Russians Hold Three From West Berlin
Russians release one German kidnap victim from West Berlin while retaining two West Berlin newspaper men. A young West Berlin woman was arrested, the first casualty of a new Communist border decree extending stern frontier measures to Berlin. Barriers and armed patrols guard streets, with possible prison or death for violations as Allied efforts to resume patrols on the Berlin corridor continue.
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West Berlin
Berlin
Allied
High Commission
Russia
West Germany
Moscow
Walter Ulbricht
Metropolis Tragedy Involved Car Crash Near Paducah
Miss Hemphill, employed at Palmer's drug store in Metropolis, dies in a three passenger crash on the Blandville road west of a railroad underpass when the car overturns into a ditch. State Trooper C D Henry identifies Hemphill as driver. Funeral services set for Powers Methodist church. Burial in Metropolis 1.0.C.F. cemetery.
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Kentucky
C. D. Henry
Miss Hemphill
Paducah
Blandville Road
Palmer’s
Metropolis
Porter Hemphill
Patsy
Carol
Shirley
Sheldon
Route 4
Aikins
Powers Methodist Church
Ula B. Sanders
O. L. Angel
Metropolis 1
Welfare Department Hires 300 Students
Springfield reports the Welfare Department will hire 300 students as summer help at mental hospitals and other institutions. Director Fred Hoehler says selection is based on training and experience to relieve staff on vacation and cut backlogs. Pay is $145 monthly for a 48 hour week.
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Springfield
State Welfare Department
Fred Hoehler
Calf From Sprague Farm Struggles to Find Place
One of the quadruplet calves at the C. A. Sprague farm near Michigan City Indiana appears to have trouble finding his place among the newborns. The report notes the unusual birth and the ongoing care by the farm team.
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C. A. Sprague
Michigan City
Ind
Girl Bites Dogcatcher in Medford Lakes Case
Lucy Fay a Mount Holly high school junior admitted biting dogcatcher Ellis C. Glover who tried to seize her dog Freckles on May 23. Glover testified his arm was bitten after he reached into his car. Municipal Judge Ephraim Tomlinson dismissed the case.
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Medford Lakes
N. J
Ellis C. Glover
Ephraim Tomlinson
Lucy Fay
Mount Holly High School
Lucy
Glover
Tomlinson
Bar Approves Judge Revamp in Illinois
Chicago June 13 AP the Bar association approved a plan to reform judge selection appointing governors from nonpartisan nominating commissions. Judges would serve short terms then face a nonpartisan ballot vote. Backers seek legislative approval as a constitutional amendment and voter approval in November 1954.
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Chicago
Illinois
The
Bar Association
Midwest Heat Wave Persists Across Plains and Midwest
An early June heat wave continues with 100 degree readings at most Hor Neb weather stations and a top 105 at Imperial. St Louis records 97 as Hill City Kansas hits 104 and Dickinson North Carolina climbs to 97. Lincoln water reserves reach low levels while Omaha uses 3.6 million gallons per hour. Both Lincoln and Omaha initiate share the water program.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Nebraska Weather Bureau
Imperial
St. Louis
Hill City
Kan
Dickinson
N. C
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Steel Strike Pinch Begins Nationwide Walkout Drags
The steel strike's economic pinch tightens as 750,000 workers idle on day 12 of the CIO United Steelworkers walkout. About 650,000 union members and 100,000 allied workers are furloughed, with Ford delaying plant closures in two weeks. Richly affected areas include railroaders miners and lake ships crews. Bank deposits rise in Gary Indiana and East Chicago as production slows and luxury goods lag.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
C.I.O. United Steelworkers
Allied Industries
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
Ford
Big Lake
Gary
Ind
Chicago
Moline Ends Rent Controls on June 13
Rent controls ended in Moline Illinois today after the local governing body ordered decontrol. Tighe E. Woods director of rent stabilization said he had no option.
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Moline
Ill
Tighe E. Woods
Rails Provide Strength For Stock Market
New York June 13 AP Railroads provided most of the strength today in a mildly higher stock market. Very few issues advanced more than a fraction. One or two extended their gains to a point or more. Losses were scattered and fractional. Working a bit higher along with rails were steels motors aircrafts and oils. The volume of business was at a somewhat reduced rate from yesterday which turned out to be the largest of the week at 1 370 000 shares. Stocks here were Nickel Plate Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Douglas Aircraft Anaconda Copper and Standard Oil NJ. US government bonds in the over-the-counter market were slightly higher.
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New York
33D Division to Honor 91 Year-Old Veteran
Veterans of the Illinois 33d Infantry Division opened a two day reunion honoring John Newcomb, 91, of Augusta, Ill., believed to be the nation s oldest World War I veteran. Newcomb served with the 123d machine gun battalion in five major engagements in 1917 18 and will be guest of honor at a banquet Saturday night. Maj. Gen. P W Clarkson will be principal banquet speaker. Clarkson now leads the army atomic bomb research projects.
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Illinois 33d
John Newcomb
Augusta
Ill
Newcomb
33D
P. W. Clarkson
Washington
Clarkson
Army
Petrillo Opposes Taft Says He Has Good Reason
James C. Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians, blasts Sen. Robert Taft as unfit to lead. He warns Taft would split the union in two years if elected and predicts six indictments per year under a Taft presidency.
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Robert Taft
Hogn
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Panyuskin Named Soviet Ambassador to China
Russia named Alexander Panyushkin, former ambassador to Washington, as ambassador to Communist China. He will replace Gen. Nikolai Roschin, who has served since 1948. The posting in Peiping is deemed a top Soviet diplomat role and a step up from his U.S. assignment.
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Russia
Alexander Panyushkin
Washington
China
Panyushkin
United States
Nikolai Vassilievich Roschin
Chiang Kai-shek
Red
Peiping
Moscow
Foreign Office
China Post
Costs Threat To Colleges
Des Moines Iowa June 13 AP Dr Conrad Bergendoff president of Augustana college Rock Island Illinois warns rising costs and fewer students jeopardize church colleges He cites teachers salaries as the main problem and laments losing good teachers over inadequate wages He urges donations from wealthy church members to sustain colleges
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Des Moines
Iowa
Conrad Bergendoff
Augustana College
Rock Island
Ill
Bergendoff
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church
Surface earth average temperature fact noted
The statement notes that the average temperature at the Earth's surface is about 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Earth
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