Naval officer links flying discs to space ships from another planet
Commander Robert B. McLaughlin argues in True magazine that saucers sighted at White Sands Proving Ground in 1949 were space ships from another world. He cites radar tracking of a 105 foot disc moving at five miles per second and sightings in April May and June 1949, while Air Force officials call them hoaxes or misinterpretations.
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New York
Navy
White Sands
N. M
Robert B. Mclaughlin
True Magazine
Air Force
McLaughlin
Donald E. Keyhoe
Organ Mountains
Central Texas Forecast and Conditions
Forecast for Central Texas shows fair skies for the coming days with low temperatures and rising humidity. For Austin on Feb 23 sunrise 7 04 am moon phase first quarter with light recent rainfall totaling 4.51 inches since January 4. Accumulated excess 0.66 inch reported.
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Jane
Laredo Raton
Heri Bae Os
Bethany Blue Laws Face Court Test Over School Walkout
In Bethany Oklahoma the blue laws dispute reaches district court with the Committee of Parents planning charges against the Bethany School Board and officials over expelled students after a student walkout. Police report a non Bethany youth threw waste paper at a girl. no injuries.
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Riddell Riggs
Oklahoma
Bethany
Charlotte McClain
Okla
Bethany School Board
W. E. Bleakley
Nazarene Church
Fletcher McLain
McLain
Charlotte McLain
Harwell Called To Mother's Bedside In Kerrville
W. O. Harwell manager of the Austin Chamber of Commerce was summoned to Kerrville on Wednesday afternoon due to his mother's serious illness at her home there.
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W. O. Harwell
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Kerrville
Pro-UMW Move To Seize Mines Starts In Congress
Washington reports that a House labor committee plan led by Lesinski aims to empower President Truman to seize coal mines on acceptable terms, with profits going to the Federal Treasury. The move follows continued bargaining with John L. Lewis as authorities prepare contempt actions over the stop strike.
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Solon
Washington
Congress
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
Truman
Federal Treasury
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Illinois
Utah
Pennsylvania
New York State
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
New York City
Pittsburgh
Rockford
Ill
Cleveland
Indiana
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
UMW
Richmond B. Keech
Keech
Islands on Equator and Date Line Straddle Pacific
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony of Great Britain remains the only territory to sit across both the Equator and the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean.
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Islands
Equator
Pacific Ocean
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Great Britain
Local chicken lovers seek red and white Checkerboard tags
The article touts little red and white Checkerboard wing tags on locally raised Purina-fed fryers. It claims only meat-type Purina-fed chickens qualify for this top quality mark, promising a tender flavorful fryer that sets apart from ordinary chickens.
Truman urges UN forum for atomic control plan
President pushes that the United Nations be the proper forum to craft an effective, workable atomic control system. He warns that top level talks with Soviet Premier Stalin cannot replace a real treaty and urges Congress to accelerate aid to underdeveloped areas and support for Europe’s recovery program.
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United Nations
Congress
Stalin
Orient
Truman
Asia
Far East
Africa
Near East
Europe
Dogs Guarding Body Stop Police At Erie Home
Police and a humane officer subdued three guarding dogs while a fourth perished guarding the body of 80 year old recluse George Riebel in a one room Erie dwelling. Coroner Warren W. Wood cites heart attack as the likely cause of death.
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Erie
George Riebel
Humane Society
Diebel
Warren W. Wood
Biebel
Ditch Digger Uncovers Live Mortar Shell in Denton
A conveyor-belt digging machine unearthed a live mortar shell at Hennen Drive Denton while workers dug a water line trench. Worker L S Smith moved the shell to a vacant lot then alerted police. Police handed the item to the local National Guard unit.
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Denton
Hennen Drive
L. S. Smith
National Guard
FEPC Debate Triggers Long House Floor Filibuster
The FEPC legislation sparked a lengthy House floor filibuster with about ten minutes per amendment and eight roll calls earlier. The session featured packed galleries and bitter debate over creating a fair employment practices commission to curb racial discrimination, with supporters led by Powell and McConnell outlining its aims and opponents calling it a risk of stirring racial strife.
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Rep
Powell
D-N.y
McConnell
R-Pa
Lesinski
D-Mich
Labor Committee
South
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Rules Committee
Australia Maps Ban on Communists
Canberra reports the Liberal Country Party government promises legislation to outlaw the Communist Party. The program also seeks a constitutional amendment to require voter approval via nationwide referendum before nationalizing industry or commerce.
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Canberra
Australia
Communist Party
Liberal- Country Party
George G. Menzies
Labor Party
Supreme Court halts 15 Texas deportation hearings
Dallas based immigration official says a Supreme Court ruling freezes hearings for about fifteen aliens in North Texas. Jose Estrada a 55 year old Mexican national among those affected had a deportation hearing set for Thursday. The ruling requires examiners to be detached from enforcement duties.
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Dallas
Supreme Court
Texas
Ww. C. Young
Immigration Service
Jose Estrada
Estrada
Young
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Fryer
Austin
Noxzema
Cnly
Jack Kenneth Nickson
Linton, Texas
Leonard Petrykus
Smith
D-Va
Davis
D-Ga
DNY
Roosevelt
D-Lib
Marcantonio
Alp-Ny
Javits
R-Ny
Clifford P. Case
R-Nj
Ellison
Ftch Company C
W. Ninth
Dial
Seo.a Dickelsenna
Kentucky
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Cascade
GEO. A. Dickel Distilling Company
Lewisville, Ky
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