US Air Armada Rushes Planes to Berlin to Aid Blocked City
United States rushed about 29 Flying Boxcars to Germany to aid Berlin by airlift as food supplies dwindled for about 2,000 residents. Air force said 120 planes would fly today to Tempelhof, delivering up to 300 tons of urgent cargo while Western allies resist Soviet rail and road blockades.
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Milk Price Jumps In New Hampshire
Concord June 28 AP The New Hampshire milk control board announced price increases for milk with jars of milk rising by a half to one and a half cents per quart. Households will begin paying the higher prices starting Thursday.
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Concord
New Hampshire
State Milk Control Board Today
Portland area driver linked to two deaths in river crash
Charles D. Parker 25 of Kittery faces a manslaughter charge over a fatal Piscataqua River crash near Portsmouth that killed Mrs Flossie White and 25 year old sailor Kempton Pierce. Warrant to be served tomorrow after autopsy and police investigations identified Pierce as a second victim. Parker was previously fined $400 for driving while intoxicated.
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Charles D. Parker
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Portsmouth
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White
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Hittory
Harry Littlefield
Wells
Kempton Hi. Pierce
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John Mugridge
Eliot
Parker
Harold , PB
Grace
Florida
Massachusetts
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Portsmouth Hospital
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Ilquar
Quarrington
Truman Signs 6 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
President Truman signed a 6 billion dollar foreign aid bill into law, pledging rapid assistance to Western Europe, China, and occupied areas to combat economic collapse and contain communism. The program spans 15 months, with possible 12 month acceleration, and allocates funds to ECA for Europe, China recovery, occupation relief, Greece and Turkey, child feeding in Europe, and refugee relief.
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Peace Plans Offered by Bernadotte Facing Skeptical World
J ew ish and Arab leaders received Count Folke Bernadotte's peace proposals for Palestine a week after a four week armistice. The mediator said the plan is a basis for discussion not a final settlement and urged counter suggestions from both sides. Israel and Arab states voiced opposition while UN aides prepared to present the proposals in Tel Aviv and Cairo. The fate of the truce remains uncertain as meetings set for Cairo and Tel Aviv unfold.
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Bonde
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League
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Hotel Des Roses
Natanya
Irgun Z ¥Ai Leumi
California Delegates Will Wait and See at Convention
California Democrats refuse to pledge to Truman as the party’s nominee. Delegation chair John F. Shelley says California will caucus on issues at the Philadelphia session opening July 12. National slate to be completed Friday with Virginia's 26 votes. Truman supporters lead with 670 pledged delegates.
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Thomas B. Dewey
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Vandenhkerg
R-Mich
Washington
Dewey
McGrath
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National Democratic Party
Joe Grundy
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Bristol
Patrolman Nabs Two Teens In Auto Theft Plot
Patrolman Hodgdon arrested Robert G. Pridham and Victor A. Dahlstrom after stopping a sedan driven in a drunken manner. Pridham and Dahlstrom, both arraigned in Portsmouth Municipal Court, were held on charges of stealing the Santosuosso sedan. The car carried a stolen rear plate from James Moore of Portsmouth. Dahlstrom claimed they found the car and jumped the wiring to start it.
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Cambridge
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Portsmouth
Ernest A. Santosuosso
Leonard
Hewitt
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Santosuosso
James Moore
Jeremy R. Waldron
Pridham
Dahlstrom
Fortsmouth
Dahhstrom
Jews' Struggle for Home Detailed Here by Seaman
Murray Aronoff, a 22-year-old American crew member of the Exodus, recounts the survivors and the brutal siege by British forces. He describes cramped holds, feeble rations, and women giving birth aboard the ship, with refugees later sent back to camps in Europe.
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Hampton Beach Market Robbed of $250 in Goods
Hampton Beach Market suffered a burglary reported early this morning at Page's market at Marsh avenue and Ocean promenade. Police said about $100 in change and 50 cartons of cigars vanished along with five boxes of cigars. burglars broke a rear window and wore gloves, with no proven link to recent Portsmouth break-ins.
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Planning Board Session Delayed in Portsmouth
The Portsmouth planning board postponed its meeting scheduled for tonight to July 12, per board secretary Maurice E Wallmer. The delay affects planning officials and residents awaiting discussion of local development matters.
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Maurice E.wallmer
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Jap Reporter Describes Chaos At Quake Scene
Tokyo June 2 AP Fukul quake reports describe a twisted gnarled town aflame with wrecked police headquarters collapsed tram lines and fires. A reporter recalls rescuers and civilians amid screaming crowds and a girl washing a sister’s body in a dirty river near a collapsed farm house six miles away.
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Steelmen weigh charges against Lewis in union dispute
Representatives of steel firms met to decide whether to charge John L. Lewis with unfair labor practices. They face a Taft Hartley clash over a union shop clause in the 1947 contract while wage and welfare terms were updated. A July 6 deadline or an NLRA injunction looms as talks continue. Trustees of the miners welfare fund, led by Vera Van Horn and Sen Styles Bridges, also convened over fund distributions and pensions.
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John L. Lewis
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George Thurson
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Robert N. Denham
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Styles Bridges
R-Nhl
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Army Plans Draft Of About 250,000 In First Year
The Army estimates induction will total 225,000 to 250,000 in the first year of the new draft with a monthly rate averaging about 30,000 once calls rise after an initial small start. Training centers nationwide will reopen as division training centers for inductees and volunteers, including Fort Riley, Camp Chaffee, Camp Breckenridge, Camp Pickett, and other bases.
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Fukui Quake Devastates Western Honshu City
Large earthquake in Fukui and surrounding prefectures devastates a vast portion of the 85,000 population. Fires breakout as aftershocks continue, leaving tens of thousands homeless and triggering relief trains from U S forces. Casualties feared in the thousands with conflicting early counts.
Fees Required In Driving Course Details
The superintendent Reymond Beal announced today that ten Wisneywee adults enrolled in the driving course must pay their registration fees by June 30. Those failing to meet the deadline risk cancellation of their applications and the available slots will be offered to others.
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Reymond Beal
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