Body Of Missing Co-ed Is Found
Kalamazoo sheriff leads a county roundup after 18 year old Carolyn Drown is found murdered in a snow covered cornfield. Coroner confirms rape and strangulation. Authorities sought a light skinned male suspect last week, nurse not identified.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Carolyn
Otto K. Bruder
Kalamazoo County
Gex
Western Michigan College
Martin Schilling
Ralph G. Cook
Bruder
Bronson Hospital
Semmes Weather Storm Causes Home Damage and Minor Loss
A small but vicious windstorm struck Semmes Alabama causing heavy damage to two residences while a nursery warehouse and two other small houses had minor damage. A cat was killed in one of the worst hit homes. No further damage reported in Mobile area later.
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Semmes
Ala
Mobile
Busses Collide Near Santiago Killing Fourteen
Two buses crashed on a highway near Santiago Chile killing fourteen passengers and injuring more than fifty last night. the accident halted traffic as emergency crews worked at the scene.
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Santiago
Chile
Here
Young Republicans End 3 Day Meeting in South
In Winston-Salem North Carolina Southern young Republicans wrap a three day council meeting aiming to shift the Solid South toward a two party system. William E Stevens of Lenoir heads the Southern Council and insists the group means action not rhetoric.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
William E. Stevens
Lenoir
Two States Hit By Flood Again
Flood waters entered Western Nevada and North central California while Ohio saw a cold wave halt thaw and threaten more overflows. In Illinois tornadoes damaged Greenville Mt Olive killing three and injuring about 20. 5,000 fled California Nevada floods. rivers threatened levees and 25 million in prior flood damages lingered.
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Associated Press
Nevada
California
Ohio
Illinois
Greenville
Mt. Olive
Esta McFarland
Mary Ward
St. Louis
Philip Horn
Bellwood
Ill
Linda-Hammonton
Sacramento
Fresno
Ukiah
Truckee
Reno
National
Great Lakes
Federal Weather Bureau
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Seaboard
Pennsylvania
New York
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Twelve die as French fishing boat explodes off Boulogne
A fishing boat near Boulogne sur Mer exploded and sank killing twelve men. Five crew members were rescued, authorities said. The incident occurred today near the channel port.
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Boulogne-Sur-Mer
France
Jersey Cattle Breeders Meet in Birmingham Alabama
The Alabama Jersey Cattle club holds its 15th annual meeting in Birmingham at the Redmont hotel with a directors meeting the night before. President W D Hunt announces plans and talks by W E Peterson and John Parrish as the day ends with 4 H and FFA trophy presentations for fall Jersey show champions.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Alabama Jersey Cattle Club
Redmont
W. D. Hunt
Winfield Dairyman
State Club
Robert M. Newman
Huntsville
W. H. Eaton
Auburn
Hunt
W. E. Peterson
University of Minnesota
John Parrish
A.P.I
Extension Dairyman
FFA
Jersey
Peggy Wilder
Randolph County
Dadeville
Charles Satterfield
Madison
Decatur
Bobby Pearce
Hale
Demopolis
J.L. Lee and Son
Tuscaloosa
Fayette
Joan Pankey
Marshall
Gadsden
Gilbert Bosarge
Mobile
Leonard Bearden
Shelby
Montgomery
Shirley Bearden
Duck Hunter Fired Rifle Wound Hits 11YearOld Boy
In Mobile Alabama wardens hunted a duck hunter who fired a rifle bullet that struck 11 year old J. W. Kane Jr. in the cheek as the duck season opened. The boy was not badly hurt and the slug was nearly spent. Wardens said hunting waterfowl with a rifle violates federal law.
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Mobile
Ala
J. W. Kane Jr
Pullman Plant Sees $4 Million Freight Car Orders
New orders totaling 4 million dollars for freight cars placed at the Pullman Standard Plant in Bessemer Alabama create a workload backlog through 1952. The orders come as the factory increases production to meet demand.
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Besswith
Ala
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Plant
Cen
Treatment of a Disorder That May Follow Childbirth
A medical note discusses chronic cervicitis after childbirth caused by streptococcus and predisposing bacteria. Symptoms include discharge and abdominal heaviness with fatigue, plus backache and urinary frequency. Treatment ranges from sulfonamides and penicillin to heat therapy and removal of infected tissue, with possible hysterectomy if the womb is extensively affected.
Public Forum Letter From Alabama Baptist Leader
The Alabama Baptist State Convention president thanks The Decatur Daily for space given to their session in Decatur and praises Rev. H. H. Harwell as an asset in press relations. He affirms Baptists defend freedom of the press and religion and pledges to continue upholding this heritage.
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Alabama Baptist State Convention
Alabama Baptists
Decatur
H. H. Harwell
Dazed Parents Refuse Rescue Plan. Six Die in Ohio Fire
In Dillonvale Ohio a family of John Gall 39 owner of Johnny's Inn perished after a second floor fire. Gall his wife Anna 33 and children Patricia 9 Barbara 4 Joann 6 and John Jr 1 suffocated in a bedroom while neighbors saw Gall on the porch shouting for help. He refused to toss the children to bystanders. The blaze started on the first floor and the apartment remained undamaged.
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Steubenville
Dillonvale
John Gall
Johnny
Gall
Anna
Patricia
Barbara
Joann
John Jr
Frank
Andrew Rose
John
Frank Rose
Newfoundlanders Train Labradors For Wood Hauling And Hunt
Newfoundland residents use Labrador retrievers to haul wood and to hunt game. The dogs serve dual roles in rural work and sport, reflecting regional reliance on versatile retrievers.
Area Service Men Korean Casualties
Several local service members are named in the Defense Department casualty list. Pfc. Bobby J. Gamble of Garden City was reported wounded, Pfc. Jessie B. Cook of Somerville was reported missing in action. Sgt First Class Silas Warray Wilson of Decatur was reported missing in action.
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Defense Department
Bobby J. Gamble
Vester Gamble
Garden City
Jessie B. Cook
Mattie L. Cook
Somerville
Silas Warray Wilson
Tena Grace Wilson
East
Moulton Street
Decatur
Porter
Detroit
Michigan
West Berlin vote shows strong anti Red turnout
West Berlin reported a record 90.4 percent turnout in municipal elections with 1,504,414 of 1,664,091 eligible voters casting ballots. Socialists lost ground to Christian and Free Democrats while all three parties vowed to stay in a three faction coalition against Russian aggression. Five small Western splinters failed to cross the five percent threshold.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Ernst Reuter
House of Deputies
Navy Transport Plane Crashes Near Asheville
A Navy twin engine transport crashed into a mountainside ten miles southeast of Asheville in driving rain, killing three crew members and seriously injuring a fourth. Victims were not identified. The aircraft was on a flight from Pomona Naval Air Base near Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Asheville
N. C
Here
Pomona Naval Air Base
Atlantic City
N. J
Daughter Born to Betty Lanza in Hollywood
A girl named Elissa was born last night to Betty Lanza and singer Mario Lanza in Hollywood. The eight-pound infant joins two-year-old Colleen as the family’s latest arrival.
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Hollywood
Betty Lanza
Mario Lanza
Elissa
Colleen
Legion Promotes See You In Church Sunday in Alabama
Alabama's 268 American Legion posts designate December 10 as See You In Church Sunday. George Huddleston Jr and Rev. McCoy Guthrie urge Legionnaires to attend in groups at local churches, hoping to build regular worship and moral strength amid calls for divine guidance over atomic power.
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Alabama
American Legion
Legion
George Huddleston, Jr
Birmingham
McCoy Guthrie
First Methodist Church of
Guthrie
Huddleston
Asia Population Density Averages Seventy Seven Per Sq Mile
An article notes Asia’s population density averaging 77 persons per square mile, highlighting regional distribution and implications for urban planning and resource management.
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Asia
Scouts to receive memento of Jamboree 1950
Walter H. Annenberg, editor and publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer, has printed a 48 page leatherbound booklet titled Jamboree 1950 recalling the Valley Forge rally. Distribution date was not announced.
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Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Philadelphia Inquirer
The
Inquirer
Walter H. Annenberg
Philadelphia Morning Daily
Jhas
Israel and Jordan Honor U.N. Cease Fire After Clash
Israeli and Jordanian forces complied with a United Nations cease fire order after a brief clash on a Negev road. Two Arab legion armored cars were knocked out by Israeli forces, according to the mixed Jordan Israeli Armistice Commission, which scheduled a meeting for today.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
United Nations
Negev Desert
Arab Legion
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