Gulf Coast Flood Toll Now Eight. North Tornado Deaths Rise
Death toll from Gulf Coast floods climbs to eight as rain swollen rivers disgorge damage across Louisiana. In the far north a rare tornado outbreak kills four in Port Huron Michigan and Sarnia Ontario, with a 40 mile destruction path along the border. Rescue efforts continue amid widespread property losses, while Calcasieu River floods force 2,000 families from their homes in Lake Charles. National Guardsmen and Navy reservists aid relief as storms shift from the Great Lakes to the plains.
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Far North
Louisiana
Texas
Port Huron
Mich
Sarnia
Ontario
Michigan
Twin Cities
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Lake Charles
Calcasieu
Orange
Tex
Sabine River
National
Navy
Deweyville
Sabine
Great Lakes
Plains States
Lakes Section
Mississippi Valley
Alleghenies
Pennsylvania
New York
Six Marines Charged In Greene County Case
Six U S Marines from Crane Depot face assault and battery with criminal intent charges after police said one grabbed a 16 year old and tried to force her into a car, then seized another teen. Walters bond $1000, others $500 each.
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Greene County
Linton
Ind
U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane
Kenneth Lee Walters
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Donald L. Simons
Robert Joseph Franey
Ralph P. Klaus
Robert P. Burbanks
Roy S. Grabill
Walters
Chicago
Ill
Rain Grounds Allied Planes In Korean Front
Cold rain and windstorms grounded Allied attack planes in Korea. Fifth Air Force sent weather reconnaissance over Red Korea. Overnight raids hit targets and a dog fight damaged a Red jet. Ground action near Chorwon Valley left 83 Chinese dead or wounded. South Korean infantrymen claimed 20 Reds killed near Finger Ridge. B-29s hit a supply area near Tokchon and a dam southeast of Sunan. Kuonga Dam on the Hapchang river damaged by seven Superforts.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
Chorwon
Finger Ridge
Korea
Tokchon
North Korea
Sunan
Kuonga
Hapchang
June Coronation Expected to Fall Short of Sell-Out
London May 22 A coronation days away finds 2000 to 3000 empty seats along the Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace route. Despite months of ticket queues Britons may be joined by few overseas visitors due to transport problems, so the June 2 event likely won’t be a sell-out.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
Panamanian Ships Seized by Reds in Hong Kong
A Panamanian diplomat reported at least 18 vessels once under the Panama registry have been taken by Chinese Communist forces. The diplomat noted 12 ships had registry cancellations dated July 28, 1952, after exposure to Communist control, while six more were canceled as ships were seized or stolen by the Reds.
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Hong Kong
Panama
Mario E. Guillen
Girl Missing In Wilds May Be Kidnap Victim
Beverly Ann Bradley, 22, vanished in a wilderness area near Carbondale Michigan sparking a large search by about 400 volunteers. Deputies discounted bear danger and continued efforts after the search was paused at dawn. The mother pledged not to prosecute if the girl is returned and authorities said no trace or bloodhounds have located her. Continued on page 9 column 2.
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Carbondale
Mich
Beverly Ann Bradley
Menominee
Eisenhower to Sign Tide lands Bill at White House ceremony
President Eisenhower invited 12 senators and 34 representatives to witness the signing at 12:15 p.m. as he moves to grant coastal states clear title to submerged lands to their historic boundaries. The measure follows a five week Senate fight amid charges of a federal giveaway, with debates about future control of the outer Continental Shelf drawing new opposition from Democrats.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
E.C.T
California
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Long Senate
Congress
Senate
Tidelands
Supreme Court
Senate Interior Committee
Continental Shelf
Nine Injured In Hotel Fire At Antlers Indianapolis
Fire swept the top floor of the Antlers Hotel in Indianapolis injuring nine guests. Dozens woke to rain soaked streets as smoke filled the building. Two guests were rescued from the top-floor ledge. Police arrested a guest for smoking in a hotel bed, a state law violation. The hotel sits on Meridian Street near Monument Circle opposite the American Legion National Headquarters.
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Indianapolis
Antlers
Meridian Street
Monument Circle
American Legion National
Will Declared Void Over Big Estate In California
In San Jose, May 22, a Santa Clara County judge voided a 1927 handwritten will of Jennie Murphy and her sister Bessie, leaving $300,000 to sick and suffering humanity. The fortune is to be shared by seven relatives including Lettie Fry, Alexander and John Craig of Illinois, and Jennie Taft of Rochester, Illinois. An exception preserves $100 a month and home use for longtime servant Josephine Lang who recently won $36,050 for past services.
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San Jose
Calif
Illinois
Palo Alto
Jennie Murphy
Bessie
Santa Calara County
William F. James
Lettie M. Fry
Alexander Craig
John Craig
Springfield
Iil
Jennie C. Taft
Rochester
Adam Murphy
San Francisco
Josephine Lang
Miss Lang
Air Force calls 120 wing goal too low for security
The Air Force challenges Eisenhower's plan for 120 wings as too few for national security. A Yorty supplied report details five billion in cuts and impacts including stretching buildup to 120 wings by 1956 and reducing personnel to 960,000, while Sen. Smith demands questions from Defense Secretary Wilson.
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Air Force
Yorty
D.-Calif
Congress
Margaret Chase Smith
R.me
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Soviet Union
Sweepers Win Sit Down Strike In Albany
Albany street sweepers ended a sit down strike after protesting an order to drive sweeping machines with brooms down. They won a pay raise and raincoats for foul weather days in the settlement.
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Albany
N. Y
Bombers Hit Indochina Rebels and Vietminh Supply Routes
French aircraft struck Vietminh troop concentrations in the Black River district of Northwestern Indochina and blasted Red China supplied supply routes to Langson and Caobang. U S supplied B26 bombers helped widen gaps in highways, with Vietminh forces concentrating around Hoabinh after retreat from Laos.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red China
Black River
U.S
Langson
Caobang
China
Laos
Little
Mountain Kingdom
Luang Prabang
Hoabinh
Nasan
Sonla
Philippine Congress adjourns after wild fracas
Manila May 22 Congress ends in a wild fracas amid a skirmish as lawmakers fail to ratify the 1951 Japanese peace treaty. The 100 day session approved a national budget of $275,608,420 including 10 million dollars as counterpart funds for U S aid.
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Manila
Philippine Congress
Congress
U.S
Russians seize Japanese fishing boats near Nemuro
Japan's Maritime Safety Board said Russian patrol ships seized seven Japanese fishing boats from May 15 to 20 near Nemuro on Hokkaido. Most captures occurred about six miles from Habomai Islands. Three boats were returned.
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Tokyo
Japan
Maritime Safety Board
Nemuro
Hokkaido
Habomai Islands
Benefit Dance For Clinton Fourth Celebration
The Clinton Council of Clubs sponsors a Friday dance at Dreamland Hall featuring the Biggest Little Band. Proceeds fund a fireworks display at Sportland Park for the July 4 celebration in Clinton.
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Clinton
Ind
Clinton Council of Clubs
Dreamland Hall
Sportland Park
No Leave For Induction Into Armed Services
The following young men were drafted from Terre Haute and Vigo county today to begin Selective Service in the army after induction ceremonies at Indianapolis. Henry Franklin Dunfee, Robert Eugene Nance, Richard Davies, Jack Basil McCarty, William Kaleel Nasser, Jack Bernard Brown, Lindon Ray Oliver, Robert Huey Wright, William Harrison Booker Jr, John Robert Kirk, Jooseph Earl Archer, Delbert Dean Turner, Frederick G Lessman, Richard W Carswell, Rennis Lynn Singhorse, Charles Frederick Zimmerman, Tommy Joe Clinkenbeard, Richard Lee Sowers, Robert Lee Brewster, John Allen Bannister, Robert Francis Warren, Dale Harold Strole, Isaac Eugene Wilcox, Donald Everett Dunn, Rondel Lynn Boyll, Melvin Vester, Paul Leroy Johnson, Montell Thompson, William J Pollett, Paul Joseph Ellingsworth, Calvin Max Houk, David Leroy Johns, Robert William Crabill, Donald Gene Everman, Ronnald Paul Handy, Joseph Eugene Stewart, Boyd Nelson House, Norman Edward Coker, Franklin Delano Bardin, Albert Heien, Dean Floyd Hauser, Gerald Max Menestrina, Gilbert Cooper, Berlyn Everett Perkins, Paul Everett Russell and Earlie Lee Trice.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
Indianapolis
Henry Franklin Dunfee
Robert Eugene Nance
Richard Davies
Jack Basil McCarty
William Kaleel Nasser
Jack Bernard Brown
Lindon Ray Oliver
Robert Huey Wright
William Harrison Booker, Jr
John Robert Kirk
Jooseph Earl Archer
Delbert Dean Turner
Frederick G. Lessman
Richard W. Carswell
Rennis Lynn Singhorse
Charles Frederick Zimmerman
Tommy Joe Clinkenbeard
Richard Lee Sowers
Robert Lee Brewster
John Allen Bannister
Robert Francis Warren
Dale Harold Strole
Isaac Eugene Wilcox
Donald Everett Dunn
Rondel Lynn Boyll
Melvin Vester
Paul Leroy Johnson
Montell Thompson
William J. Pollett
Paul Jooseph Ellingsworth
Calvin Max Houk
David Leroy Johns
Robert William Crabill
Donald Gene Everman
Ronnald
Paul Handy
Joseph
Production Tieups Spread By Warner Gear
The five state strike at Warner Gear Division of Borg-Warner Corp has halted output since April 20. 4,800 workers idle as the CIO United Auto Workers union seeks a speedup. Affected plants include Studebaker in South Bend and Los Angeles, Willys in Toledo, Nash-Kelvinator in Milwaukee and Kenosha, International Harvester in Springfield and Fort Wayne, and Dana in Fort Wayne. Studebaker to halt all commercial truck output Monday, with 5,000 workers laid off and passenger car production cut in half at South Bend and Los Angeles. 18,000 workers to shift to part time. Hamilton plant to close Thursday.
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Associated Press
Warner Gear
Borg-Warner Corp
Canada
United Auto Workers Union
Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Los Angeles
Hamilton
Willys Motors
Studebaker
Huggers steal $220 from elderly man in Windsor
Police sought two young women who invaded the home of 82 year old Fred Merrill in Windsor and hugged him to steal 220 dollars from his coat pocket. The same pair later hugged 85 year old cemetery caretaker Rev Albert Smith and stole 20 dollars from his wallet.
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Windsor
Fred Merrill
Merrill
Albert Smith
Collapse of French Gov't Tests Western Unity
Washington May 22. Big Three leaders face a test of unity for tough talks with Russia and possible Malenkov session as Mayer’s French cabinet collapses. Disagreement over greeting a Big Four summit and Western cohesion loom while France forms a new government.
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Washington
Russia
Malenkov
AFL moves to purge ILA over racketeering findings
The AFL Executive Council ordered the International Longshoremen's Association to clean out criminal elements by August or face expulsion, with possible loss of AFL status if no reform. The council also edged toward a no raids pact with CIO leaders as a step toward merging 15 million workers.
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Washington
International Longshoremen's Association
AF_L
A.F.L. Executive Council
L.L.A
Joseph A. Ryan
Dock Workers’ Union
A.F.L. Auto Workers
Auto Union
New York
John Dioguardi
A.F.L
AFL
George Meany
L.A
Meany
I.L.A
C.I.0
C.il.co
Brown shirt ban urged by West Germany government
Bonn Germany May 22 West Germanys upper parliamentary house and Chancellor Adenauers government demand speedy enactment of a law to forbid wearing Hitler like brown shirts and similar political uniforms in public spaces and gatherings.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Adenauer
Dulles Voices Doubt If Russ Big Three Confer
NEW DELHI May 22 U S Secretary of State Dulles urged the Russians to prove sincerity of peace overtures on Korea Laos and Austria as the Big Three powers prepare for a Bermuda East West conference. He told Indian and foreign press his faith in U S strength and warned that Soviet blocs support of Korea and Laos and refusal to restore Austria freedom dampen any high level talks. He noted distrust during the Korean war and said the Soviet could end Laos aggression and sign an Austrian treaty. Dulles departed for Karachi after three days in India.
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New Delhi
India
U. S
Dulles
Korea
Laos
Austria
Eisenhower
Churchill
Bermuda
Middle East
Russia
Soviet Bloc of Nations
Karachi
Pakistan
Soviet Union
United States
New Medals for Jet Aces
Tokyo May 22 top jet aces McConnell and Fernandez left for the United States to report to Air Force HQ after receiving the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star for MIG kills. Grounded by Fifth Air Force, they pleaded to continue the chase despite orders. Maj Davis of Lubbock is listed missing after downing 11 MIGs and three prop planes.
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Tokyo
United States
Air Force
Joseph McConnell Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
Manuel J. Fernandez Jr
Miami
Fla
U. S. Air Force
Washington
O. P. Weyland
Far East
Davis
Weather Summary for Fair Day and River Reading
Cool and fair conditions reported with sunrise at 3 31 and sunset at 2 02. River stage at 62 feet and rising amid average humidity of 75 percent yesterday.
Local Conditions and Temperature Outlook
Terre Haute and vicinity report partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Tonight colder. Saturday fair and cool with highs near 70. Indiana showers ending tonight and cooler. Saturday fair, not as cool in the north but cooler in the south. Low tonight about 42 to 52 degrees. Temperature today around 61 on the street thermometer.
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Terre Waute
Indiana
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