Hope Held For Flier Missing In Action 7 Years
Dallas sisters cling to hope their brother, Sergeant Robert J. Ventura, shot down over Bougainville June 30 1943, is alive after seven years officially declared dead. A man claiming to be Ventura visited a city home for children and a neighbor reported similar stories, but hospitals and former associates dispute the claim. If alive, Ventura would be 28. police and family pursue the mystery.
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Dallas
Robert J. Ventura
Bougainville
Pacific
Air Force
Weldon S. Denton
Edd Thompson
Ventura
Itsimmons General Hospital
Robert Ventura
Becker
Denton
British Troops Send Christmas Greeting From Korea
London dispatch notes soldiers of the 29th Independent Infantry Brigade in Korea placed an advertisement in the London Times wishing their friends at home a very happy Christmas from the frozen foxholes.
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London
London Times
29Th Independent Infantry Brigade
Window washer too thorough shatters plate glass
In Pasadena, a store manager warned his window washer not to be so thorough after Thelma M. Chase, 42, walked through a full length plate glass window and cut her right leg. Chase said I thought it was an open door.
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Pasadena
Calif
Thelma M. Chase
Mardi Gras Expected To Show As Stated
NEW ORLEANS Dec 19 A 1951 Mardi Gras celebration appeared in prospect after a meeting with more than 60 carnival groups. Mayor Morrison said the event would be held unless unforeseen contingencies intervened and that cancellation would not serve the nation. The season begins Jan 6 and ends at midnight on Mardi Gras Feb 6.
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New Orleans
deLesseps Morrison
Named for Scout Mount Beard in Alaska
Mount Beard in Alaska bears the name of Daniel Carter Beard the founder of the Boy Scout movement in America Beard was born June 1.
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Mount Beard
Alaska
Daniel Carter Beard
Boy Scout Movement
America
Beard
Senate committee rebukes disposal of defense property
Senate armed services panel sharply criticized military officials over disposal of defense-useful property during the current emergency. Acting Chairman Russell said a contractor had begun tearing up a road at Camp Maxey Texas to dispose of it as junk. The $1,658,000,000 authorization would fund Army Navy Air Force installations and special weapons projects. A further hearing was scheduled for Wednesday with a goal to send the bill to the Senate floor this week.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services
K Place
Camp Maxey
Paris
Texas
Army
French Army Reports Indochina Withdrawal From Dinhlap
Saigon dispatch reports French forces will withdraw from Dinhlap, a key Northeastern Indochina defense anchor 80 miles from Hanoi. A Hanoi spokesman said the Dinhlap garrison of foreign legionnaires was evacuated without Vietminh interference. Saigon sources say strong enemy pressure drove the action.
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Saigon
Indochina
Dinhlap
Ingeenine
Hanoi
Foreign Legionnaires
Vietminh
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