Flying saucers mystery through history and fiction
New York columnist Belman Morin surveys Charles Fort’s 19th and early 20th century saucer reports. He notes sightings from North Carolina to the English coast, asks why visitors never landed, and imagines alien observers remarking on human politics while joking about Earth speech at a Ursa Major convention. He explains Fort’s teleportation theory and his provocative stance against mainstream science.
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New York
Charles Fort
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North Carolina
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England
British Isles
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Washington
Roger M. Ramey
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Ursa Major
Mount Rushmore Anniversary Marks Big Milestone
Keystone South Dakota observes the Silver Anniversary of carving Mount Rushmore begun in 1927 when Coolidge urged Borglum to start. By 1941 the faces of Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt are finished with 1941 and 1951 visitor counts noted. A commemorative three cent stamp will be issued and a memorial service held at 11 am. The famed monument draws over a million visitors, symbolizing preservation and progress of America.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
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Gutzon Borglum
Washington
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Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Borglum
Ocean Tosses Back Discarded Shells at Girvan Beach
In Girvan Scotland a WWII ammunition flood washes ashore with more than 200 incendiary bombs and detonators recovered so far. Beaches closed as authorities believe shells drift from a 1946 underwater dump slowly moving across the sea floor toward the shore.
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Girvan
Scotland
Britain
Snakes Cause Bus Crash Kills 24 in India
A bus carrying Hindu worshippers and snake charmers plunges into a chasm in Hyderabad state while snakes on the roof escape through loosened baskets during Nagpanchami. The driver panics after seeing snakes on the windshield. 24 people are dead.
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Snakes Panic
India
Bombay
Hyderabad
Basel Suspends Experimental TV After Public Interest Wanes
Basel Switzerland experimental television programs funded publicly were halted after a cantonal referendum reversed the support and the station, set up with private funds, aired two hours of programming three times weekly in public viewing sites.
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Basel
Switzerland
Swiss Broadcasting Corp
Boat Capsizes Off Capetown 13 Crown
Capetown South Africa A 22 ton 48 foot boat capsized off Port Nolloth during a storm. Reports say 12 native fishermen and one European drowned as the craft crossed the harbor bar after ignoring a danger signal. The vessel sank immediately as a large wave hit broadside.
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Capetown
South Africa
Port Nolloth
Cape Province
Postwar Ku Klux Klan crackdown nets North Carolina indictments
In Raleigh and across the Southeast the postwar Ku Klux Klan faced mass arrests and heavy sentences. Imperial Wizard Thomas L. Hamilton of Leesville, S C was jailed for four years on a conspiracy charge, with many Klansmen facing one to two year terms as the crackdown unfolded in Columbus County and Wilmington federal court.
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Ku Klux Klan
North Carolina
Carolinas
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S. C
Wilmington
Don Gillam
Ku Klux Klan leader Hamilton held on conspiracy charge
North Carolina agents arrested Hamilton over a conspiracy linked to violence and the flogging of a Negro woman. He had led the Association of Carolinas Klans, with activities across South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, including cross burnings and demonstrations on private property after South Carolina banned masks. Hamilton, 45, had lived in Leesville, near Columbia, SC, and Augusta, GA, and his group’s actions drew ties to Bill Hendrix’s Florida faction.
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Georgia
Stone Mountain
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Florida
Klan
North Carolina
Columbus County
FBI
South Carolina
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Association of Carolinas Klans
Koersman
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Bill Hendrix
Hamilton’s
Add 117 999 More Civilians to U S Payroll
Washington reports that the fiscal year ended with 112 999 more civilian workers on the U S payroll, lifting total civilian labor to 2 596 690. The bulk of gains were in military establishment payrolls, with armed forces civilian staff rising by 101 571 to 1 337 172. Electrum, a gold and silver alloy, was widely used in the ancient world.
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Uncle Sam
Senate House Committee On
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Four men and a nurse plan Mediterranean raft voyage
Richard Miller 27 leads an Anglo American crew in a 30 by 41 foot raft built north of Paris. Michael Jones, Don Kindler, Jose de Tejada join. Muriel Grand, 20, the nurse, completes the party. They aim to drift from Marseilles to North Africa in four to six weeks with provisions, a radio, books, and two extra inflatable rafts.
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Mediterranean
France
North Africa
Richard Miller
North Long Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Pacific Ocean
Michael Jones
Jones
Philadelphia
Don Kindler
Jesseps, Md
Jose de Tejada
Princeton University
Muriel Grand
Hull
Yorks
Ken-Tooki
Dick Miller
U. S. Navy
Marseilles
Africa
Muriel
MPs Arrest GI Protesting Korea Duty
CAMP PICKETT Va Military police arrested Pvt Hugh S Carter 24 at Blackstone railway station ending his sitdown protest against going to Korea Carter a Boston resident spent most of his waking hours since July 18 at the rail station defying a 12 day furlough and five days travel time to Fort Lawton Wash He went AWOL when travel time expired An army spokesman said Fort Lawton will decide his disposition Carter a Jehovahs Witness pacifist says its wrong to kill or aid combat Meanwhile Alabama mined 1949 coal output mostly from underground mines comprising about 86 percent of total production
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Hugh S. Carter
Blackstone
Korea
Carter
Boston
Fort Lawton
Wash
Army
Pickle Flavored Drinks Stir City Cafe Taster Curiosity
A Chicago cafe advertises beverages meant to tickle the palate with playful pickle notes. Too many samples spark chatter as patrons joke about pickle flavored drinks and the cafe keeps serving to curious customers.
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Chicago
Naran Concentrate Promises Easy Home Weight Loss
Mrs. E Huff of Bemidji Minnesota reports losing 25 pounds with Naran concentrate at home without dieting or exercising. The ad claims rapid fat reduction, grapefruit juice serving as a mixer, two tablespoons twice daily, and a money back guarantee if weight loss does not occur after the first bottle.
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