Kidnapped Officer's Wife Freed After False Tale
Oklahoma City reports say Mrs. Jo Alice Raper, 23, wife of a vice squad officer, admitted the kidnaping tale as fiction. She had been abducted from her home and released unharmed at a suburban filling station after threats aimed at her husband. The officer had received threatening calls and a note warning him to stay out of the matter.
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Oklahoma City
Jo Alice Raper
Aper
Herusband
Ours
Orly
Ayne Harbolt
Harbolt
V. Raper
Raper
Infiltrating oath Indo China sparks Thai border concern
French sources report Communist cops of Ho Chi Minh infiltrated southern Indo China near Cambodia and opened a corridor into Siam to smuggle arms. Cambodia with Pnompenh as capital, Vietnam and Laos are among three states under initial autonomy. Vietnam’s Vietminh fights the French.
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Pnompenh
Ho Chi Minh
China
Laos
Republic of Vietnam
Russia
Etnam
Mine Disaster Toll in Ruhr Hits 68 Dead
The Dalbusch coal mine explosion near Gelsenkirchen, Germany, claimed 68 lives by May 21 as more victims died in hospital. Ten had died Sunday, with 20 still hospitalized and 13 discharged. A French burn specialist aided the injured. officials cited an unknown cause, while rescue workers cited possible gas ignition from a short circuit.
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Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Dalbusch
Ruhr
Here
President Accused of Wooing War by Pravda
Pravda denounces President Truman on Armed Forces Day claiming he incites war hysteria in the United States and praises atomic weapons as tools for peace. The article also targets Gen Omar Bradley and questions the defense budget as a prelude to further military spending.
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Moscow
Pravda
Truman
United States
Communist Party
Washington
Omar Bradley
San Francisco
Russia
Catholic Central Campaign Tops Pledges At $300 038 Anaconda
Anaconda May 21 The Catholic Central high school campaign has reached 300 038 in pledges following 578 new pledges amounting to 95 509 and a previous week total of 192 409 90 plus 11 120 relief. A final report meeting will set the total and a victory report will be presented at the Center theater with Mayor McKittrick awarding prizes to essay and poster contest winners. The drive aims to fund a new school at Third and Cherry streets ready for occupancy early in 1952.
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Anaconda
Catholic Cent
Cathe High School
Center Theater
McKittrick
Ile
Paign
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Washoe Theater
J. A. English
Washoe Amusement Company
Third
Cherry Streets
Knights of Columbus
Catholic Central High School
Fifteen Children Drown as Bridge Collapses in Catholic Procession
Venice region report says a footbridge over Gorzone canal at Cavarzere collapsed during a church procession. Fifteen children aged 11 months to 11 years died or were rescued as priests and bystanders attempted rescues. Authorities searched the canal. cause undetermined and town mourns with closures and services.
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Venice
Italy
Cavarzere
Gorzone Canal
Senate May Toss Out More of Truman Program
The Senate threatened to strike additional Truman reorganization plans before Tuesday night when those not yet blocked become law. Six of the 21 Hoover commission based reforms have faced Senate votes, five defeated by bipartisan majorities. The day’s actions include a vote on reorganizing the Federal Trade Commission and subsequent consideration of the Federal Power Commission proposal, with House support mixed.
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Senate
Truman
Washington
House
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Commission
Citizens Committee For the
Hoover
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Power Commission
Johnson
Commerce Department
General Services Administrator
Chavez Criticized for Budenz Conversion Remarks Attacked
In New York on May 21 a Brooklyn priest told 500 Catholic Guild members that Sen. Chavez should focus on removing communists from government rather than attacking Louis Budenz conversion. Father Curran defended Budenz and McCarthy amid charges of un-American testimony.
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New York
Dennis Chavez
DN. M
Louis Budenz
Edward Lodge Curran
St. Joseph Church
Brooklyn
Catholic Guild of Western Union Telegraph Company
Chavez
Budenz
Washington
Father Curran
Communist Daily Worker
Fordham University
Catholic Church
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
State Department
Phosphorus Blaze Tied to South Amboy Disaster Toll 27
At South Amboy New Jersey a phosphorus fire on the waterfront followed a munitions disaster that killed 27. About 50 drums of phosphorus at the American Agricultural Chemical site burned after a series of blasts that wiped out 600 tons of munitions. Firefighters were kept back as Army crews controlled the scene, and the blaze was allowed to burn out overnight.
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South Amboy
N. J
Charles Schoeffel
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Schoeffel
Lower
New York Bay
Coast Guard
Washington
Pakistan
Newark
Ohio
Merlin O'Neill
United States Coast
Former OSS Agent Claims Cover Up in Amerasia Case
Frank Bielaski, ex OSS operative who led the 1945 Amerasia raid, told Meet the Press that high officials tried to whitewash the Amerasia spy case and that the investigation was never thorough. He claimed about 3,000 government documents reached Amerasia in three months, including a top secret paper about a new bomb.
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OSS
Amerasia
Washington
U.R
Frank Bielaski
Office of Strategic Services
Bielaski
New York
Amerasia Magazine
National Broadcasting Company
Justice Department
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Hiss- Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
River Receding Near Winnipeg Flooded Region Shows Hope
The Red river near Winnipeg fell about half an inch, raising hope the crest has passed. Dikes hold, minor breaks repaired, but threat remains for days. Flood area spreads across 600 square miles with up to 300 million dollars in losses and roughly 80 thousand homeless. About 100 thousand of Winnipeg and St Boniface residents left the area.
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Winnipeg
Man
Red River
D. M. Stephens
Greater
Greater Winnipeg
St. Boniface
Three Sisters Die in Thunderstorm Plane Crash
A small plane carrying four people including three sisters and the pilot crashed and burned eight miles south of St. Charles Missouri during a thunderstorm. The deadly crash occurred Sunday, killing all aboard.
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ST. Charles, Mo
Here
Hitchhiker Stranded As Benefactor Vanishes In Butte
Los Angeles art student Donald Harrison reported a motorist gave him a ride from Evanston Wyoming to Butte Montana then left town with Harrison’s belongings and essential medicines. He feared a sickness attack and was rushed to St James Hospital for treatment. Harrison sought telegrams home to Lakewood Ohio before the driver disappeared, leaving about 100 dollars of personal items and a 1949 tan Chrysler with Idaho plates C 3 300.
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Los Angeles
Donald Harrison
Butte
Harrison
St. James
Lakewood
Ohio
Evanston
Wyo
Browning
Idaho
Loki anti aircraft rocket Loki to fire 12 miles in air
Gen. J Lawton Collins says the Loki rocket is in testing and could destroy attacking planes. He notes the weapon would fire about 12 miles high and relates mythic references to deter aggression. He also discusses battlefield tech like lighter anti tank weapons amid unification of services.
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Joe’ Collins
Army AA
New York
J. Lawton
Lightning Joe
United States
Gen
Collins
Death Toll Rises From Peru Quake in Cuzco City
An early Sunday earthquake in Cuzco, Peru killed about 50 people and injured 178 as a 11:45 a.m. tremor damaged 40 percent of buildings and destroyed 20 to 30 percent. Rescue teams report electric and water outages and fear the death toll will climb as debris is combed.
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Lima
Peru
Cuzco
Eese Uwewumay Vatee
Vu Aspartment
Perfect
Prado
Santiago
Chile
Santo Domingo
Belen
la Compania de Jesus
National College
South America
British Lord Urges Russian Ships to Leave British Waters
Lord Vanstittart, ex British foreign undersecretary, told News of the World that more than 30 Russian ships anchored off England must be invited to depart immediately. He questioned motives and warned against incidents during upcoming Western naval maneuvers.
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London
U.P
Lord Vanstittart
England
News of the World
Vanstittart
English Channel
Britain
Western Union
Eleven Buried in Bolivia State Funeral Toll Reaches Thirty
Bolivia marked a four day general strike with state funeral services Sunday for eleven victims of Friday’s clash. The official death toll rose to 30 as authorities sought to restore order amid ongoing protests.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U.P
China Reds Seize Islands From Nationalists Near Pearl River
Chinese Communist troops landed 2000 soldiers in 70 fishing junks and occupied several small islands in the Wanshan group at the mouth of the Pearl River Sunday. Nationalists admitted Red ashore gains as gunboat blockades ease traffic between Hong Kong and Canton.
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Hong Kong
Wanshan
Pearl River
Red Army
Red
Canton
Macao
Chusan
Shanghai
Plane Starter Fluid Kills Two Soldiers
Two Air Force soldiers are dead and 11 hospitalized after a drinking party where methanol airplane starter fluid was ingested. The 813th Engineers Battalion soldiers obtained the fluid from their battalion motor pool at Elmendorf Air Force Base. Authorities warn effects may take 24 to 48 hours to appear and names are being withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Public Information Office
Elmdorf Air Force Base
813Th Engineers
Butte Weather Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy to cloudy with light showers possible Monday. Monday highs around 65 to 85 and lows near 29 to 38. Period temperatures show minor changes from late Saturday through Sunday across locations including School of Mines and airport.
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School of Mines
Divide
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Montana
Associated Press
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Belgrade
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Csasiensesterne
Livingston Oes
Miles City
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