Air France DC-4 crash near Bahrein raises sabotage fears
A second Air France DC-4 crash off Bahrein today leaves 24 dead, 15 missing, and 13 survivors rescued. The toll from two Gulf crashes totals up to 86 possible deaths. Officials probe sabotage while weather was clear and night landings banned at Bahrein.
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Bahrein Island
Persian Gulf
U.P
Air France
Gulf
Bahrein
Saigon
Indo-China
Karachi
Basra
Iraq
Truman Watches Marines Demonstrate Beach Assault Tactics
President Truman visits Quantico to observe Marine Corps beach assault drills with flame throwers tanks helicopters carrier takeoff simulations and air support as part of tours examining latest weapon tactics and field tests by the armed services.
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Quantico
U.S
Truman
Washington
Williamsburg
U. S
Partly Cloudy Weather Report Summary
Local conditions show a high of 76 degrees at noon and a low around 69 by mid morning. River stage stands at 75 feet and is falling with yesterday's high 85 and low 67. Precipitation measured at .15 inch.
Regional Forecast For Terre Haute And Vicinity
Partial cloudiness tonight and Friday with minor temperature shifts. Low around 68 tonight, high near 90 Friday. Indiana sees fair conditions with a few thunderstorms in the northwest by afternoon or night and highs 88 to 93. Illinois expects fair weather with scattered northern showers and thunder storms in the north by afternoon or night and highs 88 to 95. Temperatures at 2 pm read 87 degrees.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Boy Drowns in Gravel Pit Rescue Efforts Fail
State police recovered 13 year old Jack Bitts from the Wabash Sand and Gravel Co pit by grappling hooks after he disappeared while swimming. Five companions, including James Hines, tried to help but Bitts sank. Hines said Bitts pulled him under twice. All other boys were rescued. body not found at press time. Bitts is stepson of Minnie Bitts. sister Mary 18.
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Jack Bitts
North Fifteenth
John S. Bitts
Commercial Solvents Corp
Wabash Sand and Gravel Co
North Seventh Street
Young Bitts
James Hines
North Fourteenth
Bitts
Hines
Jim McKinney
Fred Carpenter
Mervin Taylor
Jerry
Jackie
Jimmy Justice
North Twelfth Street
Bobby Bousman
North Twelfth
Minnie Bitts
Varda Plumbing Company
Mary
Ryan
Rain saves Nevada City from blaze amid raging flames
Virginia City Nev June 15 a providential rain saved the mining town from destruction as flames swept tinder like wooden buildings and sidewalks Water mains were dry and firemen could do little three old structures Wells Fargo Express post office and George T Marge building burned before rain snuffed the fire The town founded in 1862 with the Comstock lode era is noted for its wealth and notoriety
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Virginia City
Nev
Wells Fargo Express Co
George T. Marge
Comstock Lode
West
Ottawa Eyes Caterpillar Horde Threatens July Moth Invasion
A swarm of fuzzy brown tent caterpillars strips forests near Ottawa. Entomologist E B Watson warns cocoons form in two weeks and moths march by mid July. Light attracts millions to Ottawa Hull area. invasion deemed unstoppable. Continued on Page 10.
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Ottawa Eyes
Ottawa
Ont
U.P
Canada
Gatineau Hills
Hull
Quebec
E. B. Watson
Government Division of Entomology
Watson
Mead Lake
Peru revolt ends in bloodshed across Arequipa
The Peruvian military government says its forces crushed a revolt that began in Arequipa. Dr. Juan Francisco Mostajo reported 50 killed and 200 wounded, while rebels were said to be in control at night but government troops moved in at dawn.
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Lima
Peru
U.P
Arequipa
Juan Francisco Mostajo
Revolutionary Movement
Arequipa Tat
Tingo
Here
Radio Landa
Mostajo
American Independence College
Emanuel A. Odria
Aprista
Peoples Party
Ernesto Montagne
Liman
Five Miners Trapped After Mine Collapse Near Cadomin
Five miners were trapped when a coal mine section collapsed as flood waters pounded the area. An Edson emergency train crew rushed to aid. Flooding of the MacLeod River isolated Leyland across the river, washing out a bridge and affecting a local hotel. The trapped workers were employed by Cardomin Coal Mines, a major operator in the district.
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Cadomin
Alta
U.P
Edson
MacLeod River
Leyland
Cardomin
FBI Seizes Man With T. H. Record
Frank Stokes alias Frank Cole, 34, arrested in Hot Springs Arkansas on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. FBI says he is wanted in Fort Wayne for assault with intent to kill tied to a May shooting. Stokes has past Terre Haute arrests and a 1947 kidnapping case with dropped charges.
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Frank Stokes
Frank Coleman
Terre Haure
Indiana
Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Harvey G. Foster
FBI
Indianapolis
Stokes
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Harold Eugene Fields
Paris
Sam Goldstine
Rushville
Moose Lodge
Terre Haute Wins Federal Loan for Sewage Plant Plans
The Community Facilities Services in Washington announced a $108980 federal loan for Terre Haute to plan a sewage disposal plant. City Controller David C. Russel filed the application and Mayor Ralph Tucker supported the aid. A tentative plant site is a city gravel pit south of Terre Haute with a projected cost around 2500000 dollars to comply with the State Pollution Board order to stop discharging into the Wabash River.
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Washington, D. C
Terre Haute
David C. Russel
Ralph Tucker
Washington
Tucker
Indiana State Stream Pollution Board
Wabash
Erickson Faces Trial in Multi-Million Bookmaking Case
New York district attorney won approval to try Frank Erickson next Monday on 60 counts of bookmaking and conspiracy. Judge John A. Mullen denied Sol Gelb's bid to inspect grand jury minutes, clearing the path to trial after Labor Day was proposed.
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New York
Frank Erickson
Erickson
Sol Gelb
General Sessions
John A. Mullen
Plan to replace foreign aliens with Americans studied
State Department officials will study a recommendation by Senators Green and Lodge to fire all aliens employed abroad and hire Americans for security reasons. They cited bribery risk from low paid aliens and said many have access to confidential material. The department employs about 5,000 to 6,000 aliens at posts worldwide in non secret work.
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Washington
State Department
Green
D-Ri
Lodge
R-Mass
Europe
Department
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Paris
Frankfurt
New York
Soviet Union
Second Memorial Encampment Campfire Set for Saturday
Five patriotic groups gather in Terre Haute for the Second Memorial Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic with a public campfire at Sycamore Theater featuring Ralph B. Gregg of Indianapolis as guest speaker. Indianapolis lawyer and former WWI veteran Gregg helped organize Indiana American Legion posts and taught at Indiana University Law School.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Indiana
Terre Haute
Sycamore Theater
Ralph B. Gregg
Indianapolis
Judge Advocate of the
American Legion
Gregg
Organization of the American Legion
Indiana
Indiana University Law School
Terre Haute House
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Mayor Seeks Court Order Over Terre Haute Bus Cuts
Mayor Ralph Tucker filed for a big injunctive order and a public hearing to stop Terre Haute City Lines from reducing bus routes and hours. He asks the Indiana Public Service Commission to investigate without a hearing and prevent changes until a hearing is held. Commission chair Hugh W. Abbert to oversee the action and set a hearing date if granted.
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Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Ines, Inc
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Public Service Commission
Tucker
Hugh W. Abbert
Vast Pacific haze from volcanic eruption near Hawaii
June 15 Honolulu reports a wide persistent haze over the central Pacific possibly covering two million square miles. Geiger counters show no radioactivity, Mauna Loa continues erupting, sending red lava rivers into the sea while a vast cloud extends from Wake Island to east of Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Middle Pacific
Nature
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Here
Wake Island
Panama Canal Zone
Senate leaders predict higher old age pension boosts
Democratic Leader Lucas and Senator Millikin indicate the Senate plans to exceed finance committee recommendations and raise top retirement and survivors' benefits. The bill would add about 10 million people to coverage, with the maximum monthly retirement benefit rising from 46 to 72.50, while the House proposal caps at 84.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Finance Committee
Millikin
Colorado
G.O.P
House
Troops Move Reported Near Formosa Outpost
Trained observers in Hong Kong report 200 Chinese troops shifted from the Indochina border to the east coast opposite Formosa, signaling a redeployment in the region.
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Hong Kong
Indochina
Formosa
Jail Change of Mind for Tax Straggler Pickrell
William Pickrell of Williamsport, a 35 year old man, spent a night in jail after avoiding six months of summons for social security records. Federal Judge William Steckler ordered his arrest on a bench warrant but he was released after his wife delivered the needed records and Pickrell completed the returns. He had previously sold a case in 1948 and worked recently as a license examiner for the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
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Indianapolis
William Pickrell
Williamsport
Internal Revenue Bureau
Pickrell
William E. Steckler
Huge Posse Hunts Cook in Germany After Jail Break
In Munich a four nation search for Homer Cook continues after his prison escape. Police cordon Anna Sperer, a Bavarian waitress who loves Cook, as authorities widen manhunt across Bavaria and neighboring countries. Cook, 27, fled Dachau after breaking out for the third time in two months wearing only light clothing.
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Munich
Germany
U.P
Oklahoma
Homer Cook
Bavaria
Anna Sperer
Cook
Anna
U.S
Switzerland
Alpine Republic
Badman
Homer
Churchill In Crash Near Ascot Track
London June 15 Winston Churchill's car was in a collision en route to Ascot race track. He escaped injury and remained unhurt as preparations continued.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Ascot
Tax Writers Near Accord In Broad Budget Move
Washington June 15 Democrat tax drafters report close to a billion dollar excise tax cut bill. They propose slashing excise taxes by about 1.1 billion and raising corporate income tax rates to offset losses. July 1 House action hoped to allow Senate time before adjournment.
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Francis M. le May
Washington
House Ways and Means
Es Rayburn
Chang
House
Senate
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Ex-WAC Faces Theft Charge in Vandalia
In Vandalia, NL, June 15, ex WAC Honora Clark Swanson 21 of Pontiac Michigan faced theft charges after allegedly robbing Gene Cartalleno of his car near the city. She brandished a .32 caliber pistol and a hunting knife during arrest by Policeman Carl Pruett and two officers. She claimed she aimed to reach California and said she knew jails from accompanying her minister father in Pontiac jail.
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Vandalia
U.P
WAC
Honora Clark Swanson
Pontiac
Mich
California
Gene Cartalleno
Cartalleno
Carl Pruett
Early Japanese Peace Treaty Poses Some Difficult Problems
AP analysis notes the looming Tokyo conference with John son, Bradley, and MacArthur to discuss an early Japanese peace treaty. Washington’s protectiveness fuels Soviet bitterness as Nippon sits at a pivotal Far East position, with limited chance of a treaty pleasing both sides. MacArthur argues an early treaty is essential to sustain occupation effectiveness.
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U.S
Defense Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
America
Washington
Nippon
Far East
Russia
MacArthur
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