Memorial weekend traffic toll sets new three day record
UNITED PRESS reports 335 people died in traffic crashes from Thursday 6 pm to Sunday midnight, part of a Memorial weekend tally that pushed total violent deaths to 520. California led overall deaths with 51. Ohio had 37 traffic deaths, New York 19, Texas 18. Florida, Delaware, South Dakota, Nevada had few or none.
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Greatest American Philosopher Dr John Dewey Dies
Dr John Dewey aged 92 died in New York after pneumonia. Wife Roberta Grant Dewey 48 was at his side. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Community church. He leaves his wife two adopted children and six children from his first marriage to Alice Chipman of Fenton Michigan. Dewey championed progressive education and learning by doing.
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Weather report and holiday travel notes from 1992
Southern California mostly clear tonight and Tuesday with scattered storms in the southern interior and coastal cloudiness at night. June 2 1992 highest 75 lowest 47. weekend highs in 70s and 50s. Jimmy Cub recalls fine holiday weather and road travel with improvements in accident counts. Van Horns report Yosemite cool weather and road to Glacier Point opening amid snow banks and waterfalls. An asylum inmate disrupts painting with a joke about holding the ladder.
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West Berliners Beat Red Barrier Guard Clash at Border
West Berliners clashed with a Soviet barrier guard at Lichterfelde near the American sector border. Police and East German troops tightened checkpoints as West Berliners, angered by the Soviet blockade, surged toward the border while the rest of Berlin remained split between free and occupied zones. The U S Army moved three truckloads of troops along the autobahn without incident.
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Rock Throwing POW Wounded as Flags Fall in Korea Compound
At Ekoqje Island a South Korean officer shot and wounded a prisoner of war after rock-throwing prisoners taunted troops. Gen. Mark W. Clark warned maximum force would be used. Tanks, machine-gun guards and banners were forced down in Compounds 60 and 602 as the unrest escalated. One shot struck the prisoner in the leg. witnesses cited loss of control amid the taunts.
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Scientist X Pleads Innocent on Perjury Charges
Washington dispatch reports Dr Joseph W Weinberg known as the Scientist X pleads innocent to three perjury counts connected to testimony before the House Un American Activities committee. Federal Judge James R Kirk set a $5000 bond and tentatively scheduled Oct 19 for trial. If convicted on all counts he could face up to four years in prison.
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Joseph W. Weinberg
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James R. Kirkshund
University of Minnesota
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Manchurian fever hits UN troops in Korea
The 8th Army’s top medical officer reported 186 hemorrhagic fever cases among United Nations troops since January in Manchuria Korea. Sixty five patients remain treated now. Six deaths this year yield under three percent mortality. A six-man team from Washington has studied the illness since April.
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8Th Army
End Of Shipping Strike Sought
Federal conciliator Omar Hoskins said he is hopeful a separate meeting with shipowners and AFL sailors will resume joint negotiations to end the Pacific Coast shipping strike. The Pacific Maritime Assn board met at 6 am to discuss the dispute, continuing a session begun last Thursday, with shipowners set to meet Hoskins afterward.
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Omar Hoskins
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Rhee Promises Not To Withdraw Korean Troops
Gen. Mark W. Clark met with President Syngman Rhee in Pusan and secured a pledge that no Republic of Korea troops will be pulled from the front to enforce martial law. Rhee freed no front units, but arrested 12 assemblymen over a communist plot and jailed editor Koh Chai for a critical editorial. The ROK censors all local press and radio dispatches.
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Chinese Attacks on Indo China Supposed in Planning
Taipei dispatch cites official military information service claiming 185000 Chinese Communist troops have been dispatched to southwest China for direct attacks on French Indo China and Burma. The agency says the move is part of a master plan to conquer Southeast Asia, with preparations near completion, though other military sources doubt imminent invasions.
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Eisenhower to retire from Army tomorrow
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower will be placed on the retired list without pay tomorrow, the Army announced. He voluntarily gives up his annual pay of 19541, which he could have drawn for life as a retired five star officer, to free him for political campaigning. He met with Gen Omar Bradley at the Pentagon to review progress toward building Allied strength in Europe against Communist threats. He planned to brief defense officials on his North Atlantic command and then appear in civilian clothes at a large homecoming in Abilene Kansas on Wednesday. Taft intensified criticism of Eisenhower, alleging a steady deterioration in airpower since Eisenhower was chief of staff.
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L A Police Threaten To Quit In Pay Dispute
Seven hundred Los Angeles police officers threaten mass resignation over stalled pay raises. A closed session meeting gathered representatives from fire and police stations after City Council rejected the latest request. Lt. Jack Allen said officers cannot survive on current salaries or take outside jobs. This marks the first mass resignation threat in 29 years of the leagues history.
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Crash May Be 10 Years Old
Navy officials and sheriff's deputies inspect desert wreckage east of San Diego believed to be a Grumman fighter lost in February 1942. Skeleton remains, a flight jacket, and a Navy uniform button were found by Robert Cristy of San Diego and Ora Roe of Los Angeles. The missing aircraft disappeared on a flight from Tucson to San Diego over a decade ago.
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Atomic forces prove attack possible seconds after blast
In a Nevada desert test, troops in tanks and on foot moved within 1,000 yards of ground zero two hours after an atomic detonation. General Storke called it the most realistic atomic land exercise yet, with 1,000 troops observing from Camp Desert Rock as the flash lit interiors and shook 46 ton Patton tanks. News reached Las Vegas and was visible as far as Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Californias Primary Signals Kefauver Warren Victory Prospects
In San Francisco up voters forecast Kefauver and Warren will secure 138 convention votes in California’s primary. Warren seeks a compromise bid amid Taft Eisenhower tension while Kefauver faces a field of Truman Democrats. Knowland McKinnon duel tests foreign policy, with Jordan predicting a record turnout of about 68 percent of 5.38 million registered voters.
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Knowland blasts Truman over federal power in California rally
Senator William Knowland wrapped up Southern California primary campaigning with a denunciation of federal overreach, citing the steel industry seizure and urging Congress to override President Truman on tidelands title. He warned of broader government intrusion and planned a rally in Oakland at the Columbo Club and a radio address.
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Baseball Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago and Boston played a game with final lines showing errors in scoring. Holcombe and Lollar teamed for Chicago while Nixon and Wilber were the Boston battery.
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Immediate Strike After Truman Steel Seizure Ruling
The Supreme Court overturned President Truman's April 8 seizure of the steel industry in a 6 to 3 decision. CIO President Philip Murray ordered an immediate strike of about 600,600 workers as union members began walking off the job. The ruling labeled the seizure unconstitutional, stating Congress only holds such power and that the president had no inherent authority to seize the mills even in war.
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Pickets On March Strike Looms in Steel War Burst
CIO president Philip Murray called an immediate walkout of 656,000 basic steel workers minutes after the Supreme Court halted government seizure. Pickets formed before U S Steel plants as he urged resumed bargaining. No company reaction beyond praise for the court. the strike would halt about 300,000 tons daily and has already cut output.
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7000 Southland Steel Men Walkout
About 7000 Southland steel workers began walking out today in response to a national strike call by CIO United Steelworkers and union president Philip Murray. Bethlehem Steel Vernon plant with 1700 and US Steel Columbia division Torrance with 1500 led the stoppage, with standby crews on duty and picket lines outside gates.
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Dike breaks on San Joaquin River near Mossdale bridge
A dike on the east bank of the San Joaquin River broke about 15 miles south of Stockton, flooding hundreds of acres of dairy and farm land. Deputies warned nearby families to move as the swollen river, raised by mountain snowmelt, could not be quickly repaired.
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Supreme Court rules against Truman on steel seizure power
The Supreme Court ruled that President Truman lacked constitutional authority to seize steel mills without new legislation. Justices Burton and Clark joined a majority opinion by Justice Black, with Jackson, Douglas, and Frankfurter concurring. Chief Justice Vinson dissented, saying history supports the president when survival is endangered. The ruling sets a path for government control to end only after further court steps.
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Second Barrel of Aqueduct Planned
Washington reports the U.S. will finance and build a second barrel of the San Diego area Colorado river aqueduct to double water deliveries. The Bureau of Reclamation will manage construction over about two years starting near the San Jacinto tunnel, extending 71 miles to San Vicente reservoir.
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