Negligence Cited In Bus Train Crash Near Ontario
Coroner's jury blames bus driver for fatal crash that killed 10 March Air Force Base soldiers and six women near Ontario. Assigned driver Doyle Hall died. relief driver Gordon Crimin also perished. Survivors numbered five of 21 aboard. Train was traveling 71–73 mph with signals giving limited warning. Funeral services held for the airmen. bodies to be sent home for burial.
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Ontario
Calif
Air Force Base
Doyle W. Hall
Hobbs Isle
Ala
Gordon Crimin
Baker, Ore
Highway Patrol
John K. Wood
Union Pacific
A. A. Hall
el Doyle
Hall
D. F. Wengert
Los Angeles
March Air Base Chapel
Jet transport in 1955 unlikely but speeds soar
Los Angeles reports experts at an aeronautics meeting foresee jet transports by 1955 with speeds of 500 to 550 mph, altitudes to 35 000 feet and 3 500 mile hops in 50 to 100 seat planes costing about 2.5 million dollars to build. Douglas engineer Carlos Wood says jets are five years away due to lack of economic justification for replacing 300 mph airliners.
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Society of Automotive Engineers
National Aeronautic Meeting
Carlos Wood
Douglas Aircraft
Helldrivers Target May Reunion For 36th Division
About 10 former members of the 36th Division Quartermaster Truck Company meet to plan a May reunion. Captain R G McFarland named chairman, with Major Mickey Frances, Leroy Maldin and Joe Sanders on the committee. The unit adopted the name Helldrivers in World War II.
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36Th Division Quartermaster Truck Company
Austin
R. G. McFarland
Mickey Frances
Leroy Maldin
Joe Sanders
Helldrivers
SMU Answers Humble Oil Suit
SMU filed its answer in the 53rd District Court in Austin denying Humble Oil's claim that SMU would drain oil from Gregg County leases by drilling two new wells. Humble filed the suit last September 15 against SMU and J. J. Perkins who donated the oil property to SMU. SMU argues the East Texas field has an independent reservoir due to underground formations and a water barrier.
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Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Humble Oil Company
SMU
Gregg County
Humble
53Rd District
Austin
J. J. Perkins
Wichita Falls
Perkins
East Texas
Envoy Douglas Denies Sharman Engagement on Italian Trip
Florence, Oct 6. United States ambassador to Britain Lewis W. Douglas said his daughter Sharman who just turned 21 is not engaged. The Earl of Westmoreland accompanying the Douglases blushed as the ambassador declared the news false. Mrs. Douglas and Sharman were present. The Earl, 25, said they are on vacation in Italy and will soon return to London. The party traveled by car from Venice and plans to visit Rome.
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Florence
Italy
Lewis W. Douglas
Britain
Sharman
Earl of Westmoreland
Douglases
Earl
London
Phoenix College sends perfumed football publicity misfired
Phoenix College mailed football publicity on perfumed paper by publicist Bill Hagerty. The effort was not meant to reflect on the team or Miss America Jacque Mercer, but became mixed with a perfumed advertising blotter.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Phoenix College
Jacque Mercer
Bill Hagerty
AMA Rebukes FBI Tactics in Health Insurance Probe
The American Medical Association condemns DOJ anti trust agents for using police state methods in pursuing compulsory health insurance. It cites 16 medical groups investigated, a Chicago medical society raid last February, and alleges politically motivated attacks amid AMA efforts for voluntary coverage.
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FBI
Chicago
American Medical Association
Department of Justice Anti-Trust Division
AMA Board of Trustees
George F. Lull
AMA
Anti-Trust Division
Federal Bureau Ofvestigation
Anti-Trust Department
Board of Trustees
Department of Justice
Chicago Medical Society
Kaiser-Frazer Receives $34 Million RFC Loan
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation granted Kaiser-Frazer Corporation a 34.4 million dollar loan to tool up for 1951 models. Reports say Kaiser may consider entering the light car field in 1951 with competition to Ford Chevrolet and Plymouth while private financing covered tooling for 1950 models. Edgar Kaiser, KF president, was in Washington last week but declined further comment.
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RFC
Kaiser-Frazer
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Willow Run
Mich
Detroit
K-F
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Edgar Kaiser
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