End of Five Day Riot in Southern Michigan Prison
Prison rebels agree to end their five day mutiny after Gov. Williams yields to reform demands. About 200 inmates remain in Cell Block 15 with eight guards still held. one guard collapsed during release. Key figures Earl Ward and Crazy Jack Hyatt vie for leadership as violence subsides.
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Michigan
Jackson
Mich
Block 15
Kenneth Moore
Earl Ward
Jack” Hyatt Ward
Ward
Julian Prisbue
Moore
James Aiken
Gov. Williams
Jack Crazy
Jack Hyatt
Williams
Hyatt
Black 15
RFC Reprieved After Receiving Death Sentence
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was sentenced to death in the Senate but reprieved on first vote. A bill to abolish the agency passed 42 to 37, then returned to Banking Committee 39 to 36 with deadlines set by June 2. Some backers doubt action will happen before session end. Notice: The Maplewood Nursing Home will continue to operate.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Senate
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Banking Committee
RFC
Congress
Maplewood
Eisenhower Presses Toward Nomination Amid Tight Delegates
Eisenhower holds about 220 delegates as Taft sits at 239 with 60 delegates at stake next week in Colorado Utah Delaware Arizona and Arkansas. Taft predicts winning most remaining delegates while Eisenhower backers forecast a first ballot nomination after wins in New York and Pennsylvania.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
GOP
Colorado
Utah
Delaware
Arizona
Arkansas
Taft
Eisenhower
New York
Pennsylvania
Nation of Bums Says Fifth Avenue Tailor on Slovenly Dress
Ray Twyeffort, a New York tailor, decries what he calls a nation of bums and slobs due to lax dress. He cites soft collars on officials and diplomats and laments lost morals and etiquette. He favors a capitalist look with starch in collars and a cane rejected as too stuffy.
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Washington
Ray Twyeffort
Fifth Avenue
America
Twyeffort
Tno
End Of Virginia Forest Fire Outbreak Cited By State Forester
State Forester George W. Dean said the eight day blaze run in Virginia is over with most fires under control. He cited 340 fires burning over 14 000 acres causing 860000 to 900000 dollars in damage across 30 counties, with wildlife casualties and property losses. Weather aided firefighting with rain cooler temps and reduced winds easing the danger.
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Associated Press
Virginia
George W. Dean
Dean
Norfolk
Alleghany
Three Accidents Yesterday Cause $2 000 Damages
Three traffic accidents yesterday afternoon produced nearly $2,000 in property damages. In Winchester a 1947 Packard Sedan and a 1940-41 Pontiac collided on National Avenue at 3:15 p.m. Damages totaled 100 to the Packard and 40 to the Pontiac. A Clarke County crash south of White Post on Stonebridge Road at 2:35 p.m. involved a 1951 Chevrolet truck and a 1940 Dodge pickup with $1,200 and $250 damages respectively. Route 522 collision near Winchester at 5:40 p.m. damaged a 1946 Ford, a 1940 Pontiac, a 1951 Oldsmobile, and a Pennsylvania 1951 Pontiac with various sums. No injuries reported.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
James Woodrow Wilson
Stephenson
Wallace Lee Combs
Paper Mill Road
Holmes McFarland
Combs
National Avenue
Pontiac
L. P. Coverstone
White Post
Stonebridge Road
Carl Cecil Alabauch
Arthur Taylor Tigney, Jr
Stephens City
Whitacre Trailer
Martinsburg Pike
C. D. Taylor
Taylor
James Andrew Radcliffe
Rt. 1
Harry Ray Kerns
Ford
Oldsmobile
Roy McClanahan
Charlottesville
Sam Fedoruk
Kent
Kerns
Pennsylvania
Truce negotiators study new POW proposal in secret talks
Truce negotiators recessed secret talks in Munsan Korea indicating they were studying a new prisoner exchange proposal. Communist newsmen reported a possible development but offered no specifics as the stalemate on voluntary repatriation continued with no official outcome announced.
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Munsan
Korea
Reds
U. N
Washington
Peiping
Young Reds Mass For Berlin March
Berlin officials report about 10 000 young communists gathering on the East West border for a twilight march toward West Berlin. Blue shirted Free German Youth led the crowd as they planned to enter the Western sectors with banners and leaflets calling for a peace treaty and German unity. Police prepared for potential trouble as past incursions occurred in smaller numbers.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Wst
West
Sacred Heart Church Rummage Sale Announces Dates
Sacred Heart Church Hall hosts a rummage sale on April 25 from 1 to 5 30 p m and 7 to 10 p m and April 26 from 9 to 12 sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Women. Also a sale at the Sunset Tourist Court Gore Virginia on Saturday April 26 starting at 10 a m.
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Sacred Heart Church
National Council of Catholic Women
Sunset
Gore
Virginia
Flood Fighters Say Kansas City Can Take It This Time
Army engineers led by Col. L. J. Lincoln expressed optimism as the Missouri River crest neared 31 feet threatening Kansas City Kansas and Kansas City Missouri. The levee system anticipated 10 feet below dike design with no new heavy rain expected, despite the 1952 flood’s record upstream. meanwhile a dike failure at Sherman Air Force Field near Fort Leavenworth prompted a 10 to 12 foot wall of water but all personnel escaped.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Col. L. J. Lincoln
Kan
Kaw Kansas River
St. Louis
Sherman Air Force Field
Ft. Leavenworth
Air Force
Navy
Senate House
Pentagon
Senate
Sen. Hunt
D-Wye
Congress
Berryville Banks' Assets Reach Over 4.7 Million
Financial statements show Berryville banks totaling 4 794 000 with Bank of Clarke County at 2 939 239 and First National Bank of Berryville at 1 854 732. Deposits sum to 4 336 925. Bank of Clarke County plans expansion including lobby enlargement and new teller windows. Correction note and a council meeting notice follow.
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Berryville
Bank of
Clarke County
First National Bank of
Flying incentive pay eyed to lure more airmen
Military leaders and lawmakers debate a new incentive plan to boost pilot recruitment amid shortages. The Air Force pushes for combat and hazard pay to attract frontline fliers, while Congress weighs new pay scales and limits.
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Military
Washington
America
Air Force
Congress
Picket lines form at Western Union office amid GM strike hopes
Local Western Union workers joined by Richmond colleagues staged a mid afternoon picket in front of the city office. The demonstration featured Mrs. D H McDonald and Mrs. Gertrude Powers as local operators with three Richmond staffers ready to continue protests until a settlement. The dispute centers on proposed rate increases amid broader transit and communications cost pressures.
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Western Union
Richmond
D. H. McDonald
Gertrude Powers
Robert Reid
Denny Jarman
George Setger
Glen Garber
Arlene Coffman
Woodstock
Garber
Lizer Elected President of Frederick County Teachers Association
Charles E. Lizer of James Wood High School was elected president of the Frederick County Teachers Association at the last night meeting at James Wood School. About 100 of 120 teachers attended. Opal Hillyard was elected secretary with officers to serve two years.
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Charles E. Lizer
James Wood High School
Frederick County Teachers Association
James Wood School
Opal Hillyard
Stonewall School
Lizer
Hillyard
J. C. Gordon
J. C. Givens
Donald Austin
Round Hill
Frank Whitacre
Gore School
William H. Armentrout
Eugene Pankhouser
H. Dennis Hoover
Stephens City
Frederick County
Truman Clarifies Ultimatum Remark on Iran 1946
President Truman said he used the term ultimatum in a layman sense and did not send a note to Stalin. White House aides clarified no direct note caused the Soviet withdrawal of troops from Iran in May 1946.
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Truman
Stalin
Iran
Washington
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO Steelworkers Union
Theodore Keindl
U. S
David A. Pine
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Kiendl
Wage Stabilization Board
Alexander Holtzoff
Senate
House
HST
WSB
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
United States
Chamber
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
White House
Roger Tubby
Tubby
State Department
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Persian Gulf
Azerbaijan
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Bleachers Collapse Injures Students at Capitol Hill Jr High
A section of bleachers at Capitol Hill Junior High School in Oklahoma City collapsed during a class photo. About 300 students were on the risers. at least 10 were hospitalized for fractures and many others treated by school medical staff.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol Hill
House orders probe of Wage Stabilization Board decisions
The House directed its labor committee to investigate the Wage Stabilization Board over the 24 cent per hour package increase for CIO Steelworkers.
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Bulletin
Washington
The
House Today
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO Steelworkeve
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