Top Gambler Erickson Pleads Guilty in Bookmaking Case
Millionaire gambler Frank Erickson pleaded guilty to 69 counts including conspiracy and bookmaking in New York. He faces up to 69 years and $30,000 in fines with sentencing set for June 26 as District Attorney Hogan vows the stiffest sentence.
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New York
Frank Erickson
Erickson
Sol Gelb
Nathan D. Perlman
Frank S. Hogan
Justice Perlman
Park Avenue
Senate
Man Rescued After Cavern Collapse in Elkhart
In Elkhart Indiana on Father's Day a 33 year old well digger H Randall trapped 18 feet underground for two hours with a hose to breathe through. Neighbor Vernon Sysinger rushed to help as firemen from Elkhart and Goshen freed him using a rope hoist after a pipe broke and sand collapsed around him. Wife Judy called for help while six children watched.
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Elkhart
Ind
H. Milton Randall
Goshen
Randall
Vernon Sysinger
Sysinger
Lysinger
Judy
Cavern Unearthed At Seventh And Ohio Street
City street workers uncovered a cavern 11 feet deep and five feet wide at Seventh and Ohio after a pavement dip. Tim O Leary said a sewer wall break 18 feet below caused sand to wash away, creating the hole. Workers planned to fill with dirt and patch by evening.
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Seventh
Ohio Streets
Tim O'Leary
City Street
Ohio Street
O’leary
O'Leary
Five Die Entering Pond Rescue Bid Near Clinton
Five Black people drowned in a pond near Clinton Louisiana after three children wandered into deep water and three men attempted a rescue. Two rescuers also died, leaving three children as witnesses to the tragedy. Sheriff N L Palmer reported the incident.
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Clinton
N. L. Palmer
Foltz Wins National 4-H Fellowship for Men
Donald E. Foltz Vigo county assistant agricultural agent 1947 50 today named national 4 H fellowship winner for men He will travel by boat for three months Europe begin nine months study and research in Washington D C September 20 Foltz noted for academic brilliance and service in Vigo county 4 H work and soil conservation leadership He plans to visit 14 countries this summer.
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Donald E. Foltz
Vigo County
Mr. Foltz
Europe
Washington, D.C
M. L. Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Foltz
Joan Margaret Howell
Klamath Falls
Ore
Paul Foltz
Clinton
School of Agriculture
Purdue University
Indiana
Danforth
St. Louis
American Youth Foundation
Vermillion County
Ceres
Alpha Zeta
SDX
Purdue Agriculturist
Vigo County Agricultural Extension Office
Kiwanis Club
Weather Summary from OU Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy morning with temperatures 64 at 6 am 68 at 9 am 70 at 2 pm. Sunrise 5 23 Sunset 8 20 River stage 15.1 feet and rising.
Local Weather Forecast for Terre Haute Vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight with cooler Tuesday. Indiana regions expect scattered showers or thundershowers this afternoon and evening, then partly cloudy and cool Tuesday. Lows range from 50 north to 55 60 south, highs 70 north to 75 south. Illinois areas mainly cloudy with a chance of showers this afternoon and evening. Temperature readings at 8 am 65, 2 pm 71.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Tax Committee Considers Corporate Tax Boost Amid Cigarette Levy Fight
The House Ways and Means Committee votes 13 to 12 to keep a higher federal tax on economy cigarettes and moves toward a $500 million annual corporate tax increase to offset excise cuts. President Truman proposed raising the corporate rate to 42 percent for the top 10 percent of firms, with some small corporations potentially benefiting.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wings
Marvel
Avalon
Truman
Senate House Agree On Rent Extension
Senate and House conferees reached a compromise to extend federal rent controls for six months beyond June 30, allowing municipalities to decide the longer period to June 30 1951. If no action is taken controls end December 31 and counties may remove controls in unincorporated areas, a power cities already hold.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Western Germany Considers Banning Warlike Toys
Western Germany's parliament weighs a proposal by Chancellor Adenauer's CDU to ban manufacture or sale of warlike toys and to ask the Allied High Commission to stop occupation forces from giving such toys to German children. The measure, aimed at curb ing glorification of war, cites Hitler's Prussian militarism as precedent.
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Western Germany
Adenaur
Christian Democratic Party
Germany
Allied High Commission
Hitler
Capital Milk Strike Is Over
United Press reports the eight day milk strike ended in Washington with store deliveries resuming though Pittsburgh drivers and Los Angeles transit walkouts linger. AFL drivers accepted a seven day operation plan. price increase remains uncertain. Three hour talks yielded no progress and clergy urged settlement as federal conciliators seek a broader solution.
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United Press
Washington
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
A.F.L
Shrine Convention Opens in Los Angeles
Los Angeles hosts 125000 Shriners for the 76th Imperial Council session. A cornerstone laying for a $1300000 Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children will be officiated by Imperial Potentate Harold Boyd. Al Bedoo Temple Billings and Syria Temple Pittsburgh parade today and tonight at Santa Monica.
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Imperial
Harold Lloyd
Hubert M. Poteat
Wake Forest
N. C
Los Angeles
Mr. Lloyd
Terre Haute
U.P
Imperial Council
Los Angeles Shrine Hospital
Harold Oyd
Billings
Mont
Syria
Pittsburgh
Santa Monica
Orchid Winner McKee Honored For Courtesy To Officer
Joseph McKee of 51742 South Fourth Street received an Orchid for Safety for stopping to let Officer Robert Schroeder enter Wa bash avenue ahead of him. Schroeder reported he was moving north in the alley behind City Hall when long eastbound traffic blocked his turn yesterday afternoon.
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Joseph McKee
South Fourth Street
Robert Schroeder
City Hall
Wabash Avenue
McKee
Schroeder
McGrath weighs full Amerasia report amid McCarthy clash
Washington report on June 19 notes Justice Department decision pending on releasing a full Amerasia case report. It outlines McCarthy critiques of State Department, statements from Larsen calling a defector a real communist, and Senate inquiry plans for State official John S. Service. It also covers Acheson loan criticism and Cardinal Spellman’s Vatican meeting.
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Washington
McGrath
Justice Department
Amerasia
McCarthy
R.-Wis
State Department
FBI
Earl Warren
California
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate
Emmanual S. Larsen
Navy
Andrew Roth
Larsen
Philip Jaffe
Roth
John S. Service
Dean Acheson
Poland
Cardinal Spellman
John E. Peurifoy
U.S
Vatican
Peurifoy
Nun Beat at Kansas City Convent Shocks Parish
In Kansas City on June 19 a 26 year old nun Sister Mary Patricia Delaney of Nevada Missouri was assaulted at the Sisters of St Francis convent. She sustained four scalp wounds and a bruised arm as an intruder fled into darkness. Police found no motive and detained a man from the priests dormitory for questioning.
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Kansas City
Sisters of St. Francis Convent
Mary Patricia Delaney
Nevada
MacArthur lays out U S aims in Asia policy talks
General Douglas MacArthur told U S defense officials that the United States can still save Formosa, Southeast Asia and South Korea from communism. In Tokyo he met Defense Secretary Johnson and General Bradley, stressing Japan's key role and the need to retain U S influence to preserve peace in the Orient.
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Tokyo
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Formosa
Southeast Asia
South Korea
MacArthur
Defense
Louis Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Japan
Asia
Orient
Johnson
Bradley
Far Eastern
Indo- China
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Dulles
Korea
Imperial Plaza
Thayer Probe Report to Be Read in Hamilton Court
Noblesville Indiana June 19 The report of a special grand jury investigating the bludgeon killing of Albert Thayer Indianapolis attorney will be read today in Hamilton Circuit Court The jury heard statements from three Indianapolis youths who admitted beating him and four witnesses were called Arrests were made of Carrol E Dooley James Chalfin and Earl M Kelly after a fatal traffic crash near Springfield Missouri Chalfin described how they slugged a man and left his body in weeds near Indianapolis Prosecutor Frank N Campbell plans vigorous prosecution if indicted but favors leniency for Kelly and Chalfin due to youth
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Noblesville
Ind
U.P
Albert Thayer
Indianapolis
Hamilton
Thayer
Carrol E. Dooley
James Chalfin
Earl M. Kelly
Springfield
Chalfin
Frank N. Campbell
Hamilton County
Dooley
Kelly
Senators Demand Trygve Lie Ouster Over China Seat
Two U S senators Styles Bridges and William F Knowland call for replacing secretary general Trygve Lie if he does not withdraw his plan to seat communist delegates from China They label Lie a soviet partisan and warn of endangering peace and UN structure They urge the United States to push for an impartial secretary at the UN Continued on Page 2 Column 7
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Washington
Trygve Lie
United Nattions
Styles Bridges
N. H
William F. Knowland
Calif
Lie
Moscow
United Nations
China
United States
U.N
Russia
Knowland and Bridges
Norway
Pedestrian’s Life Beats Prisoner’s Car Dispute
Lena Allen of Gosport avoided prison by surrendering the family car to her husband after a court ordered either the car or $300 in a divorce settlement. She previously refused both, faced contempt and 300 days in jail if she did not comply, but ultimately kept the car.
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Bloomington
Ind
Lena Allen
Gosport
Allen
First ever kidney transplant from deceased donor performed
In Chicago at Little Company of Mary Hospital doctors completed a historic operation linking a healthy kidney from a dead donor to a 49 year old living patient, Mrs. Ruth Tucker, who had polycystic kidney disease. The donor, also 49, shared her blood type and size.
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Chicago
Richard M. Lawler
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Lawler
Cook County Hospital
Ruth Tucker
James West
Little Company of Mary
Tucker
West
RUMORED RELEASE OF AMERICAN IN HUNGARY
Vienna reports indicate Robert A. Vogeler the ITT executive jailed on espionage and sabotage charges in Hungary may be released this week. Vietnamese? No Vogeler’s wife Lucille hopes for early freedom as U S officials listen to hopeful Hungarian informants.
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Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lucille
U.S
Dean Acheson
London
Acheson
New York
Allies Mining German Roads Across West Europe
Western allies are reported to mine key roads and bridges in west Germany and other parts of Europe to thwart a possible Soviet attack. A German magazine published photos showing holes drilled in the Lorelei highway and concrete caps ready to explode, with claims that the Allied high command ordered the measures amid political uproar in East Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Europe
Lorelei
Rhine River
Rhine
Koblenz
Hearing On Bus Service This Week In Terre Haute
Public Service Commission review date for proposed changes in Terre Haute bus service had not been set. Chairman Hugh W. Abbott and Mayor Ralph Mr. Abbett said the commission awaits word from Chicago office of National City Lines Inc. An informal meeting was requested to avert curtailment by Terre Haute City Lines Inc. Dale Dubie represents the operator and plans cuts on economic grounds. Mayor Tucker opposes, citing community hardship.
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Public Service Commission
Terre Haute
Hugh W. Abbott
Ralph Tucker
Abbett
Chicago
National City Lines, Inc
Terre Haute City Lines, Inc
Dale Dubie
Tucker
Dubie
Lucas Speeds Action On Draft Extension
Senate Democratic Leader Scott W Lucas urged debate on the draft extension bill to push it through this week. The current registration for men 18 through 25 expires Saturday and officials warn re registration may be needed if the act lapses briefly.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Ill
Congress
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7Th and
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Francis M. le May
Western
DeWitt MacKenzie
Shrine
Orchid
Asia Policy
Ernest Hoberecht
Thayer Probe Report
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet
Medicos
G. K. Hadenfield
Vienna
Austria
Sanders
Edgar Sanders
Lucas
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