Tornado devastates Olney Texas area. 50 homes destroyed
A tornado roared through Olney Texas at about 9 p.m. wrecking a 200 yard stretch, killing Mrs. J. T. Temple and injuring her husband. Civilian Defense teams aided victims within 20 minutes as another heavy rain followed. The storm damaged 50 homes and left most of the city without power or gas.
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G. H. Roach, Jr
Roach
J. T. Temple
Temple
Ira Noble
South 16Th Street
Phoenix
Olney
Truman Urges Unity in Crisis Over MacArthur Row
President Truman called for national unity amid the MacArthur controversy, warning that failure to meet the challenge could bring greater casualties than a nuclear attack. He spoke at an Armed Forces Day dinner in Washington, with broadcasts to Korea and Japan. Senator Wiley accused the senate committee of a possible whitewash in the MacArthur inquiry.
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Washington
Truman
MacArthur
Korea
United States
Armed Forces Day
United Nations
Japan
Marshall
U. N
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Free World
Mr. Truman
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Wiley
Wis
Senate
Russell
Chaiman
Senate Armed Forces and Foreign Relations Committee
Collins Projects Halt to Red Drive in Korea
Gen J Lawton Collins, speaking in Seattle on Armed Forces Day, voiced confidence the new Red drive in Korea can be halted. He said the war will wear down the enemy until Reds are discouraged by heavy losses, noted Chinese hospitals are filled to Peiping, and discounted atomic use as Korea lacks suitable targets.
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Seattle
United States Army
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
Armed Forces
United Nations
Peiping
Right Channels Talk A Front Says Eichelberger
John W. Eichelberger Sr. faced Maricopa County officials after admitting writing a March 7 letter to Automatic Voting Machine Company rep Frank Stone. He claimed the phrase right channels was a figure of speech used in pressuring for a county sale of 200 voting machines.
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Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
John W. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
Rle
Maricopa County
Warren L. McCarthy
Sandra McFate
Automatic Voting Machine Company
Eicchelberger
Court Costs Vote Machine Bribe Charge
John S. Roberts a Los Angeles voting machine sales representative was freed after the dismissal of a bribe charge to secure a county supervisor's vote on a 247000 purchase of voting machines. He was acquitted of offering a bribe and the jury could not verdict on giving a bribe. the judge barred earlier evidence, leading to dismissal for insufficiency.
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Fresno
Calif
John S. Roberts
Los Angeles
Roberts
Shoup Voting Machine Corporation
Philadelphia
E. M. Peckinpah
Milo Popovich
E. Clarke Savory
Popovich
Second Division repels waves on central Korean front
US Second Division with French and Dutch units repelled Chinese Red assaults on the central front near Hangye and Hongchon. Officers cited four days of heavy fighting that weakened the Communists while Col. John Coughlin led a regiment back to allied lines after 36 hours in an encirclement.
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Tokyo
United States
U. S. Eighth Army
John C. Coughlin
Santa Fe
N. M
South Korea
Coughlin
Chipyong
Wonju
Hangye
Seoul
Hongchon River
Hongchon Reservoir
Big Four Deputies End Week of Haggling in Paris
Paris May 19 AP The Big Four deputies wrapped up their 57th session amid little progress on an agenda for the foreign ministers meeting of Russia the United States Britain and France. Delegates voiced Saturday optimism that the meeting will end next week.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Murder trial ends with Hathaway acquittal in Arizona
A Superior Court jury in Nogales Arizona found Jim Hathaway not guilty of second degree murder in the February rifle duel that killed Juan Teles, a Santa Cruz cattleman. After 30 minutes of deliberation on the first ballot Hathaway, 59, claimed self defense and appeared calm as the verdict was read.
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Nogales
Ariz
Jim Hathaway
Santa Cruz County
Juan Teles
Telles
Hathaway
Sonoita
Elderly Man Defender Stabbed by Hoodlums
A produce buyer, Gabriel Guzman, 49, was stabbed in the abdomen at El Siglo Viente Tavern while defending an elderly man being attacked by five gang members. Guzman, who had over $800 cash in his billfold, was hospitalized in critical condition. A 21-year-old suspect was later detained. two other attackers fled after striking another man near Sixth Avenue and Adams Street.
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Kenneth Arline
South Seventh Street
Sheriff’s Office
Gabriel Guzman
South 12Th Street
el Siglo Viente
Memorial Hospital
Ray Robson
N. A. George
Guzman
Robson
Sixth Avenue
Adams Street
Cpl
John Langdon
Garden City
Mich
Luke Air Force Base
Langdon
Britain offers high level talks on oil dispute with Iran
Britain proposes a high ranking diplomatic mission to Iran to resolve the Anglo Iranian Oil Company nationalization feud. Iran's Mossadegh refuses to meet the British envoy, citing life threats, as Tehran braces for a potential ICJ case. The British note warns of possible action at The Hague if Iran persists. The United States fears a coup influence and urges a friendly settlement.
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Tehran
Iran
Britain
En Ot i
Mossadegh
Foreign Office
London
International Court of Justice
the Hague
Washington
United States
Russia
Shepherd
Bagher Kazemi
Kazemi
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Fire kills 35 children in Kushiro theater blaze
In Kushiro on Hokkaido, a movie house fire killed 35 children and three adults as panic blocked the single exit. Eight others were seriously injured. In Numata, 100 miles north of Tokyo, another theater blaze injured 42, 15 severely, according to Japanese reports.
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Tokyo
Kushiro
Hokkaido
Japan
Numata
Five Men Trapped In Blazing Building
Peterborough Ontario May 19 AP five men reported trapped in a blazing downtown business block as roof collapsed during hours of fire fighting. Four were regular firefighters and one a volunteer firefighter. The blaze began on the top floor of the four story block.
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Peterborough
Ont
Toronto
Two Held In Hit-Run Accident Near Tucson
Two Coolidge men Elaterio Torres aged 27 and Lorenzo Aguayo aged 20 are jailed in Tucson for investigation into a hit and run death west of the city. They were arrested at Nogales border crossing after a statewide alert and identified with a car matching the killer vehicle. The victim was about 60 wearing a blue striped shirt and blue denim trousers. a boy eyewitness disappeared before officers arrived.
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Tucson
Coolidge
Elaterio Torres
Lorenzo Aguayo
Nogales
Ariz
State Highway Patrol
Torres
Aguayo
Milford L. Noon
Highway Patrol
James E. McDonald
Richard Whitlow
What Noted People Are Saying What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports brief quotes from President Truman Gen Omar N Bradley and Defense Secretary George Marshall. Truman urges thinking about atomic bomb responsibility while aiding the President. Bradley calls for long-range security investment alongside immediate preparedness. Marshall notes renewed lights in the free world growing brighter daily.
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International News Service
Washington
Truman
Los Angeles
Omar N. Bradley
United States
Defense
George Marshall
Free World
Ridgway Says Communists Readied 60 Plus Divisions in Korea
UN supreme commander General Matthew Ridgway disclosed in his first signed operational report that Communist forces massed more than 60 divisions for their spring offensive. The April 1 to 15 report notes guerrilla activity in UN rear areas declined and UN air superiority persisted despite Russian MIG jet challenges. it cites atrocities against Allied soldiers.
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United Nations
N. Y
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Ridgway
U. N
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