Air Force to Cut Spare Parts Spending Says Ferguson
Sen. Ferguson reports Air Force study shows half of spare funds go to engines and parts with one quarter to airframes. New methods include centralized delivery and extended engine repairs to reduce stocks, aiming for hundreds of millions in savings and more aircraft per dollar.
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Washington
Soen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Air Force
Ferguson
Navy
Senate
Kitton
Congress
H. O. King
Oklahoma Sg Airorce
King
Sen. Ferguson
Red Premier Claims North Korean Army Much Bigger
Peiping radio quotes Premier Kim Il Sung saying North Korea’s army has tripled since the Korean War began. He cites a “new phase” and a plan for a prolonged large scale campaign. Allied estimates place the force around 50,000, with 150,000 at invasion start. radio notes 100,000 NK soldiers are POWs. Kim emphasizes strengthening ground and shore defenses and notes significant gains in firepower and equipment.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Kim -Il Sung
Red
Kim
South Korea
Polio Patient Wins Eagle Scout Badge in Michigan
John Juntunen a 16 year old polio patient at the Sister Kenny Polio Center in Pontiac Michigan earned the Eagle Scout badge. Despite paralysis in both legs and an arm he completed his scout studies and tests and received the badge from his wheelchair.
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Pontiac
Mich
John Juntunen
John
Police Raid Gambling Session After Printed Invitation
Washington police raided a gambling session after receiving a printed invitation. Officers found cards inviting participation and three undercover men attended, entering to find 27 people playing cards or kibitzing at 4 30 a.m.
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Washington
Destruction of Maine tombstones sparks arrest in Key West
In Key West Florida on February 7 officers arrested 28 year old Tommy Blount after a vandalism spree that damaged 38000 worth of headstones and statues in 28 burial plots at Poorhouse Lane cemetery. The case targets the so called sadistic monsters who toppled a 25 foot sailor statue and smashed Italian marble angels and other markers. Authorities offered a $200 reward for information.
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Key West
Fia
Poorhouse Lane
Maine
Tommy Blount
Washington
Dave King
Havana
Cuba
Maldo Valdez
Reginald Russell
Mr. Truman
Little White House
Karl Tanzier von Cosel
War Casualties Identified in Defense List No. 743
Washington February 7 Defense Department released List No. 743 naming 48 Korean War casualties. Six killed and 42 wounded identified.
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Washington
Defense Department
B36 Bombers Downed After Atlantic Flight Ends In Fire
A U S Air Force B36 crashed minutes after its crew bailed out near London during a routine training flight from Carswell Air Force Base Texas. No one was killed. Capt Newton Benham Jr suffered a fractured ankle. Wreckage spread across farmland as fire crews contained the blaze. The plane carried 17 crew aboard at departure.
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Fairford
Poe
U. S. Air Force
U. S. Seventh Air Force
Carswell
Ft. Worth
Tex
Herman Gerick
Cameron
Newton Benham Jr
Dallas
La‘cock
J. P. Hollick
Seventh Air Force
Gerick
Benham
George C. Morford
Vernona
Lewis C. C. Browne
Boulder
Colo
Douglas P. Miner
Attleboro
Mass
Douglas C. Evans
Charles Williams
William L. Minelli
Chicago
James S. Bradbury
Bridgton
Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for IOC efforts
A group of Swedish and Finnish lawmakers urged the Nobel Committee in Oslo to award the 1953 Peace Prize to the International Olympic Committee for uniting people worldwide through Games. They cited participation from nations on both sides of the Iron Curtain at Oslo 1952 and Helsinki 1952, with the prize worth $30,000.
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Oslo
Norway
Nobel Committee
Helsinki
Alfred Nobel
Policeman Talks Down Armed Suspect in Moline
Police officer Burne Hermes confronted Royal Hughes after a wife beating report at the station. Hermes disarmed the suspect by keeping him from firing the shotgun as he examined the weapon, which was found to be empty.
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Moline
Burne Hermes
Royal Hughes
Hughes
Hermes
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High Point
Thomasville
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Welborn Incorporated
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