Aged Suspect Admits Fatal Sex Case in Los Angeles
Fred Stroble a 66 year old baker confessed to District Attorney William Simpson that he strangled and bludgeoned six year old Linda Joyce Glacott after a day of drinking. He described the attack in detail including use of an ice pick ax and neck injuries before the girl died. He fled to Ocean Park after the incident and checked into a rooming house under an assumed name.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Baker
Linda Joyce Glacott
William Simpson
Simpson
Stroble
Mexico
Hunters' Lookout For Wreck Sought
Mrs. G. H. Harrington appeals to hunters across Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana to search for airplane wreckage. Her husband G. H. Harrington a consulting geologist and pilot O. A. Sweitzer Jr. disappeared October 21 on a Tulsa to Houston flight. No trace has been found despite extensive air and ground searches. A reward is posted for information guiding to the plane or occupants.
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Houston
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
G. H. Harrington
Oklahoma City
Harrington
DP Similarity Ends At Hope’s Horizon
A noon train brought 11 displaced persons to Austin and Opportunity, arriving under arrangements by War Relief Services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. The article notes the similarity ends there and details the differing circumstances.
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JO Ann Eicom
Austin
Opportunity
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Bastrop County
Frurz
Claude Faust
First Grade Girl Murdered Found in Idaho Canal
Glenda Joyce Brisbois, seven, a first grader from Burley Idaho, was found murdered in an irrigation canal about 18 hours after her kidnapping. Police say a car linked to the suspect was cleared and a cold trail remains. Local officials expressed shock as coroner and family members reacted to the brutal crime.
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Idaho Canal
Burley
Idaho
Glenda Joyce Brisbois
Jess Carlton
Twin Falls
Isia
Bill Williams
Glenda
Boise
Salt Lake City
Vern McCulloch
Mildred Brisbois
Charles Brisbois
B. C. Bishop
Payette
Kibitzers urge US Russia to halt cold war at UN debate
Philippines and other small nations pleaded for an end to the US Soviet rivalry seen as a deadly chess game. They urged stop to microphone diplomacy and for giants to let smaller states act for peace as the UN Assembly sides with Greece and the Balkan dispute.
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New York
United States
Russia
Philippines
Lopez
Ussr
United
Eighteen Airmen Die in Midair B29 Collision Near Stockton
Eighteen airmen were killed when two B29s from Spokane collided during a mock bombing run west of Stockton California. Ten bodies were recovered from one plane and eight from the other, with Private Keith R. Burns the sole known survivor among the Stockton crash victims.
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Stockton
Calif
Burns
Flares and Signals Trigger Bermuda Plane Search
Red flares spotted 240 miles northeast of Bermuda and faint radio signals spurred a wide air and sea search for a US Air Force B29 crash off Bermuda. The plane, from March Field, ditched with 20 aboard after fuel and radio gear failure. 45 aircraft and multiple ships joined the hunt.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
US Air Force
Atlantic
March Air Base
Calif
England
District 14AA Final Set with Austin Opposition
District 14AA championship game is slated for Friday night featuring Austin versus Corpus Christi. The Texas Yearlings finish prep for Texas A&M Fish clash at Memorial Stadium as spring highlights roll in. The note lists 20 bush leaguers drafted by 14 major league teams amid regional sports chatter. Leon Hart named Maxwell Club college player of the year. No major casualties reported after heavy deer rush by about 50 hunters.
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Austin
Corpus Christi
Texas
Texas A&m Fish
Memorial Stadium
Central Texas
Leon Hart
Maxwell Club
Arone
Milton L Morris Dies After Long Illness
Milton L Morris retired division passenger agent for Missouri Pacific Railroad died in a Palestine hospital Thursday afternoon. He lived in Austin at 2206 Rio Grande and had resided there 22 years. Morris entered hospital in Palestine last Monday and retirement from active work occurred about 10 years ago. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 10 a m in Palestine.
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Milton L. Morris
Missouri- Pacific Railroad
Palestine
Morris
Austin
Rio Grande
Missouri-Pacific
This Run Didn't Even Warm Up Fire Engine
Firemen from Engine Company 103 rushed to a blaze at the J Lerner Box Company plant adjacent to their station. The four story factory suffered water soaked boxes and collapsing walls toppled inward. One firefighter was injured. Chief Mullaney said the crew would have faced danger if walls fell the other way and blocked the firehouse.
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Chicago
Engine Company 103
J. Lerner Box Company
Anthony J. Mullaney
Company 103
Weather outlook for Austin stays mild and sunny this weekend
The Weather Bureau forecast shows no change for Austin’s weekend weather with mild sunny days and clear cool nights through Saturday. Thursday’s high reached 75 with a low not specified in the fragment.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Austinite Takes State PTA Post
Four Texas vice presidents were introduced at the state PTA convention in Waco on Thursday night. They are Mrs C A Cawthorn Paris Region Two Mrs I M Smith Elsa Hidalgo County Region Four Mrs C N Austin Jr Austin Region Six and Mrs E M Pittman Anson Region Eight. Maurice T Moore New York City attorney told delegates that Western Europe’s economic health deters communism and supports US prosperity. He credited the Marshall Plan with helping rebuild Europe and argued for maintaining military strength.
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C. A. Cawthorn
Paris
I. M. Smith
Elsa
Hidalgo County
C. N. Austin Jr
Austin
E. M. Pittman
Anson
H. F. Godeke
Lubbock
Maurice T. Moore
New York City
Western
Europe
United States
Moore
Paul Hoffman
Two Far East Moves Reported in Siam Parley
President Truman denounces as outrageous the imprisonment of American Consul General Angus Ward by Chinese Communists at Mukden. He voiced the anger after a 70 minute morning review with Secretary Acheson of a developing Rotena program for the Far East.
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Washington
Truman
Angus Ward
Mukden
State Acheson
State Department
Acheson
Philip C. Jessup
Far East
United States
Tokyo
India
Pakistan
Bangkok
Thailand
Siam
Jessup
Ward
Peiping
Manchuria
Moscow
Shanghai
Flying Cloud
Burma
Far Eastern Commission
Russa
White House
Truman vows Taft Hartley action if emergency rises in coal crisis
President Truman signaled readiness to use the Taft Hartley Law in the soft coal dispute if an emergency exists, while denying an imminent crisis as 380,000 miners threaten to walk out after John L. Lewis-led truce ends December 1. He rejected a fact finding board and kept options open, emphasizing enforcement of existing laws.
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Washington
Truman
Taft-Hartley Club
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Truman
McHartey
Taft-Hartley
Lewis
White House
Austin Building Tops ’48 Mark
A city compilation shows in first half of November the Austin building totals reaching 1 561 775 and a year end record 27 876 616 surpassing 27 161 151 for 1948. Dwelling permits issued sum 780 400 for 13 456 236 year to date with 102 permits. Sixteen commercial projects valued at 252 000 bring year total to 4 784 769. November permits for dwelling units numbered 1 572 for 1949.
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John C. Eckert
Reds Edge Toward Chungking In China Front
Communist forces close in on Chungking as Sichuan falls and highway hubs like Tsingchen come under Red control. Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist leaders scramble to halt the advance while foreign presence in Chungking primes plans for potential relocation.
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Chungking
China
Canton
Defense Ministry
Sichuan
Tsingchen
Chingchen
Paoki
Paochi
Chiang Kai-shek
Chengtu
Szechwan
Kunming
Chungki
John Wiley Rozier
Sparta
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