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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1948
Page
5
Pittsburgh report states Gail Banks, 12, friend of murdered Carole Kensinger, received a telephone threat and letter from an unknown man claiming to have killed Carole. Police guard Gail after she skipped school. Carole died Dec 10 from 36 stab wounds while tending house alone.
Lynchburg authorities announced Earl Williams a 29 year old Durham NC inmate planned an escape using a model automatic pistol built from soap tissue and cigarette ashes. The plan involved forcing the deputy jailer to open a cell door for keys and was foiled by vigilant jail staff and a watchful jailer. The device will be sent to the FBI museum in Washington DC.
The XB-47 six engined jet bomber flew about a thousand miles at roughly 500 mph in a routine test from Moses Lake Washington to Kirkland Albuquerque New Mexico. Officials say no record attempt was made though it likely set a bomber distance speed mark.
S. S. Smith, director of Virginia’s dairy and foods division, announced that the state will enact the latest dairy regulations on January 1. The milk and cream law, approved by the last General Assembly, will be mailed in printed form to dairy associations and health departments. Smith noted dairy farming is a $100,000,000 industry in Virginia with $5,619,000 paid to producers last year and farm milk and dairy products valued at $2,991,000, totaling more than $8,517,000 in gross income.
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