Rocky Mountain Floods Slow Amid Cloudy Skies
Cloudy skies slowed record runoff floods across the mountain West while thousands of acres remain flooded. Salt Lake City bore the heaviest damage with up to six feet of water over 40 blocks. about 50 families evacuated. Mayor Glade declared a state of emergency as losses could reach ten million dollars. Roads, farms, and towns from Ogden to Springville faced high water. a railroad line was cut near Provo. Snake River in Weiser peaked in 58 years. one man missing after a truck sank a bridge in southwestern Colorado.
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Salt Lake City
Mountain West
Utah
Earl J. Glade
Ogden Canyon
Ogden
D&rgw
Provo
Spanish Fork
Springville
Weiser
Idz
Snake River
Colorado
Idaho
Motel Manager Convicted Of Involuntary Homicide
In Long Beach Ward Neff, a motel manager, was convicted on two counts of involuntary manslaughter over carbon monoxide deaths of Ronald A. Wallace, 22, and Wanita Wallace, 23, who died in their motel room on January 12. Sentencing set for Thursday.
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Long Beach
Ward Neff
Ronald A. Wallace
Wanita Wallace
Neff
Court of Superior
Fred Miller
Southern California Weather Report April 29 1952
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with brighter sun tomorrow and warmer afternoon. Interior sections cooler tonight. Highs near 57, Low 50, rain 32, storm 1.26. One year ago today high 59 low 43. Notes from Jimmy Cub about orange growers and Redlands roses amid favorable moisture mood.
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California
House Group Urged to Sidestep Impeachment Moves
Democratic leader Emanuel Celler urged the House Judiciary Committee to sidestep three Republican impeachment resolutions against President Truman. He warned such action could split the nation and urged delaying until after steel seizure fallout. GOP leaders paused to watch committee action and court rulings before deciding on a party stance.
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Washington
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Truman
New York
GOP
Celler
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
Paul Shafer
R-Mich
Congress
Shafer
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Redlands Deputy Putnam Dies in Daily Walk
Clyde A. Putnam 59 prominent Redlands resident collapsed and died about 1 50 pm while walking near the San Bernardino Elks club with deputy Ray Hastings. He served as deputy county assessor and led county employee group, longtime church and YMCA booster. He survived by wife and three sons and earlier ran a family grocery near Franklin school. In 1945 he led the Lions Club and until 1946 led the outside Redlands district assessor operation. He was 1912 Redlands High School graduate.
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Clyde A. Putnam
Redlands
San Bernardino
Elks Club
Ray Hastings
Max
Cranmer
Putnam
East Colton Avenue
Wayne
Momevia
Edgar
Arlington
West Virginia
Clyde
Juaier
College
Redlands High School
Harold
Stalkman Avenue
Franklin School
Mission
Highland
First Methodist Church
Lions Club
Robeson Concert Cancelled In San Francisco Opera House
In San Francisco the War Memorial Opera House barred Paul Robeson from singing on May 22 after a 9 to 0 vote by trustees. The National Negro Labor Council had submitted the concert request as debate over Robeson’s alleged Communist ties spanned an hour, with supporters and opponents heard.
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San Francisco
UPI
Paul Robeson
War Memorial Opera House
Opera House
Robeson
National Negro Labor Council
Shirley Temple Gives Birth To Second Child
Former child star and wife of Lt Cmdr Charles Black delivered a baby boy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center by cesarean section. The six pound twelve ounce infant is her second child, with a four year old daughter Linda Susan from a prior marriage to actor John Agar.
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Washington
Shirley Temple
Cmdr
Charles Black
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Flood Threat Recedes as Muscatine Holds Dikes
In Muscatine Iowa the Mississippi River crested slightly above 22 feet, about last year’s level. Levees held but danger persisted as a sewer risk briefly surged. mud creek flood impacted about 20 blocks, mainly industrial zones with few homes affected.
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Muscatine
Mississippi
Muscaline
Rescue After Whale Boat Cast Over Wrecked Freighter
A small whale boat attempting to rescue seven sailors from the stricken freighter Eaton was thrown overboard by giant waves off Honshu. The crew, led by Captain Fred A. Solomon and engineer John B. Williamson, were later saved by a second whaleboat and life raft, with five Navy sailors volunteering to assist. All seven were brought to the tug Arikara.
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Tokyo
Honshu Island
Navy
William Eaton
Fred A. Solomon
Walnut Creek
Calif
John B. Williamson
San Jose
Arikara
Eaton
Solomon
Williamson
Kerr Lands Oklahoma 24 Convention Votes for Kerr
Oklahoma City United Press report states Democratic Sen. Robert Kerr received the Oklahoma delegation’s 24 national convention votes. The 36 delegates were instructed to back Kerr as the favorite son until released by a majority vote or until Kerr secures the nomination, reflecting a Kerr Murray compromise.
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Oklahoma City
Sen
Robert
Kerr
Oklahoma
Johnston Murray
Murray
Massachusetts Primary Showdown Drives GOP Delegates
Massachusetts voters crowded polling places amid a Taft Eisenhower battle for delegates in the heated Republican primary. Ten at large delegates are unopposed in a harmony slate, with 23 district contests heated and write-in nicknames permitted. Democrats vote for 72 delegates, with Governor Paul Dever controlling most of the delegation.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Taft
Eisenhower
Franklin B. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Bob
Ike
Mac
Paul A. Dever
First Returns From Mount Washington Primary
Mount Washington Massachusetts the Berkshire hills town first to report returns in today’s presidential primary Eisenhower ahead Taft Warren no preference one Democrat voted Kefauver Exactly half of 36 registered voters cast ballots Eisenhower also led district delegate contests.
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Mount Washington
Mass
Berkshire Hills
Eisenhower—ii
Taft
Warren
Kefauver
Eisenhower
UN Red Troops Clash 19 Times as Rail Lines Hit
UN and Communist forces clashed in 18 brief engagements along the Korean front, mainly on the east. Allies repulsed probes while weather limited air assaults. Ground fighting occurred near Kumhwa and Kumsong as UN units used grenades and small arms to hold charges. Naval gunfire from Town, St Paul, and Manchester struck shore targets, with ships reportedly wrecking railroad tracks inland.
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Seoul
United Nations
Thenderjet
North Korea
U.N
Irom
Kumhwa
Kumsong
St. Paul
Manchester
Fallbrook Water Hearings Set for July in Los Angeles
Pretrial hearings on the Fallbrook water case are scheduled for July 6 in U S District Judge Leon Yankwichs court. The sessions, likely to last about a week, will identify issues for trial which is not expected until September or October. The suit concerns Santa Margarita River water rights and is brought by the U S Justice Department for Camp Pendleton with thousands of river users named as defendants.
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Los Angeles
UPF
Fallbrook
U. S
Leon Yankwich
Santa Margarita
U. S. Justice Department
Camp Pendleton
Stratocruiser Forced Down With 40 Aboard
An Northwest Airlines Stratocruiser with 40 passengers and nine crew members diverted to San Francisco after engine trouble on a Honolulu to Portland flight. One engine failed prompting the emergency landing while weather and injuries were not disclosed.
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San Francisco
Northwest Airlines
Honolulu
Fortland
Ore
Plane With 50 Aboard Missing Since Morning
A Pan-American Stratocruiser with 50 aboard was overdue after leaving Rio de Janeiro. Search planes from U S Air Force and Brazilian and civilian crews combed the route toward Port of Spain while officials disputed a Belem landing report. A prior Pan-American crash near San Juan killed 52 with 17 survivors.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Pan-American Airways
Brazil
US Air Force
Barreiras
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Belem
U. S. Air Force
Ramey U
Recife
Rio
Barreimas Organ
New York
Seizure Battle: Judge Rules Steel Takeover Unconstitutional
Federal Judge David A. Pine ruled President Truman's seizure of the steel industry unconstitutional. The Justice Department sought an immediate stay pending appeal. Pine stated no constitutional or congressional grant authorized the seizure, calling the action contrary to the government of laws and not of man.
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Washington
David A. Pine
Truman
Justice Department
Pine
Congress
United States
Oil Workers Plan To Walk Off Their Jobs At Midnight
Washington Secretary of Interior Oscar L. Chapman warned the threatened oil strike could be serious but declined to say if the government would seize the industry. In Denver CIO union officials said most oil workers would walk off at midnight as wage talks faltered. Mediation efforts in Washington reported little progress as talks continued through the day and night to avert the walkout planned by the Oil Workers International Union.
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Washington
Oscar L. Chapman
Denver
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Clyde M. Mills
Union Policy Committee
Chicago
Standard of Co
O. A. Knight
OWIU
Joseph J. McKenna
G. W. Clover
East St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Red Capitals Await Reply On Armistice Compromise
The United Nations proposal for an overall Korean armistice solution was sent to Pyongyang Peiping and possibly Moscow for decision. Vice Admiral Joy handed the plan to North Korean Lt General Namil as talks adjourned until a reply. No word came by nightfall as the three sticking points remained unresolved and no meeting was held today.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
Pyongyang
Rains Force New Atom Test Delay
Rain squalls near Las Vegas forced a second 24 hour postponement of the all marine atomic maneuvers at the nuclear proving grounds northeast of here. The test, delayed from early morning, was reset tentatively for Thursday morning due to weather and safety concerns about radioactive particles.
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Las Vegas
Nuclear Proving Grounds
Here
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Fight On To Save 17 Homes At Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach plans fast tracked two temporary breakwaters to shield 17 oceanfront houses from state condemnation. Mayor John Shes led a City Council vote approving two 200 foot rock groins to curb erosion until a permanent breakwater is ready. Severe storms have prompted the threat of seizure by the Division of Housing.
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Redondo Beach
State Division of Housing
John Shes
UN Proposes Narrow Prisoner Exchange in Korea Talks
United Nations command urges the Communists to agree to return three of five Red prisoners as a secret formula to break the truce deadlock. Informants say Allies favor budgeting their proposal to construct an airfield after armistice Pending a Korean settlement, Reds oppose such terms.
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Washington
United Nations Command
Korea
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