Wrestling bear Ginger nets 256th win in Vancouver bout
Ginger the Tennessee bear defeated Tony Ross in 23 seconds after Les Welch of Pawhuska Oklahoma entered the ring. The SPCA ended its investigation, noting the bear was not mistreated, while Ross reported being scratched but unharmed.
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Vancouver
B. C
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Ginger
Tennessee
Man
SPC
Les Welch
Pawhuska
Okla
Tony Ross
Pacific Northwest
Welch
Ross
Douglas Improves After Horseback Accident
Physicians said Justice William O. Douglas is improving after a horseback ride accident in the Cascade Mountains. He sustained 13 broken ribs and a punctured lung when the horse fell on him, rolling twice down a steep embankment. Doctors expect his hospital stay to end within two weeks.
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Yakima
Wash
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Elon Gilbert
Tot Drowns in Stock Tank at Farm Home
Midland reports the drowning of 18 month old Roland Pugh at the family farm home five miles south of Terminal City. He was found in a stock tank near the house and died after being brought to a Midland hospital. Services were held Thursday.
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Midland
Roland Pugh
Ralph B. Pugh
Terminal City
Pugh
Texas Man Working On Power Line Killed
Tommy Burton twenty one, son of Leon Burton of Ambrose, Texas, was killed when a pole fell on him while he worked on an REA line. His body was being returned to Ambrose.
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Texas
Deming
N. M
Tommy Burton
Leon Burton
Ambrose
Death claims Robert E. Hannegan in St. Louis
Robert E. Hannegan former postmaster general and St. Louis Cardinals owner died of a heart ailment in St. Louis at about 10 a.m. He helped propel Harry S. Truman to the White House, serving as national Democratic chairman in 1944 and shaping Missouri politics. He was 46.
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Robert E. Hannegan
Harry S. Truman
White House
St. Louis Cardinals
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National League Baseball Club
Fred M. Saigh
Democratic City Committee
Truman
Chicago
Missouri
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
US Senate
St. Louis Ward
Big City
Kansas City
William M. Boyle
National Party
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