Missouri River Flood Forecasts Stir Kansas City Area
Flood fighters face uncertain rain chances as the 700 mile Missouri River crisis nears peak. Experts warn only a general chance of heavy rain, with a one inch settlement in the Kaw basin potentially raising Missouri River levels by about a foot. Brig. Gen. D G Shingler asserts Kansas City should remain safe, while downstream battles continue to confine the river and protect homes and infrastructure.
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Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Missouri Basin
St. Joseph
Kas
D. G. Shingler
Omaha
Kansas Citys
Council Bluffs
Shingler
Truman Warns GOP Fuel Cut Could Paralyze Government
President Truman told the Senate that restricting government funds for operating seized steel mills could paralyze government in an emergency and hinder Korea defense. He urged Congress to approve constructive legislation, not mere negation, and defended temporary government operation amid a steel wage dispute.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Today
Barkley
Korea
Congress
Cancer Crusade volunteers tour Terre Haute area
Nearly 500 Terre Haute and Vigo county women canvass homes collecting funds for the Cancer Crusade. They carry donation canisters and distribute a booklet titled One Hundred Answers to Your Questions About Cancer. The goal is 12500 with 40 percent staying locally and 20 percent for state programs.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
Sally Proffitt
Bernard J. Quinn
Hazel Newlin
North Eighth Street
National Organization For Research and Education
Council of Church Women
Council of Catholic Women
Council of Jewish Women
Grandmothers Club
Newcomers Club
Krietenstin
The
American Legion
Women of Township
Escape at Vigo County Jail Ends in Ongoing Manhunt
Robert Woodall, 26, overpowered jailer Art Criss, 56, and fled the Vigo County Jail Monday afternoon after Criss collected trash. Police and sheriff's deputies launched an extensive manhunt as Woodall remains at large. Woodall previously faced assault and battery and robbery charges and parole violation. he was arrested March 22.
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Robert Woodall
Vigo County
Woodall
Art Criss
Criss
West End
Congress Seeks Facts From Sawyer and McGrath
Washington April 21 Congress may summon Secretary of Commerce Sawyer and former Attorney General McGrath over the Newbold Morris case. Sawyer said he asked McGrath to probe Morris ship deals more than six months before Morris was named clean up chief. McGrath testified he knew nothing of Morris deals when appointing Morris in February 1952. President Truman later ousted McGrath from the cabinet. Morris declined comment. Rep. Keating urged calls to both men to explain the actions surrounding the case.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
McGrath
Newbold Morris
Congress
Morris
House Judiciary
Rep
Keating
RN. Y
Truman
Fire destroys 1500 huts in Saigon shock homeless
A fire in Saigon today burned 1500 straw huts at the city edge, leaving about 10,000 people homeless. Authorities said the blaze started when a bottle of gasoline was accidentally dropped and ignited.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Safe Driving Over Weekend In Indiana
Summer weather drew hundreds of Hoosiers to Indiana highways with relatively few fatal accidents. State police reported two people killed in weekend highway crashes. A farm accident in Jasper county plus two earlier collision deaths raised total fatalities. a Wheatfield fire claimed a father and two sons. six year old Robert Saylors died on Ind 352 after running into a truck driven by Carl Kilpatrick. an eight year old Crown Point boy and Edward Abank died in separate highway incidents involving Edward Ludwig.
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United Press
Carl R. Kilpatrick
Avilla
Crown Point
Edward Abank
Edward Ludwig
Year of the H-Bomb Seen By Test Plans in 1952
Washington dispatch reports high confidence that the first real H-bomb test will occur next fall at Eniwetok. insiders say activity is intense and important developments are underway, with September set for a Pacific test and a much larger blast than Nevada’s public A-bomb detonation.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
Eniwetok
United Press
Atomic Proving Ground
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Continental Proving Ground
Las Vegas
Nevada
Nagasaki
Bikini
1946
Search of River Fails to Find Body
The Wabash River search for the body of Jennie Belle Morgan Walker 35 disappeared from her Grand Avenue home Thursday and a bridge billfold found Friday sparked a possible jump. Deputy sheriffs and relatives used the sheriff’s boat Saturday with reports her husband Walter Walker noted she faced an adverse medical prognosis and said there are easier ways out. Officials expect rising flood waters to ease the search.
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Wabash River
Jennie Belle Morgan Walker
Grand Avenue
Wabash Bridge
John Trierweiler
Britons Advance Clocks for Summer Time
London reports the start of summer time with clocks set forward one hour. England now sits seven hours ahead of Central Standard Time in the United States, matching France Italy and Germany which did not change.
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London
England
United States
France
Italy
Germany
Escaped inmate Ruthven recaptured as police seek violent suspect
Glasgow April 21. Jim Ruthven, jailed on a housebreaking charge, punched through the ceiling of his cell at Marhill Police Station and escaped yesterday. Police describe him as violent and dangerous.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Jim Ruthven
Marhill
First Atomic Paratroopers Set For Bomb Drop of Great Force
History’s first atomic smoke jumpers prepare for Desert Rock IV exercise on Yucca flat. About 1,500 troops dig in near ground zero as 120 paratroopers from the 504th Regiment jump from four C 46 planes to assault enemy positions. Weather could delay the drop. Brig Gen Harry P Storke plans to boost morale and demonstrate equipment resilience in a nuclear blast.
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Yucca Flat
Ground Zero
504Th Regiment
No Man’s Land
Harry P. Storke
Soldier's Blow Blamed for Train Conductor Death
Pfe William J. Waters, 21, of Oyster Bay, held in Vigo County for the death of Conductor Paul Wendholt, 63, of Evansville, on a southbound C and E I train. Waters is jailed on $2,000 bail with a May 5 hearing set on a vagrancy charge. Wendholt died from cerebral contusion after a head blow. investigation by Vigo and Sullivan authorities continues.
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Pfe
William J. Waters
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Paul Wendholt
Evansville
Terre Haute
Edward S. Everett
Waters
Vigo County
Farmersburg
Sullivan County
Ed Nash
Ned Woodward
Wendholt
Wood Funeral Home
D. M. Ferguson
Sullivan
Waggoner
Four killed by race car at Dayton Speedway
A racing car spun into the Dayton Speedway grandstand during the opening AAA sprint program killing four people including driver Gordon Reid of California and injuring at least 50 spectators. Reid planned to race the Indianapolis 500 and had been active in midget and hot rod racing since World War II.
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Dayton
Dayton Speedway Grandstand
Gordon Reid
Burbank
Cailf
Winchester
Ind
Reid
Ruby Ellen Shaffer
Springfield
Robert Thatcher
Gene Lawson
The
Speedway
Indianapolis
California
Tractor overturns kills Indiana farmer on farm
Isaac F. Lints, 49, died when a tractor he was driving overturned on his Centerpoint area farm while he hauled rocks for a flower garden. He sustained a crushed chest and a broken leg. Surviving relatives include his widow Ozeata and three sons, with service details and burial planned at Mt. Carmel Church and Swalley cemetery.
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Centerpoint
Ind
Isaac F. Lints
Ozeata
Edward Lints
Leroy
Lyman Lints
John Lints
Carbondale
Ill
Hester Falk
Mary Crowe
Flora Lumsford
Lints
Zion Reformed Church
Rentschler Funeral Home
Mt. Carmel Church
Swalley Cemetery
Allied Jets Down Seven Reds in Canberra Skirmish
In Seoul on April 21 American F-86 Sabrejets shot down seven Communist fighters that attacked Allied bomber formations. The engagement halted the assault as Allied pilots mounted a counterstrike to neutralize the intruders.
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Seoul
Korea
Sabre Pilot Captain Love Becomes 11th Jet Ace in Korea
Capt Robert J Love, a Sabre pilot, shot down two Communist MIG 15s to reach five kills in the Korean War and earn the ace rating. The Fifth Air Force reported Lt James E Kasler also downed one additional enemy aircraft today, bringing his total to two destroyed and one damaged.
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Seoul
Korea
Robert J. Love
America
Love
San Bernardino
Calif
U.S. Fifth Air Force
James E. Kasler
Indianapolis
Northwestern Korea air battles leave jets damaged
In three air engagements over Northwestern Korea, six more MIGs and one type-15 Red jet were damaged. The Sabres engaged 18 Russian-built MIGs in the first dogfight, then 28 Sabres fought 50 MIGs and type-15s with five MIGs destroyed and three MIGs plus one type-15 damaged. A third forenoon fight saw 19 Sabres down two MIGs and damage another. Love participated in the second battle.
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Korea
Love
Sinjiju
Defense Dept lists 33 killed in Korea one day
The Defense Department released a new casualty list from Korea naming 142 additional battle casualties. It reports 33 killed, 107 wounded, one missing and one injured in the latest tally.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
State Police Fire On Rioting Prison Inmates
State police opened fire to halt escapes at a southern Michigan prison as 2,600 inmates rioted to reach the administration building. Six guards and one trooper injured, hostages taken, National Guard standby. Prisoners used stolen guard uniforms to move toward the administration wing.
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Jackson
Mich
U.P
Southern Michigan
Earnest Brooks
Brooks
National Guard
River Stage Drops as Day Dawns and Grabs Rise
Morning readings show river stage at 12.8 feet and falling. Sunrise at 5 05, sunset at 6 33 with intervals of 58 at dawn and 71 by midafternoon.
Local Weather Summary For Yesterday
The high reached 73 degrees and the low dropped to 54 with no precipitation.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity Weather Update
Cloudy and warm with occasional showers tonight and Tuesday. Lows around 58 tonight and 74 Tuesday in Terre Haute. Indiana shows similar mild warmth with showers and highs 70 to 78, while Illinois also stays mostly cloudy with showers and cooler northwest Tuesday afternoon. Temperature readings at 9 AM were 59 and 72 at 2 PM.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Army To Give Mule Another Chance At Fort Benning
Army tests at Fort Benning evaluate mule usefulness for battlefield tasks alongside jet bombers and vests. Three Camp Carson mules are loaded with equipment to measure payload capacity and compatibility with standard pack gear, with Lt. Col. Estel A. Thompson supervising.
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FT. Benning
Camp Carson
Colo
Estel A. Thompson
Urichsville
Ohio
Georgia
Thompson
Washington
Korea
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