New Defense Interceptor Starfire Fires Rockets At Speed
The Starfire, an all weather F-94C interceptor, uses rockets instead of guns and speeds above 600 mph. It features radar aided dual crew controls, 2.75 inch Mighty Mouse rockets, wingtip fuel/rocket pods, and a Pratt & Whitney J-48 engine with afterburner. Deliveries have begun and units will deploy within months.
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Truman Expected to Veto Fair Trade Bill
Washington sources say President Truman will veto the Senate passed fair trade bill which would legalize retailer price fixing on name brand goods. The measure would bind all dealers in 45 states with minimum prices and faces a possible pocket veto after Congress adjourns.
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Truman May Get on Ballot in Missouri Senate Race
Truman may appear on the Democratic ticket in November as a U S Senate candidate replacing J E Taylor if Taylor secures the nomination. Influential Missouri officials see a possible swap if the Chicago nomination pleases Truman, who reportedly favors Adlai Stevenson for president.
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Local Fireman Succumbs In Hospital
James Clarkston Roach 35 a High Point resident died at High Point Memorial Hospital after eleven days of illness He was a World War II veteran and served at Fort Bragg Seekirchen Austria and Great Falls Montana He belonged to Pisgah Baptist Church and worked with High Point Fire Department Station 4 He is survived by his widow a daughter a step daughter and his parents and sister Funeral services are set at Pisgah Baptist Church with burial in Dover Baptist Church cemetery.
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Truman Urges UN Continuation for World Peace
The UN report quotes President Truman defending the United Nations as the best route to peace and warning against going it alone. He cites hopes for 1945, notes Soviet hostility, and emphasizes international justice through the UN while defending action on the Korean War and omitting Manchuria details.
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Young Guilford student named Taft reception aide
Charles P. Matthews 25 year old Guilford College student from Pilot Mountain will serve on the Taft reception committee in Chicago at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. He is North Carolina’s youngest alternate delegate to the Republican convention next week. El Salvador is described as the most densely populated Central American republic.
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Paroles Granted to Holmes and Summerlin in Wayne County
A Goldsboro man and a woman linked to two high profile Wayne County cases were granted parole by Paroles Commissioner N. F. Ransdell. Florence Holmes 48 and Linwood Earl Summerlin 32 had both previously earned commuting reductions and good prison records. Holmes aided in the 1939 murder of her husband Irby Holmes while Summerlin was involved in the Wayne County hole-in-the-wall robbery case.
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Kiowa City Marshal Claims Accidental Killing
Kiowa Oklahoma city marshal James Nolan Smyth charged with murder in the back of 16 year old Johnny Donald Smith says the shooting was an accident. Witness Roy Wheeler testified Smyth warned the youths before firing as they fled. Smith died at a McAlester hospital after the shooting amid a fireworks ban.
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Russians Release Priests After Capture Near Berlin Frontier
Three Chicago priests seized by Soviet and East German police while sightseeing near the Berlin frontier were released after 30 hours. They were handed over to American officers in Karlshorst and returned to Berlin. The group included Revs. Martin Borowiczyk, George Gorski and Bronislaus Sokolowski, all American-born of Polish descent. A Berlin woman, Katherine Wintzler, connected to the National Catholic Welfare Conference, was also mentioned but no release details were given.
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Wrong Taxpayer Bellingham Tax Dispute
IRS agent Hugh Cory spent nearly an hour persuading a Bellingham man he owed 36.38 in taxes. The man wrote a check, but it was returned days later when Cory discovered the bill was actually owed by the taxpayer’s brother.
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Tungsten Carbide: Second Hardest Cutting Material
The article notes tungsten carbide as the second hardest cutting material after diamonds. It mentions the synthetic German development of tungsten carbide and its use in industry.
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