U S Surges Ahead of Russia in Olympic Point Race
The United States moved ahead of Russia in the unofficial team standings at Helsinki as the U S scored 535 points to Russia's 528 in events including the men's 1500 meter freestyle won by Ford Konno and basketball victory. Jim McClain finished fourth adding 13 points for the U S alongside four points in equestrian and five in the 200 meter backstroke.
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United States
Russia
Tiny Ford Konno
Jim McClane
U. S
Fair for Southern Illinois with warm Sunday high
Tonight remains mostly fair in Southern Illinois with scattered thunder showers unlikely until late Sunday. A warm Sunday is forecast with lows in the 64 to 68 range and highs near 93 to 98. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake run below spillway levels by today morning.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Daily Free Press from Carbondale Details Publishing Info
Southern Illinois The Daily Press edition published evenings excluding Sundays and holidays by Southern Illinois Publications Inc. at 227 West Main Street Carbondale Illinois entered as second class mail at Carbondale Illinois under act of March 3 1878.
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Southern Ilino Isan
Southern Ilinois Publications Inc
West Main Street
Carbondale Iinois
Carbondale
Illinois
Negro Financier Dies. Spaulding Heads All-Negro Firm
Charles Clinton Spaulding a son of a former slave and president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company died in Durham at age 77 on his birthday. The firm is described as the world's largest all Negro enterprise. He rose from a dishwasher job to a major financial leader in the South. Bronchial pneumonia caused his death.
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C. C. Spaulding
Durham
N. C
Charles Clinton Spaulding
America
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
Spaulding
Columbus County
Lincoln
South
Cost of Living Record Seen Rising This Month
Government stabilizers warn the overall cost of living will hit another high later this month. Food prices rose 1.2 percent in the two weeks to July 15 and were 16 percent above June 1950. Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam blames Republicans for curbing price controls.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Roger L. Putnam
Soviet Izvestia Says US Candidates Both Bad
Moscow reports Izvestia declares the American voter has no good choice in November. Both candidates are described as equally bad and ballots are said to go to Wall Street. The piece notes the stance as a critique from the government paper.
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Moscow
Izvestia Today
America
Wall Street
Riot at Montreal jail ends with tear gas and gunfire
Police used tear gas and pistols to quell a large uprising at Bordeaux jail in Montreal. About 700 inmates flooded cell blocks, set 17 fires, looted canteen, flooded floors, and clashed with 200 officers. two prisoners were wounded and Chief Emile Drapeau was hospitalized after an iron bar strike. Quiet returned after midnight with inmates in the yard.
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Montreal
Bordeaux
Emile Drapeau
Montreal Fire Department
Norwegian Premier Plans U S Vacation Tour
Norwegian Prime Minister Oscar Bredrik Torp will depart September 19 for a vacation tour of the United States, announced by his office.
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Oscar Bredrik ‘Torp
United States
Unrest Sweeps Reds as Korean Masses Turn Against Leader
AP reports from Pusan that Rev. Lee Myung Je, a Methodist missionary, says North Korean troops face low morale and the masses oppose Gen. Kim Il Sung. Farmers complain of grain seizures and 58 percent taxes. Chinese troops moved north through Pyongyang May to mid June, marching in groups with horns and drums, appearing tired and lightly armed.
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Pusan
Korea
Lee Myung Je
North Korea
Red Country
Associated Press
Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang
Driemeyer Vies for Illinois Legion Ranks at Convention
At the 34th Illinois American Legion convention in Chicago Perce F Brautigam and Edward Driemeyer were named state commander and senior vice commander respectively both unopposed. The body rejected a gag rule on committee reports and endorsed measures to limit presidential seizure powers to prescribed by law. Esper award went to Elgin Post 57 with Ken-Rock Post 1127 and Calumet Memorial Post 330 in second and third.
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Chicago
American Legion
Wood River Post
Illinois Legion Committee
John Stelle
McLeansboro
Perce F. Brautigam
Edward Driemeyer
Southern Illinoisan
Brautgam
Driemeyer
Brautigam
Patrick J. O'Donnell
Congress
United States
Esper
Elgin Post
Ken-Rock
Rockford
Calumet Memorial
Calumet City
Four Gunmen Rob Lyons Bank Seizing $45000
In a three minute daylight raid the Bank of Lyons was robbed of about $45,000 by four bandits who restrained 17 workers and looted cages while a fifth driver fled with the getaway car. Assistant cashier R. C. Belasick noted the robbers appeared familiar with the bank’s setup and timing.
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Chicago
Lyons
Bank of Lyons
R. C. Belasick
Belasick
August Forecast Signals Western U S Warm Spell
The Weather Bureau projects a 30 day August period with above normal temperatures in the western half of the United States and the deep South. Slightly cooler lake region and North Atlantic states. near normal elsewhere. Subnormal rainfall expected for the Great Plains West Gulf and Rocky Mountains, with notable showers from Arizona to Oregon. Eastern drought relief possible but overall rainfall near normal.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Deep South
Lake Region
North Atlantic States
Great Plains
West Gulf States
Rocky Mountains
Arizona
Oregon
Comedian Jack Carson Weds Lola Albright in California
Comedian Jack Carson and actress Lola Albright were married Friday in North Hollywood California. The Rev Errol B Sloan officiated at the Little Brown Church in the Valley with the ceremony held on August 2.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Jack Carson
Lola Albright
Errol B. Sloan
Little Brown
Stevenson Plans To Direct Campaign At Springfield
Seaman Shell Alpert observed several brilliant lights over the Salem Coast Guard Air Station at 9 30 a m on July 16 and photographed the scene through a window using a camera. AP Wirephoto
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Stevenson
Springfield
Seaman Shell Alpert
Salem
Mass
Coast Guard
Flying River Foils Radar Mayhem At University Of Illinois
At Champaign Illinois university radar screen logged a 100 mile long flying river image, later identified as a radar reflection of the Illinois River caused by atmospheric refraction. Meteorologist Glenn E. Stout notes radar errors arise from rain aloft and ground object reflections.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
Illinois River
Illinois State Water Survey
Glenn E. Stout
Stout
Prisoner Exchange Talks Resume After Recess
In Munsan Korea August 2 1950 U N and Communist staff officers signaled agreement on most of a Korean armistice draft but did not tackle the prisoner exchange issue. The matter will be taken up when the main truce delegations end a week long recess Sunday and the staff officers meet again then.
Yanks Defend Old Baldy After Heavy Chinese Attack
United Nations infantrymen on Old Baldy repelled two Chinese counterattacks after enduring over 3,000 shells. The 8th Army said U N troops twice beat back 50 man Chinese assaults as Old Baldy was recaptured in a 12 hour dawn battle. Rain and clouds limited air operations along the front.
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United Nations
Old Baldy
Chorwon
U. S. Eighth Army
U.N
North Korea
New York holdup men kill two after beach outing
A Brooklyn man, 22, William Hopkins, was shot dead and his Bronx father-in-law Alfred McCullough, 50, wounded as two holdup men robbed a pair of couples returning from a Rye beach party. The victims’ wives screamed as the attack unfolded.
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William Hopkins
Brooklyn
Bronx
Alfred McCullough
Rye
N. Y
Hopkins
McCullough
H Kins
Chiang Kai-shek signs Japan treaty in Taipei
President Chiang Kai-shek today signed the peace treaty between Japan and Nationalist China. The pact goes into effect at a ceremony in Taipei next Tuesday.
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Chiang
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
China
Pie Baking Fireman Breaks Ankle in Dayton Slide
Fireman Wilbur Sager, 44, at Wright Patterson Air Force Base fractured his ankle after a quick slide down a fire pole while baking three cherry pies. He blamed flour on his hands and the pie preparation for the accident before being taken to the hospital.
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Dayton
Wilbur Sager
Sager
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ike Meets Party Chiefs To Map Drive
Eisenhower and Nixon held a two and a half hour strategy session with more than twenty campaign leaders. Nixon praised Eisenhower for uniting professional and amateur party figures as the ticket moves to a nationwide whistle stop campaign beginning Sept. 1. The leaders planned nonpolitical talks at veterans and Legion events and emphasized adviser input without a single campaign boss. Dirksen said he would stump for the general and praised the harmony effort despite earlier clashes with Dewey.
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Denver
Colo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Eisenhower
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
American Legion National
New York
Arthur E. Summerfield
Republican National Committee
National
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman Signs Accord Setting Up a Free West Germany
President Truman signed the agreement establishing a free West German Republic in Kansas City. The move ends the U S and Allied three high commissioners system as the United States becomes the first nation to ratify the documents. The British Parliament has approved. the Queen has yet to sign.
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Kansas City
Trees
United States
Muehlebach
Stevenson shifts campaign HQ to Springfield headline
Gov Adlai Stevenson moves the Democratic national campaign offices from Washington to Springfield to allow closer control with hand picked aides. Wilson Wyatt of Louisville is named personal campaign manager and confirms the setup will put Stevenson's team in direct contact with the nominee. Wyatt and Sen John Sparkman backed the plan, while Frank McKinney signaled he may depart from the post.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville, Ky
Stevenson
Wyatt
Gov. Stevenson
Democratic National Committee
Frank McKinney
McKinney
Louisville
Americans For Democratic Action
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Truman Delays Campaign Strategy While Awaiting Stevenson Signals
President Truman, in Kansas City on a social visit, says he will leave 1952 Democratic campaign strategy to Adlai Stevenson. He notes he may stump in his traditional aggressive style if invited, but will abstain from politics during the vacation as Democratic national chairman McKinney declines to speculate on length of his tenure.
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Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Hotel Muehlebach
McKinney
Jas Democratic
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