Exeter Tornado Rips Exeter Area Causing Major Damage
A brief, violent tornado ripped through north Exeter damaging homes and the Exeter Country Club Estate. It struck near Jady Hill, crossed Route 101, and left the Country Club flattened. No fatalities, but extensive property loss estimated over six figures.
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Exeter
John Connelly
Spruce Street
Faquette’s
Jady Fill
Connelly
Boston
Maine
Newmarket Road
Squamscott River
Jady Hill
Country Club
Portsmouth Avenue
Route 101
Exeter Country Club
Jady HI
Ot E
Tornado devastates Worcester area leaves 83 dead
National Guardsmen patrol rubble filled streets as searchers dig through ruins. authorities fear the toll may rise beyond 83 with 2,500 homes damaged and up to 50 million dollars in losses. Thousands assist with relief as gas mains leak and housing records are organized.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester County
New England
Massachusetts
Irving Katz
Herter
Here
Ohio
Michigan
Taft’s Hip Ailment Forces Him to Quit Active Leadership
Senator Taft of Ohio announced his serious hip condition will prevent him from serving as Senate floor leader for the remainder of the session. After a four day hospital checkup in New York he returned to the Senate on crutches and said his aide would issue a statement later.
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Taft
Washington
Rohio
Senate
New York
Jack Martin
Ee Martin
Sen, Knowland
California
Symington Deplores Reckless Red Hunts
Cambridge Mass Sen Symington D Mo warned that fear from abuse of power by reckless Red hunters in Congress and government has become rampant, threatening a reign of terror and the nation's freedom. He, a member of the Red hunting subcommittee, did not name individuals in a Radcliffe College speech urging democratic, lawful anticommunist action.
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Cambridge
Mass
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Congress
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Radcliffe College
Navy Faces Quiz On Shipyard When Budget Comes Up
Navy budget hearings in Washington focus on Portsmouth Naval Shipyard funding. Senator Styles Bridges pledged to press the request in the Senate Appropriations Committee and to explore converting more submarines to Portsmouth. Mayor Butler and civic leaders urge actions to secure workloads and personnel at the yard amid employment downturn.
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Navy
Portsmouth Naval
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Styles Bridges
Bridges
Senate Committee
Theodore HK. Butler
Portsmouth
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Washington
Kennedy
Butler
Maine
New Hampshire
School Board Demands Probe of Athletic Council
The Portsmouth School Board called for a full investigation of the athletic council after Superintendent Beal reported a 513 deficit. Outstanding bills included 176 for elementary intramurals, with others for equipment. Dr Walker and Goldsmith questioned finances, while Cox and Durgin urged funding to cover the gap. The board set July 14 for a complete report on council activities and finances.
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Portsmouth Athletic Council
Raymond J. Beal
Cornelia B.walker
Kennard E. Goldsmith
Council
Physical Education Department
Ellis T. Cox
John W. Durgin
Walker
Cox
Paul Y. Brown
Durgin
E. Curtis Matthews
Beal
De Gasperi Holds Narrow Lead in Italian Election
Premier Alcide de Gasperi's pro Western coalition barely secured control of the Chamber of Deputies with 303 of 590 seats, while the combined left and right opposition led the popular vote by about 9,000 ballots and held 13,496,503 to 13,487,038 for the government. The Senate gave the government a reduced majority of 125 of 243 seats.
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Romb i
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Lextreme Left
Center Bloc
Chamber of Deputies
de Gasperi
Senate
City Council and VFW discuss site for new home
City Council and Emerson Hovey VFW Post met informally at City Hall to hear VFW requests for city land or city paid insurance to aid acquiring a new meeting place. Mayor Butler called it a cordial session with no commitments or actions and no clear stance from the five council members present. The VFW sought either the Parrott Avenue site of the old post home or the city’s $20,000 insurance on the former structure destroyed by fire May 1. About a dozen VFW members attended with counsel Attorney Reinhart.
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City Council
Emerson Hovey
VFW Post
Post
Theodore R. Butler
VFW
Council
Parrott Avenue
Robert C. Violette
Arthur J. Reinhart
Truce Negotiators Close In On Cease-Fire Plan
Plenary talks at Panmunjom near finish as staffers draft the armistice terms. Swiss refusal to join prisoner repatriation panel clouds progress amid anti truce protests in Seoul and reports of a possible U S push to persuade South Korea. The parties adjourned pending Thursday sessions as Swiss concerns threaten timing.
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Panmunjom
United Na- Hong
Switzerland
South Korea
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Washington
Rhee
Korea
Panmunjim
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