Kansas City Flood and Fire Close Most Businesses
Officials closed all but essential stores as floodwaters and a major oil storage fire hit Kansas City and surrounding areas. Nine firefighters were injured while fighting a two block blaze near Roanoke Road and Southwest Boulevard, with threats to a chemical plant containing large quantities of naptha and explosives.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Roanoke Road
Southwest Boulevard
Neosho
Chanute
Arkansas River
Great Bend
Kas
Kansas Citys
Mob Quelled With Tear Gas Bombs
A white and Black crowd outside the Night Club in Capital Heights Maryland faced a riot after the venue reopened to Black patrons for the second time in a week. Tear gas drove back the mob as a Black woman in a car was lightly injured by stones. The club had closed briefly after the previous riot over racial seating.
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Washington
Cucksand
Capital Heights
Bargain hunting urged as prices unlikely to drop soon
Economists forecast slow merchandise movement means July and August offer best bargains. Retail sales stay dull for two to three months as price aware shoppers may buy only at reduced costs. While living costs likely rise again next year, officials warn against hoping prices will fall.
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Andre
Local peaches expected to ripen in Frederick and Clarke counties
Heavy local peach crop anticipated to reach markets and processing plants in about three weeks. Golden Jubilee will be first to ripen. prices expected fair but competition fierce due to East Coast supply. Orchardists report crops larger than last year with notable producers predicting sizable yields and later-season picking.
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Frederick
Clarke
D. K. Russell
Clearbrook
County Fruit Growers Association
A. W
C. E. Conner
Stephens City
Appalachian Apples, Inc
Martinsburg
W. Va
Truce Talks Scored By Almond At Roanoke Meeting
Attorney General J Lindsay Almond Jr criticized Kaesong talks as a Kremlin hatched scheme and blamed FDR and the State Department for aiding Soviet appeasement. He urged harsher action against leftists and called for death penalty for those conspiring to overthrow the government.
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Roanoke
Kaesong
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Almond
American Poultry Association
Kremlin
Five Die in Fredericksburg Two Car Crash
Five persons were killed and three injured in a two car crash near Fredericksburg early this morning. A platoon from the A P Hill Reservation collided head on with a southbound Florida car on U S Route One ten miles south of town. Identified victims include Mrs Annie Kaufman 41 Fort Lauderdale Fla John Kaufman 41 Fort Lauderdale Fla John Kaufman 19 Fort Lauderdale Fla Robert Walton 19 Pompano Fla and Pfc William Scott of A P Hill Reservation. One victim remained unidentified.
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Fredericksburg
A. P. Hill Reservation
Florida
Here
J. T. Croxton
Annie Kaufman
Fort Lauderdale
John Kirby Kaufman
Robert Ashley Walton
Pompano
William Scott
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Administration Battles to Save Controls Program
The administration fights to extend wage price rent controls as Congress plans a House Senate conference. Sawyer warns inflation harms the nation while vowing controls can be abandoned when possible. The House bill narrows presidential power on the economy, with farm state critics ready to oppose price rollbacks.
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Washington
House
Congress
House Senate Conference Committee
Senate
Truman
Farm State
Second RAF Crash In 36 Hours Kills 7 British Airmen
A four engined Lincoln bomber crashed in Lincolnshire into a pasture killing all seven crew members. It was Britain s largest piston engined bomber aside from the 70 B 29s supplied by the United States. This was the second major RAF crash in 36 hours following a twin engined transport accident that killed ten aboard.
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Lincoln
Eng
Britain
RAF
United States
Two Die in Light Bomber Crash at Military Reservation
At A. P. Hill Military Reservation North Carolina two crewmen died when a light bomber crashed in flames during air ground exercises. Rescue teams searched the wreckage as police investigated a possible collision with a liaison plane from Langley Air Force Base. Debris and bodies spread over five miles in a wooded section as troops from the 43rd Infantry Division carried out a tactical support drill.
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A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Langley Air Force Base
Carolina County
43Rd Infantry Division
Action on Korean Front Sees Light Day of Fighting
U N and Red forces sparred lightly along the Korean War front with small ground actions near Chorwon and patrols in other sectors. Bastille Day celebrated by French U N troops as Croix de Guerre awards were given to American and French soldiers. Fifth Air Force launched 72 early strikes on Red airfields and transportation hubs, destroying or damaging nearly 40 vehicles.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Red
U. N
Chorwon
U.N
Wonju
Chipyong
France
U. S S
104 Boy Scouts To Attend Camp Enon
A new group of Boy Scouts will attend Camp Enon tomorrow. Next week’s camp includes 48 boys from Frederick County 22 from Shenandoah 22 from Warren and 12 from Berkeley Counties. Construction on campus remains on schedule with the new chapel the latest completed project.
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Camp Enon
Frederick County
Shenandoah
Warren
Berkeley Counties
Shan-Trees Inc aims new Christmas decor industry in Winchester
Shan-Trees Incorporated plans to manufacture hand made Christmas decorations using German imported materials. R B Shanholtz of 125 E Clifford St heads the venture hoping to employ a dozen within weeks. A two week display opens at Hotel New Yorker NYC on Sunday with 20 items and commission agents Vincent Lippe Company.
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Winchster
Shan-Trees. Incorporated
Germany
U. S&s
R. B. Shanholtz
E. Clifford Street
Shaw-Trees
New Yorker
New York City
Vincent Lippe Company
Fifth Avenue
New York
New York and
Eastern States Commission
Vincent Lippe
Williard
Washington, D. C
Shanholtz
Buzzella
N. Loudoun Street
R. E. Shanholtz
E. H. Seal
Washington
Lulu B. Shanholta
Soldiers Maintain Peace in Cicero Riot Front
In Cicero Illinois a military and police line held back rioters near an embattled apartment building where a Negro family resided. About 70 nabbed last night and 39 charged with unlawful assembly as National Guardsmen and police kept order through the night. The arrest tally included 72 nabbed Thursday with 60 booked on various charges. Harvey E. Clark Jr a bus driver linked to the trouble claimed a Communist element behind it and discussed a cease with the FBI which offered no comment.
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Cicero
Ill
Chicago
Harvey E. Clark, Jr
Heelieves
Clark
FBI
Three Die When Auto Hits Truck Near Woodbridge
Three sons killed when auto collides with an empty trailer-truck near Woodbridge Virginia. Victims are Rose Ward 26 Kingwood West Virginia Geraldine Goudy 24 Akron Ohio and Sgt Ray Spidham Fry Fort Belvoir Virginia. Fry owned the auto which burst into flames. truck driver uninjured. Both women employed by Capital Airlines in Washington.
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Washington
Woodbridge
Rose Ward
Kingwood
W. Va
Geraldine Goudy
Akron
Ray Spidham Fry
Fort Belvoir
Fry
Capital Airlines
Mixed reception to Achesons armistice stand across Congress
Secretary of State Acheson backed a Korea armistice based on current battle lines, drawing mixed comments from senators. Bridges favored the line north of 38th parallel for a united Korea. Hunt supported UN inspection. Cain warned against any truce that omits unification. Long saw present lines as more advantageous. Vice President Barkley urged maintaining military readiness amid talks. Senate group Lodge urged immediate planning for an Atlantic defense force in Europe, costing about ten billion dollars beyond current requests.
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Karl Bauman
Washington
Acheson
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Armed Services Committee
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Korea
Hunt
D-Wye
United Nations
Cain
R-Wash
Long
D-La
Barkley
Ind
Body of Girl Reported Kidnaped By Stepfather Found
The body of Betty Jean Hansen 20 was found in a ravine near Newhall California nine days after she was reported kidnapped by her stepfather Frank W Kristy 48. Deputies found a lighter bearing F W K near the body and a wristwatch engraved Betty Jean Hansen. Kristy is charged with kidnapping while Mrs Kristy said he had long been infatuated with Betty Jean. The car was later found abandoned near Las Vegas Nevada. The death cause awaits autopsy and no weapon was recovered.
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Betty
Las Vegas
Nevada
Christy
Betty Jean
Frank
Marathon Court Sessions Planned On Communist Bail
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan plans marathon hearings Monday to decide bail for 14 Communists freed on $165,000 posted by the Civil Rights Congress. The Reds will remain free pending the hearings as Ryan commits to night sessions if needed to complete the matter.
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New York
Civil Rights Congress
Red Party
Congress
Sylvester J. Ryan
Ryan
Talks on U N Demands Continue Amid Kaesong Concessions
Reds agree to neutralize Kaesong and admit not more than 20 Allied correspondents while seeking talks on Ridgway's ceasefire demands. No Allied comment yet on resuming talks. Pyongyang and Peiping broadcasts outline concessions and insist on safe, guard free zones and reciprocal delegation terms.
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Kaesong
Seoul
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Peiping
Ridgway
U. N
Pyongyang
Kyodo News Service
Kim Jl Sung
Peng Teh- Huai
Munson
Red
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