Tornado outbreaks sweep Midwest and Plains with damage reported
A series of tornadoes struck Missouri Indiana Michigan and other states causing extensive damage to trees poles and chimneys with no reported injuries. Reports note power lines down and scattered damage across Fort Scott Coldwater and nearby areas as storms moved through Ontario to Montana.
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Fairbanks Helicopter Crash Kills Two in Alaska
Reports say a two engine Argus helicopter crashed near a 6 500 foot peak in Fairbanks Alaska. The pilot George Argus was killed and a passenger was unconscious. Authorities describe the final moments as a squeeze prior to impact.
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Brooklyn
Ley
Sre
George Argus
W Mountain
Evé
Tolice
Muldrow
Mita Fairbanks
Cpl Batchelor Signs Anti-Red Oath for Pay
Cpl Claude Batchelor 22 of Kermit Texas signed a non Communist affidavit at Fort Sam Houston post prison. The document clears the way to about 4000 dollars back pay to be partly used for his defense and to bring his Japanese wife Kyoto to the United States from Tokyo. He faces possible court martial for alleged collaboration with the enemy while a prisoner of war.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.S
Korea
Claude Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Post Prison
Batchelor
Joel Westbrook
Kyoto
Tokyo
Army
Helicopter Rescues Injured climber on ice covered Alaska peak
Capt Ralph Searle of the 74th Rescue Squadron piloted a helicopter to evacuate eight rescue team members who brought Argus down from the treacherous mountain after he and three companions fell during a May 16 climb. Argus suffered a broken hip and was strapped to a sled as rescuers ferried him past crevasses with radio medical guidance.
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Ralph Searle
74Th Rescue Squadron
Argus
George Thayer
Reedsboro
Morton Wood
Les Viereck
Wood
Viereck
John McCall
University of Alaska
Frank Milan
Air Force Aero-Medical Laboratory
Ladd Air Force Base
Air Force
Ovilng
Cohn
Army
John G
Adams
McCarthy
Schine
New York Area
Stevens
Counsil
Ray H. Jenkins
Ft. Dix
Earl L. Ringler
Dix
Ringler
McCarthy Subcommittee
Joseph Miller
John Bruce Blount
Jenkins
Adams Seld Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Carr
Weather summary for Thomasville Georgia June 1 1954
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon and tonight with scattered thundershowers. Wednesday and Thursday expect partly cloudy skies and little temperature change with scattered afternoon showers. Precipitation totals remain at 0.00 for last 24 hours and since the 1st of the month, and 10.99 for the year with 5.45 inches for this month.
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Thomasville
House Measure Almost Certain Of Passage
Legislation to expand social security to about 10 million people moves before the House for debate and near-certain passage. The plan, drafted by the Ways and Means Committee and echoing Eisenhower proposals, raises wage bases, boosts benefits, and broadens coverage to farm owners, professionals, municipal workers, ministers, and domestic workers with revised earnings tests and phased implementation.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Wreck Near Ochlocknee Kills Driver and Injures Co-Driver
A head on collision on U.S. 19 four miles north of Ochlocknee left Joseph Danek of Cicero Illinois dead in a 1951 Nash and truck driver Robert Lee Gisson of Columbia Tennessee injured with cuts and possible internal injuries. Gisson was taken to Archbold Memorial Hospital after the wreck which occurred around noon.
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Ochlocknee
U.S
Joseph Danek
Cicero
Robert Lee Gisson
Columbia
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Gilson
Times-Enterprise
Danek
Pana
French Set Defense in Chochen Valley Near Hanoi
French forces tightened defenses in the Chochen Valley as Vietminh forces reportedly move toward the Red River delta from Dien Bien Phu. Reports say four divisions may reach the valley within four weeks, with the 31st Artillery joining from Dien Bien Phu and four other divisions advancing along a mountain route bombed daily by American aircraft.
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Indochina
Chochen
Red River
Dien Bien Phu
Black River
Saigon
Primaries Held In Three States By The Associated Press
Three states held primary elections: Nevada with a five man Democratic governor race, Alabama where runoffs follow a nonmajority vote, and South Dakota where E F McKellips faces Ed C Martin for the gubernatorial nomination. Joe Foss and Rex Terry lead GOP in South Dakota. Folsom anchors Alabama, while Battle seeks to unseat Sparkman in a congressional race.
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Associated Press
South Dakota
Nevada
Alabama
James Folsom
E. F. McKellips
Alcester Banker
Ed C. Martin
Chandler Rancher
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
Rex Terry
Harold 0. Lund
Brookings
Charles Russell
Rep
Laurie Battle
Sen
John Sparkman
Battle
George Huddleston Jr
Arthur Allbright
Birmingham Post
Fire Destroys Home of Waltr Bragg Police Seek Man
Firefighters responded to a 3:15 AM blaze at 1024 Broad Street near the Albany railroad. Waltr Bragg, sought by police on general charges, reportedly had his residence damaged but Bragg remains at large as investigators probe the cause.
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Albany
Waltr Bragg
Bragg
Molotov Returns to Far Eastern Conference
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov came back to Geneva after a two day Moscow trip. Western observers expect reports on Indochina talks and possible strategy shifts as the conference prepares for armistice discussions with Vietminh envoys.
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V.M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Hig
Indochina
Panmunjom
June's Good Month To Use Want Ads
June's Good Month To Use Want Ads urges readers to list items to sell. People are on the move buying and selling and may need special services. Call 12 to place an ad and let the paper help craft wording.
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Times- Enterprise
Mobley Sworn In as Georgia Supreme Court Justice
Carlton Mobley of Macon took the oath as the third associate justice on the Georgia Supreme Court succeeding the late W. Y. Atkinson. Gov. Herman Talmadge swore in Homer Sutton as justice emeritus. About 150 friends attended in the governor’s office. Mobley will seek the remaining unexpired term and the next six year term.
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Atlanta
Carlton Mobley
Macon
Georgia Supreme Court
W. Y. Atkinson
Homer Sutton
Clarkesville
Herman Talmadge
Emeritua
W. H. Duckworth
Mobley
Joe Ben Jackson
Atkinson
Sutton
Georgia
Talmadge
Charles Worrill
Supreme Court
Worrill
Court of Appeals
Superior Court
Court of Ap
Jones
Congress
Samuel Rutherford
Milledgeville
Eugene Talmadge
Gta
U S Club Women Study Segregation and Other Issues
Denver report notes segregation and foreign-born population integration as top concerns among 63rd annual General Federation of Women's Clubs meeting. About 3 000 delegates, representing around 11 million members, discuss international affairs and urban problems.
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Sétion
General Federatin
Denver
Zaio Woodford
Ricerca
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