Canada’s Navy Develops New Radar Device
A Canadian Defense Department spokesman in Ottawa says the navy is working on a new anti submarine radar device, kept top secret. He notes the fleet focuses on defensive depth charges rather than offensive guns and denies any large military build up. Canada is not testing guided missiles but watches U S experiments.
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Canadian Defense Department
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Truman Attacks Greece for Lax Military Policy
President Truman condemned Greece for lenient action against guerrillas in a congressional report. He said American aid had failed to curb the Communist guerrilla effort and cited rising guerrilla numbers from 17 000 early 1947 to about 22 600 by September.
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U.P
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Plant to Use Waste Gas Near Ranger Planned
Proposals for a natural gas plant to utilize waste gas from the Kark pool near Ranger will be presented to a subcommittee of the Kark pool operators committee on December 20. The subcommittee will then report to the general committee in Ranger on January 4.
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Kark Pool
Kark Pool Operators Committee
General Committee
Waring Plans Sing Along For Speechless at Wichita Institute
Choral director Fred Waring meets a speech handicapped trainee at the Institute of Logopedics in Wichita Kansas. He will feature the Institute on his December broadcast with a giant Sing Along inviting Americans to join his Pennsylvanians in a Christmas program to inspire a song in the hearts of the speechless.
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Fred Waring
Institute of Logopedics
Wichita
Kans
Waring
Bootlegger Loses Fight to Recover Truck in Texas
Oklahoma City reports the U S Supreme Court refused to interfere with Texas law requiring private citizens to have a permit to carry whisky. The Texas action keeps Rev Rainey's truck and 20 cases of whisky, driven by Jeane J Hughes, on a route from Shreveport Louisiana toward Oklahoma. Local sheriff involvement noted near Quitman Texas.
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U.P
Texas
U. S. Supreme Court
Woo County
Quitman
Tessa Aid Cordre
Cancer death rate trends over the last 45 years
The piece notes cancer mortality has declined or changed over 45 years. It highlights improvements in early detection, treatment advances, and survivorship, while noting persistent disparities and ongoing public health efforts to reduce deaths from cancer.
Street Decorators Give Up in Disgust
In Alice Texas a crew decorating for Christmas abandoned work after bulbs and tinsel across Main and King streets shorted, causing small fires at 10 30 am 12 50 pm and 1 10 pm. Firefighters doused the flames and began removing decorations.
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Alice
Texas
Alice's
Main
King Streets
Edinburg Man Wins Closest Guess in Cereal Jar Fair
Edinburg residents watched Carl Dudley Payne Jr win a feud contest by guessing the cereal jar total nearly exactly. His guess of 7,806 pieces was off by only three from the actual 7,809.
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Edinburg
Texas
Nz Jr
Carl Dudley Payne
Carl
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