London BEA Crash Kills 28 of 30 Aboard Viking Flyover
A British European Airways two engine Viking crashed into a pipe stack beyond London Airport runway in dense fog killing 28 of 30 aboard. Americans Ernest Friedenheim and P Levy among the dead. two survivors, stewardess Alice Steen and passenger William Perkins, reported serious injuries.
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London
British European Airways
BEA
Ernest Friedenheim
New York City
P. Levy
North Winthrop
Chicago
Judith Lauterbach
Alice Steen
William Perkins
Paris
Viking
Northolt
Royal Air Force
Navy Sets Secret Meeting for UT
The Navy announced a conference at the University of Texas on November 16 and 17 reviewing supersonic airflow problems impacting guided missiles rockets bombs and projectiles. The meeting will be presented by the Navy Bureau of Ordnance and major research agencies with tours of defense labs. Access is limited to those with security clearance.
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Washington
eNavy
Theniversity of Texas
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Navy
Defense Research Laboratory
Forgotten $13 Gift to Chest Found After Two Years
A $13 contribution from 1948 was found in a store safe after a death interrupted a local Community Chest drive. The envelope, with $14, was turned over to Chest secretary H. Aubrey Elliott for inclusion in the current $182,863 campaign total.
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Community Chest
Hallowe'en
H. Aubrey Elliott
ESA Chief Urges Steel Selves for Hard Times Ahead
Economic Stabilization Director Alan Valentine told the Women’s National Press Club that Americans must brace for years of harder life as the nation builds military strength. He warned inflation must be fought by all, and that long-term defense production programs may extend beyond four years.
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Washington
Alan Valentine
Women's National Press Club
Valentine
ESA
Korea
Pearl Harbor
Alaska
Greenland
Who Will Be Eligible to Vote in Bond Issue Election
A brief advisory note outlines who may vote in Monday’s bond issue election. It mentions simple rules and directs readers to page 1 for details. Also noted are local items on a deer lease help from C A Stone of Fredericksburg and football fan letters to Ohio State Coach Wes Fesler.
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C. A. Stone
Fredericksburg
Reuben
Ohio State
Wes Fesler
Iowa
Iowans
Buckeyes
Pittsburgh
Puerto Rican revolt grips San Juan as Nationalists clash
A gun battle roared in San Juan as barricaded rebels faced National Guard forces aided by planes and tanks. At least one dead and five wounded, including two children, amid a revolt that left 32 Puerto Ricans killed across 10 centers, with Jayuya and Utuado recaptured at dawn.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
National Guard
Barrio Obrero
National
Jayuya
Utuado
Testimony Heard In San Saba Murder Trial
A jury was formed and the state opened its case in the murder trial of H C Harris in San Saba. Harris is charged with malice murder for shooting Burnett in Mason on March 31, with witnesses including former Mason County officials and a store manager describing the shooting. Court resumes Wednesday at 9 a m.
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San Saba
H. C. Harris
Harris
Baurnett
Mason
Burnett
Archie White
Mason County
Albert Keith
John T. Banks
Cora Lee Custer
Glenn Cavness
Banks
George A. Miller
K. K. Taylor
Buford Mays
G. Boyd Smith
Richland Springs
C. C. Baskin
Raymond Oliver
H. V. Clark
Ervin Roberds
H. W. Baker
Algerita
S. L. Neal
China Creek
T. T. Gage
Chappel
W. J. Collins
Colony
Waco Firm To Buy Electric Bus Lines
Officials of the Waco Transit Company revealed the Waco firm will buy the Texas Electric Bus Lines operating between Dallas and Waco. Purchase price was not disclosed. The sale will be completed in Waco Wednesday.
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Dallas
Waco Trany
Texas Electric Bus Lines
Waco
Waco Transit Company
Pardon Behind Vallone Slaying Tied to Gangsters
Defense attorneys in 53rd District Court argued Vincent Vallone was killed in Houston in July 1949 after breaking a pledge with gangsters who allegedly funded a pardon. They claim a $100 000 to $150 000 payoff was arranged to influence a pardon, while Vallone had a life sentence for murder.
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Diego L. Carlino
53Rd
Vincent Vallone
Houston
Percy Foreman
Vallone
Galveston
Texas
Foreman
Picket Ban Extended Ten Days By District Judge Betts
District Judge C. O. Betts extended a temporary restraining order against unions for ten days in the Brown and Root case after noon Tuesday. Unions protested the hearing as a discovery probe and demanded the appearance of Brown.
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C. O. Betts
Brown and Root, Inc
Brown and Root
Texas
Emmett L. Bauknight
Herman Brown
Brown
Marion Ladwig
Ladwig
Janet
Peleet
Sten
Almonds Force To Strike Tests Chinese Communists
U S 24th Division armored column halted two miles from the Manchurian border after a savage Red Counterattack. A second American column on the northeast coast was within five miles of the border as the plan was to renew the assault.
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Seoul
North
Chongju
Unsan
Almond
Hamhung
Hambung
Korea
Sinuiju
Yalu
Antung
Church
Tolsier
Gen. Church
Jack MacBeth
Hyesanjin
Iwon
Sea of Japan
Eighth Army
Pungsan
Halloween Night Pranks Strain Austin Police Resources
Police dispatches describe a chaotic Halloween night with hydrants turned on, paint thrown on a city bus, fences torn down, and garbage cans and boards blocking streets. Chief Thorp urged harmless fun as officers battled widespread mischief across east and west Austin, aided by 30 firemen and patrol cars throughout the city.
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Windsor Road
West Liveoak
East Fifth
Guadalupe
Enfield
West Austin
East Austin
Thorp
Carragan
Alex Pope
Hallowe'en
Bridge Widening Bond Ruled Illegal By Daniel
Travis County cannot issue bonds to widen the Congress Avenue Bridge after Attorney General Price Daniel ruled the bridge is part of a state designated highway and under state law its title resides with the state. The ruling blocks a local bond election sought by South Austin residents and awaits the commissioners court’s action.
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Travis County
Congress Avenue
Price Daniel
Commi Court
South Austin
Commissioners Court
Burnell Waldrep
State Highway Commission
State Highway Fund
Travis
New Taxes Effective On TV Sets and Freezers
Washington reports that beginning Wednesday a 10 percent excise tax will be added to manufacturers' prices of television sets and home freezers. The Internal Revenue Bureau notes the tax does not apply to sets or freezers already in wholesale or retail channels or those that had left the factory by midnight Tuesday.
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Valentine
Chicago
Claude A. Putnam
National Association of Manufacturers
Putnam
America
Agriculture Department
National Production Authority
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Four Yak Planes Bomb US Craft Over Korea
Four Yak fighters attacked a US flight five miles east of Sinulju as B26 bombers and a T6 observation plane defended. B26 crews claimed one Yak down and F51 Mustangs claimed two more. No American aircraft were lost. The encounter involved the 452nd Bomb Group of 626 light bombers making their first Korean War action.
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5Th Air Force
Korea
Sinulju
Sth Air Force
Air Force
Shivers Aims to Rotate State Board Appointments
Gov. Shivers said he plans to replace most non-salaried, overlapping state board members as terms expire. He expects about 100 appointments to broaden citizen service, with exceptions for individual cases, while discussing four year terms for some elective officials and pending Supreme Court justice selection after Hart resigns.
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Allan Shivers
Commission
Coke Stevenson
Shivers
Regents of Colleges
Board of Insurance Commissioners
Public Safety Commission
Public Welfare Commission
Gorge
House
Supreme Court
James P. Hart
Stevenson
Beauford Jester
Jester
Gene
Boards of Regents
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