Nine Die In Louisiana Train Wreck Coroner to Probe
Coroner J R Roberts ordered a coroner's jury in New Roads Louisiana to investigate nine deaths from a pre dawn collision between the Streamliner Southqian Belle and a troop train carrying 288 Korean bound Marines. The crash injured about 45 and flames impeded rescue as investigators await a full joint inquiry by Kansas City Southern and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Roads
J. &. Roberts
Jenrn
Tony
Leltsworth
R. Suller
Kansas City’ Southern Railway
Shreveport
KGS
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sutter
Butter
Chester Louis Lipa
J.J. Cunningham
Davis
Tex
Cassenger
Belle
L. Raines
W. Lucine
Moore
Negro
T. ¥. Moore
Alexandria
W. A. Marcalti
New Orleans
O. Reed
C. A. Yates
Aubrey Stears Jr
Lettsworth
Flores
Lipa
burny/ tam
Oil Marine
Rhode Island
West Coast
Korea
Camp LeJeune
Balte Heuge
Texas Heat Wave Eases After Mortal Toll
Dallas area reports 11 straight days of 100 plus temperatures with 116 at Henrietta. Texas suffers crop and water shortages as a heat wave lasting a month drives farms to losses and cattle moves to cooler regions. Salt tablets rush and drought worsens as central Texas counties face heavy crop destruction and municipal water limits.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Henrietta
U. S
Adine
Texarkana
Leon River
States
Miarlet
State Agricultural Department
Waco
Lone
Justice Courts May Order TB Patients Confined
Attorney General rules that justices of the peace and municipal courts may order tuberculosis patients to hospital confinement and treatment. The authority stems from the health and safety code, allowing compulsory confinement in response to a health threat, per Wilton L. Maverson, director of the Department of Public Health.
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Bi (Va
Iis
Lik
Tabor
Wilton L. Maverson
Department of Public Health
Justice Counts
Mar Is
Flying cow strikes man in Sherwell hit by car
A cow leaped onto a pedestrian in Sherwell, Waukesia, when a passing car struck it. The animal was projected about 16 feet before landing atop the man who was walking along the highway. The victim, identified as Sherwell, was injured in the incident.
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Waukestia
Win Sherwell
Sherwell
Mysonic
Ned
Douman
U.P
Lost Couple's Car Believed Found Near Oroville
An upside down auto seen in the Feather River may be the car used by Leonards Thomasso, 70, and Ethy Johnson, 65, who disappeared after leaving Oroville on Oct 5 to marry in Benn, Nevada. Sheriff Mary Gillick says the vehicle spotted by Paul Duffy is likely theirs, but occupants could not be confirmed.
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Oroville
Calif
Val
Feather River
Mary Gillick
Leonards Thomasso
Ethy) Johnson
Benn
Nev
Teather River
Paul Duffy
Western Pacific Signal
Anti Reds Reported in South China alliance unified for winter offensive
Hong Kong dispatch cites Fi Chen Hao reporting 340000 guerrillas in southern China ready for a winter push against Communists. Chen says Fu Kun Yuan named supreme commander of eight guerrilla forces under United Military Commission of Guerrilla units. He appeals to Sun assumes aid via Formosa and United States, seeks photographic gear to organize, plans to align with other independent groups later.
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Hong Kong
Chen Hao
Otl
Ching’ Shave
Chen
White Flower Mountains
Kiangsi
Formosa
United States
Fu Kun-Yuan
Sun Chuan-Fang
United Military Commission
Lateryhe
Sruiman
Price Officials Lose Hopes Of Any Rollbacks
Washington officials said they no longer expect widespread price rollbacks as the Office of Price Stabilization indefinitely postponed about 2.5 billion dollars in rollbacks for manufacturers. The delay aims to shape policy for price ceilings under new controls law, with future rollbacks unlikely. Manufacturers may raise prices under new rules but need not comply with rollback provisions.
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Washington
Inday
Office of Price Stabization
OPS
Roosevelt's Press Secretary Stephen Early Dies
Washington reports the death of Stephen T. Early former White House press secretary for Roosevelt and Truman at 12 57 pm EDT in George Washington University Hospital. He had suffered a coronary thrombosis and had been under oxygen since Tuesday. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the White House.
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Washington
le House Press
Stephen T. Early
Early
White House
George Washington University Hospital
Roosevelt
Truman
Josey Short
Short
Armed Services
Pullman Company
Pullman “Company
Cease-Fire Hopes Fade as UN Forces Strike Reds in Korea
United Nations forces conduct land sea and air operations to disrupt Communist preparations for a possible offensive as armistice talks stall. Bombers attack Hungnam port and allied ships bombard coasts while ground units push to seize high ground near Kansong. Weather hampers operations but fighting continues along the 136 mile front with extensive air and sea activity.
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Korea
U.P
United Nations
Hungnam
Srea
Kansong
38Th Orallel
Yalu River
Manchuria
Clinton Price of Peterson Tractor Dies
Clinton Db Price vice president and secretary at Peterson Tractor and Equipment died in Alameda yesterday. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. Fowler-Anderson Chapel Alameda. Survived by wife Elma Kuhns Price and children Mrs Handloss and Mrs Seth Marshall, plus sisters. Native of Oakland he belonged to San Leandro Rotary Club San Leandro Chamber of Commerce Commonwealth Club Alameda American Legion Post 5 and resided at 1544 Versailles Alameda.
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Alameda
Clinton
Price
Peterson Tradal and Equipment Company
Sep Leandro
Fowler-Anderson
Santa Clara Avenue
Elma Kuhns Price
Paul E. Handloss
Seth. Marshall
Pattle Handloss
LP. Gray
B. A. Gregory
F. Lodge
Oakland
San Leandro
Western Airlines strike ends as mechanics return to work
Three hundred Western Airlines mechanics agreed to resume on the first shift, ending a walkout that halted operations since July 27 and marking Western’s first strike in 26 years. Service to resume Sunday. mediation talks to begin after service return or five days, whichever comes first.
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Los Angeles
Western Airlines
Western
Stanley R. Shatto
APL Air Carrier Mechanics’ Association
Flight crash near Newark injures one survivor count unclear
An on schedule transport plane crashed at Newark airport during takeoff. Forty one passengers and a four member crew escaped with their lives. One person was injured and Sylvia Berkowitz, 17, suffered shock and was hospitalized.
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Newark
N. J
U.R
Fortyone Passengiers
Aton
Sylvia Berkowitz
Joy Icilly accuses Reds of slamming door to peace
Vice Admiral Joy, head of the UN truce team, charged the Reds with slamming the door on progress at the Kaesong talks. As the 22nd armistice session loomed, UN forces pressed to disrupt a potential Communist buildup while Nam Il reiterated an inflexible buffer-zone demand along the 38th parallel, risking collapse of negotiations.
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Korea
Adm
C. Turner
Joy
United Nations
Katsong
North
South Korea
Dable
Il Am
Reds
Dean Acheson
Willian Nuckols
38Th Parallel
Nuckols
Korjean
Jhier
Navn J
Kucsone
Namil
Nam 1
Nam Il
Matthew B. Ridgway
Nam I
Ridgway
38Th
Planes Scan Glacier for Missing Wife and Daughter near Yakutat
A flight of 15 planes combed the Seward Glacier north of Yakutat Alaska in search operations for Foresta Wood 18 year old Valerie Wood and Eilat States King 50 along with pilot Col Walter Wood director of the Arctic Research Institute. The glacier lies between Mt Augusta and Mt Cook. A coast guard schooner dragged water between Khan tuak Island and Yakutat amid reports of an oil slick. A bone found on Yakutat Bay’s northwest beach sparked notes of a possible clue to the missing group.
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Alaska
Wu.p
Here Stodey
New Jersey
Yakutatat
Seward Glacier
Walter Wood
Arctic Research Institute
Foresta
Valerie
Eilat
King
Seward Gap
Mt. Augusta
Ans
Mt. Cook
Coast Guard
Khantuak Island
Jumeau
Backbone
Yak+ ulut Bay
Cabbie Acquitted in Massager Parlor Case
San Francisco AP reports cab driver Pranc C. Wartford, 32, cleared by a jury of procuring in the massage parlor case. Seven women and five men found insufficient evidence for conviction. Hartford’s acquittal closes the case linked to testimonies from a 17 year old girl, with six principals convicted and three others acquitted.
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San Francisco
A.P
Pranc C. Wartford
Jwoman
Mini
Hartford
Parks AFB Update on Camp Shoemaker Exclusion
The 1951 52 appropriation totaling 54 422 000 funds construction at Parks AFB and adjacent Camp Shoemaker for fuel storage, facilities, and training. The base will not be taken over by the Camp Shoemaker unit, Major Samuel Cohen said, denying rumors of civilian hires and a set operation date.
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Parks Air Force Base
Air Force
Air Police School
Willotal
Washington
Armed Services
House of Representatives
Air
Camp Parks
Camp Shoemaker
Parks Afb
Samuel Cohen
Naval Base
Cohen
Iron Curtain Fails To Halt East Germans
Berlin reports show a massive influx of delegates escaping behind the Iron Curtain for forbidden western pleasures. Officials sealed West Berlin transit routes to corral the crowd for a large peace parade in East Berlin while police in civvies screened attendees and confiscated festival credentials. hundreds of thousands sought entry, with thousands remaining in West Berlin and more than 1,600 seeking political asylum as HIAS broadcasts entice delegates to risk the divide.
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Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
East Berlin
Unteren Linden
Radio
HIAS
Barlin
Leniency For Cadets Urged
Two senators and four veterans organizations urged punishment short of expulsion for West Point cadets tied to a cheating scandal. Veterans groups favored severe reprimands while allowing cadets to remain, arguing the USMA career and civilian life would already be harsh punishment. Sen. Welker proposed one year playoff ban for the team and a year’s academic setback for others, with Sen. Smith saying the case should not decide cadets’ futures and faculty should decide.
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Washington
Veterans Organization
West Point
Regular
Veterans Association
Frank B. Gignalti
Merman Welker
Ide
Willis Smith
N.C
CBS
Welker
Bradley Fire Threatens To Engulf Town
Bradley California where 830 residents evacuated as a wheat warehouse fire spread to seven homes five warehouses and a trailer. Army and forestry crews fought the blaze aided by neighbors as lines went down and water trucks arrived. Loss estimated near 70 095 with warehouse value 5000 and wheat 20000.
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Southern Pacific
Forestry
Army
Gus Appuha
Camp Roberts
Woresley
Bradley
Appulin
Southwest Airways
Los Angeles
Frank Weatherford
State Division of Forestry
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Clinton Price
Peterson Tractor
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Cabbie
Shoemaker
Carolyn A. Jones
Ett
Bethiehma
U.S
Prele Deutsche Jugend
West Zone
Nea-Acme Stati
Brust
Danny Rice
Hayward
Baumber
Highland Hospital
Shelyie Rice
Casiru
Illage
Castro Valley
Mrs. Frank’s Pantry Delicatessen
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