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A giant electrical and rain storm swept Phoenix early today, dumping 18 inches of rain in the downtown area and causing widespread utility outages and fires. Lightning struck a transformer, cutting police radio for hours, and ignited carbide at the Phoenix Indian School, destroying a warehouse and causing about 5000 dollars in damages. Several fires and downed poles taxed fire units, while the central city suffered the heaviest deluge in a 25 block area. Downtown rainfall reached .18 inches in 45 minutes. Tempe was dry and other nearby towns had minor totals.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Indian School
Second Avenue
Washington and
Jefferson Streets
Tempe
Litchfield Park
Alhambra
US Policy Allows Wage Rises With Rising Living Costs
The government will temporarily let wages rise and fall with living costs. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston said the policy supports overall stabilization and will be reviewed next spring. The Wage Stabilization Board will approve increases to offset cost of living, with several paths including escalator clauses and semiannual contract adjustments.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
Joy rejects parallel cease-fire line in Korea
U N truce negotiator Vice Admiral Joy warned it would be foolhardy to draw a cease-fire line along the 38th Parallel as Communists demand. He spoke as a four man armistice subcommittee met under a news blackout at Kaesong to seek agreement on an armistice line based on the present front. Joy stressed the need for sound military positions to protect forces and maintain defense until a final Korean settlement is reached.
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U.N
Kaesong
Korea
38Th Parallel
C. Turner Joy
Joy
Admiral Joy
Big Artillery Bombardment Covers Push in Korea
United Nations troops launched a major offensive along a 25 mile front in northwest Korea under heavy artillery. Allied Sabre jets battled MiG-15s with one Red plane damaged and another possibly destroyed. First Lt. Buford A. Hammond damaged a MIG during the air battles.
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Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Northwest
Sonchon
Manchurian
Yalu River
Manchuria
Buford A. Hammond
Middlesboro
Paul W. Bryce
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
House Votes For Reduction In Foreign Aid
Washington Aug 18 Administration forces faced an impossible task restoring the full 8.5 billion foreign aid request as the House trimmed the program to 7.49875 billion. A last minute move by Rep B Carroll Reece to slice 350 million from European economic aid failed 186 to 177. The House approved the bill 50 to 101 after the cut, setting a smaller aid package for allies.
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Washington
Administration
House
Truman
Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee
B. Carroll Reece
Tenn
GOP
Europe
Reece
Jamaica hit by 120 mph hurricane blackout cuts all links
A 120 mile an hour hurricane battered Jamaica severing all cable and radio communications. Kingston reported rain squalls and silence from the island as air force hurricane hunters tracked the storm. Winds reached 120 mph with gusts and floods threatening the mountainous island, and communications from Jamaica remained blank.
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Miami
Flia
Jamaica
Kingston
Air Force
Grady Norton
Reau
Island
Dale Willis Chandler Named Star Farmer
Prescott August report profiles Dale Willis 19 of Chandler FFA as Star Farmer of Arizona at a three day leadership conference. Gov. Howard Pyle honors Willis along with ten others, noting his 130 acres of crops 21 Brahman cattle and assets of 39615. Willis serves as president and treasurer of various FFA groups while balancing class leadership and farm life.
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Dale
Charles Willis
Chandler
FFA
100 Mile Typhoon Advances Toward Korea
A typhoon with 90 to 100 mph winds swept through the East China Sea after passing Okinawa. Observers forecast landfall in Korea tomorrow night if the path does not shift. The storm bypassed Okinawa by 20 miles and moved across the Ryukyu Islands into open sea.
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Tokyo
East China Sea
Korea
Okinawa
U.S. Air Force
Ryukyu Chain
Burmese government troops repel ambush near Tavoy port
A government communique said troops broke through a Communist ambush near Tavoy on the southeast coast. Seventeen Reds were killed and five government soldiers died in the 30 minute engagement.
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Rangoon
Burma
Tavoy
Brief Case Carrying Unlocks Top Secret Meeting On Capitol Hill
An uninvited elderly New York industrialist with a brief case sat in a closed Senate military appropriations subcommittee hearing on air force expansion. He remained unseen until near the end, was escorted out, and later questioned by the FBI after officials checked his references. Credentials are now required for room entry.
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U.S
Capitol Hill
Washington
INS
Air Force
FBI
New York
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Thye
Senate
Jets Set All Jet Bendix Air Race Record Attempt
Eight air force planes raced from Edwards AFB California to Detroit Wayne County Airport aiming to smash the Bendix all jet speed record during the National Air Races. The lineup included three bombers and five fighters in a 1,919.5 mile dash with two minor delays for fuel and oxygen leaks.
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Detroit
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc
Calif
Phoenix
Wayne Major
Bendix
Maj
Vernon A. Ford
Middleton
Bendix Aviation Corp
George Thabault
Winooski
Keith K. Compton
Joseph
Wedemeyer Urges U S to Dispel Fear at Legion Meet
Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer urged Nebraskans at the 1951 state legion convention in Omaha to prove America's honorable aims to the world. He said military force alone cannot solve the ideological conflict threatening world peace and urged Americans to live up to citizenship responsibilities and align policies with the people’s views.
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Omaha
United States
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Nebraska Legionnaires
Wedemeyer
Sixth Army
America
Police Reinforce Berlin Border Amid Disorder Fears
West Berlin police again reinforced border patrols along the Soviet sector after tips that East Berlin communists at the peace festival plan new disturbances. Authorities warned of a repeat of Wednesday's border riot when about 14,000 blue-shirted East Germans attempted a propaganda march into West Berlin, prompting clashes with police.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
Torrid Texas Sees Local Rain Relief Amid Heat
Rains reached parts of Texas providing brief relief from weeks of 100 degree heat. Beaumont saw rain cooling from 102 to 70, with lightning and wind damage reported. Houston recorded wind squalls up to 60 mph and light rain, power lines down, and trees uprooted. Denison topped at 112 while Marshall hit 109. Local thunderstorms were scattered with Southeast Texas College Station noting .15 inch.
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Dallas
Texas
Beaumont
Houston
Houston Light and Power Co
Panhandle
Borger
College Station
Weather Bureau
Denison
Marshall
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Dale Willis
Star Farmer
Esther Clark
Arizona Ffa Association
Kansas City
Frank Brown
Yuma
Dean Clarkson
Mesa
Ivan Jennings
By Rose McKee
Minn
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Salt Lake City
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Arcadia
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