Dozen servicemen killed in crash near McGuire Air Force Base
A jet training plane collided with a truck carrying artillerymen at the edge of McGuire Air Force Base near Fort Dix New Jersey. Two 22 year old twins Robert Garee Posie of Camden and Pvt. Batison 20 were among those involved with a 21son listed as from New York. International South photos.
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McGuire Ore Base
Fort Dix
Robert Garee Posie
Camden
Tison
New York
Baytown Fair enters third year with packed stock show
Baytowns busiest organizer Mrs Virginia Whitesides reports a record flood of entries for the Third Annual Baytown Fair to begin September 5. The quarterhorse section has shut last minute entries as stalls fill, with horses from Texas and Louisiana. Fair President J C Kannarr notes space tightening and dozens more entries expected before opening day. Advance tickets are moving under G V Daniels leadership as divisions organize.
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Baytown
Virginia Whitesides
Chamber of Commerce
Baytown Fair
American Quarterhorse Association
Texas
Louisiana
Fair
J. C. Kannarr
Whitesides
G. V. Daniels
Calamity as Saco River flood claims nine in 1828
On August 28, 1828, Calvin Wilkey's household of nine fled a collapsing cliff and raging flood in New Hampshire. They perished beneath an avalanche of water while a house nearby remained standing, later remembered in local lore. Reporter notes the dramatic survival and the stormy, deadly event.
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Calvin Wilkey
Saco River
New Hampshire
Zists
ER Doe Soule
Railroads Mark Year Of Control By Army
Washington report details how in a peacetime seizure the 13 Class One railroads remain under Army control a year after Presidents wore khaki eagles. Labor and management endure wage disputes arbitration stalemate and ongoing bargaining while the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and conductors resist a full settlement. A Mass cemetery marker notes a family plot listing six graves including a dog named Flossie.
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Robert £. Lee
Washington
Truman
Myr
Bif
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
White House
John R. Steelman
Tiwas
Peay
Mies
National Mediation Board
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