Navy Jet Crashes Into Minneapolis Homes Killing Six
A crippled Navy Panther Jet crashed near Wold-Chamberlain Field killing pilot Maj. George S. Armstrong 33 and five civilians in the John D. Gaines home. At least a dozen injured as flames and burning fuel spread to nearby houses. Sen. Thye urged immediate investigation into the crash.
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Secret Communist Power Transfer Discovered
The House Committee on Un-American Activities said it uncovered a directive transferring control of the Communist party in the United States to a tightly controlled underground apparatus. The panel warned the underground would continue subversion of the government while the party fronts as peaceful. Chairman Francis Walter called the threat vast and compared it to Hitler's era.
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French Punish Rebel Attacks Along Algeria Tunisia Border
French troops killed at least 33 rebels in a running fight along the Algeria Tunisia border. Ten rebels captured as authorities claimed perfect coordination with forces in Tunisia and Algeria. Rebel attacks left four dead and 17 wounded, with overall injuries rising to 37 in Constantine and Algiers.
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Odessa Sees Light Showers and Thunderstorms Forecast
Light showers drenched Odessa and nearby areas with about .16 inch of rain as thundershowers threatened Sunday afternoon. The U S Weather Bureau forecast more scattered showers in the Permian Basin Saturday night and Sunday, with today’s high near 95 degrees.
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Weather outlook from U S Weather Bureau at Albany Terminal
Partly cloudy with little temperature change today and Monday. Scattered late afternoon and night thundershowers likely. High today 95 degrees, overnight low 85, high tomorrow 95. Yesterday reached a high of 90 and a low of 70.
Witness Released Refuses Talk On Car Bombing Case
Brady Texas June. Mystery witness in yesterday car bombing that injured Sam McCollum III was released but would not speak to reporters. The witness, 49 year old Miles Texas car mechanic Epp Waits, says he fears for his life and will not discuss his possible involvement. Officials confirm no statement of his status as a suspect.
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Sheffield
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McCulloch
Luke Vogel
Associated Press
Riot on USS Lexington Leaves Sailor Dead and Three Injured
A clash between white and Negro sailors at Pearl Harbor on the USS Lexington left one White sailor dead and three others wounded. Seaman Apprentice Johnny Green, a Black sailor from Vicksburg, Mississippi, is jailed on suspicion of the fatal stabbing. The victims include Airman G. O. Medley of Fort Davis and Aviation Machinist Mate 3C W. L. Short of Austin, both stabbed, and N. Q. Vela from Alice, who suffered a head injury. The incident occurred after insults outside the recreation hall on Ford Island. The ship resumed maneuvers off Oahu before returning to port.
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Argentina Declares Martial Law Amid Revolt in Santa Rosa
Rebels seize key sites in Santa Rosa and Buenos Aires as martial law is proclaimed. Protesting followers of Peron are reported rounded up while Aramburu tours the interior aboard the presidential yacht Tequara. Authorities brace for wider conflict.
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Thunderstorms Patrol Texas Shrubs Regions and Impacts
The Weather Bureau issued a severe warning for a small portion of North Central Texas as storms scattered across the state. Lubbock Abilene and Sweetwater area reported mid afternoon activity with Baird near Abilene recording 1.70 inches of rain. Golf ball sized hail damaged crops around Floyd County and a lightning strike ignited an oil storage tank at Sunray. Telephone lines were knocked out at Morton.
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Harriman Declares Active Liberal Democratic Candidacy
Governor Averell Harriman formally enters the Democratic presidential race as an active candidate after a hat in the ring speech before United Hatters union delegates. He vows to fight for liberal principles and Roosevelt Truman ideals while recovering from a recent medical procedure.
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Eisenhower's doctors report stable after bowel operation
President Eisenhower underwent a major predawn operation for an intestinal obstruction at Walter Reed Hospital. Surgeons said he is out of danger, should recover fully in four to six weeks, and could resume full duties by late July, with no cancer detected and bowel bypass reducing inflammation.
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Pay changes urged to halt Air Force officer losses
Lt Gen Emmett O'Donnell Jr and manpower experts urged Congress to raise pay to stem civilian recruitment of airmen and officers. They cited nearly one million losses since 1949, high training costs reaching 214 billion dollars, and only 39 percent of ROTC graduates pursuing Air Force careers amid a 785,000-strong force.
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Rosy) O'Donnell Jr
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Argument Ends With Two Dead in Houston Feud
A heated dispute between a divorced couple over bedsheets led to a stabbing. Felix Adams, 56, was killed while Beatrice Allen, 35, was hospitalized in critical condition. Beatrice Allen’s former husband Charles Buffett admitted to the stabbings and was charged with murder and assault to murder.
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Dulles Denounces Bargain Price Hunt For Peace
Secretary John Foster Dulles warned at Iowa State College commencement that pressing for bargain-basement foreign aid would raise war risk. He urged keeping peace under tough funding, noting Soviet 20 percent of GNP spent on military and foreign aims. He argued neutrality is obsolete and framed aid as essential peace insurance.
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Old Socialist Deplores Quiet Third Party Gap
Chicago June banqueting speaker Thomas veteran Socialist campaigner and six time president candidate urged more viable third parties. He warned of racist push to win unpledged electors in southern states to shift the presidential vote to the House.
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House of Representatives
Exiled Polish Premier Renounces West Plans Return to Poland
Former Polish government in exile premier Stanislaw Mackiewicz denounces Britain and the United States as betrayers and says he will return to Poland on June 23. He claims no hope of liberation and says exile politics are a dream while accepting Warsaw’s offer to come home to help refugees.
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