Flash Floods Blizzards and Tornado Strike Across Regions
At least 15 people dead as flash floods, blizzards and tornadoes hit the north central and Rocky Mountain states on the first day of summer. In Nebraska a dawn flood near Cambridge killed 12 and left about 50 missing. nine injured in Loomis and Gothenburg. A Wyoming Montana border blizzard trapped workers and trapped tourists atop Cooke Pass. Burlington railroad service suffered outages east of Denver as floodwaters threatened Mississippi levees.
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North Central
Rocky Mountain
Cambridge
Nebraska
Medicine Creek
Loomis
Gothenburg
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming-Montana
Park
Montana
Wyoming
Itern
Cooke Pass
Red Lodge
Mont
Burlington
Denver
McCook
Neb
Lincoln
Rock Island Company
Mississippi River
West Side Bus Stops Split Causes City Line Confusion
A West Side resident recalls the P and L E railroad route while bus riders on the Butler avenue line argue over where to board. Some signs painted on utility poles could help, as a shopper reports a fresh garter snake skin found outside a Volant home.
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West Side
Butler Avenue
Daily Weather Report Summary for United States
Weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending today with a maximum of 84 and a minimum of 48 degrees, no precipitation, and a river stage of 6.7 feet. Previous 24 hour period ending Sunday morning recorded a maximum of 33 and a minimum of 50 degrees with no precipitation.
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United States
Blizzard Traps Tourists as Pass Bakes in Snow Deaths Reported
Snowplows cleared roads to Cooke Pass near Yellowstone after a weekend blizzard. Three National Park employees Vernon Kaiser Richard Huckler and John Baker died by carbon monoxide poisoning in a stalled truck covered by four feet of snow east of the pass. 39 tourists were stranded with 22 reaching safety and food delivered by rescuers before plows opened a path to the Red Lodge trailer camp.
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Red Lodge
Mont
Cooke Pass
Yellowstone Park
National Park
Vernon Kaiser
Richard Huckler
John Baker
Yellowstone
Robert Cunningham
Marshall Says U.S. Must Arm Other Nations
Secretary of state Marshall told Congress that the United States must arm and train Latin American allies to prevent a spread of war. He warned that without U S aid Canada and Latin American states will seek weapons and training elsewhere, as the Truman administration pushes for military cooperation legislation.
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Washington
INS
Marshall
Congress
United States
Canada
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Red Cross to Host 30th Annual Dinner Meeting
Lawrence county unit of the American Red Cross will hold its 30th annual dinner meeting Tuesday evening at 6 30 in the Cathedral. J Campbell McCready chairs the county chapter with a long record of service. Philip Ryan of national headquarters will speak on international activities and blood donor operations. Election of board members follows and officers will be elected. Open to the general public.
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Lawrence County
American Red Cross
J. Campbell McCready
Cleveland
Elizabeth Gillespie
Philip Ryan
National Headquarters
Vnstital
Mr. Ryan
Contract Let for New Sewer in Seventh Ward
Continental Construction company of Youngstown will build the seventh ward sanitary relief sewer at its low bid of $90,581. City council met in city hall and unanimously awarded the contract after City Engineer John Z Street reported Continental as the lowest bidder. The concrete pipe sewer will run about one and a half miles from Power street north along Shenango street to 100 feet above Mahoning avenue viaduct to relieve over loaded conditions.
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Continental Construction Company
Youngstown
Seventh Ward
City Hall
John Z. Street
Continental
Streets
James Gibson
Power Street
Shenango Street
Mahoning Avenue
Body Identifications in Allegheny River Deaths
The body of Wassel Sundach, 30, of Indianola is identified by a friend after being missing two weeks. Police also recover the body of William Flowers, 27, of Pittsburgh, who reportedly leaped from a bridge last Thursday.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Allegheny
Wassel Sundach
Indianola
William Flowers
Cleland Resigns as Westminster College Head
Dr H Lloyd Cleland president of Westminster College New Wilmington resigned Saturday June 21 after student and faculty unrest. His departure followed a Board of Trustees vote of confidence on June 20 and the tabling of petitions and complaints against him. He cited centralizing a highly decentralized organization as the core issue behind the controversy.
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H. Lloyd Cleland
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Board of Trustees
Cleland
Dewey Tops Wisconsin GOP Straw Poll For 1948
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York won the Wisconsin Republican straw vote with 321 first choice ballots from more than 1,100 workers at the state convention in Madison. Harold Stassen trailed with 286 votes, while Gen Douglas MacArthur had 157. Other named frontrunners included Taft Bricker and Vandenberg.
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Madison
Wis
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Dewey
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Arthur E. Vandenberg
Michigan
Round-the-World Plane Guests Weigh Welcome in Manila
Pan-American World Airways round-the-world flight America arrived in Manila with prominent American publishers editors and civic officials. Manila presented keys to the city and hosted a luncheon and state dinner at Malacanan palace with President Manuel Roxas. The Constellation set to depart Manila for Shanghai and then New York.
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Manila
INS
Pan-American World Airways
America
Pan-American
Malacanan Palace
Manuel Roxas
Shanghai
New York
Russia Accepts Franco-British Conference Plan
Foreign Secretary Bevin announced Britain agreed to a formal three power meeting with France and Soviet Russia in Paris to work out Europe’s economic revival under the Marshall plan. Britain received Russia’s official acceptance of the Franco-British proposal for the conference. An informed source said conversations would begin next Friday in Paris.
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London
INS
Bevin
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Russia
Paris
Europe
British Foreign Office
Marshall
Moscow
Britain
Marshall Denounces Propaganda Over U.N. Bypass Claims
U S Secretary of State George Marshall testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee denying a propaganda campaign claiming the United States is bypassing the United Nations. He warned the drive to standardize armaments in the Americas lacks UN involvement and is not evidence of real policy.
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Washington
INS
Marshall
United States
United Nations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Smith
Wis
Western Hemisphere
Man crushed in winch drum accident near Moundsville
Albert Klug, 64, was killed in a steel winch accident when he was pulled into a drum and crushed as the winch rope fouled around his body. Sheriff’s officers reported the incident occurred June 23 in Moundsville, West Virginia.
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Moundsville
W. Va
INS
Albert Klug
Baby Born In Plane 6000 Feet Above Earth
Judy Marie Summers arrived aboard a Navy transport at 6000 feet during a flight from Chincoteague to Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Navy doctor Lt. Ralph Onofrio and a nurse assisted the birth as crew aided in the mid air delivery. The newborn and mother, a native of Aliquippa, Pa., were reported in good condition upon arrival.
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Plane
Earth
Portsmouth
INS
Navy
Judy Marie Summers
Judy
James F. Summers
Chincoteague
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Aliquippa
Ralph J. Onofrio
Plan Study Of Extent U S Can Give Europe Aid
Washington, June 23. The United States launched a sweeping study to determine how far aid to European countries can go. Secretary of State Marshall’s plan spurred joint Anglo French talks, as Russia agreed to attend a proposed foreign ministers conference. President Truman formed three committees to find the facts, signaling bipartisan foreign policy effort.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Marshall
Truman
Senate
Vandenberg
Great Britain
France
Tass
Ten Dairy Queens Compete For Pennsylvania Title
Ten dairy queens were chosen in a statewide contest to vie for the Pennsylvania dairy queen title in Erie on Thursday. Western entrants include Veronica Makich of Albion Eileen Gwin Bessemer Phyllis Hutchinson Claysville Lois Jane Glessner Berlin and Phyllis Davey Mansfield.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Veronica Makich
Albion
Eileen Gwin
Bessemer
Phyllis Hutchinson
Claysville
Lois Jane Glessner
Berlin
Phyllis Davey
Mansfield
Girl on Bike Hurt in Collision on Grimes Street
Dolly Warnock an 18 year old of 921 South Mill Street sustained a bad wound above her left wrist when her bicycle struck a car on Grimes Street between Electric Street and Denver Avenue. The door handle pierced her arm and she was taken to New Castle Hospital.
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Dolly Warnock
South Mill Street
Grimes Street
Ectric Street
Denver Avenue
Andrew Zbegan
New Castle Hospital
Foreman Jesse Coburn Burned To Death In Omar WV Fire
In Logan West Virginia on June 22 a former mine foreman named Jesse Coburn about 50 was burned to death when a small home he lived in alone near Omar was destroyed by fire.
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Logan
W. Va
INS
Jesse Coburn
Omar W, Va
Community Rose Garden Dedication Honors World War II Vets
The Community Rose Garden near Jameson Memorial hospital was formally dedicated in a ceremony honoring Lawrence County veterans. Speakers from the Lawrence County Garden Club and city officials praised five years of planning and community effort that created a lasting memorial in the city park opposite the hospital entrance.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Garden Club
City of
New Castle
Tanker blast near California port leaves multiple dead
The Tanker Markay exploded at Shell Oil pier in Wilmington California while two thirds loaded with 113000 barrels of gasoline. Two men identified as Joseph W. Schwartz and DeForest Wilson died. Twelve others missing or dead and at least nineteen injured were treated in hospitals as firefighters battled the hot wreckage. Damage to surrounding facilities estimated at 10 million dollars.
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Wilmington
Cal
INS
Los Angeles
Texas City
Markay
Northwest
Shell Oil Company
Hbal
Joseph W. Schwartz
DeForest Wilson
San Francisco
Twelve Known Dead In Flood In Cambridge Nebraska
Flood at Cambridge Nebraska left twelve confirmed dead with at least twenty five reported as perished in a truck trailer camp at dawn. Officials recovered twelve bodies while a Burlington agent cited higher casualty figures and described the sudden flood threat.
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Nebraska
Cambridge
Neb
Burlington Railroad
H. R. Robinson
Miss Alice Sterling Heads to ALA Conference in San Francisco
Librarian Miss Alice Sterling will depart to San Francisco California to attend the 66th American Library Association conference from June 29 to July 5. She plans tours of East Bay Lake Merritt University of California Santa Cruz and Los Angeles areas and stays at the Drake-Wilshire hotel with a warm coat advised for cooler days.
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Alice St
Free Public Wary
San Francisco
Calif
New Castle
American Library Association
California
Sterling
East Bay
Lake Merritt
University of California
Library of the University
Santa Cruz
Los Angeles
Tuscan
Ariz
Drake-Witshire Hotel
Half Century On Same Job At Wampum Drugstore
Wampum druggist Mr. McDonald marked fifty years of service at the same location. He was on the job Saturday as usual when a News Photographer captured him working during the day.
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Wampum
McDonald
District Reports Weekend Violent Deaths in Western Pennsylvania
Over the weekend at least five western Pennsylvanians died violently. James M. Conkey 23 of Waynesburg drowned after diving into a 14 foot hole in Ten Mile Creek. An unidentified man jumped from the Pittsburgh and West Virginia railroad bridge into the Monongahela River. William Flowers 27 of Pittsburgh died after leaping from a bridge into the Allegheny River. Colman Crose 28 of Oil City died from injuries after an auto crash in Tuppers Plains. Michael Smoley 43 of Pittsburgh was killed by a train in a Pittsburgh yard. Dr Joseph A Doyle Mercer county died in Cleveland clinic. Michael Aimko 58 of Pittsburgh died of a heart attack at church. Identified body Wassel Sundach 30 Indianola Pa previously missing.
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Pittsburgh River Police
William Flowers
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Colman Crose
Oil City
Parkersburg
W. Va
Tuppers Plains
Michael Smoley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph A. Doyle
Mercer County
Greenville
Cleveland Clinic
Michael Aimko
Wassel Sundach
Indianola
Mrs John Davies Flies To Wales For Ten Week Visit
Mrs. John Davies of East New Castle left Pittsburgh by plane with her husband on Saturday to New York City. She then boarded a Pan American flight to South Wales to visit her elderly parents, planning a ten week stay. Mr Davies returned home Sunday evening.
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John Davies
East New Castle
Pittsburgh
New York City
Death Notices from Monday June 23 1947
Obituaries list Samuel B Fowler aged 89 of R D 1 Lewis Edward Dorch 68 of New Castle Mrs Edmond L Flick 72 of Boyers Mrs Gennaro Cioffi 814 South Mill Street and Mrs William B McQuiston 67 of Wilmington road R D 3.
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Samuel B. Fowler
R.D
Lewis Edward Dorch
New Cas
Edmond L. Flick
Boyers
Gennaro Cioffi
South Mill Street
William B. McQuiston
Wilmington Road
Senate Vote Makes Labor Bill U S Law
The Taft Hartley labor control bill became law after the Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman's veto. The final vote was 68 to 25, above the required two thirds, delivering a crushing defeat to the president. Senator O'Conor announced he would vote to make the measure law saying it is in the best interests of the country. The showdown vote was scheduled for 3 p.m. EDT.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
White House
INS
Herbert O'Connor
O'Conor
Leutenants
O’conor
Mary
Westminster Summer Session Opens With New Enrollees
New Wilmington June 23 The first session of Westminster College summer school opened with morning registration. Regular classes begin Tuesday. About 300 regular students already enrolled. today focused on new registrations. Dr. J W Creighton, summer school director, plans a series of special convocations.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
J. W Creighton
Fashion Note on Skirt Length Through Seasons
The piece discusses shifting skirt lengths with seasons and weather. It notes winter trends of short hems for ladies and higher hemlines for men visibility, then observes a trend toward lower skirts in hotter days and speculates ankle length may return. The writer blames fashion whims and questions who sets the trends.
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Rocky Mountain States
International News Service
Pa Newe
North Hill
F. O. Miles
R. D
Volant
Melville Miles
Daily Weather Report
U.S
Red Cross Meeting
HL. Cleland
Westminster
H. L. Cleland
U. S
U. N
William E. Zimmerman
I. N.S
Dairy Queen
R. F. Galbreath
Robert F. Galbreath
First Presbyterian Church
Tory
Haven
John F. Haven
James W. Moorehead
West Coast
Alice Sterling
Dave McDonald
Wales
Tle
Arthur Memeter
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