Mass jet crash near Richmond claims eight planes
Eight F 84 Thunderjets crashed in a single formation during a thunderstorm near Richmond Indiana. Three pilots died two were injured and five survived with two making crash landings. Authorities probed sabotage while Air Force and FBI investigated. Officials reported extreme turbulence and a retreating investigation.
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Richmond
Ind
Air Force
Fred Musser
U.p.—Air Force
FBI
Selfridge Field
Dayton
G-men
MacArthur in a New Dispute Over Far East Policy
Gen Douglas MacArthur and Secretary of State Acheson clashed publicly over Far East policy as MacArthur denounced the idea of a Communist Nationalist coalition in China. Acheson defended Marshall’s China coalition efforts and cited a 1945 message urging aid to China to negotiate a unified state.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Acheson
MacArthur
Pacific
China
U.S
Korea
New York
Knowland
R.-Calif
Marshall
Raymond Spruance
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Republic of China
Judge Criss and Wife Released From Hospital
Circuit Court Judge Herbert R. Criss and his wife Mrs Versal Criss and their son in law Eugene F Vigus and Ruth Criss Vigus were treated at St Anthony's Hospital after a two car crash in Bowling Green. All four were released later.
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Herbert R. Criss
Versal Criss
South Center Street
Eugene F. Vigus
Ruth Criss Vigus
South Eighteenth Street
Bowling Green
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Criss
Judge Criss
Ellis DeBord
Guy M. Campbell
Campbell
Bear hunt resumes near Chicago suburbs
Police and forest preserve rangers plan to resume pursuit of a bear that escaped from a cage during transport to a small circus near La Grange. A ranger reported a sighting yesterday in a suburban forest preserve and fired, but the animal disappeared.
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Chicago
la Grange
Richmond jet crash survivors rule out storm cause
Two pilots who survived yesterday’s eight jet plane crash landings in Richmond Indiana said the storm over the city was not responsible. They reported the flight was flying above the thunderstorm and that weather did not cause the tragedies.
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Richmond
Ind
Jets Outpace Piston Ships Amid Turbulence Worries
Storms buffeted jet fighters traveling twice as fast as piston-engined ships. Authorities investigated possible engine failures while surviving pilots gave brief statements to police before Air Force officials arrived from Dayton and secured crash sites.
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Air Force
Dayton
Twisters Strike Western Oklahoma While Eastern States Get Rain
The western Oklahoma twisters wreck dozens of homes and two people were killed by lightning in the region. Rain fell across the eastern half of the country from southern Ohio to western Kansas with showers in Indiana Illinois Kentucky Tennessee Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Washita County
Oklahoma City
Ohio
Kansas
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Arkansas
Middle Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
Atom expert missing then located after flight alert
Detroit reports Ernest A. Wende 38, top Paducah atomic energy plant executive, failed to catch his plane to St Louis. He phoned an architect friend from Detroit to say he had missed his flight, drawing a police alarm then arriving by train. The Detroit special investigations squad said he was later located.
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Detroit
U.P
Paducah
St. Louis
Ernest A. Wende
Grade A teachers urged for national honor
Indiana State College commencement features Ray G Price of the University of Minnesota calling for Grade A teachers. He argues for a National Education Association committee to identify and honor high quality teachers with medals and certificates of merit, noting many communities take such teachers for granted.
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Indiana State College
Ray G. Price
University of Minnesota
Middle West
National Education Association
Youth Gravely Hurt In Flight From Police
Jack Burch age 20 of 2209 Seabury avenue was critically injured Saturday morning after his car, fleeing a police pursuit near Miami Gardens on U S Route 40, crashed and overturned three times. He ignored red signals and fired shots as officers pursued at high speed. He was rushed to St. Anthony's Hospital in a Ballam ambulance in critical condition.
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Jack Burch
Seabury Avenue
Burch
Miami Gardens
U.S. Highway 40
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Graham
Pine
Thirteenth Street
Wabash Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Frank Beck
Madison Boulevard
Ed Layer
Terre Haute
Agreement Ends Strike at Terre Haute Brewery
A strike by 550 workers at Terre Haute Brewing Company ended as Brewery Workers Local No. 85 ratified a Friday agreement with company and union officials. Grievances over working conditions and the discharge of a worker prompted the stoppage. Deliveries resumed Saturday and normal production was set for Monday. Leonard Conrad was unavailable for comment.
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Terre Haute Brewing Company
Edward Baur
Leonard Conrad
Union
Banquet and Parade Highlight Vets Convention in Terre Haute
A Disabled American Veterans convention in Terre Haute features a Mayflower Room banquet at 7 PM and an evening program at the local post home and National Guard Armory. Earlier, a downtown parade with divisions led by L. L. Jewell and Frank Wamser concluded with a memorial service at 306 North Ninth Street.
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Terre Haute House
Post
National Guard Armory
North Ninth Street
Ohio Street
City Hall
South Harding Avenue
L. L. Jewell
Department of Indiana Disabled Veterans
Department
Moose
Navy
United States Army
Frank Wamser
Kerman Grotto
Knights of Columbus
Veterans’ Organizations
Warren Henderson
George Morris
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Prairie Creek High School
Floyd Baker
Wabash Avenue
Ninth Street
Ninth
Eagle Street
Lost Kids Found After 29 Hours In Mountains
Three children Larry and Janet McGee and Steven Cross were found in the Sangre De Christo mountains after 29 hours lost from a Thursday picnic. A ground and air search located the tots who wandered eight miles, then four soldiers recovered them and handed them to their relieved parents.
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Santa FE
N. M
U.P
Larry
Janet McGee
Steven Cross
Sangre de Christo Mountains
Hansel
Gretel
Anti inflation taxes urged in White House briefing
Washington reports a push for new tax increases as inflation controls loom. Officials note the expiring law on June 30 and cite a council advisory calling for higher taxes. Congress weighs a 7.1 billion bill while ships for a two year extension and expanded controls.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
House
Ways and Means Committee
Maybank
D.-S.c
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Brazil motorist and wife injured in alcohol crash
Dale Yockey 37 and passengers John Armstrong 31 and wife Annabelle Armstrong were hurt when Yockey allegedly intoxicated drove into the Standard Filling station at the corner of Brown and Wabash Avenues in Brazil Indiana. Yockey with severe injuries was taken to St Anthony's Hospital along with the Armstrongs who had cuts and shock. Police said he possessed a restricted license and would face a driving while intoxicated charge after hospitalization.
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Brazil
Ind
Brown and Wabash Avenues
Dale Yockey
St. Anthony’s Hospital
John Armstrong
Annabelle Armstrong
Yockey
Armstrongs
Sedletzeck
Ford
UN Troops Break Red Stronghold in Korea Iron Triangle
U N and allied forces report advances in the Chorwon Kumhwa Pyonggang triangle as Reds retreat toward Kumsong. U S Army and Fifth Air Force units claim gains including two ridges and a one mile advance amid counterattacks and air strikes. High level talks in Tokyo follow, with cease fire rumors spreading among South Koreans.
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U.S. Army
Pyongyang
United Nations
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Long Pyongyang
Wonsan
U.N
Fifth Air Force
Sanyang-Kumson
Tokyo
U.S
George C. Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Marshall
China Forces Retire From Chorwon Front Amid UN Advances
Tokyo dispatch reports Chinese forces abandoning Chorwon to the southwest a key holdout on the iron triangle. UN infantry pressed forward scattering rear guards to Kumhwa area as speculation swirls over a possible Marshall visit signaling a major new development in the Korean War.
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Tokyo
U.P
Chorwon
Iron Triangle
United Nations
Kumhwa
U.S
George C. Marshall
Korea
Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations Supreme
Defense tests planned at Hulman Field Sunday
Civil Defense tests will occur at Hulman Field on Sunday with 29 Evansville airplanes. Earlier notices said Paul Cox Field would host the event. The planes are scheduled to arrive at 9 45 a m.
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Hulman Field
Evansville
Paul Cox Field
Cattle Dealers Call to Lift Meat Price Controls
A coalition of retail meat dealers urges Congress to remove price controls as beef supplies dwindle and cattle markets hit a three year low. They warn continued regulation risks a meat shortage and a thriving black market amid widespread plant shutdowns and farmer reluctance to market cattle.
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Chicago
Congress
George Nepil
National Association of Retail Meat and Food Dealers
Nepil
American Meat Institute
Marshall Visit Sparks Korean Fear of False Peace
In Tokyo on June 9, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall’s Korea trip unsettles Korean officials. President Syngman Rhee warns of desperate action if UN decisions threaten national security and rejects a 38th parallel cease fire. Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai cautions a cease fire could endanger the free world and risk Reds finishing their push.
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Tokyo
George C. Marshall
Korea
Republic
Defense and
Foreign Ministries
Marshall
Syngman Rhee
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Red North
South Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
Indiana Vets Affairs Group Ends Bonus Funding Doubt
Indiana Veterans Affairs Commission meets at Terre Haute House and declares sufficient funds in the World War II Bonus Fund to pay both next of kin deaths and living veterans with service connected disabilities. Fund totals $44,489,789.33 as of June 1, 1951. estimated cost over $25,000,000. Checks will be mailed by the Auditor of State after July 2. Continued on page 8.
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Indiana Veterans Affairs Commission
Terre Haute House
William Fortune
Indiana
Department of Veterans Affairs
Office
the Auditor of State
Frank Millis
General Assembly
Weather Forecast and Conditions for Terre Haute Illinois Indiana
The report lists a morning temperature of 63 in Terre Haute with 9 am and 2 pm readings of 63 and 67, river stage 44 feet stationary, and a high of 75 expected tomorrow. Illinois shows showers in the south and partly cloudy skies elsewhere, with highs around 75 to 80, while Indiana expects partly cloudy skies and showers in the south with highs near 75. Local conditions record yesterday's high 79, low 59, and no precipitation. sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 15.
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Terre Haute
Illinois
Indiana
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Robert Jackson
Austin
Texas
Boston
Earl Smith
Indiana State Police
Smith
D.A.V
Ralph Tucker
Disabled American Veterans
Howard Watts
Clarence Monroe
Leon von Schepper
John Brinkman
American Legion Post 40
Fred Jenkins
Indiana Veterans Employment
Wife
Okla
ATOM
Kumsong
Olen Clements
Chorwon-Kumhwa-Pyonggang “Iron Triangle
Western Front
Pyonggang
Peril Chorwon
William C. Barnard
As Yi
Vets Affairs Group
U. 8. Weather Bureau
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