Violence Fears Rise as Michigan Prison Mutiny Ends
Jackson April 25 threats of renewed violence loom after the five day mutiny at Southern Michigan Prison ends. Attorney General Millard will prosecute leaders on kidnapping rioting and malicious destruction charges. Deputy Harry Jackson to present evidence. The riot caused 2.5 million dollars in damage and a inmate was killed. Gov Williams and officials had promised no reprisals in writing.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern
Michigan
Frank Millard
Molly
Millard
Harry Jackson
G. Mennen Williams
Mothers Day Observance Highlighted by Local Churches
New Castle and nationwide will observe Mothers Day on May 11, the second Sunday of the month. Church groups plan special events and many mothers and daughters banquets are on the agenda. Cooler weather has kept fires burning in local homes and business heating plants. Residents are hopeful for pleasant plans.
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New Castle
Weather Forecast With Cloudy Scattered Rain In East
Cloudy conditions with drizzle or rain in the east and south this afternoon and southeast tonight. Tomorrow will clear with rising temperatures. U S weather stats show max 50, min 47, precip .12 inches. river stage 6.8 feet. Year-ago figures: max 66, min 40, precip .02 inches.
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United States
Missouri River Flood Pounds Kansas City as Crest Reaches 30.6 Feet
Missouri’s big flood surged past Kansas City dikes driving a 375 000 cubic feet per second flow toward the Mississippi. The river stood at 30.6 feet the highest since 1881, with Brig Gen Don G Shingler predicting possible subsequent rises as it heads east across Missouri. Jefferson City lies in the flood path with farmland at risk and only a few protections near the capital.
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Barnard J. McDonald
Kansas City
Missouri
Mississippi
Don G. Shingler
Missouri River Division
Jefferson City
Jeffer
Hunt For Victims In French Flood
Rescue workers dug through stone and earth in Menton as avalanches and floods strike the Riviera town. About ten people were drowned or crushed to death and a score were hospitalized after two days of torrential rain.
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Menton
France
INS
Riviera
Washington Bulletin Highlights Tax Testimony Delays
Rep Curtis says House tax probes will resist further delays in testimony by former Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph Nunan Jr on 161000 dollars of unexplained income. Senate panels recall Wage Stabilizer Feinsinger to answer steel dispute charges. Also, Alaska fog waters project expands this summer as strategic focus. Senate preparedness panel summons two retired Air Force generals to explain lagging airpower program.
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Washington
INS
Curtis
Neb
House
Internal Revenue
Joseph Nunan, Jr
Senate Labor Committee
Nathan Feinsinger
Wil
Alaskan
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Ennis C. Whitehead
K. B. Wolfe
Marie Hanlon Chosen City Treasurer for New Castle
Miss Marie Hanlon an employee of the New Castle Motor Club was elected city treasurer at a special council meeting in the City Building. She won the vote of Councilmen Schweinsberg Medure White and Mayor DeCarbo with White moving and Medure seconding. Councilman James Gibson declined to vote citing reasons linked to Lewis W. McClung.
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Marie Hanlon
Albert Street
Euclid Avenue
New Castle
Taft and Russell Campaigning in Southern States
Sen Taft of Ohio spoke at the Arkansas Republican convention in Little Rock predicting seven of Arkansas 11 delegates. Sen Russell of Georgia prepared to launch his Democratic campaign with a Russell for president dinner in Atlanta and opened Florida primary campaigning in Geinsville.
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Washington
South
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Little Rock
Russell
Atlanta
Florida
Geinsville
Formal Meeting Sought by UN Armistice Delegations
The United Nations Command in Korea pressed for a full meeting of the Allied and Communist armistice delegations at Panmunjom to resolve deadlocked talks. After secret prisoner exchange talks collapsed, Joy asked Nam Il to attend at 11 o clock Sunday morning, prompting speculation of a decisive showdown. Ridgway’s HQ issued a statement insisting repatriation of Allied prisoners be the basis for any future negotiations.
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Munsan
United Nations Command
Korea
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
Joy
Panmunjom
A. J. Kinney
Nam Isl
Matthew B. Ridgway
UN Supreme Headquarters
Tokyo
Three Escape County Prison At Bloomsburg
Three prisoners escaped from Columbia county prison in Bloomsburg Pennsylvania by overpowering a trusty and a deputy warden. State police arranged road blocks and issued alerts across 13 states. The fugitives were Louis Baricone 32 George Homan 25 and Charles Dion 32 all of Reading.
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Bloomsburg
INS
Columbia County
Louis Baricone
George Homan
Charles Dion
Reading
Plea for Second U S Super Aircraft Carrier Emerges
Admiral Fechteler, chief of naval operations, renewed demand for a second super aircraft carrier in New York, denouncing a House cut of 210 million dollars from the military budget. He warned denying the navy this ship would delay access to top aircraft and warned the committee’s financing exchange was not based on naval needs.
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New York
INS
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Bond Club
Fechteler
House
Navy
House Appropriations Committee
Western Electric Strike Settled After 29 Hour Talks
The 18 day strike by 6 000 Western Electric workers ends after a marathon 29 hour negotiation. Terms await CIO Communications Workers ratification but approval is expected. Picket lines disrupted long distance exchanges as operators refused to cross. Normal service to resume as workers return.
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New York
INS
Western Electric
CIO Communications Workers of America
Arguments On Steel Seizures Continue In Court
Government attorney argued the steel seizure legality hinges on whether industry damages exceed public risk. Holmes Baldridge said the burden lies on the steel firms to prove Truman lacked constitutional power. Judge Pine promised a quick ruling on blocking a wage increase for steelworkers.
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Washington
President Truman
Holmes Baldridge
Truman
David A. Pine
Gas Blast Wounds Ten in Pittsburgh Hill District
A Pittsburgh gas explosion last night injured ten people and damaged multiple party-wall houses in the hill district. Five year old Sarah Northington and her grandmother Elizabeth Woods, 66, were seriously hurt and taken to Mercy hospital. Two women were hurt in a theater stampede sparked by the blast.
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Pittsburgh
Sarah Northington
Elizabeth Woods
Mercy Hospital
Mystery Blast Aboard Heavy Cruiser St. Paul
The navy reports 30 crewmen died aboard the heavy cruiser St. Paul in a mysterious gun powder blast off North Korea. All fatalities, no injuries. cause under investigation with initial belief of asphyxiation. Bodies transferred to haven for transport to the United States.
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United Press
Tokyo
St. Paul
USS
INS
Navy
North Korea
Oe UF
Haven
Pusan
United States
Two Sailors Die In Plane Crash Near Clearfield
Naval authorities released few details as they awaited next of kin. The crash near Clearfield killed two sailors from Lakehurst Navy Station en route home from Chicago. Clyde York, 31, aviation machinist third class, of Hammond Indiana, and Airman Steven Robert Wisniewski Jr., 28, of Chicago, lived with his wife in Trenton New Jersey.
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Clearfield
INS
Pennsylvania
Navy
Lakehurt
Lakehurst
N. J
Chicago
Lakehurst Naval Station
Clyde York
Hammond
Ind. Ind
Steven Robert Wisniewski, Jr
Trenton
The Annual Miracle of Spring Blesses the Land
A reflective piece celebrates spring with images of fresh mowers, waking trees, blooming fruit, and emerald wheat. The narrator asserts belief in miracles each season, noting the day as forty eight today.
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