Coast Guard Report Details Districts Rescue Record
A New York District summary shows ships and planes aiding imperiled persons 2,899 times last year. Third District Communications handled over 375,000 messages while 4,470 official boardings found 812 violations. Aids to navigation include 2,652 buoys, 45 lighthouses, 6 light ships and 132 radiobeacons with 2,509 buoys overhauled or replaced.
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New York
Third Coast, Guard District
Louis B. Olson
Olson
Third District
Jafield
Staten Island
Sandy Hook
Rockaway Point
Kaiser decision on Erie plant to be made soon
Kaiser Industries will decide within a few days whether to take over the Jarecki foundry plant in Erie. James Hanks, director of the aluminum division, said engineers completed a full inspection two weeks ago and submitted their report. If Erie casting is not feasible, Kaiser may use part of the Jarecki property for another operation elsewhere.
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Tris
Henry J. Kaiser Industries, Inc
Jarecki
Erie
James Hanks
Aluminum Dnvision
Washington
Bat
Jarecki Properties
Kaiser
Record Set For One-Day Concrete Pour On Turnpike West Extension
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announces a new single day concrete pour record on the 67 mile western extension from Irwin to the Ohio line. L. G. DeFelice and Son Co. of North Haven Conn laid 6,166 feet of concrete at 12 feet width, surpassing the 1950 record of 5,302 feet. The project also added 70 buoys and 21 automatic lights.
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Harrisburg
Aug
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Irwin
Ohio State Line
L. G. DeFelice and Son Company
North Haven
Conn
Carlisle
Philadelphia
Gambler Slain On 12th Attempt At Noble Ranch
Herbert Noble, a 42 year old retired gambler nicknamed the cat, was killed when a hidden explosive destroyed his car near his ranch. Police tie the blast to his long history of escapes from hired killers and a rumored $50,000 price on his head. Nominations and committees previously heard his case in Dallas this year.
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Herbert Noble
Noble
Noble II
The
Kefauver
Dallas
Texas Legislative
CIO seeks new hearings on Bell phone rate
Pittsburgh August 8 The State Superior Court considers a petition by the Pennsylvania CIO Council for new hearings on a PUC ruling granting Bell Telephone an $18 million annual rate increase. CIO lawyer M B Goldstein filed the petition alleging errors by the PUC. Bell had sought $25 million annually in 1948.
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Assocition
Fress
Pittsburgh
State Superior Court
Wnder
Pennsylvania Cio Council
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Hell Telephone Company
M. B. Goldstein
Philadelphia
CIO Council
PUC
Bell
Piushireh
Superior Court
Harry Boyer
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LEED
Corry
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