Air drop brings food to mother and son stranded by floods
Emma D. Ray and her 17 year old son Paul W. Ray were trapped in a flooded side road nine miles south of Liberty and 37 miles southwest of Phoenix. Air posse pilots W. P. Fulkerson and Elgin Newell located them at dawn and dropped canned beans fruit juices bread and lunch meats within 50 feet of the auto while sheriff's units stayed in radio contact. The car is deeply mired and unlikely to be moved for days as flood damage remains.
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Liberty
Phoenix
Emma D. Ray
Lawrence H. Ray
Luke Air Force Base
Paul W. Ray
Estrella
W. P. Fulkerson
Sky Harbor
Elgin Newell
Newell Flying Service
Maricopa County
Sheriff's Air Posse
Fulkerson
Sgt
Ray
Buckeye
Woodrow Killman
Newell
AIR Posse
Ridgway Convenes U.N. Cease-Fire Team in Tokyo
Gen. Matthew Ridgway urgently summoned U.N. cease-fire negotiators to Tokyo to confer on suspended Korean talks. The four American negotiators led by Vice Admiral Joy stayed on call overnight, signaling a likely halt to resumption and a push for a truce line tied to the current battlefront.
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U.N
Ridgway
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Ity
Kaesong
Ridgeway
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
South
North Korea
Four Traffic Deaths Boost Arizona Toll in 1951
Arizona's highway toll rose with four more deaths in 48 hours, including Amelia Bennett and Ruth Whitman of Sells. A pickup crash west of Tucson killed three others, while Leroy L. Durnil of Los Angeles and George A. Shramke of Rainbow Lodge, Tonalea, died in separate accidents. The toll reached 207 for 1951.
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United Press
Arizona
Tucson
Louis Antone
Sells
Margaret Hendricks
Durnil
U. S. Highway 71
Aquila
Flagstaff
Shramke
House Appropriations Panel Okays Record Peacetime Bill
A record 56,062,405,890 peacetime military budget was approved by the House appropriations committee. It omits 4.5 billion for public works, and the Korea fighting bill until later. The plan funds the Defense Department for the coming year and criticizes wasteful practices, with a large share for hardware and a 3.5 million-strong force.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Korea
Defense Department
House
Mahon
Texas
Arizona on GOP Senator Mundt Speaking Tour
Senator Mundt of South Dakota proposed a regional speaking tour to Texas Arizona and New Mexico to promote a political alliance between Southern Democrats and Northern Republicans. He has not set dates but may visit Texarkana Amarillo Pampa and Dallas, likely in late November or December if Congress is in recess.
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Washington
Mundt
S. D
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
New York
Texarkana
Amarillo
Pampa
Dallas
Congress
Congressmen Split On Need For Probe Of Academy Purge
The Aug. 6 AP report notes Sen. Seny C. Johnson says mass dismissal of 90 West Point cadets for cheating could waste over $2 million, while praising the army for cleaning its house. Other lawmakers call for some inquiry. West Point officials refuse to identify involved cadets. Harold Loehlein confirms he is among those dismissed. Fulbright suggests suspending intercollegiate football at West Point.
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Washington
Seny C. Johnson
Cole
West Point
Johnson
Senate Military Affairs Committee
West Point Military Academy
House Armed Services Committee
GOP
Harold J. Loehlein
THE
Washington Post
Senator Fulbright
D., Ark
Flooding Hits Maricopa Cuts Power and Roads
Heavy runoff from recent rains flooded Maricopa and surrounding farmland, knocking out electric power as a mile of undermined poles toppled between here and Casa Grande. Deputy Ernie Sweat said water began to rise Saturday night and receded by morning, with damage repairs ongoing and Highway 84 near Stanfield also affected.
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Maricopa
Ernie Sweat
Santa Cruz
Here
Casa Grande
Sweat
Farm Worker Electrocuted Near Rail Line in Arizona
MARICOPA August 6 AP A 42 year old farm worker K C Michael was electrocuted when he touched a fallen high voltage power line. He was walking with his wife and four children along railway tracks after high water damaged a pole. The pole was undermined by wash water and dropped to the ground. He appeared to reach down to move the wires and was killed almost instantly.
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Maricopa
K. C. Michael
Ernie Sweat
Pinal County
Boyle Denies Influence in Loans Refutes Cuba Nickel Charge
Democratic National Chairman William M. Boyle Jr. met with President Truman to deny any improper influence on government loans and reject charges of involvement in a Cuban nickel plant dispute. He stated he will not resign and will serve through the 1952 party vote, urging reporters to note his blanket denial of irregularities.
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Washington
William M. Boyle Jr
Truman
Boyle
St. Louis
E. Merl Young
Cuba
Mr. Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
O. Boyle
White House
National Committee
Noted People Weigh In On Cribbing and World Affairs
West Point cadet Harold Loehlein complains about perceived unfair treatment amid cribbing expulsions while Bohumil Lausman denounces Czechoslovakia as Soviet stores. Gordon Dean suggests atomic stockpiles could power propulsion with world peace. Niagara Falls mayor reacts after his brother’s fatal rubber barrel dive and hints at attempting again.
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Washington—Atomic Energy Commission
Gordon Dean
Niagara Falls
Ont
Mayor Hill
Truman urges forward looking lawmakers on flood control
President Truman told CIO leader Philip Murray that real Missouri Valley flood protection requires electing liberal, forward looking representatives from the Missouri River valley. He faulted Congress for rejecting his basic development plan and cutting flood control funding, urging action before disasters force projects.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Missouri River Valley
Philip Murray
CIO
Missouri Valley Authority
Missouri
Kansas
Tennssee Valley
Britain and Iran Resume Oil Talks at Tehran Palace
Negotiations over Iran's oil nationalization were renewed today between British and Iranian delegations at Shah Reza Pahlavi's summer palace north of Tehran. Richard R. Stokes, Britain's lord privy seal, joined after W. Averell Harriman's shuttle diplomacy, meeting with Finance Minister Ali Varasteh, a key Iranian oil nationalization board member.
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Tehran
INS
Iran
Summer Palace
Shahriza
Mohamed Pahlevi
Richard R. Stokes
Britain
London
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Ali Varasteh
Iranian Oil Nationalization Board
Air Strikes Pound Reds Lines Quiet Amid Front Battle Lull
U S Eighth Army reports a quiet front with light patrols and a halt in Kaesong truce talks. Fifth Air Force flies 411 missions hitting rail lines between Sinaiju Sinanju and rail yards at Kunu and Sunan. B-29s hit Kyomipo and other targets near Pyongyang as UN forces continue limited advances and naval bombardment on Wonsan harbor.
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U.S
Eighth Army
Korea
Kaesong
Yonchon
Kumsong
Fifth Air Force
Sinaiju
Sinanju
Pyongyang
Red Korea
Kunu
Manchuria
Sunan
Kyomipo
Red
United Nations
Wonsan Harbor
Dockers Back At Work On Yugoslav Freighter After Tito Mistake
Longshoremen on the Crna Gora returned to duties after abandoning the ship yesterday when they misidentified a picture of Marshal Tito as Joseph Stalin. Charles Burns of Local 920 said workers agreed to resume cleaning once Tito’s identity was confirmed.
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New York
INS
Marshal Tito
Joseph Stalin
Charles Burns
Local 920
International Longshoremen’s Association
Crna Gora
Tax Men Take Action in Marshall Banks
Marshall Texas August 6 AP representatives of the U S Internal Revenue Bureau visited local banks today possibly to levy against accounts of housewives who have refused to collect Social Security taxes from domestic servants.
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Marshall
Texas
Marshall Banks
U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Four Die In RB-45 Jet Crash Near Goose Bay
U S Air Force officials report an RB-45 reconnaissance bomber crash near Goose Bay Labrador with an apparent loss of four lives. A rescue party is scouring the crash area. Names of those aboard were not released.
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ST. John’s
Mid
INS
U.S. Air Force
Goose Bay
Labrador
One of 10 Most Wanted Fugitives Nabbed by FBI
Ollie Gene Embry, 22, named among the nation’s 10 most wanted, was captured without a struggle by FBI agents at a Kansas City area gas station after posing as a check of the radiator. He used the alias Gene Creig and faces charges including interstate transportation of stolen property and violations of the firearms act. Police detective James Messick aided in identification and booking. Embry was wanted for a Columbia Illinois bank robbery dating Feb 6 and related cases. three co defendants pleaded guilty.
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FBI
Kansas City
INS
Ollie Gene Embry
Embry
Lee Boardman
Ollie Embry
California
Texas
Colorado
U. S. Reformatory
el Reno
Okla
Sistance
Gene Creig
Kansas City Police Department
James W. Messick
Messick
Columbia
Ill
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Vancouver
B. C
Queen Charlotte Airlines
Vancouver Island
Muchalatarm
Tofina
British Columbia
E. C
Ted) Williams
Zeballos
Richard Glenn Woodruff
Los Angeles
Wickenburg Hospital
R. L. Westfall
Wickenburg
Harvey Standrich
Mesa
That City
Southside
Standrich
Wilbert T. Bratzman
Okays
Navy
Air Force
National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
Secretary of Defense
Eta
Weg
Stanfield
Florence
International News Service
N. Y
Harold H. Loehlein
Belgrade
Bohumil Lausman
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Dockers
Tito
Joe
Sky Harbor Station
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