Night Fight Douses Million-Dollar Texas Oil Fire
Corpus Christi crews battled an intense Gulf coastal blaze through the night. Foamite carbon dioxide extinguisher and 200,000 pounds of Foamite from Houston finally quieted the flames near dawn. Navy fire teams joined local forces, evacuating 27 blocks and guarding against looting while the General American tank terminal was saved.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Gulf
Houston
Kathleen Marshall
The
Red Cross
Corpus Christi Naval Training Center
Corpus Christi Coast Guard
Navy
Salvation Army
Russian Lifted On Reich Highway
Allied patrols moved through the Russian checkpoint near Berlin this morning after a reported eight day ban on their passage was lifted. An American official said the patrols passed without incident and expressed hope the issue was resolved.
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Berlin
Here
U.S
Senator McCarthy’s book author faces rough editorial life
Senator Joe McCarthy who penned a pocket sized $10,000 guide for Lustron buyers under the Federal Housing Act learns that a literary life is not all champagne dinners. Frederick C. Othman contributes an editorial page piece while Raeilae rants on op ? none
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Joe McCarthy
Lustron Corporation
Frederick C. Othman
Raeilae
Army hero Herbert delays press conference in New Jersey
M/Sgt. Anthony Herbert famed Korean War hero arrived seven hours late for a planned press conference in Newark. He apologized to two waiting reporters saying he enjoyed a visit with Miss Ann Palmicotti and a television show and forgot about the event.
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New York
Anthony Herbert
Newark
N. J
Ike D. Crittenberger
First Army
Herbert
Herminie
Ing
Far East
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ann Palmicotti
New Jersey State Teachers College
New Jersey
Palmioptti
Rain Tossup for Weekend Weather Forecast
Weatherman says rain may miss the weekend as a Texas storm slows and moves northeast. Expect mostly fair today with increasing clouds tomorrow and a chance of showers. Temperatures rise to around 55 today, then fall to the low 40s tonight.
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Texas
Six Workmen Hurt In Big Inch Pipeline Blast
A temporary section of the Big Inch pipeline ruptured today near Marietta Pennsylvania from internal pressure. Six workers were injured as gas escaped and explosive fumes drifted over Lancaster County. Police and volunteers warned residents and extinguished all open flames with no fire reported.
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Marietta
Lancaster County
Oil Workers Begin Slow Return After Nationwide Strike
Denver reports a gradual return of refinery and pipeline workers after a nationwide strike. About 35 thousand oil workers halted Wyco pipeline in Colorado and Wyoming, supplying 130 million of Colorado’s 500 million gallons yearly. Industry shortages linger, with aviation gasoline affected. The unions sought 25 cents plus benefits, but government recommendations favored 15 cents.
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Denver
CSO
Wyco
Colorado
Wyoming
Ia.f.l
C.I.0
UN Repeats Truce Stand in Korea Armistice Talks
At Panmunjom the UN rejected further concessions on repatriation of Communist prisoners as a condition for armistice. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy said no more proposals would be considered, while Nam Il insisted on accepting only voluntary repatriation and a new session was set for Sunday.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Awa Tan
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Joy
Nam Il
Nam TI
W U Strike Talks Continue
Representatives of Western Union and the AFL C T Union met again in Washington to settle a six week strike session. Negotiations resumed after a breakdown with a federal mediator in attendance expressing hopeful views for a settlement.
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Washington
Western Union Co
A.F.L. Commercial Telegraphers Union
New York Tax Data Shows Rich Pay Most of Revenue
State Tax Department reports only 2.8 million of New York's 6.7 million workers paid income tax in 1956. Of 1950 incomes, 34 New Yorkers earned over one million dollars while 19 percent of taxpayers paid 80 percent of the $268.945 million collected.
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Albany
New York State
State Tax Department
Senators Taft and Ferguson Seek 55 Billion Spending Cap
Senators Taft and Ferguson propose a constitutional amendment to limit annual federal outlays to about 55 billion dollars, down from President Truman's 1953 budget. The plan would cap expenditures at 5 percent of estimated national income, allow military and debt interest, and require a two thirds vote to raise the debt except for war or emergencies.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ferguson
Mich
Truman
U. S
Congress
Senate
Oregon Primaries Signal Ike Sweep Bid In GOP Race
Early returns from Oregon show Dwight D. Eisenhower dominating with 60 delegates, Warren far behind, and Kefauver leading Democratic delegates. The AP poll confirms Ike’s momentum against eight unpledged candidates and points to a possible clean GOP sweep as count continues across 1,157 of 2,269 precincts.
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Morrie Landsberg
Portland
Ore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oregon
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Kefauver
William O. Douglas
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
G.O.P
Warren
Gen. Douglas
MacArthur
Wayne Morse
Robert A. Taft Gurstein
Harold E. Stassen
William R. Schneider
Associated Press
Warren Offéino
Keifauver
Bus Strike Thorns Rochester Lilac Sunday Festivities
Rochester faces Lilac Sunday amid a 17 day transit strike. Union and city leaders met with 1,100 bus drivers and mechanics but produced no new developments. Attorney Hyman Gould said there was nothing to report as the stalemate continued.
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Rochester
Hyman Gould
Amalgamated Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
A.F.L
Ingrid Bergmann Leaves Hospital After Twin Birth Delay
Swedish film star Ingrid Bergmann, who had entered a Rome hospital two days earlier to await the birth of twins, was released home today after doctors said she was too early for delivery.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergmann
Armed Forces Day Celebrations Display United Might
Washington observes the third annual Armed Forces Day with a nation wide display of Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps and Coast Guard units. President Truman voices optimism for world peace as military leaders warn that U.S. security rests on strong armed forces.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
America
U. S
Congress Gets Bill to Plug Tax Loopholes
Congress takes up a crackdown bill born from months of investigations. Rep. King proposes penalties for influence peddling and unauthorized tax practice, tighter record rules, extended fraud deadlines, and new taxes on unitemized income. The measure also targets political committees and officials in Treasury dealings.
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Congress
Washington
Rep
King
Dcalif
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Treasury
Treasury Committee On
Williams
Senate
Fickle Weather Flips Between Sun and Snow in Six Hours
In Old Forge, Adirondack weather swung through sun hail snow rain and back to sun in a six hour period yesterday. Residents experienced rapid changes as the sky shifted from bright clear to wintry conditions and then cleared again.
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Old Forge
Adirondack
Today’s Chuckle on Ties to Organized Crime
Comic exchange features two politicians arguing over a dubious tie in with crime. The punchline hints at a deal and a price, attributed to Seegeriang in a satirical context.
Paw Print Posse Tracks Big Cat Rumor
A sheriff's posse and several hundred searchers scan south central New York for a large mountain lion amid furor over reports. The State Conservation Department doubts the claim while game warden Raymond Reed calls the print eight inches long and over seven inches wide as experts study a plaster cast.
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Here
Reed
Columbia Pioneers Rival A-Bomb Work For Navy
Columbia University officials say a rival to the atomic bomb project is being developed for the U S Navy. Dr Grayson Kirk acting president said the work is under way at Columbia, which pioneered atomic research a decade ago. He declined to detail current defense work. He urged Americans to agree on long range national interests.
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Dallas
Columbia University
Grayson Kirk
Columbia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Navy
Navy
Paratroop Unit Flown To Koje Island To Reinforce UN Guards
Gen Mark Clark announced the U S 187th Airborne Infantry reinforced UN POW Camp No 1 on Koje Island 30 miles off southeast Korea after prisoners of war and civilian internees threatened mass out breaks. Brig Gen Haydon Boamer assumed command. Brg Gen Francis Dodd and Colson were relieved. Tanks and sandbag pillboxes were built as UN troops tightened defenses. Clark ordered the move at the request of Gen James Van Fleet to insure UN control and prevent further violence.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
U. S
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd l
Charles Colson
Dodd
Clark
P.o.w.s
Colson
Haydon N. Boamer
187Th
Korea
Koje
James A. van Fleet
U.S
Eighth Army
P.O.W
Beppu
Japan
Kore
Referendum on County Government Reform in Onondaga
Fred Betts writes a eight part Herald American series examining whether Onondaga County should vote in November on changes under the 1952 Alternative County Government Law. The first article outlines executive plans and the best suited system for the county and whether reform should be accepted or opposed.
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Onondaga County
Fred Betts
Herald-American
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