U N challenges Malik to stop his filibuster
President Truman accused Soviet Russia of filibustering in the United Nations Security Council during a news conference. He praised Warren Austin for his work and left open a possible high level UN meeting after Korea’s crisis is settled. Security Council members planned a closed session with Malik to urge an end to the procedural blockade.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Warren Austin
U.S
Council
Stalin
United Nations
Lake Success
Security Council
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
Yugoslavia
New York
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Arne Sunde
Norway
Vigo County seeks 83799 in special appropriations
The Vigo County Council meets in a two day session to consider 83799 in emergency appropriations for the year funded 37500 from state gas tax. Welfare requests total 20000 for crippled and sick children and 2100 for institutions. County officials and welfare reps discuss needs. Deputy Halter leads with Pennington as accountant.
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Vigo County
John Halter
Lester Pennington
Louis Godschalk
Ross Armstrong
Howard Armstrong
Harry Anthony
John X
White House seeks to avert costly railroad tie up
The White House presses to prevent a major rail strike amid the Korean War crisis as 300000 conductors and trainmen press for a 40 hour week. John R. Steelman resumes talks with railroads and unions after a presidential fact finding board recommended against the shorter week. A switchmen strike had been settled on four lines, with one halted by court injunction. Morse cites a telegram urging seizure of railroad properties until fairness is achieved.
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Washington
White House
Truman
John R. Steelman
Mr. Truman
Railway Labor Act
Western
Senate
Morse
R.-Ore
W. P. Kennedy
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
R. O. Hughes
Order of Railway Conductors
Armored trap seals 1 000 Reds near Chinju in war’s biggest day
U S troops drove 13 miles toward Chinju forming a near surround on possibly 1 000 enemy troops. MacArthur says South Koreans halted the enemy eight miles west of Pohang as Taegu faced renewed pressure and U S forces protected the fighter base near Pohang. North Koreans pressed along the northern front and new attacks threatened Taegu and Taegu area.
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Tokyo
U.S
Chinju
South Korea
General MacArthur
Pohang
Pusan
Taegu
Naktong River
U.S. Eighth Army
Sea of Japan
Crash Fatal to T H Man Near Marshall Illinois
Robert V. Allen 26 of 1712 South Fourth Street died at 1 50 this morning at St Anthony s Hospital after a Wednesday morning auto mobile crash seven miles east of Marshall on U S 40 when his car was sideswiped by a eastbound truck driven by Jack McClara of Indianapolis Charles Watkins Jr 2625 Dillman Street a passenger escaped uninjured The funeral will be Saturday at 2 30 at Bedino Black Chapel Valley West Terre Haute with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park Surviving are his wife Catherine a daughter Caroline Sue a son Robert Vern Jr his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Allen a brother William J Allen three sisters Jennie Low Parks Phylis Sappingfield and Sandra K Allen and grandmother Lula Allen all Terre Haute
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Robert V. Allen
South Fourth Street
Marshall
St. Anthony's Hospital
Allen
Jack McClara
Indianapolis
Charles Watkins, Jr
Dillman Street
Phylis Sappingfield
Sandra K. Allen
Lula Allen
Terre Haute
Disabled Fireman Retired on Pension
Virgil Stewart fire department captain retired on disability pension after suffering a heart injury fighting a January 31 fire. He lived at 1844 South Twenty-eighth Street and served with Engine Company No. 9. Retirement approved by the fire department pension board following a physician's report. Stewart was 38.
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Virgil Stewart
Stewart
South Twenty-eighth Street
South Eighth Street
J. Thomas Brassie
South Fourth Street
Fire Department
Terre Haute Zoning Deadlock Over Freight Terminal Plan
The Terre Haute City Plan Commission tied on a proposal to re zone land between Thirteen and Fourteenth streets and Fifth and Sixth avenues from business to industrial for a Motor Freight Corp freight terminal. The council previously refused zoning changes. final decision rests with the City Council, with opposition from local property owners and representation by the firm Dix Dix and Patrick.
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Terre Haute
City considers tax hike for IIannual budget session
City Council will discuss a budget package that would raise the overall city tax levy from 1.904 to 2.905 and add about 733 583 dollars to the treasury. The plan increases the general fund by about 620 000 and park maintenance by about 114 000 while reducing the aviation fund by 2 600 and sinking fund and planning commission levies. Police and fire wage raises of 180 are noted with rumors of new captain and several lieutenants.
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Aviation Fund
Planning Commission
Police and Fire Department
Indiana Guard Ends 3 Day Camp At Atterbury
The Indiana National Guard 38th Infantry Division wrapped three days of field maneuvers at Camp Atterbury Ind. They spent a second night on the ground under pup tents and will retire to bar racks tonight for a review tomorrow by Governor Schricker Maj Gen Jesse E McIntosh and Adjutant Gen Robinson Hitchcock.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Indiana National Guard
38Th
Governor Schricker
Jesse E. McIntosh
Adj
Robinson Hitchcock
Weather Summary for day with river stage report
Cloudy day with a 9 am temperature near 78 degrees. Afternoon high around 78 with sunrise at 5 57 and sunset at 7 53. River stage listed at 32 feet and stationary.
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Sam Na Nooner
Bus Crash on U S 40 Kills 1, Injures 4 Near Indianapolis
A bus collision on U S 40 nine miles west of Indianapolis in heavy fog killed Douglas M Lane Jr 24 Bridgeport Indiana. Injured were Lane’s wife Nadine 19 her mother Bonnie Meek 49 Ben W Boyd 56 of Denton Texas and Dorothy Sayers 26 of Belen New Mexico. Boyd and Sayers were bus passengers.
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Indianapolis
U.S. 40
Douglas M. Lane, Jr
Bridgeport
Ind
Lane
Nadine
Bonnie Meek
Ben W. Boyd
Denton
Tex
Dorothy Sayers
Belen
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday's high reached 81 degrees with a low of 58. Trace precipitation was recorded.
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers tonight. Friday cooler with highs around 83 to 85 degrees. Indiana shows similar trends with scattered activity northwest to northeast and central portions. cooler Friday. Illinois lands in warm, humid conditions with scattered storms, cooler by Friday. highs near 80s and 85 to 88 in the south. Temperature readings at 8 am and 2 pm shown as 61 and 84.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Hunt Girl 19 Missing After Ozarks Shootings
In Eminence Missouri a shooting spree left four dead including Lola Fansler's father Richard Fansler 63 and brother Luther. Barbara Harris a four year old was killed. Harris the suspect and Barbara’s father was killed by a deputy after a pursuit. Lola Jean Fansler remains missing since Monday.
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Eminence
Ozarks Mountains
Lola Fansler
Richard Fansler
Luther
Barbara Harris
William Harris
Lola Jean
Harris
Woman killed in Carroll county auto crash near Logansport
Mrs. Sarah Robeson, 70, of Camden, died after an automobile truck collision at an intersection south of Logansport Indiana. Her sister in law Mrs. Charles Rice of Camden was injured critically.
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Logansport
Ind
Sarah Robeson
Camden
Here
Carroll County
Charles Rice
Truman Rules Out revival of WWII OPA Limits
President Truman said he does not contemplate reviving the World War II OPA and that full mobilization is not yet in sight. He favors discretionary power to fix prices and wages but believes his modified recommendations should not be delayed by debate over stronger executive weapons.
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Washington
Truman
Economic control bill stalls in Congress with joint committee possible
Washington reports a stalled push on economic controls as the House revisits price and wage powers and the Senate debates a similar bill. If the versions differ, a conference committee will be appointed to resolve differences before final action.
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Washington
Senate
Mystery Still Shrouds Bus Crash Victims in Indiana
Bloomington August 10 1950 report marking a year since a Greyhound bus struck a bridge and burned. Sixteen dead including two unidentified bodies buried as John Doe and Vernon Ray Trisler with unclear kinship. Fingerprint links later misidentified Trisler as Maurice Adamson but authorities cannot fix the grave misidentification.
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Bloomington
Ind
Greyhound
John Doe
Vernon Ray Trisler
Trisler
Bedford
Elsie Adamson
Maurice
Adamson
Robert E. Lyons
Monroe
Lawrence County
Penny Sucker Suits Tot 1600 Winner at Chicago Fair
The Chicago fair reached a milestone as a two year old girl, Penny Herman, became the millionth visitor and received 1600 dollars in prizes. Her parents, Mr and Mrs Albert J Herman, and siblings accompanied her as she chose a penny sucker while prizes like a home workshop, furniture, and food were awarded.
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Chicago
Penny Herman
Albert J. Herman
Penny
Hutson seeks removal of Reds from Indiana jobs
Indiana Labor Commissioner Thomas R. Hutson announced a plan to drive Communists from several hundred industrial positions as Indiana gears for war production. He will meet with leaders of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce the AFL and the CIO to finalize details next week.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Thomas R. Hutson
Hutson
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Af.l
C.I.O
Hugh W. Abbott
Indiana Public Service Commission
Abbott
Fog returns over Terre Haute Tonight
A dense fog blanketed Terre Haute and surrounding area overnight with zero visibility at its peak. Forecasters expect more fog tonight with similar conditions at Hulman Airport as misty air and light winds persist. The first morning flight arrived on schedule, and no weather related disruptions were reported.
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Terre Haute
Weather Bureau
Hulman
Hoosier GI Faces Trial in Germany
Three American soldiers will be tried by the army next week on charges of assaulting Swedish tourists in Oberammergau last Saturday. Pfc. Russell D. Hanna of Belleville Indiana is charged with assault and could receive up to a year’s confinement and dishonorable discharge after a Swedish group accused GIs of entering a bus striking two men and breaking a window injuring a woman.
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Garmisch
Germany
U.2
Oberammergau
Pfc
Russell D. Hanna
Belleville
Ind
Proposal for universal military training to reach Congress soon
Defense Department spokesman Rear Admiral H. A. Houser told the Armed Service Committee that a new proposal for universal military training of youths should reach Congress soon. Chairman Tydings said a vast training program likely covering all youths 18 and 19 is under study.
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Washington
Defense Department
H. A. Houser
Armed Service Committee
Congress
Tydings
D-Md
Reds pressed on Pohang front amid rugged Korean hills
AP correspondent Hal Boyle reported North Korean forces attacked from Yongdok retaking it and pushing four miles south toward Pohang while another unit moved from Kigye eight miles northwest. U S Mustang pilots were shot down, with one lost and three rescued. Farther southwest, Reds held a Naktong river line as U S troops and heavy air power, including 70 B 29s from Japan and Okinawa, targeted the North Koreans.
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Hal Boyle
Pohang
Korea
Coun
Yongdok
Kigye
Yongchon-Pohang
Boyle
Taegu
U.S
Naktong River
Japan
Okinawa
Air Force
Polio Not Cause of Youth Death In Terre Haute
An 11 year old Terre Haute boy Owen McCullough Jr died at Riley Hospital with autopsy showing septicemia rather than polio. Survived by parents six brothers four sisters and grandparents. Funeral at residence 2 30 Saturday burial Markle Cemetery.
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Owen McCullough, Jr
Terre Haute
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Owen McCullough
Kester Avenue
Theodore
Leo
Johnny
Charles
James
Toledo
Ohio
Harold
Swanton
Jessie
Lara Mae
Mary McCullough
Gladys Grvycza
Ella Boyd
Ida
Mich
Sarah Childers
Harrisburg
Ark
Gillis Memory Chapel
Raid Drops 625 Tons on Won san North Korea Oil Hub
Tokyo reports seventy B-29 bombers from Japan and Okinawa hit Won san rail center and oil refinery in the war's largest air strike. The Chosen refinery suffered the strongest damage as a smoke column rose above 15 000 feet noted by Staff Sgt. Richard F. York.
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Tokyo
Japan
Okinawa
North Korea
Wonsan
Chosen
Richard F. York
Whiting
Ind
York
Corporations Face Tax Hire
The Senate Finance committee approved a $1.5 billion annual rise in corporate taxes to raise the top rate from 38 percent to 45 percent, with changes effective July 1, 1950. The plan forms part of Truman’s $5 billion tax package to fund the Korean War and armament.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Mr. Truman
America
Polio cases rise slightly with 1186 new infections
In the week ending August 5 the Public Health Service reported 1186 new poliomyelitis cases, the first rise above 1000 since October, compared with 970 the prior week. The total remains below numbers from 1946 1948 and 1949.
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Washington
Public Health Service Today
Clark leads in Idaho Senate primary count
Boise report after the Idaho primary shows D Worth Clark ahead of incumbent Glen S Taylor in 779 of 839 precincts. Clark has 26 475 votes to Taylor 25 409 as the race remains inconclusive two days after the election.
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Boise
U.S. Senate
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
Glen S. Taylor
Clark
Taylor
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Malles Propaganda Diasts
Vigo
Eese
Larry C. Kigin
Indiana Boys School
Plainfield
Steelman
Harriman
Far East
W. Averell Harriman
Gen
MacArthur
Lauris Norstad
USAF
Tottering
North
T.H. Man
Hunt Girl
James Marlow
Hoosier G.I
Naktong
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