Congress Blame Game Over Controls Sparks House Clash
President Truman said Congress must accept responsibility for the work controls law as Republicans assail him over inflation. Rep. Taber calls Truman a traitor to the people while Rep. Jensen accuses him of prepping for 1952 politics. House adjourns for weekend with debate ongoing on a bill extending wage price and rent controls.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Taber
R-Ny
Jensen
Browa
HOUSE
Brown
Ohio
Mother Of Six May See Again
A near blind Detroit mother of six may regain sight after cornea transplants from a deceased man, Lawrence G. Shannon, to Lena Campbell. Shannon’s family approved the donation after his death from a brain tumor at Bon Secours Hospital. Doctors called the operation very successful and the gift deeply humane.
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Detroit
Lawrence G. Shannon
Bon Secours Hospital
Lena Campbell
Shannon
May Shannon
Campbell
Charles Sheehey
Margaret Truman Returns Home from Europe Tour
Margaret Truman arrived back in New York aboard the Inner Constitution after a seven week European tour. She praised American men and stated she finds U S gentlemen at home superior to Continental suitors. Mrs Bess Truman welcomed her daughter with a hug on the ship.
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New York
Margaret Truman
Bess Truman
Margaret
Mrs. Truman
Yacht race rescue ends 30 hour life or death sea ordeal
A Los Angeles Honolulu yacht race crewman, TED SIERKS, was rescued after 30 hours adrift in the Pacific. He reported killing a seven foot shark and was saved by the destroyer escort Douglas A. Munro after a large multi-ship search. Five boats paused to help. He was exhausted but uninjured.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Ted Sierks
Avalon
Calif
U. S
Douglas A. Munro
Munro
Sierks
Cmdr
John A. Lindbeck
Salem
Ore
U. S. Navy
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
L’apache
L'Apache
Hickam Field
Riots in Cicero Endangered by Guards and Police Clash
National Guardsmen and local police fought a two hour riot in Cicero as about 4 000 protesters clashed over a racial housing dispute. Eleven people were hospitalized including three soldiers and three officers while police detained about 50 after the disturbances in which cars were overturned and a 20 apartment building was set on fire.
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Chicago
Cicero
Harvey E. Clark, Jr
Chicago Transit Authority
Kansas City River Side Evacuated
Kansas City Missouri orders complete and immediate evacuation of the central industrial district along the Missouri side of the Kansas River. Levees hold while sewer backups raise fears for the 23rd Street viaduct. Turkey Creek pumping station shut down. over 600,000 residents urged to conserve water.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas River
L. P. Cookingham
Livestock Exchange
23Rd St
Turkey Creek
Cookingham
Housing Authority Sued Over Death Of Youngstown Girl
The United States Housing Authority faces a $100000 federal suit filed by the girl's father Stephen Toth and family. Karen Margaret Toth, five, died after cyanide gas used to kill bedbugs filled their Westlake housing project apartment. The petition alleges negligence by project officials and improper gas procedures.
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Cleveland
United States Housing Authority
Youngstown
Karen Margaret Toth
Westlake
Stephen Toth
Eva
Youngstown Exterminating Company
Railroad Derailment Blocks Key Line Near Bowlesburg
A coal train derailment one and a half miles west of Bowlesburg, West Virginia halted the Baltimore and Ohio main line to St. Louis. Twelve cars jumped the track but no crew were injured.
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Bowlesburg
W. VA
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
Three Explosions Kill Twelve Across Nation
Three blasts in Indiana Illinois and California kill twelve men and injure three. The Indianapolis GM jet engine test plant destruction claims eight civilian worker deaths. Du Pont powder plant near Seneca Illinois kills four. Union Oil refinery storage tank blast in Wilmington California causes about two million dollars in damages.
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Indiana
Illinois
California
General Motors
Indianapolis
Air Force
E. J. du Pont de Nemours Company
Seneca
Ill
Los Angeles Harbor
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Sailor–detained after ramming house with van in dispute
John C. Perry, 27, a sailor, was detained by police in Manchester England after returning with a moving van and ramming his estranged wife’s house when she did not answer the door. He said he was upset by her refusal to answer the bell.
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Manchester
England
John C. Perry
Perry
Three Nations Join Pact of Mutual Aid
The United States, Australia and New Zealand agreed to meet the common danger if armed attack occurs in the Pacific. The pact extends postwar security ties and aims to broaden into a regional system, with signing expected in September in San Francisco alongside the Japanese peace treaty. Senate approval is required.
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Washington
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
North Atlantic
San Francisco
Senate
Pacific Nations
U. S
Philippines
Japan
Shriners Close New York Visit Parade Ends 77th Convention
About 100000 Shriners said goodbye to New York after a five hour parade through midtown. Gen Douglas MacArthur and Mrs MacArthur rode at the head and were honored with a life member scroll for Kerak Temple Reno Nev as the 77th Ancient Arabic Order convention wrapped up.
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New York
Broadway
Uare
Douglas MacArthur
Bodies Of Air Crash Victims Are Hunted
Searchers waded into the South Atlantic surf seeking the bodies of 32 people killed when a Rio bound airliner crashed offshore. The plane en route from Natal to Rio went down yesterday off Aracaju about 900 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro after takeoff from the Sal River area airport.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Natal
Rio
Aracaju
Here
Sal River
Ten Die In Crash At RAF Base
Ten Royal Air Force cadets were killed in a fiery twin-engine plane crash at a base near Lyeham England last night. The AP report notes severe damage and an ongoing investigation into the cause as authorities dispatched emergency crews to the scene.
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Lyeham
England
Royal Air Force
Ere
Desperado Ernest Tait Nabbed After Miami Garage Stop
FBI drops Ernest Tait from its ten most wanted list after he is arrested in a Miami garage while awaiting service on a new convertible. He faced a $10,000 bond in the city jail as agents moved to book him for an April 1 Indiana holdup with two loaded 45 automatics.
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Miami, Fla
FBI
Ernest Tait
Desperado
Miami
Tait
New Castle
Ind
Associated Press
Miami Herald
R. W. Wall
Webb Burke
Jesse Marrs
Marrs
Louis Hill
Coral Gables
Hill
Lattimore defends IPR as not Communist dominated
Senate Internal Security Committee questioned Owen Lattimore about the Institute of Pacific Relations. He said the IPR “never has been Communist dominated and never has been a Communist front.” Fortas called the session dull and routine as questions focused on the Institute.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Lattimore
Senate
Internal Security Committee
Abe Fortas
Fortas
Eastland
D-Miss
McCarran
D-Nev
Woman Found Unconscious At Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Ironton woman Carole Goldcamp 26 was found unconscious on the fourth floor of the Deshler-Wallick Hotel Columbus with severe head wounds. Hotel staff reported she appeared nervous at check in and told of two flat tires en route from Delaware. Homicide detectives investigate.
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Columbus
Carole Goldcamp
Ironton
St. Francis Hospital
Delaware
U S Secures Five Year Lease of Daahran Airfield
The United States and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement at Jidda on June 18 allowing American aircraft to use Daahran Airfield for five years with a renewal option. The field, built in World War II, lies near the Arabian Sea in southern Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia will also purchase weapons and defense materials from the United States.
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Washington
United States
Saudi Arabia
Daahran
State Department
Jidda
U.S
Saudia Arabia
Arabian Sea
Army raises Korea enemy casualties to eleven million
The Army increased its Korea war casualties estimate to 11,202,928 through July 4, before cease fire talks began. Of the total, 872,737 were battle deaths, up 8,788, and prisoners reached 163,473, up 343.
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Washington
Korea
Three Points Set For Resumption Of Armistice Parley
Allied command demands UN delegation free movement and removal of armed guards before talks resume. Ridgway, after NAM Il rejected accepting news correspondents as UN personnel, outlines three conditions for an expanded UN presence and access at Kaesong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Reds
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Court orders release of 15 Communist leaders
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan, citing U S Appeals Court ruling, ordered the release on bail supplied by the Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund. The move overturns prior revocation and jail terms stemming from disputes over fund contributors and identity disclosures.
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New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
U. S
Civil Rights Congress
Ryan
Learned Hand
Hand
Congress
Department of Justice
Judge Hand
Reds
Two Die In Fayetteville Air Crash West of Town
Elmer W. Hilberg 48 of Silverton and Pauline A. Cordes 39 of Cincinnati were killed when a single engine plane crashed in a creek four miles west of Fayetteville Ohio. The flight from Indianapolis to Blue Ash disappeared over due time at 2 am. Hilberg owned a Silverton variety store.
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Fayetteville
State Highway Patrol
Elmer W. Hilberg
Silverton
Cincinnati
Pauline A. Cordes
Here
E. P. Webb
Hilberg
Indianapolis
Watson M. Parks
Blue Ash
Vera Weldon
Cordes
Chi
Denmark Nears End of War With Germany
Denmark signals nearing end of hostilities with Germany as Allied efforts press toward peace. observers note shifting political dynamics and civilian relief moves in Copenhagen amid wartime fatigue.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Germany
Allied troops advance on east central Korea front
Eighth Army reports limited objective gains up to three miles under heavy Red fire southeast of Kumsong. U S night fighters downed two small Red planes near the Munson peace camp. Reports of Red buildup persist but an Allied officer says no immediate offensive is evident.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Kumsong
U. S
Munson
Ridgway Sets Terms as UN Press Is Barred at Kaesong
UN and Allied authorities clash over access for newsmen to Kaesong as General Ridgway issues a televised ultimatum. The UN cease fire delegation leader Joy demanded unrestricted press passes, while Chinese guards blocked 20 reporters from joining the convoy. Ridgway’s statement and allied responses circulated via Seoul Tokyo and El Dorado broadcasts.
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Ridgway
Tokyo
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Kim
Peng
Korea
Frank Allen, Jr
Allen
Munsan
Seoul
Iso
U. S
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Kaesong
Inter
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Democrat Farm Coalition
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Margaret Home
National
Kansas City River Side
Housing Authority
THE
Joseph Long
Red Lines
Shriners Close
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
Red
Joy
Nam
Red Peiping
Pyongyang
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