Airplane passengers may ride backward for crash protection
Washington January 7 air force says volunteers duplicating plane crashes in a rocket propelled sled have withstood up to 35 Gs while facing rearward. The tests at Edwards Air Force Base California used a human decelerator sled built by Northrop to study how much force the human body can endure in a crash with proper support.
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Washington
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc
Calif
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
Maryland Tightens Adoption Laws After Baby Racket
Baltimore authorities report a thriving black market in babies with haphazard placements into unfit homes. Anselm Sodaro, assistant state's attorney, warned a legislative interim council that the city is a hot bed of irregular adoptions and a tremendous volume of cases.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Anselm Sodaro
Advice on unlabeled medicine bottles and pharmacist safety
A long excerpt discusses the risks of using unlabeled bottles and vague descriptions when requesting medicines. It emphasizes pharmacists must refuse to guess and protect patient safety, urging proper labeling, preserved prescription numbers, and physician refill needs. It then shifts to Herman Goldberg’s bridge guidance, detailing a safety-minded play in a bridge hand and strategic tricks in trump management.
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Paine
Davis G Company
Detroit
Michigan
Herman Goldberg
New York
Herman
New York City
Unity Contraect Bridge Club
Goldberg
South
Mr. Goldberg
North
India Says Pakistan Holds 2000 Abducted Women
New Delhi reports 2000 non Muslim abducted women are kept by Pakistani government employees. Transport Minister N Capolaswamy Ayyangar told the legislative assembly India has sent Pakistan a list of 7520 abducted women yet to be recovered, with 12000 Muslim and 8000 Hindu women recovered between riots after 1947.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
N. Copalaswamy Ayyangar
Legislative Assembly
Ayyangar
Roundtable Talk Set Monday Night
A 15 minute roundtable discussion on the Hoover Commission Report and Operation Economy is scheduled for 845 tonight over Station WMFR. Participants include Jaycees Max Meeks J V Morgan Rev Tom Smyth Ralph Greeson and Arthur York publicity chairman for the project to win public backing for Congressional passage of the polits in the Hoover Commission Resort.
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Hoover Commission
Chamber of Commerce
WMFR
Arthur York
Jaycees
Max Meeks
J. V. Morgan
Tom Smyth
Ralph Greeson
York
Tax receipts in December fall amid postwar slow down
North Carolina's December tax collections dropped 18.85 percent from a year earlier, with income taxes sliding as textile weakness and a postwar slowdown spread. Sales taxes rose slightly while general funds needed a short term loan to avoid red ink, and highway funds continued to climb aided by a new gasoline tax.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Capitol Square
Agriculture Commis
Sioner L. Y. Ballentine
Council of State
Hodges
Agriculture Commissioner
Ballentine
Brannan
New
Mexi
Tanker Race is Started
Leading maritime nations race to build the largest tankers with France drafting 31 285 ton giants while Liberia has 30 000 ton vessels. The United States plans three 30 350 ton tankers by mid 1950 to lead temporarily as 40 000 ton designs enter drafting.
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New York
American Merchant Marine Institute
France
Liberia
United States
Panama
Honduras
Diving Duck Across a Crossword Theme
A concise puzzle listing clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Includes references to birds, gods, war, verbs, adjectives, and common crossword answer categories across various lengths.
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Indiana
Main Street
Kokomo
State
Lawrence Lambert
Beckley
W. Va
James F. Ferguson
Desdamona
Tex
William A. Rhea
Derby
Richard H. Allgire
Taloga
Okla
Corp
Raymond L. Leach
Point Pleasaant
Hathar
Koon TS
M‘ghee
West Worth Pass
William E. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
Brandon P. Hodges
Bird
Plymouth
Pewiti
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