Bevin to Lead Asian Strategy Talks in Colombo
London December 26 British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will travel to Ceylon to coordinate the Commonwealths plan to counter Communist influence across Asia. He will be accompanied by Mrs Bevin and a physician after suffering a mild heart attack on Christmas Eve. The Colombo meeting will include foreign ministers from seven dominion partners and aims to address Japan's role, anti Communist uprisings, wartime debts, and Malaya policy amid rising Asian nationalism.
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Flying Saucers Real as Interplanetary Observation Vehicles
True magazine in January argues flying saucers are real spacecraft used to observe Earth by visitors from other planets. Donald E. Keyhoe cites eight months of investigation and a Wright Field source as proof, with about 300 sighting reports reviewed by project saucer teams.
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US Commerce Department
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Project Saucer
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Ohio
Journal Herald
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J. A. Hynek
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Passenger Plane Forced To Land Over Phoenix Emergency
An American Airlines DC from New York to Los Angeles with 49 aboard made an emergency landing in Phoenix on three engines after smoke appeared in its No 3 engine seven minutes from Tucson. Fire crews returned to routine status after inspecting an oil leak in the engine. The flight carried 44 passengers and a crew of five.
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Bob Hope Returns From Alaska Christmas Tour
Bob Hope and his wife Patricia plus two children flew home from Alaska after entertaining American troops in Anchorage Kodiak and Fairbanks. The party landed in Burbank California where it was 72 degrees after experiencing 40 degrees below zero on the tour. Air Secretary W Stuart Symington accompanied the troupe and returned with them to California.
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Red Cross Mobilizes After Hyndman Fire Disaster
Hyndman Pennsylvania faces a Christmas night blaze that destroyed the town’s business district and left 29 families homeless. Andrew Gregg of the Red Cross said the area is a declared disaster and aid will include clothing and reconstruction grants for homeowners.
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Ernest Harden
Bedford
Helen Turner
Life with the Dionne Quintuplets a reporter’s on the spot tale
January Reader's Digest issue presents a condensed on the first week with the Dionne quintuplets. The feature recalls how the five infants weighed about ten pounds together and reflects on Dr Dafoe’s heart, illustrating public fascination and medical care during early days.
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Ex Eisenhower aide Maj Gen John P Lucas dies in Chicago
Maj Gen John P Lucas 59 former personal deputy to Eisenhower died Saturday. He served as Fifth Army deputy commander with Chicago headquarters and had been at Great Lakes naval hospital since Dec 16. Born 1890 in Kearneysville West Virginia, he fought in World War I and II, and served with Pancho Villa campaign. He is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs John K Boles Jr and a son Col John P Lucas Jr.
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Society Matron Found Dead in Memphis Park
Memphis, Tenn. December 26. The body of Martha White Russell, prominent society matron and mother of three, was found in a park after she disappeared Christmas Eve. Her husband Dr. George Russell said he fears she took her own life. The note she left read I have lost.
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