Lodge says US air defenses strong against future attacks
Senator Lodge told the armed services committee that Army experts have developed new air defense systems including the skysweeper and a long range fire control device. He described high cooperation among Army Navy and Air Force and warned against losing Europe. He said guided missiles could make large scale invasions impractical and Normandy style landings unlikely in the future.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Senator Lodge
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Thermy
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Port Isabel Man Dies by Own Action
George Verett Piotta, 50, of Port Isabel, ended his life with a 20 gauge shotgun while parked south of Alamo. His body was found at daylight. Justice of Peace R. L. Savage ruled death by own action after reconstruction of the incident.
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Alamo
George Verett Piotta
Port Isabel
Here
Justice of Peace
R. L. Savage
Christmas Island Named After Cook Discovery
The National Geographic Society notes that Christmas Island is the Pacific region’s largest atoll. It was discovered by British Captain James Cook on Christmas Eve, 1777, explaining its name.
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Pacific
Christmas Island
Hawaii
James Cook
National Geographic Society
Married student admits slaying of Marion Baker
Edward Lester Gibbs, a Franklin and Marshall College senior from Pitman New Jersey, signed a four page statement admitting he killed Marion Baker a 21 year old college stenographer. Gibbs described picking up Baker near the post office driving to a rural spot outside Lancaster striking her with a lug wrench and attempting to bury the body. He said he took $14 from her purse and later tried to flush a ring down a toilet at a Lancaster gas station. Gibbs was arrested on the college campus and gave no motive.
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Edward Lester Gibbs
Franklin and Marshall College
Pitman
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Marion Baker
Fred Gleason
Pennsylvania State Police
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Gibbs
Miss Baker
Baker
Maple Grove
Body of La Feria Resident Recovered
Clyde King aged 39 drowned while swimming from a capsized boat off Port Isabel. His wife and F C Franklin, both of La Feria, were rescued clinging to the boat. A searching party found the body Wednesday afternoon and Coast Guard personnel brought it ashore for an inquest.
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F. C. Franklin
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Austinite Says She Not Sandra Held Death Gun in Trial
An Austinite testified that she held the gun used in the slaying, contradicting prior statements. The McCulloch County case, notable as the first white woman on murder trial there, drew a jammed sandstone courthouse crowd and tense cross examinations as Loretta Fae’s bombshell story faced pushback and threats of perjury against Loretta Fae.
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Haun
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Star-telegram
Sam McCollum
Reds charge US lied over Peiping consulate seizure
Chinese Communist press and Peiping radio accused the United States State Department of a malicious lie claiming the Reds seized the American consulate in Peiping. The editorials and broadcasts noted a discrepancy between a barracks and the consulate and referenced Butterworth, the assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, who spoke in Washington earlier.
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US State Department
Peiping
Butterworth
W Walton Butterworth
Washington
State Department
Marbles Puncture Smart Shop Row on Fifth Avenue
A New York sniping incident damaged a dozen Fifth Avenue storefront windows. Police believe a youth used an upper deck bus as a firing platform, firing marbles at stores including Woolworth, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tiffany, and Lane Bryant, with damages up to 400 dollars per window.
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Salon, Incorporated
W&j Sloane
Saks Fifth Avenue
Georg Jensen
Lane Bryant
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Bulgarian Parliament Renames Premier Vassil Kolarov
In Sofia the Bulgarian Parliament unanimously re elected Vassil Kolarov as premier. The assembly also named a new 11 member presidium headed by Mincho Neichev a Politburo member.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Vassil Kolarov
Mincho Neichev
Communist Politburo
Lankford Honored By Painters' Council
W. E. Lankford of Corpus Christi was installed as state president of the Texas Council of Painters and Contractors of America during a three day conference closing in Amarillo. Other officers named included Jack Thomas of Amarillo as secretary treasurer and Sidney Fitch of Houston as regional vice president, with next year’s convention set for Corpus Christi.
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W. E Lankford
Corpus Christi
Texas Council of Painters and Contractors of America
Jack Thomas
Sidney Fitch
Houston
Roy Hoyler
Fort Worth
Marvin Fann
Lubbock
J. C. Langford
Austin
South Austin groups push study of city school division
Civic clubs and PTA groups from the south side urge a study of the Austin school division finances and reorganization. They discuss charter rules delaying a separation vote, funding gaps for three new high schools, and a proposed 40 acre site east of South Congress Avenue for a South Austin high school. Local groups represented include the South Austin Civic Club Lions Club St Elmo Civic League and southside PTAs.
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Southside
South Austin High School
South Congress Avenue
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South Austin Civic Club
South Austin Lion's Club
St Elmo Civic League
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