Freed POWs Headed Home On Fourth Freedom Airlift
Tokyo reports the fourth freedom airlift will transport thirty eight freed American prisoners of war to the United States. Listed names include Samuel J. Armstrong and Thomas R. Barnes among others, with hometowns ranging from San Antonio Texas to Long Beach California and Fayetteville North Carolina.
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Tokyo
United States
Armstrong
Samuel J
Pfe
USMC
San Antonio
Tex
Barnes
Thomas R
C. J. Barnes
P. O. Box
Dadeville
Ala
Beck
Earl L
Wheeling
W.va
Britt
Joseph P. Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Broomhead
Martin
USN
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bullock
James W
Madeline G. Bullock
P. O
Louisiana Floods Kill Two and Force 300 Families Out
Heavy rain during a six day South siege floods southern Louisiana with 10 inch rainfall. Four rivers overflow near Baton Rouge, covering 500000 acres of cropland. Two killed in a car crash as flood toll rises to 43. National Guardsmen aid evacuations amid strawberry crop damage estimated at over 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Edna Boudreaux
Jack Boudreaux
South
Hammond
Covington
Folsom
Andrew Erwin
Tangi'pahoa Parish
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Mother Kills Four Children In New Jersey
In Mahwah New Jersey a 25yearold woman estranged from her exfootball star husband killed four children by carbon monoxide poisoning in the family garage. She pulled some children from the car but not in time. police report six suicide notes though authorities question her suicide intent. The victims Thomas 2 Catherine 3 Sharon Carol 7 and Bruce 7 were left in the running engine car after midnight. A murder charge was filed. current status of arraignment unclear. Kenneth MacDonald, former Rutgers football star, separated since February, is the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahwah
N. J
Carol MacDonald
Ellis Kopp
Bergen County
Kopp
Thomas
Catherine
Sharon Carol
Bruce
Rabbit Fur to Replace Ermine In British Robes
In Paris a fur trade chief says 5000 white rabbit skins were selected from 100000 sent to Britain for Elizabeth II coronation robes, as austerity and cold war worries curb real ermine use. He notes France supplies 90 percent of Britain's camouflaged ermine while meat from the discarded skins funds the ordinary fur trade.
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Paris
Britain
Leopold Swiners
French National Fur Association
Swiners
Elizabeth
Russia
Stanley Kisilewsky
London
Ndon
Schner
France
Europe
Kisilewsky
England
Ivan the Great Inspires Red Tactics Echo
Washington observes a cautious shift in Soviet leadership after Stalin’s death as Americans ponder Ivan the Great’s wars with Poland and see echoes in Red tactics. The piece follows a man studying Russia to understand costs and leadership, questioning whether the USSR will endure or fracture.
Lost On The Road
A State Highway Department employee became lost while driving to Emmett Idaho. He parked the car behind a haystack to avoid embarrassment and walked to a filling station for directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Emmett
State Highway Department
Art Sherwood
Forty-Niners Baffled by Raffle Prize of Golf Balls
The San Francisco Forty-Niners football team won a raffle prize of a dozen golf balls and are unsure how to use them. The odd prize creates confusion for the team as they consider potential gifts or team parlor fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ten Returning POWs Land At Texas Airfield
Ten former prisoners of war landed at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio. Among them is 1st Lt. Albert de la Garza whose wife Gloria fainted twice upon seeing him return. Other returning airmen were assigned to Brooke Fort McPherson Stewart AFB and Fort Bragg with entries listing their hometowns and base destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Gloria de la Garza Jr
Kelly Air Force Base
Albert de la Garza
de la Garza
Tully Cox
Atlanta
Bigger Slash In Foreign Aid Seen By Congress
Congressional leaders warn of a deeper economy cut in foreign aid than the administration proposed. President Eisenhower may seek 5.8 billion dollars for next year, down 1.8 billion from Truman’s plan, as Dulles pushes a one year extension of reciprocal trade and Senate debates tide up with tidelands and Taft Hartley issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Congress
John Foster Dulles
House
Ways and Means
Joseph Rose-Carthy
Tidelands
Senate
H. Alexader Smith
Senate Labor Committee
John W. Bricker
Newport Beach Police Officers Charged With Burglaries
Four Newport Beach officers were fired and charged with burglarizing stores and homes along their beat. A week after pleading guilty, one ex-patrolman was captured after a gunfight at another burglary scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Beach
Calif
Music Is Radio's Forte
CBS Radio music chief James Fassett argues sound rules music over TV noting viewers lose focus on music when images distract. He departs for Rome to record performances by Stokowski and the Rome Santa Cherila Orchestra plus upcoming international festivals in Bayreuth Bergen Edinburgh Norway Helsinki Salzburg and Tanglewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Radio
James Fasset
CBS Radio
Fassett
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Rome
United States
Leopold Stokowski
Santa Cherila Orchestra
Bayreuth
Norway
Edinburgh
Netherlands
Maggio Musicale
Rence
Italy
Austria
Helsinki
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U.S
Fayetteville
N. C
Christie
Gilbert
Montezuma
Ind
Conley
William L
Morriston
Ark
Cortes
Chevre
Hermenegildo
Juan Cortes
Giales
P. R
Wayne T
Preston
Cutting
Harry A
Belle Plain
Iowa
Daniels
Willie L
Berkeley
A. Hartman
John R
Anna L
Granite
Quarry
N.C
Jones
Roy M
Minneapolis
Minn
Juern
Theodore
Forest Park
I. King
John Cpl
Louise King
S. Osceola St
Orlando
Fla
Lacy
Jimmie E
Texar
Ana
Lang
David P
Brooken
Coterie
John D
Pfc
Tulelake
Ali Matta
George John
Brockton
Mass
Ploch
John S
Detroit
Mich
Powell
Leve M
Pekin
Prabucki
William J
Pitts- Powers
Robert J
Hicksville
N.ece
Cecil V
Sausalito
Ali Rodriguez
Seferino
Los Angeles
Rogers
George W
Tulsa
Okla
Rose
Donald A
Sgt
Redlands
Scheddel
Payne A
Ay City
Matters
Ohn
Washin
Finite
Robert E
Commerce
New Jersey
High Point
Berleys
Ivan the Great
James Marlow Washington
Stalin
Kremlin
Malenkov
Aeria
Molotov
Retty
Poland
Ivan
Texas Airfield
United Press
Dallas
West Coast
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Charette
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Durham
Norfolk
Washington
America
Place Brand
Camel
Charlton Heston
J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N
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