Air Force Plane Vanishes Over Alaska With 19 Aboard
FAIRBANKS ALASKA NOV 7 A big Air Force plane from Elmendorf Field vanished early today with 19 men aboard during Exercise Warmwind Arctic Maneuvers. The C119 Flying Packet was en route from Anchorage to Nenana then Big Delta when last reported over Summit Alaska Rails road. Five Air Force crew and 14 Army personnel were aboard. Search planes and ground teams began immediate efforts with 19 aircraft in the air under Maj Joe Walker of the 18th Rescue Squadron at Ladd Field.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Cook Inlet
Sumit
Dyom
Nenana
Big Delta
Here
435Th
Miami, Fla. International
Joe Walker
Ladd Field
Storm Kills 18 in Europe
Western Europe reels from a fierce storm killing 18 across Britain to Greece. Winds to 94 mph battered ships in the English Channel and Irish Sea, sank two motorships off Sicily, and caused widespread damage from Berlin to Worms and along the Dutch and French coasts.
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Britain
Greece
Hamburg
Germany
Europe
English Channel
Irish Sea
Geray
Berlin
Sicily
Rhine
Worms
Faustus
Hook
Holland
Alps
Turkey
Ex-WAC Convicted Of Mercy Slaying
Bridgeport Conn Nov 7 ex WAC 33 was convicted of manslaughter in the mercy killing of her father John W Curtiss 73 who was dying of ailments at their Norwalk home. She faced an indeterminate term at State Farm for Women after claiming temporary insanity. A state psychiatrist found no insanity but noted hysterical amnesia from her mother’s death on last April’s golden wedding anniversary.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Superior Court
James E. Murphy
Luis Curtiss
State Farm For
Mursh
Miss Curtiss
Norwalk
John W. Curtiss
AFL Names Stassen as Labor Secretary Pick
Washington report says AFL views Harold E. Stassen as slated to be Secretary of Labor in the new Eisenhower administration. The AFL News-Reporter notes Stassen helped lead the Taft drive and campaigned for Eisenhower’s nomination and election.
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AFL
Stassen
Washington
Thej. Afl
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Labor
AFL News-Reporter
Zaid. Carr
Inside Today editorial glimpse from Parzig G SPOTS page
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Election Total Hits 61 Percent Of U S Adults
About 61 percent of the adult population turned out to vote in Tuesday's election the biggest percentage in history an unofficial tabulation showed 2 combined total 49 545 569 votes for Dwight D Eisenhower and Adlai E Stevenson Counting minor party candidates and remaining precincts the total outpouring of ballots might reach 60 million The Census bureau estimates the voting age population at 94 4 million thus the turnout would be about 61 percent of the total adult population
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Census Bureau
U S Planes Crash In Nato Exercise
Italian officials report two American military planes wrecked in a Mediterranean storm during Longstep maneuvers near Naples. Three bodies recovered from one wreck. another plane crashed into a 3,000 foot peak Lo Spagnolo Mountain. NATO duty officer lacked official confirmation.
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Naples
Italy
NATO
U. S
Lo Spagnolo Moun
Underground Pentagon: Army confirms 35 million dollar bombproof complex
Washington officials disclose existence of a three story underground communications post at Fort Ritchie Maryland near Raven Rock Mountain. The disclosure follows unauthorized release by the Washington District Engineers Office detailing a center designed to withstand atomic attacks.
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MBS Faushington
Raven Rock
Ft. Ritchie
Pentagon
Dept. of Defense
Washington
Tns
Army
Washington District Engineers Office
Slan J. McCutenden
Fort Ritchie
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Corps of Engineers
Washington, D. C
Air Services
Raven Rock Mountain
Freak blimp sinks after window blows out over Atlantic
A Navy airship capsized 35 miles east of Brunswick, Georgia, when a cab window blew out and fabric ruptured freeing helium. The Sea Dog submarine rescued the crew and transferred them to the Escape at Mayport. Lt. George R. Keiser led the crew. all were uninjured.
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Brunswick
Atlantic Ocean
Here
George R. Keiser
Port Soyal
Fo Wnd
Glynen Naval Air Station
Sham
Escape
Mayport
Fla
St. John’s River
Jacksonville
Comat
L. W. Strum Jr
Airship Squadron Two
Keiser
Paul Fedor
H. A. Trewin
Aranhne Ave
Richard J. Janousek
Virginia
Minn
W. E. Kiinker
Cuyanoga Falls
Unio
Jesse DT. Beck
Toms River
Eisenhower Says He'll Appoint Top Cabinet Men Soon
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower, in reply to a top secret White House message, assured Truman he will promptly name personal representatives to the State and Defense Departments. James Hagerty said the reply was delivered from Eisenhower’s vacation HQ and returned to the White House. Truman urged early appointment of reps to Defense, State, and the Budget Bureau, while UN delegates in New York welcomed the move as crucial to avoid a policy standstill before inauguration January 20.
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Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Ments
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Senhower
Air Force
Albert L. Cox
Washington
Defense
State Departments
Budget Bureau
Hagerty
United Nations
Sf Hisenhower
New York
Korea
Tunis
Moroccay
U. N
Hisenhower
Northern Spaniards noted for prodigious eating medical update
In EGUALADA Spain doctors report Ramon Castella Torres survived a three hour operation to remove five long metal key chairs twelve large horseshoe nails five bent needles one metal stretchable wrist watch band and three large heirs, performed after he complained of a stomach ache.
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Egualada
Spain
Ramon Castella Torres
Picket fined and jailed for violating injunction at strike disruption
A group including George Widen and Tony Duffield Jr faced fines of 50 and 30 dollars and jail terms up to 60 days after a two day civ il trial on charges of contempt of an injunction against picketing violence. Judge Charles A. Widen ordered stays and allowed appeals as defendants argued the injunction was ignored during the Elk River company dispute. Page 2 Col. 2 continues this coverage.
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Eir
George
Charles A. Widen
Duffield Jr
Tony George
Widen
Supreme Court
Charles A. George
Dutfield, Jr
Elk River Company
Contest to win 5200 winners announced in Gazette
The Charleston Gazette promotes a contest with a 5200 prize running from tomorrow to Monday midnight. Winners receive money in time for Christmas shopping, advertised as an exclusive feature in The State Newspaper.
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The
Charleston Gazette
Senators Spar On Leadership Amid Ike Transition
The Senate leadership scramble grows as President-elect Eisenhower weighs a quick role in settling GOP leadership. Six candidates are named to replace Styles Bridges as Senate GOP leader, with Leverett Saltonstall and Everett Dirksen among contenders. A post-election meeting with Eisenhower and Republican leaders is planned to discuss the general's legislative program.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Gop
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
GOP
Spretem
Iimne
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
William Knowland
California
Homer Cepehart
Indiana
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Saltonstall
Fisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Teadhers
Putnam Weighs coal miner wage appeal guidance
Washington economic official Roger Putnam said he will consider handling the coal wage case to avoid setting a precedent for Wage Stabilization Board appeals. He reviews the dispute from the soft coal industry and United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis over a $3 daily raise, of which $1.50 was approved under anti inflation rules. The union and industry asked for the full raise and Putnam promised to reconsider.
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Washington
Roger Putnam
Wage Stabilization Board
Ws&b
Putnam
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
WSB
Lewis
Morgantown Soldier Hangs Self in Maryland Stockade
Pvt. Robert E. Joseph of Morgantown West Virginia hanged himself in a Meade Maryland post stockade cell while held for desertion. He was found by military police, died two hours later. Enlisted in July, he served at Aberdeen Proving Grounds prior to capture in Baltimore. Survived by wife Eleanor Gipson Joseph and three children.
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Morgantown
Meade
Army
Robert E. Joseph
W. Va
Joseph
Aberdeen’ Proving Grands
Baltimore
Eleanor Gipson Joseph
Tires
Allied Barrage Holds Central Korean Front In War Update
Allied artillery rained on the Central Korean Front today as heavy shells pounded at Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge. South Korean forces repelled two daylight attacks, while U.S. planes suffered losses to ground fire as air crews reported 28 bombers and 95 vehicles destroyed in operations extending toward Chinampo.
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Seoul
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
AP Correspandert
John Randolph
Reda
Bhunhbwa
Fifth Air Force
U. N
North Korea
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
Korea
Air
U. S
Jurors Weigh Fate of Risk in Election Official Case
Jurors weigh guilt or innocence of Lewis T. Risk of 115 Clendenin St charged with intimidating a Republican election official in Precinct 109 during last May's primary and thus interfering with the official's duties. Deliberations yesterday failed to yield a verdict. Judge William J. Thompson ordered jurors to reconvene. The case stems from the Ninth Ward committee fight with Joe Wilan. the jury must decide if Petie Wells was a duly qualified election commissioner on May 13. Risk testified he led Wells from Fruth School annex polling place at about 6:30 a.m. Wells testified he appeared with a county certificate of designation.
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Lewis T. Risk
Clendenin St
William J. Thompson
Ninth Ward Committee
Risk
Joe Wilan
Petie
Wells
Fruth School
Wilan
French Cut Line of Rebel Supply Near Vietri Indochina
French Union Forces in Indochina launch a double-barreled offensive and cut a major Communist supply route with China. Infantry and armor push southeast from Phu Tho, 60 miles northwest of Hanoi, linking with units 10 miles northwest of Vietri. About 2,000 Vietminh withdraw along the road as French incursions meet light guerrilla resistance. Troops move southeast after taking Phu Tho’s village of Phu Ho, midway to Tuyen Quang.
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Vietri
Indochina
Vistminn
China
Phu Tho
Hanoi
Vietra
Phu Ho
Tuyen Quang
Forest Fires Ravage West Virginia Kanawha State Forest
West Virginia battles a spreading forest fire crisis as Kanawha State Forest crews and 20 plus men work to establish fire lines amid strong winds. State officials report about 250 fires statewide with potential for greater danger, while four Logan County arrests for cigarette throwouts highlight enforcement efforts.
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Logan County
the Conservation Commission
West Virginia
Kanawha State Forest
Commission
A. S. Harris
Dennis Keffer
Standard Mullens
Ferrellsburg
Lincoln County
Ors Scarberry
Baisden
Mingo County
Manuel Baisden
Rossmore
George Young
Barnsbus
Young
Justice of the Peace
Carson Browning
Logan
Reba Hill
Julian
Boone County
Arthur Bachman
E. E. McComas
Hays Helmick
Helmick
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Tycoon Gambler Loses $180000 in Nevada Wagering
Chicago industrialist Charles Leaf 31, president of Mid-America Steel Warehouse Co., testified at an involuntary bankruptcy hearing that he lost $180,000 at Las Vegas gambling tables in eight days after withdrawing $110,000 from his company account. He had aimed to recover $557,000 owed by the firm as creditors sought $667,000.
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Chicago
Nevada
Charles Leaf
Mid-America Steel Warehouse Co
Oscar A. Brotman
Leaf
Wallace Streeter
Las Vegas
Nev
Fearae
Gunman Kills Doctor on Wilshire Boulevard Shootout
A gunman opened fire at a Wilshire Boulevard intersection, killing Dr JT Quinn, 49, and wounding a shopkeeper. Richard Hol ihragk, 34, was arrested after Ivener identified him. the attacker reportedly cited the doctor being “too well-fed” as motive. Dr Quinn practiced since 1936 and is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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Los Angeles
Richard Holbrook
Los Angel
Wilshire Boulevard
JT. ¥. Quinn
Cay
Richard Holihragk
Wilshire
Quinn
St.Louis University
Song Ant ‘Vo
Ciinten
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San Leandyvo
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J. P. Quinn
Leroy Duck
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State Conservation Commission
Dennis J. Keffer
Chapmanville
Kanawha
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Joseph M. Ivener
Babrook
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