Five Dead Two Missing In Southwest Texas Floods
Five people are dead with two missing as floods from heavy rains isolate towns across Southwest Texas. Downpours up to 23 inches in 24 hours washed bridges, flooded low areas, and forced evacuations while helicopters and boats rescued stranded residents and a stalled train passenger. Authorities warned of continued danger as communications failed and two areas bore the brunt of the deluge.
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Boerne
Tex
Texas
San Marcos
Department of Public Safety
Rua
Selms
New Braunfels
Thei
Francisco Coronado
Fegions
San Saba
Fredericksburg
Blanco
Seguin
Johnson City
Marble’ Falls
Kohler Seeks Toll Roads To Fix Wisconsin Highways
Governor Walter Kohler urged the Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association that seven mainline Wisconsin highways are inadequate and should be replaced. He proposed toll roads and four financing methods including motor vehicle and gas taxes plus higher truck taxes to fund a million-dollar-a-mile four-lane system, noting tolls could cut a truck route time by about three hours. The group also heard Mack Tracks president E D Bransome urge truckers to back improved mainline highways.
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Elkhart Lake
Wis
Wisconsin
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association
Kohler
E. D. Bransome
New York
Mack Tracks
Allentive Service Calls 47,000 Men in November
Washington confirms Defense Department requests to the Selective Service System to call 47,000 men in November for Army assignments. Grau, former Cuban president, says he is ready to run in 1953. Batista opponents claim a deal influences drafts as October figures match November totals. Total called since 1948 exceeds 1,100,000 as Cuba undergoes upheaval.
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Washington
Defense Department
Havana
Cuba
al Ramon Grau
as-San Martin
Army
Grau
Fulton
Gencio Batista
Batista
Thi
Carlos Pro Socat
Sinceias
Truman Attacks Reds Over News Conference Remarks
Sen Wiley accuses President Truman of playing into Communist hands by warning an isolationist Republican Congress after a GOP victory in November. Wiley argues the remarks create fear in Europe and split foreign policy from party politics. Bricker says Democrats are raising a phony issue and finds no basic difference with Eisenhower on foreign policy.
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Washington
Alexander Wiley
Truman
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wiley
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
John W. Bricker
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
N. J
John Sherman Cooper
John Foster Dulles
Warren R. Austin
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
Europe
America
Bricker
Eisenhower
Stevenson denounces apathy, blames public for corruption
In Los Angeles Adlai Stevenson attacked voter apathy and claimed Democrats are not solely to blame for government corruption. He argued the people deserve the governance they tolerate and said public servants serve accordingly. A second speech followed in the same visit.
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Adlai
Los Angeles
Stevenson
Three Artificial Arms and Two Cases of Watches Stolen at Green Bay
Police reported today that three artificial arms and two cases of watches were taken from parked cars in Green Bay overnight. Joseph Pungarcher of Milwaukee, a salesman for an orthopedic appliance firm, said his car yielded three arms including a mechanical hand a dress hand and a cosmetic glove. he valued the loss at about $1.00. Another Milwaukee salesman Ray Falk said about 300 watches were stolen from his car in a separate lot, totaling about $5,009 in value.
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Green Bay
Joseph Pungarcher
Milwaukee
Pungarcher
Ray Falk
Weather Summary From Minnesota to Northwest
Fair tonight with partly cloudy conditions and continued warmth. Saturday brings similar skies, with scattered showers in western and central areas late tonight or Saturday. Temperatures rise to the upper 80s to near 90 in the southeast and around 80 to 90 in the northwest. Low tonight 62 to 68, high Saturday near 80 in the northwest and about 90 in the southeast. Observations show mixed readings across stations with no major changes expected.
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Ald
United Press
Minnesota
Higa Saturdar
Sabrejet downs 400th MIG during Korean War air battle
In Korea near the Manchurian border the Fifth Air Force reports a U S Sabrejet shot down the 400th MIG-15. Two additional MIGs were damaged as 24 Sabres clashed with 29 MIGs. Ground UN artillery and planes protected Capitol Hill while South Korean forces repelled Chinese pressure and rescued a trapped unit after a four hour fight.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Manchurian
United Nations
Capitol Hill
U. Nl
Injuries Prove Fatal After Weekend Car Crash
Charles M. Thumm, 68, of Evanston Illinois, died at Municipal Hospital from injuries suffered in a car crash last Saturday. He was hurt when a car driven by his wife left Highway 42 north of Here and rolled over. Mrs Thumm was released from the hospital today.
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Charles M. Thumm
Evanston
Thumm
Highway 42
Here
Lyon Replaces Slack as Head of Tax Agency
Charles S. Lyon named head of the Justice Department tax division replacing Ellis Slack amid congressional criticism. Slack returns to appellate chief after being questioned over blocking a grand jury probe into tax irregularities in St. Louis in 1951.
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Lyon
Slack
Washington
Charles S. Lyon
House
Justice Department
Ellis N. Slack
St. Louis
Atty
James P. MecGranery
Cecil R. King
D-Calif
McGranery
Atlanta
N. Y
Buffalo
New York City
T. Lamar Caudle
Taman
Caudle
la House Judiciary Subcommittee
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.j
Keating
Frank L. Chelf
D-Ky
George H. Moore
Grand Jury
James ‘P.finnegan
Internal Revenue
Moore
One Dead Seven In Family III With Polio
MR. and MRS. FRANK ROGERS mourn the death of their 11 year old son Robert Eugene as seven other children in the family battle polio. Robert died within 24 hours of his year old sister Janet in Scottsbluff hospital. The parents and doctor describe efforts to care for the quarantined children on their 120 acre farm in Morrill Nebraska.
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Morrill
Neb
Frank Rogers
Hardy
Robert Eugene
Robert
Janet
Scotts Bluff
Neb. i
E. E. Anderson
Lyman
Rogers
Mapleton
Lake Geneva’s 93 Reading Is Hottest in State
Wisconsin endured lingering heat as Lake Geneva reported a 93 with upper 80s to low 90s widespread across several cities including Darlington Green Bay Janesville Lone Rock Madison and Watertown. Chicago tied a Sept 1 high of 95 while Nevada California snow looms on the mountain border and Texas drought relief brings heavy rain and fatalities.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
Darlington
Green Bay
Janesville
Lone Rock
Madison
Watertown
Superior-Duluth
Chicago
Grantsburg
Nevada- California
Texas
Midwest
Sawmill Operators To Hold Efficiency Parley
Northern Wisconsin sawmill operators will meet in Gilman to discuss efficiency improvements. The conference on October 7 and 8 is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, the U S Forest Products Laboratory and the State Conservation Department.
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Gilman
Wis
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin, U. S. Forest Products Laboratory
State Conservation Department
Revenue Man Bolich Faces Tax Evasion Charge
Brooklyn grand jury indicted Daniel A. Bolich former Internal Revenue official on income tax evasion for 1946 to 1950. He reportedly spent 115000 while earning 52000 over five years, faces up to 25 years and 9500,000 fine if convicted. Bolich claims political campaign influence and vows to vindicate himself.
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Washington
Daniel A. Bolich
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bolich
Bureau
Brooklyn
Revenue Bureau
Olich
House
Ways and Means
King
Beloit College Names Four Appointments to Faculty
Beloit College announces four new faculty members chosen by President Caray Crancis. Ruane B. Hill joins as assistant professor of speech and radio, Orlin Anderson becomes instructor in biology, and Jean Carol May with Mary Ann Round are both instructors in the women's physical education department.
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Beloit
Beloit College
Caray Crancis
Ruane B. Hill
Orlin Anderson
Jean Carol May
Mary Ann Round
Lewis Calls UMW Policy Group to Meet
Lewis summoned his mine workers policy committee to meet Monday to review contract negotiations and prepare for a possible strike of coal miners on Sept. 22. The United Mine Workers contract with Northern soft coal mines expires Sept. 20. About 320,000 soft coal miners and 65,000 hard coal miners are involved. Progress shown, but no major conclusions yet.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Lee Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
The
Tion
Pn Arntane
Taft backs Ike speaking for GOP campaign nationwide
Senator Robert A. Taft said he and Dwight D. Eisenhower are in substantial agreement on all issues and he will speak anywhere to support the Republican presidential nominee. Taft praised Eisenhower for promising a good administration and criticized Adlai Stevenson as a left wing candidate. He noted only differences of degree on foreign policy and pledged support for the GOP platform.
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Eisenhower
Columbia University
Taft
Chicago
Gen
Tait
New York
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
United States
Adlai BE. Stevenson
Ilness
Congress
Gen. Ensehhower
Yugoslavia Talks With West Nations On Trieste's Future
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia conferred with the Western Big Three on Trieste fate. Observers say the U S Britain and France urged Italy and Yugoslavia to settle the dispute themselves. The free territory was Italian before World War II. Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister Ales Bebler met with Sir Ivor Mallet Philippe Baudet and Jacob D Beam.
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Yugoslavia
Trieste
Belgrade
Adriatic
U. S
Britain
France
Italy
Ales Bebler
Ivor Mallet
Philippe, Baudet
Jacob D. Beam
U.S
Six Die, Thirty Hurt in Spain Transformer Blast
In Burgos Vilviestre del Punar a burning transformer unleashed high voltage shocks last night. Six people died and about 30 were injured as residents tried to switch off lights after the transformer suddenly surged.
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Burgos
Spain
Vilviestre del Punar
Wrong Man Is Freed In Prison Switch
In Northampton County Prison Easton Pennsylvania a case of mistaken identity led to the release of Robert Van Valen and Irene Rosico after they paid fines and costs. Lewis Rosico, AWOL from Lackland Air Force Base, remained in custody.
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Easton
Northampton County
E. C. Stackenback
Lewis Ro‘sio
Detroit
Irene
Robert van Valen
Scranton
Portland
Justice of thePeace Difford
Batista pardons politician after anti talk on video
Falsencio Batista in Havana pardoned Emilio Ochoa, a politician fined $1,000 for an anti-government television speech. The decree cited government restraint from political persecution while the attorney cited nationwide indignation forcing the action.
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Batista
Havana
Cuba
Falsencio Batista
Emilio Ochoa
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Sim
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