Mississippi flood nears crest amid largest 13-year fight
Imperiled communities fear rising Wabash and Ohio rivers in Indiana Illinois and Missouri. Vinccennes Indiana expects a crest near 29 feet with engineers confident in defenses if under 30 feet. Volunteers and even schoolchildren help reinforce floodwalls as hundreds flee homes along the Illinois Ohio and Wabash rivers. Evacuation orders affect nearly 12 000 people across Birds Point New Madrid floodway with 40 Army trucks aiding at Charleston Missouri.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wabash
Little Wabash
Arkansas
Birds Point
New Madrid
Missouri
United States Engineers
American Red Cross
Charleston
Miners Drive Motor Pickets To Halt Coal Output
Pittsburgh dispatch reports growing bands of motorized pickets roving West Virginia and Pennsylvania coal regions to choke off mine production. With about 74,000 idle across six states, UMW leaders urge a return to work while warn of a broader national spread. Local officials plan meetings as miners cite credit cuts and hunger amid escalating disruptions.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L
Urbanik
Brownsville
Althone Brown
Maxwell Local
Brown
Union Supply Company
United States Steel Corporation
John Ozanich
Robena
Greene County
Ozanich
Teeth Ache From 72 Degree Cold In Canada
In Lac La Hache British Columbia officials noted a 72 degree below zero reading from a Pacific Great Eastern Railway thermometer. The Dominion Weather Office called the reading unofficial but plausible, while residents said their teeth ached opening their mouths in the extreme chill yesterday.
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Lac LA Hache
B. C
Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company
Dominion Weather Office
Floodway Evacuation Considered as Levee Plans Move
Engineers described the warning evacuation near the levee fuse plug as a precautionary measure while deciding whether to open the 139000 acre floodway. Heavy rain and snow hit Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, with colder weather spreading southward and below zero readings in northern states. The Ohio River rose in Southern Illinois as Vincennes prepared for possible inundation and Terre Haute reported its crest moving downstream.
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California
San Joaquin Valley
Pacific Northwest
Southland
Vincennes
Terre Haute
Ohio
Illinois
Fiscal Plight Prompts Call for Saving by City Auditor
City Auditor Alice Mosier warned that Phoenix faces a tight half year ahead as 1949-50 results show operating funds at just $102,662.06 and only about 27 percent of the tax levy remaining. Revenue from three major sources underperformed, with $262,686.27 less in revenue than budgeted for the six months, and $226,662.66 in unpaid encumbrances. The report outlines steps to reach cash basis by June 30 as Ray W. Wilson reviews a detailed forecast and plans expenditure accordingly.
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Bob Dyer
Phoenix
Alice Mosier
Wilson
Close Vote On Repeal Of Oleo Tax Indicated
Washington January 17 195? The Senate braces for a tight vote on a House approved oleo tax repeal. A substitute backed by 26 Senators from daily states faces opposition from margarine supporters over a ban on interstate shipment of colored oleo. Some talk of reviving wartime tax cuts exists, with Fulbright predicting House passage of the bill by a two to one margin after the substitute fails. Daily bloc members held strategy talks as possible amendments were discussed.
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Washington
Senate
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Oleo Forces
Daily Bloc
Guy M. Gilletter
Iowa
Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor Station Readings
City weather bulletin notes Sky Harbor Station readings showing temperatures at 3 30 a. m. with current values and brief trend. Local observers log early morning warmth dipping into cooler hours, highlighting conditions for commuters and travelers.
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Sky Harbor Station
Navy's Only Battleship Aground in Hampton Roads
The battleship Missouri ran aground today near Thimble Shoals off Hampton Roads. Navy reports no serious damage or injuries and says about a dozen tugs aided the vessel during the ebb tide. Missouri is the Navy's only battleship still on active service.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Thimble Shoals
Point Comfort
Navy
Hoover's VA Proposals Stir Opposition
Four major veteran organizations attacked as unjust and ill advised changes in the Veterans Administration urged by a Hoover commission. The American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans and Amvets warned that transferring VA functions to other agencies would add red tape and erode veterans benefits. They urged savings within the VA framework to avoid disrupting the one stop service agency.
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Washington
Jan
Veterans Administration
Hoover
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Amvets
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Cadet Missing At West Point
United States Military Academy authorities announced the disappearance of Cadet Richard C. Cox a 22 year old from Mansfield Ohio First Army and state police joined the search Cox a third classman described as well thought of by his classmates was last seen Saturday evening in full West Point uniform including a cadet great coat
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West Point
N. Y
INS
United States Military Academy
Richard C. Cox
Mansfield
Ohio
First Army
Cox
Prankster in Gasoline Truck Halts Midway Traffic
Charles Martin, 23, admitted drinking after crashing a gasoline truck into an American Airlines plane at Chicago Midway Airport. Police pursued as he revved the truck down a runway with 3000 gallons of gas aboard, but failed to take off and was stopped. No charges were immediately filed.
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Chicago
Midway
Municipal
Charles Martin
Eastern Airlines
American Airlines
Washington
Martin
Senate Eyes Broadened Security Plan
Washington January 17 AP President Truman presents a broader Social Security program to the Senate Finance Committee with 60 day hearings. The House measure would add 11 million covered and lift benefits about 70 percent for 2.6 million current beneficiaries. Tax on payrolls would rise to 3 percent by 1970. Leadership signals likely Senate approval.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
Arthur J. Altmeyer
HOUSE
Walter F. George
Georgia
Finance Committee
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Senate
Employment Bill Argued in House Rules Committee
President Truman's Fair Employment Practices Bill faced final argument in the House Rules Committee on January 17. Chairman Adolph Sabath sought a decisive yes-or-no vote, but a Republican-Southern Democrat coalition, dominating the panel, opposed. The coalition favored advancing their plan to reclaim the committee's old life-and-death power over all House business.
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Washington
Truman
House Rules Committee
Adolph J. Sabath
Illinois
Out Of City Boxers Bid For Top Honors
Boxers from Clifton Morenci Tucson Eloy and Flagstaff eye state titles in the Arizona Championship Golden Gloves in Phoenix. Notables include Quintana Casteneda Ochoa Egleston Murtaugh Glover Bennett Vaughan Cooksey Talbot with brackets drawn after weigh in and 60 76 entrants. Winners advance to Los Angeles Times tournament with individual and team trophies on offer.
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Albert Freese
Jim Montgomery
Phoenix
Arizona
Randy Halfbreed
Bob Allison
Madison Square Garden
al Fenn
Clifton
Morenci
Hilberto Quintana
Ernest Casteneda
Joe Martinez
Bobby Ochoa
Tucson
Howard
Stofft
Phil Egleston
Egleston
Chuck Murtaugh
Paul Valadon
Garden
Phoenix Gazette
Optimist Club
Los Angeles Times
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Rescuers Inch Toward Trapped Miner in Mine Shaft
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania rescuers risk their lives to reach Edward Burda a 25 year old entombed coal miner 120 feet below the surface after last Friday's rock slide. His brother Joseph was rescued earlier. They fear another slide as they cut away coal and reinforce the shaft using timbers and boards while opening a parallel vein with an air compressor. If no open space behind the coal car is found they may have to retreat and clear debris rock by rock.
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Mahanoy City
Edward Burda
Burda
Joseph
Eddie
Discharged Navy Vet Shot To Death In Hoquiam
Hoquiam police report 23 year old Robert Johnson a discharged Navy veteran was shot and killed last night. Police chief Norman Foote said a suspect was being questioned but withheld details.
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Hoquiam
Wash
INS
Norman Foote
Robert Johnson
Foote
70 Mile Wind Threatens Colorado Zoo Fire
A 14 mile swath near Broadmoor Hotel and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo faces raging brush fires fed by 70 mph winds. About 2000 volunteers and soldiers battle the blaze with shovels and wet burlap sacks as emergency crews aim to keep flames from Camp Carson and luxury homes, including a Maytag mansion, with the zoo described as out of danger only for the moment.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Broadmoor
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Charles O’toole
Broadmoor Hotel
Army Reservation
Camp Carson
O’toole
Cheyenne Mountain
O'Toole
Pueblo
Canon City
Colorado Highway Patrol
L. B. Maytag
Norman Short
el Paso
Boardwalk Stores Burn in Atlantic City Fire
A stubborn blaze on the Atlantic City boardwalk destroyed six stores as winds drove flames along the oceanfront. Firemen reported the fire nearly under control by 7 am but reignited and raged for hours, with the same block having suffered a $300,000 fire three months earlier and several shops not yet reopened.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ocean Front
Generosity Of Valley Mothers Lead Polio Fund Drive
Phoenix lit the torch for the 1950 March of Dimes as 8 000 mothers followed its gleam. The idea of lighted doors to welcome polio solicitors grew in Phoenix from a suggestion by R L Fitzpatrick and was advanced by Charley Hoover. The Mothers March on Polio could become a national model as polio struck two new local victims, 7 year old Lynne and another child.
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Phoenix
March of Dimes
Charley Hoover
Fitzpatrick
Lynne
Eloy
Coolidge
Larry
Polio
Valley National Bank
Dimes Stealer Begs Jail Time In City Court
Frank J. Kelly, 44, of 414 West Jefferson Street, pleaded guilty to petty theft after trying to seize a March of Dimes coin container at the Casino Bar. He started a 30 day term in the city jail. Police nabbed him after he dropped the container and fled. The article also notes polio cases and canvassing efforts by volunteers and police in the county.
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Frank J. Kelly
West Jefferson Street
Kelly
South Second Avenue
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