Severe storms sweep Texas causing fatalities and floods
Heavy rain and tornadoes battered Texas on Friday night as 11 inches fell in some spots. Five people died nationwide while lightning struck two 14 year olds in Arlington. Bracketville families fled floodwaters and Monahans saw two homes destroyed by gusts up to 70 mph.
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Lone Star State
Vermont
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Bracketville
Tex
Monahans
Arlington
la Pryor
Ohio Valley
New England
mid-Atlantic States
Appalachians
Central Plains
Rockies
Missouri
Kansas
Plains
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Traffic Death Toll In State Rises To Ten
Indiana reports at least ten fatalities over the long holiday weekend. The latest victims were William D. Oshier 18 and John Russell Jones 28 of Anderson killed in a two car collision at U.S. 35 and U.S. 36 in Randolph County. Tatman 17 and Bruce Elmore 16 were treated at Henry County Hospital.
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Indianapolis
William D. Oshier
John Russell Jones
Anderson
U.S. 35
U.S. 36
Randolph County
Oshier
St. Mary’s High School
Jones
Guide Lamp
General Motors Corp
Larry Arthur Tatman
Tatman
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie
Bruce Elmore
Ruby
David
Ball Memorial
William Shelton
Fredricks
Man Caught In Downtown Race Fined and Jailed
A 26 year old Indianapolis man James Ivan Wethington pleaded guilty to three charges after a downtown alley pursuit. He was fined 110.75 and sentenced to five days in jail with a one year license suspension. His companion Susan Loraine Bledsoe was released. Police said the chase began after a scream and a woman’s drag into a car. He faced driving while intoxicated, disorderly conduct and public intoxication charges.
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Indianapolis
James Ivan Wethington
City Cour
Edward S. Everett
Wethington
Ninth
Wabash Avenue
Susan Loraine Bledsoe
South Twelfth Street
Bledsoe
Germany
Vandal damage hits St. Ann's Church in Lafayette
In Lafayette on Memorial Day vandals shattered 13 storm windows and damaged two imported stained glass windows at St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church. The church pastor Rev. Leo McHale estimated replacement costs at $3,000.
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Lafayette
St. Ann’s Roman Catholic
Leo McHale
Campus Riot At Illinois Leads To 32 Student Charges
About 5 000 students clashed on the University of Illinois campus sparking police action. Thirty two participants face charges for disorderly conduct as authorities and university officials consider further sanctions. Tear gas and arrests followed the eight hour melee.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
David Dodds Henry
Court Withholds Miller's Contempt Charge Sentence
Washington date June 1 reports Playwright Arthur Miller may wait weeks to learn if he goes to jail for contempt of Congress. Miller was convicted but not yet sentenced while a probation report is prepared. He refused to name other writers at a 1947 HUAC hearing, though he testified about himself.
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Marilyn Monroe
New York
Long Island
Washington
Miller
Charles F. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Congress
Miller’s
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Walter
D.-Pa
U. S
Polish maid denies slaying rich society matron
In Los Angeles a Polish-born maid sobbed I wouldn't do it as police pursue a circumstantial case against Linda Mintz 34 charged with killing Thelma Macomber 42 in Studio City with a vacuum cleaner. Max Tatch 53 was cleared by police hours earlier after admitting involvement.
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Los Angeles
Linda Mintz
Thelma Macomber
Blonde housewife fires home in diaper dispute
Nancy Joyce Stoner, 20, appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on arson charges after authorities say she set fire to seven stacks of diapers at her home. She asked for a public defender, is free on 500 dollars bond, and will return June 10 to enter a plea. She said she planned to keep caring for her two daughters and husband as she stays with a relative in Pomona.
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Nancy
Joyce Stoner
Superior Court
Gene
Pomona
Bomb scare disrupts Elko Theater audience
Elkhart June 1 patrons fled the Elco Theater after a call warned a bomb would detonate in half an hour. Police and staff searched the building. no device found and the film resumed after audiences returned. The cashier reported two warnings with the second voice sounding younger.
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Elkhart
Elco
Gretchen Morgan
Ed Brown
Police Rescue Effort Stirs Italian Count Criticism
Chicago police faced criticism from Count Ludovico Barattieri di San Pietro over claims they did only a fifth of the work in locating his son Vittorio 14 in a 44 day disappearance. The Italian consul-general praised officers time and energy and offered to donate to the Police Benevolent Association while noting FBI credit in New York.
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Chicago
Ludovico Barattieri di
FBI
New York
Csensul
Lidovico Barattieri
Vittorio
International Soundphoto
U.S. Plans First Step Disarmament Talks
The United States will propose a first step disarmament plan to the Soviet Union in London seeking a halt to nuclear tests if an effective inspection system and halted production are in place. The plan aims to prevent spread of atomic weapons and reduce stockpiles through inspections and international cooperation.
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United States
Russia
U. S
White House
London
United Nations
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Britain
Dulles
Medical advice for seniors from California health dept
Long Beach California June 1 the California Public Health Department advises middle aged and elderly residents to keep vitamin C intake high and to maintain low blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
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Long Beach
Calif
California Public Health Department
Weather map report for page five
Partly cloudy conditions with temperatures from 68 at noon to 82 by 3 pm. Sunrise at 5 25 and sunset at 6 18. River stage 7 1 feet and falling.
Local Conditions Reported Weather Metrics
Yesterday's high reached 82 degrees while last night dipped to 65. Precipitation totaled .82, indicating continued damp conditions across the region.
Weather synopsis for Terre Haute area and Indiana
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Sunday with lows from 45 to 58 depending on location. Sunday expected fair and cooler, highs in the 60s to near 70 in the far south. Temperatures show 69 at 6 am and 76 by 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
New Look Needed on Policy Toward Chinese Trade
Senate leaders urge re evaluation of U S policies after Britain ends embargo on Communist China. Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey press for a frank reassessment as Knowland warns Britain could strengthen Red China and threaten Hong Kong. Several nations reportedly weigh relaxations amid mixed reactions in Paris.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
U. S
China
Sen
Humphrey
D.-Minn
Johnson
Knowland
California
London
Red China
Russia
Paris
U.S
Britain
Peiping
Moscow
United Nations
United States
Congress
Formosa
Hong Kong
Britain tests hydrogen bomb touches off new protests
London reports a megaton range thermonuclear blast over Christmas Island. Officials estimate a one to five million ton TNT yield with claims the device could be delivered by unmodified bombers. The test sparks opposition protests at home and abroad as Britain cements its H bomb status.
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London
Britain
Christmas Island Proving Grounds
mid-Pacific
W. E. Oulton
United Press
Richard Vournard
Voumard
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Labor Party
Japan
Coty Urges Civilized World After Melouza Massacre
President Rene Coty appealed to all civilized peoples to reject the killers after the Melouza massacre in Algeria where 302 villagers were slain. French officials said the violence stemmed from rival nationalist groups and shocked France as it seeks to quell the revolt.
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Paris
Rene Coty
France
Algeria
Melouza
Algiers
Coty
U S Airman Charged in Death of Greek War Hero
American airman Marion Mousalli of Benwood West Virginia faced a manslaughter by negligence charge in the traffic death of Gen Stafanos Sarafis commander of the wartime Greek Communist underground army in the Athens suburb of Alimos. Mary Briscow English wife of Sarafis was injured in the crash authorities said.
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Athens
Greece
Marion Mousalli
Mousalli
Benwood
W. Va
U. S
Stafanos Sarafis
Sarafis
Mary Briscow
Alimos
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