State of Emergency Declared as Floods Hit Kansas City Area
Kansas City metro area of 900000 is paralyzed by floods with a state of emergency. The nation sends aid for Kansas City in Missouri and Kansas and eastern Kansas. Flooded fuel tanks and three major districts inundated, with evacuations in North Kansas City and Fairfax as the Missouri River crest nears 36 feet.
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Kansas City
Kas
State of
Kansas
Missouri
North
Fairfax
Missouri River
Fairfax District
Army
Kansas River
Fresh evidence cited in IPR inquiry over Lattimore testim ony
Senate Internal Security subcommittee heard five hours of secret testimony by Owen Lattimore on the Institute of Pacific Relations. Lattimore, Johns Hopkins professor and IRP trustee, said the panel found fresh evidence but he noted nothing to worry about. He denied Communist domination of IRP.
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Washington
Senate
Owen Lattimore
Institute of Pacific Relations
Lattimore
Far Eastern Affairs Authority
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Internal Security Subcommittee
IRP
Pacific Affairs
IPR
Ferguson
Robert Morris
The
Fire Engulfs Flooded Block Threatens Chemical Plant
A noon blaze in Kansas City spread through two flood flooded blocks and menaced a chemical plant storing naphtha and other explosives. Nine firefighters were injured as residents within an eight block radius fled the area while officials declared the plant now out of danger.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Flood Devastates Cities and Halts Traffic
Thousands of refugees complicate relief as Maj. Gen. Lewis Pick warns damages may exceed 500 million dollars. Floodwaters stop highway and rail traffic and strain water supply for Kansas City. Many eastern and central Kansas towns including Topeka and Lawrence are submerged or flooded with tens of thousands homeless.
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Lewis Pick
Army Engineers
Washington
Kansas
Kansas City
Topeka
Lawrence
Manhattan
Great Bend
Iola
Salina
Norton
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Junction City
Chanute
Perry
Strong City
Florence
Marion
Capital Police Quell Riot With Tear Gas Bombs
In Capital Heights Maryland a whites and Negroes riot outside Chickland Night Club ended with tear gas bombs. Police reported three volleys to disperse the crowd after the club reopened to Negroes for a second time in a week. A Negro woman in a passing car was slightly hurt by stones. The club had closed briefly after a prior riot when it announced it would not discriminate.
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Washington
Capital Heights
Wheat production goal set for 1952 at 1.165 billion bushels
Secretary Brannan announced the 1952 wheat production goal at about 1.165 billion bushels, roughly 100 million more than this year's target. He said the figure is needed to stay on the side of abundance.
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Washington
Brannan
Brannnan
Cease Fire Not Halting Red Drive in Southeast Asia
Premier Pibulsonggram of Thailand warned that a Korea cease fire would not deter communist expansion in Asia. He said Beijing aims to infiltrate Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indochina, Burma, and Indonesia, using wartime tactics of infiltration and volunteer invasions.
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Bankok
Thailand
Pibulssonggram
Southeast Asia
Korea
Asia
Associated Press
Indochina
Burma
Indonesia
Stepfather hunted in death of Betty Jean Hansen
In Newhall California the body of Betty Jean Hansen twenty was found in a ravine nine days after she was reported kidnapped by her jealous stepfather Frank W Kristy Downey painter. Authorities intensified an all points search for Kristy who is charged with kidnapping Betty Jean on July 5 while threatening his wife Margaret in their kitchen.
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Newhall
Calif
Betty Jean Hansen
Frank W. Kristy
Kristy
Margaret
Betty Jean
Wright Patterson Will Fete Orphans
Air Force personnel at Wright Patterson Air Force Base will entertain 214 orphans from three counties for the annual Father-For-A-Day observance. The children from Montgomery County Children's Home Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Green County Children's Home and Clark County Children's Home will watch an Air Force film, enjoy a ham dinner, view a B 36 and other planes, and swim at the service club pool.
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Dayton
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Montgomery County
Ohio
Service Club
Cincinnati Reds accused of monopoling major league game broadcasts
A suit filed in U S District Court by Tri-City Broadcasting against Liberty Broadcasting and organized baseball alleges a conspiracy to block WNOP Newport from airing Game of the Day. It targets Liberty, all 16 major league clubs, Ford Frick, Will Harridge, and A B Chandler, seeking an injunction to restore broadcasting rights for Reds games and preventing monopolistic control within a 50 mile radius. WCPO now carries all Cincinnati games and televises weekday afternoons.
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Cincinnati
WNOP
Newport
U. S
Liberty Broadcasting Company
Organized Baseball
Liberty
Tri-City Broadcasting Company
Ford Frick
National League
Will Harridge
A. B. Chandler
Cincinnati Reds
Liberty Now
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THE
REDS
WCPO
Mixed Views Expressed On Acheson Plan
Secretary of State Acheson urged a Korean armistice based on current battle lines, opposing a return to the prewar 38th parallel. The stance drew mixed reactions from lawmakers. some saw it better than a 38th parallel cease fire, while many demanded concrete moves toward Korea’s unification in any truce.
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Washington
Acheson
38Th Parallel
Korea
Rubinstein Trial Ties Philippine Repair Plan to War Damage
Testimony in New York federal court links financier Serge Rubinstein to a 1945 Philippine reconstruction proposal. Jaime Hernandez and Maximo Kalaw testified that a construction firm would take 3 percent of expenditures over 100 million, with Rubinstein’s Panhandle firm negotiating the Stewart purchase, a plan dropped after political turmoil.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Philippine Islands
Rubinstein
Jaime Hernandez
Maximo M. Kalaw
Islands’ Rehabilitation Committee
James A. Stewart
U.S
Yachtsman Survives Shark Attack During Pacific Race
Ted Sierks, rescued after 30 hours afloat from the Los Angeles to Honolulu yacht race, says he killed a shark that nibbled his bare feet and credits his luck with saving his life aboard the destroyer escort Douglas A. Munro. He describes fighting off multiple sharks and enduring the peril with a calm radio message to Pasadena friends.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Ted Sierks
Pasadena
Calif
U. S
Douglas A. Munro
Sierks
Los Angeles
Four youths plan raft trip from New Kensington to New Orleans
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. AP The raft Lethargia will head downriver for New Orleans in a day or two with four young people planning an experiment in living in small groups. Two men and two women, strangers, aim to cover 1300 miles by October 1 guided by Mary Ellen McGrady a 24 year old sociology graduate from the University of Michigan.
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New Kensington
New Orleans
Mary Ellen McGrady
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Ohioans oppose extension of price controls
Twelve Ohio agricultural and industrial groups urged Congress to reject extending price controls arguing they fuel shortages and inflation. The telegram to Ohio's congressmen bore signatures from groups including the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Ohio State Grange Ohio Council of Farmers Cooperatives Ohio Manufacturers Association and others.
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Columbus
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio State Grange
Ohio Council of Farmers Cooperatives
Ohio Manufacturers Association
Federated Egg and Poultry Sales
Central Ohio Milk Producers Association
Producers Livestock Cooperative Association
Cincinnati Livestock Producers Association
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative Association
Miami Valley Milk Producers Association
Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association
Grady Optimistic On Iran Oil Talks With Harriman
Tehran dispatch reports American Ambassador Henry Grady expressing hope for a break in Iran oil crisis as W Averell Harriman arrives as President Truman's envoy. The mission seeks settlement over nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company between Britain and Iran.
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Tehran
Iran
Henry F. Grady
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Mohammed Mossadegh
Harriman
Truman
Britain
President Meets Margaret Truman at Union Station
President Truman went to Union Station to greet Margaret Truman on her return from Europe. Photographers and reporters were present but kept at a distance by Secret Service as the meeting was described as private.
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Washington
Margaret Truman
Europe
Secret Service
UN Ultimatum Elicits One Sided Reply From Reds
Pyongyang radio voiced a formal in principle acceptance of Ridgway's cease fire terms but objected to the demand for a one sided approach. It proposed joint negotiations to assure guards safety of delegates and to admit not more than 20 foreign correspondents.
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Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Redtop
Ridgway
Kaesong
Kyodo
Kim I] Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Egci
Munsan
U. S
Peiping
Fight Uphill For Retention Of Controls
The administration battles a GOP and Southern Democrat coalition to extend wage price and rent controls. Sawyer warns inflation harms the nation while pledging to drop controls when possible. Congress returns Monday to decide on a House-Senate conference on extending authority and limiting presidential power.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Senate
Truman
Truman Backs Flood Program
President Truman supported an emergency relief plan for the Kaw River Valley floods requesting $15 million in federal aid. He instructed Secretary Brannan to survey needs, ensure food supplies, and provide loans to farmers to resume operations after the floodwaters recede, with potential for additional funding if required.
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Washington
Truman
Kaw River
White House
Brannan
Rioting in Cicero Leads Guardsmen to Stay On Duty
Cicero, Ill. reports show soldiers and police maintaining a defensive line around the embattled apartment building where a Negro family had rented a flat. About 70 were arrested last night with 39 charged. 200 of 450 guards and police remain on duty through the night as crowds dwindle and Sheriff Babb expects troops to stay at least until Monday.
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Cicero, Ill
Cicero
Chicago
John Babb
Govsenda
Adlai Stevenson
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