Rock crushes picnic party killing four in California
A 70 ton granite slab toppled on seven picnickers near Dead Man's Point in ICTORVILLE California killing four and injuring two. Rescue crews used winches and jacks to reach victims as the trapped couple were taken to St Bernardine's Hospital.
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Hurts
Picnic
California
Ictorville
Calif
Dead Man's Point
Hirschman
J. ©. Garrison
L. L
Zeke) Eblen
Five UT Students Injured In Saturday Crash
Five University of Texas students remained in Brackenridge Hospital after a Saturday accident that injured eight. Thomas Reynolds Met, 19, drove the car that overturned on the Cameron road north of Austin. Obert W. Finnegan, 19, fractured a leg. others listed include Fred Marik 18 Grace Eeuer 18 Jeanne Stark 17 and Twinkle Barnett 17. Wilbur P. Allen 70 of 500 East Seventh was in fair condition after a separate auto pedestrian crash on East Seventh Street.
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University of Texas
Brackenridge
Thomas Reynolds
Cameron
Austin
Highway Patrol
Obert W. Finnegan
Ers
Fred Marik
Grace Eeuer
Jeanne Stark
Twinkle Barnett
Wilbur P. Allen
East Seventh
East Seventh Street
Escape From Communist Territory Recounts Across Asia
US Consul Lara Lutkins escapes Kunming in a overloaded 46 freight plane after fighting delayed departure. Two Economic Cooperation Administration officials Albert Willis and Alfred Meschter are released unharmed after 81 days as prisoners of North Korean Communists near the 38th parallel at Yahyon.
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Far East
United States
Mong Kong
Lara Lutkins
Kunming
Seoul
Korea
Economic Cooperation Administration
Larue Lutkins
Red Kunming
Lutkins
Var Green
Pima
Texas
the Economic Cooperation Administra
Albert E. Willis
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alfred T. Meschter
Kinderhook
Harold J. Noble
South Korea
Yahyon
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Movie Theater Schedule Across Cities
A jumble of film titles and showtimes listed for various theaters. Includes Adam's Rib Beyond the Forest House of Strangers Gunga Din The Great Gatsby Not Wanted and other titles with multiple daily starts.
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Capitol
Registaire
Acyst
House of Strangers
G. Robinson
Fri Rma
Lund
Atures
Texas
Ugies Fairbanks, Jr
Eatures
Austin
Nie
Stasi
House of Rars
Ivy Lanseny
Tne Y Gamblies
Barbara Isrin
Pane Crain
Deputy to Seek Delay in Sam Smithwick Trial
In Belton on December 11, the murder case of former Jim Wells County deputy Sam Smithwick is to be called again for trial Sunday. His attorneys may seek another delay while proceedings continue over the charge that the 61-year-old officer shot Newscaster Bill Mason at Alice on July 29. The trial was moved here on venue change.
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Belton
Sam Smithwick
Jim Wells County
Bill Mason
Alice
Planes Search For Missing DC-3 Over Baja California
Coast Guard planes combed Baja California waters Sunday for a DC 3 missing since Friday likely carrying Mexican Army officials. Strong winds and clouds hampered search efforts as the aircraft departed Turtle Bay bound for Ensenada with an undetermined number of aboard.
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Los Angeles
Coast Guard
Baja California
Turtle Bay
Ensenada
Argentine Workers Plan Demonstration
In Buenos Aires on December 11 a million Argentine workers will stop work for 15 minutes Monday in a CGT backed show of support for President Peron.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
General Labor Confederation
CGT
Public Health Expert Colonel A Parker Hitchens Dies at 72
Philadelphia report says Lieutenant Colonel A Parker Hitchens, 72, a longtime public health authority and former director of the bureau of laboratories at the Pennsylvania State Board of Health, died after a long illness.
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Philadelphia
A. Parker Hitchens
US Army Medical Corps
Hitchens
Bureau of Laboratories
Pennsylvania State Board of Health
Tornado and Blizzard Hit Midwest toll rises in storms
A weekend storm across Arkansas Missouri and surrounding states left multiple fatalities and widespread damage. Tornadic winds battered Hannibal Missouri while blizzards swept the northern plains causing icy roads and missing persons. Weather warnings warned a continuing cold wave and record lows across the Dakotas Nebraska Minnesota and Iowa.
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Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan
Kansas City
Modesto
Miss River
Hannibal
Rockies
Nebraska
Iowa
Central
West
Canada
Plains
Cental States
al O
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Montana
Emil F. Mitchie
Butte
Dakotas
Utah
North Dakota
Lewiston
Mont
Mercury
Livingston
Rocky Mountains
Upper Plains
Great Lakes
Oe Motor Club
Dorse Rust
Lower
Mississippi Valley
Jackie Robinson Wins Carver Memorial Racial Award
New York December 11 Jackie Robinson was named the 1949 winner of the George Washington Carver Memorial Institute gold award for betterment of race relations. Robert D Hobday chaired the award committee and announced the decision after a meeting stating the award would be presented soon. Previously honored were Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt in 1946 William Randolph Hearst in 1947 and Darryl F Zanuck in 1948.
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New York
Jackie Robinson
George Washington Carver Memorial Institute
Robert D. Hobday
Institute
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Randolph Hearst
Darry F. Zanuck
Reds Claim Brazilians Recruiting in Germany
Berlin dispatch says Taegliche Rundschau reports the Brazilian military mission in West Berlin is recruiting former German military experts for Brazil. It alleges both East and West zones are used to recruit Nazi Wehrmacht technicians and issue exit visas to South America. The mission operates from the American sector with its chief in Hamburg and no further comment available.
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Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
West Berlin
Brazil
Rundschau
East
West Nes
South America
Hamburg
Head on Truck Crash Kills Pedestrian and Injures Four
One man died and four people were slightly hurt in a head on collision 15 miles north of George West. Oscar Karl Wallace of Harlingen, 57, died after driving the panel truck. The four injured were Brownsville residents riding in the cotton pickers truck.
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George West
Here
Oscar Karl Wallace
Harlingen
Brownsville
Legion Urges Straight Thinking On U S Problems
The American Legion national vice commander urged straight thinking to counter pressures from media and magazines. He warned that selective news and reports threaten free thought while stressing the Legion as a model for calm objective thinking. John Thomas Taylor attacked the Hoover Commission plan to move veterans programs from the VA, urging defense of rehabilitation funding. Mrs. Norman L. Sheehe urged maintaining VA functions and a civil defense system, while Fort Worth commander Joe Spurlock called for active support of community service and development programs.
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Fort Worth
American Legion
D. H. Fleischer
St. Louis
Legion
Texas
The
Hotel Texas
Fleischer
the American Legion
John Thomas Taylor
Washington, D. C
National Legislative Commission
Hoover Commission
Veterans Administration
A&a
Norman L. Sheehe
Rockford, Til
Legion Auxiliary
Joe Spurlock
Waxahachie Man Shot Dead in Dallas Tavern
Waxahachie resident Lee Bowen was killed early Sunday in a Dallas County tavern. The tavern operator was detained after allegedly admitting the shooting during an argument. The sheriff cited a long standing feud as the likely motive.
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Dallas
Lee Bowen
Waxahachie
Dallas County
Bowen
Bill Decker
Shires Assault Trial Delayed Until January Sixteenth
Former major league baseball player Art Shires 43 once with the Chicago White Sox is charged with aggravated assault in a case involving W H Erwin dated October 3 1948. His trial was postponed to January 16 after counsel secured the delay to summon witnesses.
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Dallas
Hasen
Art (the Great) Shires
Chicago White Sox
W. H
Hi) Erwin
Shires
Do it yourself Spirit Drives Life Insurance Growth
Readers are urged to recognize the lasting opportunity for initiative driven by the modern do it yourself spirit. The piece cites 78 million voluntary owners of life insurance using policies for retirement education of children and financial help in emergencies.
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Glenn Grabers
America
Life Insurance Service Highlight by Agent
A life insurance message urges contacting your agent to maximize policy value. It notes life insurance as a service and points to the Institute of Life Insurance at 60 E 42nd St New York NY as a central information source.
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the Institute of Life Insurance
E. 42Nd St
New York
N. Y
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Robert Asper
Upland
Harold Bovee
Venture
Jessie E. Isom
Frances Morris
Pomona
Milburn Hirschman
Capt. Eblen
Richey Cycle and Supply CO
Rio Grande Ph
Kunming US
ECA
Tion
Savings & Loan Association
Southland
Southland Ice
Saultuland
Arkansas
LaGuardia Field
Midwest
Ohio
Thomas MacAllister
Miles City
Carver
Reds
Germany
Waxahachian
Zale
Jale Jewelry CO
State C.O.D
Ind
Congress
Glenn Graber
Hyeee
Glenn J. Graber
Hartville
Glenn
Florida
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