Bergstrom Air Force Base July 4 open house planned
Colonel Ashley B. Packard announced an open house at Bergstrom Air Force Base on July 4 with an air show. At a Austin Rotary Club event Packard outlined plans while Colonel Cy Wilson and Lt Ralph M. Hanson spoke on the base’s arrival and wartime operations.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Ashley B. Packard
27Th Fighter Wing
Packard
Austin
Vin Zimmerman
Kearny
Neb
Wilson
Texas
Hanson
Troop Carrier Command
Bergstrom
Military Air Transport Service
Berlin
Family fights to fund costly serum for ill daughter
In Los Angeles Nancy McCullough, 9, suffers nephrosis and requires daily injections of an expensive serum at White Memorial Hospital. The $11 per dose and related care total about $1,200 monthly, draining savings, mortgaging the home, and leaving the family reliant on charity as they seek ongoing assistance.
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Los Angeles
Nancy McCullough
White Memorial Hospital
Nancy
Robert McCullough
Philip 3
Scientist Seeks Identical Twins for Alcoholism Study
Dr. Roger Williams of the University of Texas Biochemical Institute seeks young male identical twins for a harmless metabolic test to explore inherited factors in alcoholism. The study involves dietary nutrient assimilation and does not administer alcohol, with multiple experiments already yielding results.
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Roger Williams
University of Texas Biochemical Institute
Williams
Dias
Mailman Draws Three Years To Best Feet
William E. Lilley Jr. a 46 year old Los Angeles mail carrier received a three year federal prison term for delaying and hindering the mail after postal inspectors found about 5,000 unopened letters in his apartment. Lilley said his feet tired and he took some mail home to deliver later but could not catch up.
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Los Angeles
INS
William E. Lilley Jr
Jacob Weinberger
Lilley
Tucson
Ariz
Married Aggie Senior Wins Four Awards
James Leslie Liverman of Junction, a Texas A&M senior set to graduate in June, wins four honors including the Certificate of Merit from the Texas Academy of Science and the Distinguished Honor Award from the School of Arts and Sciences. He also earns a graduate scholarship at the California Institute of Technology and the Krueger Award for high scholarship while supporting his two year old daughter.
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College Station
INS
Texas A&m
James Leslie Liverman
Junction
Texas Academy of Science
School of Arts and Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Krueger
Liverman
Giant Air Freighter Crash Lands in Berlin
A giant C97 strato freighter crash landed at Gatow Air Field in the British sector killing the runway. The crew escaped unharmed while the plane, the only C97 in the airlift, was damaged. It had departed El Paso Texas for 30 days of experimental flights and radioed with engine trouble before the emergency landing.
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Berlin
Gatow Air Field
Air Force
el Paso
Texas
Germany
Soviet Zone
Berline
Gatow
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