Harriman Wins District Vote By Big Margin
Harriman secures a decisive district victory amid strong support for Truman and civil rights. He achieves his first ballot success and advances as a prominent Democratic figure in the presidential preference race within the District of Columbia.
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Harriman
Merss Averell
Presiden
Truman
San Fistes Wee Fauver
Colum
Tharrinvin
Mutual Security
Sondht Elmotion
Taft Seeks 5 Percent Tax Cut If Elected President
Senator Taft of Ohio urged a straight five percent tax cut if he becomes president. He said current tax levels inflationary and wants government spending down to about 70 billion in year one from about 85 billion. Kefauver and Harriman won delegate support in a district primary with Kefauver leading the preconvention race and Harriman remaining a strong challenger.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Seigs
Tennessee
Kefauver
Provida
Georgia
Richard Russell
Clarkman
Truman
Iis
Towave
Althinish
Harring
Russell
Tringis Gow
Adlai Stevenson
Tring
Harriman
Wefanver
Lary
Associated Press
Riswell
Radio TV Bill In Conference Washington June 87
Lawmakers moved a radio and television libel shield bill to a Senate House conference to curb libel suits tied to broadcasts of political candidates. The measure bars rate hikes for campaigns and requires equal time for opponents. Horan amendment allows speech content and bans censorship.
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Washington
Senate lHouse
House
Horan
Soma
Senate
Mrs Kornarens Faces Fate As Final Arguments Begin
Mrs Dorothy Garking Kornarens stands trial for the fatal shooting of her husband at their Silver Spring home. Defense and state lawyers opened their final arguments after two psychiatrists testified she could distinguish right from wrong at the time of the shooting.
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Dorothy Garking Kornarens
Silver Spring
Noe
Weaoge
Devear
John Krenty Kormarens
Washington, D. C
Beanus Parlor Elerator
Morgan
Starris
Chely
Harris
Lipire
dPomen
Fudge Harris
Gil
Hehart
Somareus
Margaret Virginia Bayer
Maryland
Springfield S Hospital
Manfred 8. Catt Tmacher
Reir
Kornarens
Menors
Guthnaeher
Supreme Bench
Rabingore
Guttmacher
Ars
Kornarvens
Cattmicher
Deer Interloper Tries Door In Clear Spring Kitchen
Edward Wart of Cumberland Street in Clear Spring heard a gentle knock at his kitchen door. A young deer appeared at the screen, then fled to the yard of G Xn Baullitz and toward the mountains.
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Edward Wart
Cumberland Street
Doo
Hart
G. XN. Baullitz
Nearby Storms End Heat Wave
A weather update notes storms reducing heat in the region with cooler northwesterly winds. Washington County saw thunderstorms to the south while cochine breezes followed, lowering temperatures from the late afternoon peak. The District experienced a brief violent storm as others drifted toward Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. Temperature fell from a late afternoon high to near normal overnight, with humidity accenting the warmth.
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Washington County
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
Two Men Injured In Automobile Accident
William Russell Gladhill of East Franklin Street and Joseph Strock of Mangalisville were treated in the emergency room for injuries from an automobile accident this morning. Strock suffered facial injuries while Gladhill had a right ankle sprain. Both were discharged after treatment.
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William Russell Gladhill
East Branklin Street
Joseph Strock
Seriously Burned Girl Taken From Church Despite Protests Of Members
Officers removed Rath Carder from the Free Pentecost Mission Church in Mountain Grove after about 24 hours without medical care. The seriously burned girl was sent to a Springfield hospital. church members had prayed for her instead of medical treatment.
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Springfell
Madave
Ozarks Mountain
Rath Carder
Free Pentecost Mission
Mountain Grove
Mow
Springfield
Coral Carder
Jin Baker
Garner Moody
Baker
Othe ‘Olivers
Ery Mname
Eva
Criminal Court Schedules Trials Amid Montgomer y Case Moves
The court sets numerous criminal cases for trial including the Kornarens murder case and others from Montgomery County. Trials were scheduled to begin tomorrow after a weeklong recess to permit hearings and defendant transfers.
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Kornareng
Ducket
Te Kornarens
Montgomery County
Maryland Delegations Planned for National Conventions
Maryland Republicans will send about 24 delegates plus alternates to Chicago with 2 extra observers and spouses. Democrats plan around 150 delegates and alternates to the Windy City, both parties locating at hotels for preconvention maneuvering. Republicans back McSeldin as a leading candidate, while Democrats favor Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee on the first ballot.
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Paldimore
Maryiant Republican Aid
Chicago
GOP
Hotel Atlantic
McBreldin
Tittend T Hotel
Delawates
Maryland
McSeldin
Free State
Lasille Hotel
Sen
Estes Kefiiver
Tennessee
Allied Imposed Recess Sparks Reds’ Complaint
Mursan Korea June 18 Reds protest United Nations walkout calling it unilateral and unjustified. Allied liaison officers reply UN planes found no markings at four Communist POW camps despite Reds’ claims. Meeting convened by ON Command notes the dispute over the pause hindering the armistice.
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Mursan
Korea
van Alied-mposer Chithren
Reds
Patinnnjom
United Nations
U.N
Taok
Move to Kill Wage-Price Curbs Faces House Debate
Washington reports a new push to abolish wage and price controls led by the Wage Stabilization Board. The House cleared general debate on the Defense Production Act as the committee urged abolition and possible amendments by Rep. Kearns.
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Washington
iVewer Tabor
Tod
House
WSA
Rep
Kearns
R-Pa
Barden Lncp
Barden
WSH
Congress
Wiron
Industyy
WSK
Road Crewman Dies of Heart Attack During Highway Work
John We Tdee of Reisters Town died on U S Route 40 near Prasturg while performing center-lining for the State Roads Commission. Deputy medical examiners ruled a heart condition triggered by sudden fright caused his death. He had worked years with the commission and traveled to Washington County each summer for the project.
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Crewhai
U.S
Rive Mais
State Roads Comiission
Atomic age prank traps girl in garbage can
In Albany California Svea attempted a make believe stunt sounding like an atom bomb scare. She crawled into a garbage can and became stuck for about twenty minutes before rescuers freed her with hacksawing and tin snipping.
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Albany
Calif
Svea
Bdonna
Sturk
Keedysville Girl Wins Radio Prize
Miss Bonita Marie Grimm of Keedysville won a weekly Story Time radio contest prize for best picture on SWATA station in Baltimore. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carol Grimm. The winning entry titled Little Wack Sambo and lis Jungle Band.
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Bonita Marie Grimm
Carol Grimm
Keedysville
Swata Maltimore
Western Maryland Ry Puts 165 More Workers On Furlough
The steel strike enters its third week and cuts into freight, furloughing 165 Western Maryland Railway workers in Hagerstown starting Monday June 23. The roundhouse erection stop and car department staff were notified this morning. Previous furloughs totaled 125 in Hagerstown. President Arthur Grota said hundreds more system workers would be furloughed due to reduced freight. Additional furloughs affect Cumberland Connellsville and Elkins West Virginia.
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Western Maryland Railway
Hagerstown
Western Maryland
Arthur Grota
Maryland
Groty
Ada
Cumberland
Connellsville and
Elkins
W. Va
Steel production crippled nationwide as strike cuts output
The steel industry runs at about 12 percent of normal weekly output of 2,234,000 tons as the nation faces a broad strike. Weirton Steel, Armen, Kaiser Steel and other majors stay open under union deals while many small firms have paused. The American Iron and Steel Institute tallies losses and warns more layoffs loom as allied workers rise. International Harvestery plans to cut 50,000 production jobs across six states, with 90 percent of operations shut by July 3.
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White Hose
Weirton Steel Company
Armen
Kaiser Steel Company
Murray
American Iron and Steel Institute
Allied Industries
Internationald Harvestey Company
House Ready To Seek Taft Hartley Action On Steel Mills
The House supports appealing to President Truman under the Taft Hartley Act to reopen strike closed steel mills. Rep Howard W Smith reports broad Democratic and Republican backing. The crisis affects 50 600 Philip Mackays IO steadworkers and a push to secure military production materials.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Philip Macray
Citizens Enjoined to Enforce New County Dumping Law
The Board of County Commissioners approved a new ordinance targeting open dumping near Chewsville. Citizens must file formal complaints, which the commissioners will review as a Board of Health. The measure aims to curb hog feed hog odor from dumped garbage moved by an independent contractor.
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New County
Board of County
Hagerstown
Cal
Tlagerstown
Garhigee
Chewsville
Kent
Board of Health
Tot 9 Accidentally Kills His Mother
Kansas City June 18 a year old boy accidentally killed his mother with a Civil War musket. The gun had been purchased the previous day by her husband to start an antique firearms collection. Mrs Ellen Sandman 40 was shot near the back steps of their home as Flerson Mark placed a paper cap beneath the hammer before firing.
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Kansas City
Ellen Sandman
Flerson Mark
Barley Quality Promising in Washington County Update
Weather holds steady as barley arrives at the elevator averaging about seven bushels per acre with 1b moisture. Corn and potatoes show strong progress while tomatoes sprout well and peaches begin thinning in the county. Apples develop as heat and sunshine continue with light rainfall forecast.
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Meron J. Bloom
St. Tames
Acre
Harley
Senate kills Seaway bill amid Truman plea
The Senate rejected a bill to authorize U S participation with Canada in the 58 million Seaway and power project. By a 43 to 40 vote, lawmakers sent the measure back to the Foreign Relations Committee for further study after overriding a last minute White House appeal. The action mirrors a prior Senate move on the proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence “Seaway
O'Conor D-Md
Foreign Relations
Sweden and Soviet clash over downed Catalina plane
Stockholm reports Soviet jets shot down an unarmed Swedish Catalina while searching for a missing transport. Sweden and Denmark vow to defend airspace as Moscow releases a note claiming the plane fired first. Demonstrations erupt outside the Soviet embassy in Stockholm. Prime Minister Erlander protests.
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Copenhagen
Adm. E. 5
CG. Quistgaard
Denmark
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Radio
Dagee
Eastonian
Haltial
Catalina
Stockholm
Tase Erlander
Foreign Office
Dageo Island
Ambamssador
Ruasta
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Ntowland
Dorothy Nsorenarens
John
Aii
House Labor Group
WSB
Pittsburgh
National Defense Proeram
Seaway
Vishinsky
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