Levee at Fairfax District Hit by Record Floods in Kansas City
Kansas City faces a grave flood danger as the Fairfax levee nears collapse while Missouri River peaks at 39 feet. Col. L J Lincoln orders hundreds back to reinforce the dike though odds look poor. 25 percent of the district under water, a gasoline fire erupts on the West Side, destroying a lumber yard and an alcohol plant and threatening explosive tanks. National guardsmen evacuate 12 blocks as fires burn through tanks and storage facilities amid continuing flood conditions across the region.
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Kansas City
Fairfax
L. J. Lincoln
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Fairfax Levee
Missouri
Lincoln
Jersey Creek
Kansas
Missouri River
Kansas Citys
Harvey Baldwin
Chemical Company
Skidmore Oil Company
Kansas River
Isaac School Nurse Among 10 Arizonians Die in Crashes
Three Arizonans perished in traffic accidents including Fern Evans Hyde the Isaac School nurse for eight years. Clyde W. Fox and Garfield Moore died in a rear end crash south of Yuma. Mrs. Hyde and a second Phoenix friend were injured, as the group had traveled from Phoenix to Elsie Michigan when the crashes occurred.
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Isaac
Isaac School
Fern Evans Hyde
E. Polk
Clyde W. Fox
Garfield Moore
Yuma
Hyde
Springdale
Noted Leaders Comment On Jobs And Korea
International News Service reports Defense Mobilizer Wilson warns about rising Detroit unemployment. Ernest A. Gross says UN actions in Korea jolted the Communist world plan. Vice President Alben Barkley hopes for an honorable adjustment in Korea negotiations.
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International News Service
Washington — Defense Mobilizer
Wilson
Detroit
Charlottesville
Ernest A. Gross
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Korea
French Lick
Ind
Alben Barkley
Allied Troops Drive Slowed Two Planes Lost
Eighth Army reports a limited objective assault on North Korea's east central front slowed after two days of advances amid light to heavy resistance. Air losses include two Allied planes shot down and a damaged B 26 night bomber. Marine aircraft under Fifth Air Force control also downed. fate of pilots undisclosed.
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Eighth Army
Korea
INS
United Nations Limited
North Korea
Far East
Fifth Air Force
FEAF
Pyongyang
United Nations
Kumsong
Communists Agree in Principle to Korean Truce Talks Return
The Korean truce talks in Kaesong show a possible early resumption after the Communist high command accepted Gen. Ridgway’s terms. Pyongyang radio cites a note from Kim Il Sung and Peng Teh huai agreeing in principle to demilitarize the conference site and grant access to Allied delegates and 20 newsmen. The note, relayed after Ridgway demanded removal of Red troops and equal treatment, also says liaison details will be settled by delegates. Newsmen were previously denied entry by Red guards, stalling talks.
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U.N
Kaesong
INS
High Command
Matthew B. Ridgway
Pyongyang
Red
Ridgway
United Nations
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-huai
Red Radio
Pyongcyang
Red China
Peiping
Communist High Command
Tokyo
Kaeson
Truman Seeks 15 Million Flood Relief Aid
President Truman asked Congress to approve 15 million dollars for flood relief in the Kansas City area and surrounding Kansas and Missouri regions, with potential additional funds if needed. He conferred with House Speaker Rayburn and Appropriations Chair Cannon and requested swift action. The plan includes food supplies, loans, and other farmer assistance, adding to a 5 million existing disaster fund.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Kansas City
White House
House
Sam Rayburn
Clarence Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Kans
Mr. Truman
Independence
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kan
Charles F. Brannan
Body Believed To Be Kidnapped Betty Hansen Found
NEWHALL Calif July 14 AP the body of a young woman almost certainly Betty Jean Hansen 20 was found in a ravine near here last night deputies said she was kidnapped by her jealous stepfather Frank W Kristy 48 a Downey painter. fingerprints autopsy pending. Kristy charged with kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon and sought for questioning in murder.
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Newhall
Calif
Betty Jean Hansen
Here
Frank W. Kristy
Downey
Betty Jean
Hopkinson
R. C. Hill
Bellflower
Kristy
Margaret
Betty
Las Vegas
Nev
Frank
Sheriff’s Office
Nevada
Governor Frees Madge Meredith From Prison
Sacramento bulletin reports Governor Earl Warren commuted Madge Merediths five year to life sentence to time served and ordered her immediate release from prison.
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Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
Madge Meredith
Warren
Miss Meredith
Busses Still Rescuing Hundreds From Trains
Kansas City July 14 AP trains stranded passengers rescued by buses. About 1,000 marooned at Emporia on the Santa Fe Chief and Grand Canyon Limited. others moved to Newton and connected routes via Wichita Amarillo and Gallup to Los Angeles. El Capitan passengers fed and sheltered as aid workers dispatched funds and space amid citywide train cancellations.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Emporia
Kans
Santa Fe
Super Chief
Grand Canyon Limited
Newton
Wichita
Amarillo
Texas
Gallup
N. Mex
Los Angeles
el Capitan
Cedar Point
Kan
West Coast
Union Station
Parley Set For New Ground Water Law
Prescott reports Arizona farmers will meet in Phoenix on August 21 to draft a stronger underground water code amid dwindling reserves. Governor Pyle, 48 irrigation districts, and officials debated ownership theories and the need for a unified code to guide use and conservation of groundwater. Sessions continued amid debate over four legal possibilities ending with current prior appropriation.
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Prescott
Arizona
Phoenix
Waaalel Leserves
Howard Pyle
Colorado
Prospect
Pyle
Hassayampa
Iowa Battleship Recalled to Active Service
SAN FRANCISCO July 14 UP The 45000 ton battleship Iowa will be returned to active service from the Hunters Point reserve fleet. Decommissioned March 24 1949 the Iowa led the Pacific fleet to be without a battleship. No date set for recommissioning Cmdr C R Stephan named executive officer will join next month The Iowa head of its class with New Jersey Wisconsin already back in service Missouri previously in action.
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San Francisco
Iowa
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Cmdr
C. R. Stephan
11Th Naval District
San Diego
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Missouri
Youth Exonerated In Fatal Accident
Frank Shackleford 18 of Phoenix was freed after an auto collision south of Albuquerque on U S Highway 85 that killed Polidor Lucero about age 60 of Isleta. State police blamed Lucero's negligence. Shackleford's two passengers Juanita Airey and Betty Hubbard were treated at an Albuquerque hospital for injuries.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Frank Shackleford
E. Hilton
Phoenix
Polidor Lucero
Isleta
Lucero
Shackleford
Juanita Airey
Malone
Betty Hubbard
Poston, Ariz
Russia Says Trains Chinese Paratroopers in Siberia
Unofficial reports from Taipei claim Russia is training Chinese paratroopers in Siberia Formosa and Taiwan area. Details are unclear and unconfirmed by official sources.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Russia
Siberia
China
Dewey Arrives at Formosa Base on Orient Tour
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey landed at a Chinese Nationalist base in Taipei Formosa on a private citizen tour. He planned to study land reform and confer with Nationalist leaders on the Pacific situation during the visit.
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Taipeh
Formosa
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Orient
U.S
Dewey
Pacific
Court Crowd Boos Father Held In Killing
In Lowell Massachusetts July 14 a husky 26 year old father pleaded not guilty to murder in the beating death of his 9 year old stepson Russell Hartley. He testified he ordered the boy from his attic bedroom after a midnight dispute and that the boy's snicker angered him.
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Lowell
Mass
Leroy K. Dickey
Russell Hartley
John J. Murray
Dickey
Murray
Trade Accord Signed In Tokyo By Japan And Ryukyus
Tokyo July 14 AP Japan and the Ryukyus signed a new trade agreement expected to produce 17.25 million dollars in business this fiscal year.
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Tokyo
Japan
The
Ryukyus
Tire Blowout Kills Driver Near Kingman on Route 66
An automobile traveling east of Kingman on U.S. Highway 66 was struck by a tire blowout, killing the driver Alberto Torres, 27, of San Francisco. He was alone in the car, and the crash occurred about 55 miles east of Kingman.
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Kingman
U. S. Highway 66
Alberto Torres
San Francisco
Here
Torres
Deaths of Fox and Moore boost Arizona traffic toll
Arizona figures show 1951 road deaths rose to 179 22 more than the prior year for the same period. Patrolman Louis Cochran said a Safeway tractor-trailer driven by Arthur C. Rinks halted for defective lights, while Fox’s car struck after being warned with red lights by witnesses. Fox and Moore died of internal injuries. Mrs. Hyde, active PTA member at Isaac School, is survived by three brothers Harold Evans John Evans and Leon Evans and a sister Mrs Harold Wilky. A son of Mrs. Ashley, A Herbert Ashley, resides at 1206 E Cocopah.
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Fox
Moore
Arizona
Louis Cochran
Safeway Stores, Inc
Arthur C. Rinks
E. Adams
Phoenix
Rinks
Safeway
Cochran
Hyde
Isaac School
Harold Evans
W. Encanto Blvd
John Evans
Tolleson
Leon Evans
Harold Wilky
Fowler
Ashley
A. Herbert Ashley
E. Cocopah
Housing Fund Okay is Granted
Washington July 14 President Truman s housing problems looked smaller today on both private and public fronts A senate house conference agreed to restore White House operating funds and permit construction of 50 000 low cost housing units this year The committee cut annual leave from 26 to 20 days and reduced salary funds by 10 per cent for more than 30 government agencies The total money agreed stood at about 6 billion They also ordered 25 per cent cuts in press salaries and depriving chauffeurs for agencies except the White House Lobbying by government officials was limited by banning use of funds to lobby before Congress
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Washington
Truman
Senate-House
White House
Senate
Independent Offices
Congress
Unidentified gunman shoots desert hunter in Paradise Valley
Logan J. Heath, 24, a Hamman McFarland Lumber salesman, was shot in the back while driving a pickup in Paradise Valley near midnight. Companions Rex Maddy and Bob McKinney transported him to Memorial Hospital after the hit shattering the cushion and an ash tray, as deputies seek the shooter by tracing bullet trajectory. The trio had been hunting rabbits with rifles and pistols on Jack Kleck's Metropolitan Softball League team prior to the desert hunt. Heath’s companions plan to guide deputies to the shooting site.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Paradise Valley
Logan J. Heath
10Th St
Hamman- McFarland Lumber Co
Rex Maddy
N. Ramona
Bob McKinney
N. Richland
Heath
Memorial Hospital
Maddy
McKinney
Jack Kleck
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12Th Street
AP Wirenhoto
Ark
Fayetteville, Ark
Gadsden
San Luis
R. B. Evans
Sarah F. Ashley
E. Willetta
Mr. Evans
Christy Road
Fayetteville
Elsie, Mich
William L. Ford
Steubenville
Ohio
Ford
Manchurian
Foe
Topeka
Kansas and
Coast Ravine
Jean Hansen
Hansen
Bulletin
Grace Preadfit
Travelers Aid
R. H. McElhaney
Wellton- Mohawk
Stanley F. Turner
U. S. Geological Survey
Gov. Dewey
Formosa Base
Sky Harbor
Louis Hudson
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