopes to announce the Atomic Energy Commission chairmanship within a few days. A White House aide noted he plans talks with several candidates on return. The president also considers John A. McCone for undersecretary of the Air Force as Tracy Voorhees resigns by June 30.
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Mohr Given Three To Six Years For Mercy Killing
Harold A. Mohr, a 36 year old tannery worker, received a three to six year prison term for voluntary manslaughter in the mercy killing of his cancer stricken brother Walter. A Lehigh County jury had recommended mercy, and Judge James F. Henninger imposed a $500 fine. The case marks one of only a few mercy killing convictions in U S history.
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James F. Henninger
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Walter
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Kenneth H. Koch
Harold Mohr
United States
Lee County
McCarthy Touts Missing Link in Lattimore Case
Senator McCarthy says he will name a mystery witness who will testify that Owen Lattimore is or was a Communist. He frames the Lattimore matter as Russia's top spy in the United States and hints at payment by the Communist Party as a potential link.
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Four FOE Officials Face Arraignment in Ohio Court
Ottawa Ohio AP four Fraternal Order of Eagles officials face arraignment in common pleas court on charges including publicizing a lottery blackmail and doing business unlicensed in Ohio. Indictments named Matthew Brown James Kellner Gunderman Barnett Goldstein and prosecutor J Harry Leopold. Defense motions seek quashing indictments or bills of particulars, and allege other issues with the cases.
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Senate predicts passage of housing bill with 4 billion
Senator Sparkman predicted the Senate would pass a compromise housing bill tomorrow. The measure, approved by the House last Thursday, would authorize about 4 billion in new insurance and loan authority. It extends mortgage insurance programs and adds 150 million for direct veterans loans, plus incentives for private lenders to offer GI home financing at four percent.
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Air Force Vet Rescued From Swamp After Plane Crash
Air Force veteran James Douglas Stewart of Weston West Virginia was lost for a week in the Okefenokee swamps after a Jacksonville Florida orientation flight crash. Scouts led by Robert Shivers found him on Billys Island and he was taken to a hospital in fair condition.
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Okefenokee
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Jacksonville
Fla
Billys’ Island
Robert Shivers
Atlanta
Bandits Escape Withabout $700 In Theater Holdup
Two bandits followed the cashier into the Guild Theater in Cincinnati yesterday afternoon bound her to a chair and escaped with a strong box containing about $700. Miss Georgia Anderson, 35, the cashier, said the men drew a gun as they followed her into the building.
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Groucho Marx Heads For Divorce Court
Hollywood AP reports Groucho Marx and Kay Marx plan a divorce after five years of marriage citing incompatibility. The couple has a three and a half year old daughter. Kay Marx was formerly married to Leo Gorcey of the Dead End Kids.
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Eight Escape In Crash Of Naval Plane
Eight Navy men miraculously escaped injury when their PV-2 twin engine plane crash landed off the Lake Michigan shoreline near Renton Harbor Michigan. Lt. (JG) Thomas Milton piloted the craft from Norfolk to Minneapolis route without locating the Benton Harbor St. Joseph area airports.
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Malcolm Ross
Tragedy Kills14 Miners in Samar Ore Train Crash
AP reports at least 14 miners died when an ore train derailed near General Santos in Samar province on Saturday night. Rescue teams pulled 18 miners from beneath heavy ore as authorities investigated the cause.
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Nine Ohioans Die In Weekend Mishaps
An Associated Press tally shows at least nine deaths in Ohio over the holiday weekend due to traffic crashes and other accidents. Names listed include Robert H. Gwin of North Ridgeville, Richard Perry of Cleveland, and Charles W. O Connor, a former Cleveland Press reporter, among others.
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Mother and child overcome by kitchen gas fumes
Cincinnati Mrs Ruth Brunnell 25 and her daughter Sylvia 2 1 2 were found unconscious in their apartment after a neighbor reported a gas odor. Police said both were taken to General Hospital in serious condition following exposure to fumes from a kitchen range.
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Fresh-Air Nut Caught Between Fitness Fad and Fatigue
A pale office worker obsessed with outdoor air and exercise dives into a training craze. He preaches sun-tan lamps and daily setting ups at work, but his bones creak and nerves fray. Eventually his vigour fades and he returns to ordinary habits.
Traffic Death Toll in U S During Easter Weekend
The Easter weekend highway fatalities totaled 172 from Friday evening to Sunday midnight. National figures show an average 78 traffic deaths per day in January and February, with the 54 hour period peaking near normal daily rates. Other weekend deaths from miscellaneous accidents totaled 4.
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Coast Guard Seeks Missing Missle Fishing Boat Near Nantucket
Coast Guard crews searched a 64 foot missile fishing boat carrying 16 men near Nantucket after the disappearance of the dragger Four Sisters. Two cutters Legare Humbolt and planes joined the hunt. landry wreckage washed ashore after a gale. The Four Sisters radioed of heavy seas but offered no port by Saturday market.
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Scalloper Four Sisters
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Humbolt
William Landry
Landry
Four Sisters
Gunnar Pedersen
Abe Resovitz
New Bedford
Report On Crops To Be Released
Washington AP The Agriculture Department will release a crop report at 3 pm EST showing prospects for the 1950 winter wheat crop have declined due to dry weather. Earlier projections estimated about 885 million bushels, below last year’s 901.9 million and above the 10 year average of 726 million.
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Chinese Reds Fortify Hainan Amid Soviet Advisers Arrival
AP dispatches from Hainan report Russian advisers landed near Lukchow on the Chinese mainland weeks ago as Chinese Nationalists claim an imminent invasion. They say Reds have seized arms and supplies, Lin Piao ordered to conquer Hainan with about 86 000 troops, possibly soon, while Chu Teh directs the campaign and Nationalists recount recent small landings and retreats.
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Lukchow Peninsula
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Ong Kong
Red China
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Chu Teh
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Lin
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Marshal Feval Chakmak Dies at 74 in Istanbul
Istanbul report says Marshal Feval Chakmak a Turkish defender of the Dardanelles in World War One died today after months of illness. He was 74.
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Turkey
Feval Chakmak
Dardanelles
Christians Return To Business After Easter Prayers For Peace
After Easter prayers for peace across Christian nations, believers resume daily life. In Rome at St Peter's Basilica Pope Pius XII urged a Gospel spirit and social justice, while Jerusalem hosted services at the Holy Sepulchre with 10 000 praying. In Britain Prince Charles drew attention at Windsor as Queen Elizabeth carried an infant at an Easter concert.
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