Illinois Whiz Kids Lead 1947 Baseball Team In Exhibition
The University of Illinois baseball squad, 1947 Big Nine champions with football stars, faces the Harlem Globetrotters at Borchert Field in a warmup for Yale intercollegiate championships on June 20 and 21. Andy Phillips, a noted basketball figure, is an outfielder. Also, Wisconsin officials remind potato growers under three acres that June 15 is the deadline to apply for acreage measurement under price support.
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Whiz Kids of Basketball Fame
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Skeptical Police Question Boy in Infant Death Case
Officers doubt a six year old claimed to have taken two babies from cribs and dropped them to death. The child, under treatment for a broken arm, gave conflicting stories and could not have pulled and replaced the infants. Capt Davenport noted marks on the infants heads suggesting they were pulled through crib bars.
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Murder Suspected Inside Job in Massillon Baby Killings
Massillon police led by Capt. Clifford Davenport said the two infant homicides at Massillon City Hospital likely came from inside the facility. Seven male patients aged a few weeks to months were questioned in rooms beside the pediatrics unit as investigators abandon an intruder theory. The eight and nine week old victims were Diana Brand and Rosemary Morton.
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Massillon
Ohio
Diane Brand
Rosemary Morton
Acme
War
Massillon City Hospital
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Clifford Davenport
Diana Brand
Tension Over Red Crisis Prompts Congressional Action Talks
Washington lawmakers weigh a possible special fall session as U S Russia relations worsen. A July adjournment or emergency call could trigger action on foreign policy, with Hungarys coup and September UN talks guiding strategy toward German Austrian treaties and potential independent steps.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
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Portage School Burns Day After Graduation
Portage Wisconsin fire chief cites spontaneous combustion for a basement storeroom blaze at Portage senior high school. The fire damaged office supplies worth several hundred dollars, with smoke damage in two first floor rooms. Night watchman William McLaughlin discovered the fire about 8 30 pm, one night after graduation.
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Wis. W.P
Rod A. Porter
Portage Senior High School
William McLaughlin
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