Public Balloting On Housing Plan Proposed By Cain
Senator Cain proposes allowing individual communities to vote on public housing through referendums before federal funded projects can start. The plan, part of a long range housing bill, would require local need and approval, with a five year slum clearance program and up to 308 million yearly federal aid for 40 years.
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Washington
Cain
R-Wash
Tradian
Anand
Senate
Myers
D-Pa
Rain May Help Quench Fires In Arkansas
In north Arkansas a drenching rain could aid a week of fires in timbered areas near the Missouri line. About 200 rangers and volunteers fought blazes, with aerial observers reporting nearly 300 new fires before nightfall. District rangers and Arkansas forestry officials remained cautiously optimistic that rain and favorable conditions would help control the worst outbreak, especially in the Salem Hardy area of Fulton and Sharp counties.
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Weather Bureau
Missouri
R. M. Henry
Arkansas
Orestry Department
Salem-Hardy
Fulton
Sharp Counties
Peace Congress Opens In Paris
A Communist sponsored World Peace Conference opened in Paris with a plea for universal peace committees. Frederic Joliot Curie, a French atomic scientist, urged delegates from 52 nations to secure victory against warmongers as 1,800 delegates gathered.
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Paris
Frederic Joliot-Currie
Senate presses for full disclosure on Atlantic Pact plan
In Washington AP reports forceful Senate demand to end secrecy on the arms for Europe program. Supporters and critics of the North Atlantic Alliance urged the State Department and the Foreign Relations Committee to publish the rearmament plans openly for public viewing as Secretary Acheson prepares a confidential report on the arms plan.
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Washington
Senate
North Atlantic Security Alliance
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of
Acheson
Acheson to Discuss Arms Aid Cost With Senate Panel
Secretary of State Acheson said he will discuss costs of a proposed arms aid program with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a closed session tomorrow. The plan would send military supplies to North Atlantic Allies with early unofficial cost estimates around 1.25 billion dollars for the first year. He aims to present a draft of arms aid legislation and the total funding request.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
North Atlantic
Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic Arming Costs Promised in First Year
Unofficial reports estimate North Atlantic defense arming will cost about 1.25 billion dollars in the first year. Senator Morse urges full disclosure of all facts before Senate debate on the pact. Ferguson calls for presenting the whole picture and the arms program with the treaty. Malone remains wary of the process.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Morse
R-Ore
State Department and Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
Ferguson
R-Mich
Malone
R-New
Chances Fade For Strong UN Move On Trials
LAKE SUCCESS AP The United States urged direct British American talks first with Bulgaria and Hungary on trials of churchmen behind the Iron Curtain. Britain expected to back the plan as the 58 nation committee weighed Mindszenty and Bulgarian church leaders amid rights violations.
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Britain
United States
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
United Nations
U. S
Aow
Berea Homes Fire Claims Volunteer Fireman and Injures Mother
In suburban Berea Homes a fire killed volunteer fireman James McDowell 47 while carrying a hose. A mother of three Mrs. Joseph Poros 34 suffered second degree burns to hands and feet in the same blaze.
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Cleveland
Berea Homes
James McDowell
Joseph Poros
Donora Smog Test Causes Illness Across Town
More than 90 people ill and a dozen leave Donora as government experts try to duplicate smog conditions blamed for last fall's 22 deaths. Doctors report hoarseness sore throats and coughs while tests at the zinc plant aim to prevent a recurrence. Webster across the river feels the fumes as winds push emissions toward that town.
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Donora
Public Health Service
Webster
Monongahela River
Webster Society For Better Living
Senate group probes Malmedy massacre case details
In Washington a Senate Armed Services panel pressed Lt. Col. Burton F. Ellis to recount the military trial of 12 German Storm Troopers accused of murdering 160 American captives at Malmedy Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. The committee plans three more weeks of hearings with witnesses from Germany and the United States and may seek further recommendations on the six condemned Germans.
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Washington
Malmedy
Senate Armed Services Group
Burton F. Ellis
Belgium
Ellis
Lucius Clay
Germany
Baldwin
R . Conn
Armed Services Committee
Royall
Congress
Ceiling Fails At Show In Houma Injures Thirty Nine
In Houma Louisiana a plaster ceiling collapsed at the Park Theater injuring 39 of about 100 patrons. Six were hospitalized for minor injuries and 32 treated for cuts and bruises. The most seriously hurt was Mrs Amos Lapeyrouse. The theater six months old with 1200 seats.
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Houma
Everett Talbot
Park Theater
National Guard
New Orleans
Ellender Memorial Hospital
Amos Lapeyrouse
Talbot
Pilot Falls 4000 Feet From Airplane In Alaska
SEATTLE AP A pilot identified as Dave Huyoke of Los Angeles and third aboard a C 47 carrying 10 passengers plummeted about 4000 feet to his death when he was sucked out while checking a draft near a door. The accident occurred four minutes after takeoff from Annette Island airport near Ketchikan Alaska.
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Seattle
Alaska
Sourdough Air Transport Company
Dave Huyoke
Los Angeles
Annette Island
Ketchikan
Lausche Hosts Columbus Dinner for Bond Drive Chairs
Gov. Frank J. Lausche hosted a dinner in Columbus for volunteer chairmen guiding Ohio’s statewide saving bond drive. The campaign aims to raise $62,630,000 with activities beginning May 16.
Child Rescued From Deep 40 Foot Well In Des Moines
Four year old Betty Johnson nearly drowned yesterday after slipping into an unused 40 foot well. Neighbor Norrie Jamison lowered into the shaft held the girl’s head above water for about 25 minutes until radio repairman Max Hughes pulled Betty to safety. The well, about 30 feet deep, was immediately plugged.
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Teddy Minnick
Theodore Minnick
Des Moines
Betty Johnson
Teddy
Betty
B. C. Jamison
Johnson
Everett Johnson
Norrie Jamison
Max Hughes
Chile Quake Kills 36 Across Chileand Cities Traiguen Angol
A severe quake struck south central Chile last night with initial reports of 36 dead and over 60 injured. Traiguen and Angol suffered heavy damage including jail collapses. Reports from Temuco Concepcion Talca and Los Angeles noted casualties and aftershocks. A separate Cleveland seismograph recorded the quake as 10 41 p m EST, possibly 75 miles south of Santiago.
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Santiago
Chile
Traiguen
Angol
Ministry of Interior
el Commercio
Temuco
Los Angeles
Concepcion
Talco
Cleveland
John Carroll University
Henry F. Birkenhauer
South American
Babchak Pleads Guilty in Ax Slaying Case
Steve Babchak, 75, pleaded guilty before Common Pleas Judge G H Birrell to the February ax slaying of his wife Katherine. Prosecutor William M McLain moves to arrange a three judge court to try Babchak.
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Warren, O
Steve Babchak
Common Pleas
G. H. Birrell
Katherine
William M. McLain
Babchak
Two Die In Train Auto Collision Near Findlay
Gust N Sakellar 61 and his wife Anna 56 of Oberlis were killed in a train auto collision at a New York Central crossing on Route 224 ten miles east of Findlay.
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Bpindlay, O
Anna
Oberlis
New York Central
Route 224
Findlay
Child Found After Hunt Of 15 Hours In Michigan
Three year old Jacqueline Simons was found cold and frightened after a 15 hour search through swampland near Big Rapids. She was brought to a hospital in fair condition and later comforted by her parents. Her mother Ardina said she disappeared at 4 p.m. yesterday as a posse of 100 men searched the swamp through the night.
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Inez Gertrude Brennan
Dover
Del
Wade N. Wooldridge
Bedford
Hugo Schultz
Epson
Merbert E. Barnes
Delaware State Police
Barnes
Jacqueline Simons
Big Rapids
Jacqueline
Ardina
Man Charged With Fraud In Mail Promotion Scheme
Columbus AP reports Charles Edward Seldman 55 of West Jefferson was arrested on fraud charges tied to a mail promotion scheme for a magazine named Promenade Investigators say he solicited investments from people in Atlanta Minneapolis and Dallas to make them local managers of the publication He is named in a federal indictment in Atlanta and faces other state charges in Minnesota He is jailed in Columbus requested bond set at 10000 by U S Commissioner Robert Newton
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Columbus
West Jefferson
Charles Edward Seldman
Atlanta, Ga
Promenade
Seldman
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Dallas
Columbus City
U. S
Robert Newton
Communists Launch Attacks Across Yangtze Front
Nanking area reports fierce Communist drives along the Yangtze River front. Attacks hit Kiangpu and Hsiaokan while government sources say Red forces threaten crossings north of the river. Premier Ho Ying-chin says peace terms offered by the Reds are unacceptable.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Pukow
Kiangpu
Wuhu
Hsiaokan
Hankow
British destroyer Consort reaches Kiangyin after river duel
British destroyer Consort reaches Kiangyin on the Yangtze after a 50 mile clash with Communist shore guns. Amethyst suffered heavy casualties earlier after being crippled by Redshore fire near Nanking. London and Black Swan proceed to aid. Air observers saw activity along the river but no clear shots from the Amethyst.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Kiangyin
Nanking
Amethyst
Rose Island
London
Black Swan
Girl, Five, Accidentally Shot To Death By Lad
Five year old Carol Stassner was killed in Toledo when a rifle fired accidentally by playmate Robert Hain. Robert said he found the rifle in a closet and pulled the lever back, causing the weapon to discharge. Carol died after arrival at Flowers Hospital. Detective Capt. Ralph Murphy said the incident was accidental.
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Toledo, D
Carol Stassner
Ralph Murphy
Carol
Robert Hain
Flowers Hospital
Robert
Death of Rabbi Stephen Wise Ends A Historic Era
Rabbi Stephen Wise, noted liberal Jewish leader and founder of the Free Synagogue, dies at Lenox Hospital at 75. He led civil rights, labor welfare, racial equality efforts and advocated peace amid global tensions. Funeral planned for Friday at Carnegie Hall.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
Lenox Hospital
Carnegie Hall
American Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
Wise
Palestine
Coal Miners Stage Sitdown Strike In Pennsylvania
In Lansford Pennsylvania three teen anthracite miners began a sitdown strike 500 feet underground to protest alleged pay dockages. They have remained in No six mine since 7 a.m. yesterday, sleeping in a mine shaft shanty after a hot dinner was sent down. The group, about eighteen workers, claims pay was docked for leaving early. They vow to stay until the company restores wages and adheres to a quitting time policy. A company spokesman said the action disrupted planned conciliation efforts.
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Lansford
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
No. Six
Soviets Tighten Berlin Blockade
BERLIN AP Amid rumors of a potential blockade lift the Soviet police in the Soviet sector tightened controls along borders to squeeze western Allied areas. U S Air Force officials said the Allied airlift would continue even if the blockade ends, arguing it remains valuable for guarantees of free land transport and ongoing lessons in air supply.
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William Rongalls
Donera
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Stephen Wise
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W. A. Eggart
Enon
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