B29 Crashes in Sea Nine Missing Near Okinawa
A B29 Superfortress crashed into the East China Sea off Okinawa shortly after takeoff. Nine of the twelve crew are missing as search operations continue. Sgt Richard C Burke of Belton Texas saved one of the rescued fliers by keeping him afloat until help arrived. Three crew members were rescued and taken to a military hospital on Okinawa. A board of Air Force officers will investigate the crash.
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Tokyo
East China Sea
Okinawa
Douglas MacArthur
Richard C. Burke
Beston
Texas
Far East Air Force Headquarters
Air Force
Nathan Clifford Haynes Jr
Sherman
John J. Jackson
Drew Field Homes
Tampa
Fla
Raul Albert Hernandez
Otha P. Stanley
Chapel Hill
N. C
Jack E. Kennedy
Clarence S. Kates
Donald E. Brine
Leon Charles Strieff
Macdill Air Force Base
Fieet T Llieutenant
William Barton Forshee
Bowling Green
Thomas E. Bla
Miracle electronic ear hides deafness in Chicago
A Chicago scientist unveils a new electronic ear that transmits whispers clearly and makes old hearing aids obsolete. The device leaves no visible button and avoids dangling wires, offering hope to about 15 million hard of hearing Americans. Free booklet detailing the discovery is available by mail.
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Chicago
United States
Electronic Research
West 19Th Street
Beltone Building
US Lines Repel Kored Assaults Near Pohang Front
Allied forces repel multiple North Korean assaults around Pohang and Naktong fronts. South Koreans advance from Yongchon toward Kyongju, capturing equipment and freeing 73 Republican soldiers. Ground actions focus on Battle Mountain and Hill 115 as UN defenses hold.
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Bem Price
Pohang
Sea of Japan
Anyang
Pyongyang
MacArthur
Moscow
25Th Infantry
Stan Swinton
Battle Mountain
Masan
Naktong River
Second Infantry Division
Changnyong
Taegu
Texans Listed As Casualties Of Korean Fighting
Defense Department casualty list No. 91 reports one Texan killed in action and two missing during the Korean war. Eight soldiers and nine Marines wounded. Killed: Corporal Willie M. Thomas of Houston. Missing: Sergeants and lieutenants including L. D. Summerlin of Mount Pleasant and Cordus H. Thornton of Dallas. Injured: Major Peter H. Comnas of Baytown and several named soldiers from Brownsville, Corpus Christi, El Paso, and other Texas cities.
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Washington
Defense Department
Willie M. Thomas
Annie Lee Thomas
Houston
L. D. Summerlin
John C. Summerlin
Mount Pleasant
Cordus H. Thornton
Mabel C. Thornton
Margarita V. Guevara
Corpus Christi
Alexander H. Hunt
Ella Davis
William J. Sheppard
Josephine Sheppard
Austin
Marine Corps
Billie Dean Campbell
Fred W. Burk
Gladewater
Jesse Ray Childress
Wayne H. Childress
Crisp
Rudy Gonzales Garcia
Petra Baiza
San Antonio
Marion Robert Hawkins
Esther B. Hawkins
Waco
Richard Rae Herrin
Mellie Green
Galveston
William Thomas Keele
Thomas A. Keele
Lamesa
Roy Eugene Luster
Roland E. Luster
Hearne
Jackie Wayne MacDonald
Buck J. MacDonald
Burkburnett
Arnulfo Martinez
Emilio Martinez
Brownsville
Peter H. Comnas
Basil G. Comnas
Baytown
Fire damages garage and car at Sunset Lane
Sunday morning a fire at 1607 Sunset Lane destroyed a 196 model sedan in an attached garage and caused smoke damage to a three room frame house owned by John T. Hitchcock. The alarm came in at 10 07 am.
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Sunset Lane
John T. Hitchcock
Allied Forces Begin Large Scale Germany Field Maneuvers
Nearly 100000 American British and French troops join a major training drill in occupied Germany near Heidelberg observing by General Mark Clark. Martial observers from Atlantic Pact nations watch tanks planes and paratroop drops as units simulate defending against a Russian led assault.
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Heidelburg
Germany
Monthay
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Frankfurt
Berlin
Darmstadt
United States
Truman
Europe
Atlantic
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York
Western Europe
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Gen. Clark
Washington
Trieste
Calvary Regiment
Czechoslovakia
Russia
US Constabulary
First Royal Dragoons
Britain
France
Austria
US Navy
US Army
Two Persons Stabbed in Early Morning Fights
Police report two men and a woman were stabbed in separate fights Sunday. Corine Douglas of 1809 Rosewood was stabbed in the chest on East 11th Street. Bill E. McCurry of 4305 Avenue A was stabbed in the back and abdomen on Guadalupe Street. A 20 year old youth and a 25 year old woman were held for questioning.
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Corine Douglas
Rosewood
East 11Th Street
Bill E. McCurry
Avenue A
Guadalupe Street
Largest Sugar Pine Trees Reach Great Heights
Sugar Pine trees are the largest pines, occasionally growing up to 250 feet tall and 12 feet in diameter, marking them as remarkable woodland giants.
Gray Dedicates Texas Hospital
General Carl R. Gray Jr. dedicated a new 250 bed veterans hospital in Big Spring Texas. About 3000 people attended the ceremony in front of the $6,000,000 building. Dr. Lloyd B. Andrew named first manager. Hospital admitted its first patients July 17 and aims for full load by winter.
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Big Spring
Carl R. Gray Jr
Veterans Affairs
Veterans Hospital
United States
Gray
Lloyd B. Andrew
Adolph Swartz
Canada May Send 15,000 to Fight in Korea
Defense Minister Brooke Claxton announced in Parliament that Canada may deploy 15,000 troops to Korea, up from an original 4,000 to 5,000. Canada has 8,300 men recruited for a Korean brigade and expects to sail after Christmas with further training in Japan before action.
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Ottawa
Canada
Korea
Brooke Claxton
Claxton
Japan
Deaths and Funerals Follow Local Avalanches of Loss
Infant Peggy Marlene Ceder dies at local hospital. funeral at Cook Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. Salvador Chavez rosaries and church funeral at Guadalupe. pallbearers named. Annie Robertson funeral cortege from Cook. burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. F B Jones body sent to Valley Mills for burial. Ben H. Wilson, 77, longtime Austin resident, dies. services at Weed-Corley with burial in Masonic Cemetery. Maggie Bell Giles funeral at Route 3 Austin. burial in family cemetery. George Blaise dies in Beeville hospital. funeral at Echols in Kennedy. burial in Kennedy. William S Ringstaff, Leander, dies. graveside at Memorial Park. survivors listed.
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Peggy Marlene Ceder
Robert Ceder
C. O. Ceder
Adolph Jacobson
Cook Funeral Home
J. F. Karling
W. J. Lucas
Memorial Park
Salvador R. Chavez
Cook Funeral
Guadalupe Church
John Prado, Sr
Francisco Camacha
Bacilo Rivera
Henry Moreno
Nash Moreno
Lupe Garcia
Annie Robertson
Lampasas
Rose Hill Cemetery
F. B. Jones
Valley Mills
Ben H. Wilson
Austin
Travis County
Route 2
Methodist Church
Jennings D. Wilson
Althis
D. B. Wilson
Kingsville
Bruce Wilson
Beeville
R. M. Adams
E. E. Harris
R. L. Wilson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Norman Croslin
Pfluegerville
Weed- Corley Funeral Home
Marvin S. Vance
Masonic Cemetery
Maggie Bell Giles
Route 3
Louie O. Sluder
Hylton Manor
George Blaise
Echols
Kennedy
C. L. Hystin
Jo Ann Hyltin
Georgetown
William S. Ringstaff
Leander
Memorial Park Cemetery
R. B. Kendrick
Friedrich Funeral Home
Fannie WL. Ringstaff
Willis Ringstaff
Stanley Ringstaff
Jessie Ringstaff
J. T. Minick
Lester Simpson
David Brown
Los Alamos
Art Faber
Dick Ringstaff
Ruff Ringstaff
Ross Ringstaff
Dale Ringstaff
Washington, D. C
Matt Ringstaff
Creedmoor
Pat Ringstaff
California
Prettiest US Housewives Split on Bedwear Choice
In Asbury Park New Jersey on September 10 UP report notes a strong consensus among prominent wives that pajamas are poisoning married romance and that traditional nightgowns are essential alongside appearance.
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Asbury Park
N.J
Confused North Korean Tanker Captured After Lunch Prizes
In Yongchon Korea a North Korean tank crew and infantry were captured after lunch. A second identical tank entered town, was parked in a schoolyard, and its crew were captured. A bazooka team pursued the escaping tank, which was finally stopped and seized as a prize.
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Yongchon
Korea
Corrigan
Gerald M. Woolcock
Bloomsburg
Woodlock
Jean Faub
Macon
Weather Summary for Central and West Texas Regions
Forecasts show hot conditions in central Texas with scattered thundershowers and cooler nights into Monday and Tuesday. East Texas sees partly cloudy skies with showers, while West Texas experiences partly cloudy conditions with scattered thunderstorms. Temperature readings list highs in the 90s and lows around 60s to 70s with notable rainfall and river levels.
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IBAA
Ae Burges
Texas
East
West Texas
Panhandle
Ains
Peco Valley
Pecos Valley
Police Arrest 12 On Gaming Raids
Twelve men were arrested in Sunday dawn raids on gambling. The arrests brought this week’s total to about 50 as vice squad officers conduct a gambling crackdown in Austin. All pleaded guilty and paid $12 fines. Eight arrests occurred at 1109 B East 11th Street and four at 2115 Comal.
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Austin
Leo Weaver
Frank Monk
East I1th Street
Comal
New Marble Falls Bakery Planned by Fenton Couple
A new building has been erected and equipment moved to complete a bakery in Marble Falls owned by Mr. and Mrs. R. Fenton. Test runs occurred this week and operation should begin next week, according to Mr. Fenton.
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Marble Falls
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Naktong
Waegwan
First Cavalry Division
John
Mother
Karen
Sheron
John Bowman
Independence
Missouri
Linda Marie
Bowman
Bowmans
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Texas Hospital
William
Ringstaff
Loretta Hanson
Detroit
Mich
Lillian Dorell
Port Arthur
New York City
Beverly Andell
Frances G. Buanno
Bridgeort
Conn
Irma Hamilton
Moon Beach
America
June Byers
Cleveland
Ohio
Weed*corley Funeral Home
AVACA
Wilke
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Kored Tanker
Kent
Og Aeer
Montopolis
Hake Buchanan
Lake Tavie
Ford
Abilene
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Galveston Bo
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Laredo
Goreas Caristi
de Rio
el Paso
Aeide
Sanders
William F. McLean, M
Burnet Rd
Austin, Texas
Wesley's
Wesleys
Cash & Carry
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