Ten Youths Injured In Route 1 Bus Pileup
A collision involving three school buses on Route 1 near Dover injures ten youths, with a playground supervisor seriously hurt. The four-bus convoy, traveling to a Boston baseball game, halted suddenly after a slow-moving farm vehicle passed. Bus drivers were Chase of Salmon Falls, L Flaherty, Paul Harold Potterton, and Olive Adams. All occupants were treated. most were Dover residents and part of city youth teams.
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Dover
Lafayette Highway
Segamoore Creek
Boston
Chase of
Salmon Falls
L. Flaherty
Panl
Harold Potterton
Olive Adams
Tangers
Lafayette Road
Portsmouth
Rent ceilings removed in nine states
The government announced immediate removal of rent ceilings in nine states in various areas. The action, declared by official King Expediter Tighe, is effective at once.
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VGTON
Attiga
King
Portsmouth Herald Reports No New England Steel Interest
A Portsmouth Herald reporter relays that no steel company is currently considering a New England location. The eye of interest remains across seaports and industrial centers from Bangor to Bridgeport, with locals asking when a steel mill might arrive.
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Bangor
Bridgeport
New England
Portsmouth
Runaway Fathers Crackdown Proposed in Congress
Washington Aug AP reports Representative Steed Oklahoma proposes federal action to criminalize desertion of a child and crossing state lines to obtain relief payments. He cites cases of father mother conspiracy and abandonment for federal aid, arguing social security fuels home breakups.
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Washington
Steed
D-Okla
Bolivia drafts citizens to fight revolution amid unrest
In a bid to quell a rightist revolt, Bolivia began a draft of 20 to 24 year olds, with La Paz issuing orders and mobilizing recruits as insurgents seize airports and gain control of Santa Cruz Potosi and Scure. Loyal forces report airport occupation as unions stay neutral in the political clash. President Memerto Urriolagoitia faces support from all parties except the PIR, a Marxist group denying world communist ties.
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National Revolutionary Party
MVR
Santa Cruz
Potosi
Scure
la Paz
Revolutionary Left
PIR
Memerto Urriolagoitia
The
Renewed Search For Lost Professor Purinton
Fresh searchers aided by a circling airplane entered rugged woods near Pleasant Pond in Caratunk Maine for Professor Carl E Purinton of Boston University who has been missing since Saturday. State officials and volunteers scoured the Dimmick Pond area as his wife and daughters stayed at Pleasant Pond cottage hoping for a safe return.
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Caratunk
Boston University
Carl E. Purinton
Dimmick Pond
Pleasant Pond
Purinton
Elmer Ingraham
Bingham
George
Fish and Game Department
Gene LeTourneau
Somerville
N. J
Carl Bateman
Ray
Palmer
Batemans
Somerset County
Martin Gallant
OR OK
Foor Gage
Professor Purinton
Jane
Louise
Edwin
Purintons
Adams Informed Shipyard Layoffs Can't Be Halted
Governor Sherman Adams was informed that no order can cut Portsmouth naval shipyard personnel by 23 percent for the coming year ending June 30, 1950. A letter from Navy Undersecretary Dan A. Kimball said layoffs of 1,240 workers will stand, with staffing capped by a new personnel ceiling rather than workload.
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Concord
Aus
Sherman Adams
Portsmouth Naval
Dan A. Kimball
Navy
Navy Yard
Kimball
Portsmouth
Navy Department
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Czech Plot to Overthrow Red Government Foiled
Prague announced a plot to overthrow the Communist government of Czechoslovakia was smashed. Six alleged plotters were condemned to death, ten received life terms, and others got lesser sentences for treason and spying for a Western power. The group aimed to seize offices, dismiss Parliament, quiet newspapers, and return nationalized industries to private owners.
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Czechoslovakia
Prague
Tleir
Josef Charvat
Nothing Wrong Vaughan Denies Improper Campaign Aid
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan told Senate investigators he collected about 2000 dollars from William He Mis and 2000 dollars from John Maragon in 1946 1948 campaign matters. He denied any improper payments or favors and said he discussed none of it with President Truman. He also said he never authorized Maragon to represent him or the White House and insisted he acted without the president’s knowledge.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
William He Mis
Vaughan
Tanforan
Calif
John Mlara
Gon
Senate
McCarthur-Wist
Maragort
Selis
Missouri
Hoey
D-N. C
Maragon
Maragen
White House
McCarthy
State Department
Truman
Europe
Hurricane Backlash Skips City Hampton Beach Hit
The Moose Club reported $,116 stolen from their cash box last week and again Sunday night with two framed bills missing. Police found no signs of forcible entry and describe the incident as a domestic dispute style backlash affecting Hampton Beach.
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Skips City
Hampton Beach
Moose Club
Left Wing Unions Face Showdown and Storm Toll
Left wing labor leaders plan a counter move against CIO policy ahead of the Cleveland convention on October 31. CIO President Philip Murray may eject dissenting unions, while secessionists weigh acting first. At Portsmouth and along the New England coast, Florida hurricane remnants cause damage, power outages, and boat losses as high tides and heavy rain affect Massachusetts and Maine communities.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Cleveland
Wells Beach
Associated Press
Florida
Canada
Maine
Massachusetts
Dartmouth Brawl Death May Go to Grand Jury
Concord reports the Dartmouth dormitory brawl death of Raymond Cirotta may be reopened by the next grand jury session on Sept 14. Officials note Coxsee was convicted on a second degree manslaughter charge and others faced penalties. publisher Generoso Pope pressed for reopening.
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Dartmouth
Grand
Concord
Dartmouth College
Sherman Adams
Raymond Cirotta
Linden
N. J
Thomas A. Coxsee
Fayetteville
Cirotta
Generoso Pope
New York
Ik Progresso Italo- Americano
Cirdtta
Pope
Atty-Ger
William Phinney
Coxsee
Woodsville
Phinney
Pape
New Hampshire
Ralse ‘Quites
Hampton Beach To Pick Queen Tonight at Bandstand
Miss Hampton Beach of 1949 will be chosen tonight in front of the Hampton Beach bandstand. About 20 young women compete for the title with the contest starting at 8 30. The annual swimming races sponsored by the Hampton Chamber of Commerce will be held tomorrow afternoon.
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Hampton Beach
Hampton Chamber of Commerce
The Daring Turtle at Gordon Conference
New London August 30 AP scientist Dr Wilton KR Earle head of tissue culture art of the National Cancer Institute spoke to researchers at the Gordon conference on advances in disease study through tissue culture He praised the turtle as a progress example saying the worker should keep feet on the ground and neck out while advancing.
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New London
Wilton KR. Earle
National Cancer Institute
Gordon
Economy Drive Slowed in Senate
A Senate economy drive slowed after final action on a defense appropriation of 14.8 billion dollars. Supporters gathered 49 votes for an amendment to require Truman to cut government expenses 5 to 10 percent, but the measure fell three votes short of the two-thirds needed.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Bridges Defends UMW Welfare Fund Against Van Horn
Senator Styles Bridges accused Van Horn of obstructionism over the United Mine Workers welfare fund. He said he supported Lewis to keep the fund functioning and rejected claims of political motives. Bridges urged backing pension plans, asserting obstruction harms miners and risks socialism.
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Concord
APLE
van Horn
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Styles Bridges
Bridges
New Hampshire
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Horn
UMW Welfare Fund
Washington
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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