Parachute lesson saves crew of crippled bomber
Six teen airmen aboard a B 36 parachuted to safety after an emergency radio lecture on parachuting by Sgt Gladstone Grigsby. Capt Clarence Horton landed the craft in heavy rain, aided by a tire failure and a cooling rain. One sergeant remained ensnared 30 minutes in a pecan tree before rescue.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Gladstone Grigsby
Carswell Air Force
S-Sgt
William S. Roten
Clarence F. Horton
San Antonio
Horton
Thomas P.gerrity
Sith
Gerrity
Grigsby
Robert M. Robinson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Robert H. Sikes
Brecken
Zedtwitz eyes third National Open Pairs title in Detroit
In 1928 and 1937 Waldemar von Zedtwitz won the National Open Pairs and aims for a third triumph in Detroit next week. A recent hand shows his top game as he navigates a complex endgame with precise signaling and swift deduction, despite a West diamond lead and clever club signals from East.
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Waldemar von Zedtwitz
Detroit
Zedtwitz
West
Declarer
East
Zedowitz
Eest
Guttis
Bey
South
U S Train Bell Sent From Louisville To Africa
A 250 pound cross bell from a Louisville & Nashville locomotive will be donated to Calvary Baptist Church in Covington for its mission church in Freetown Sierra Leone. The bell will ring in Free Town 35,000 miles from the railroad's nearest track.
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Louisvile, Ky
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Freetown
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Calvary Baptist Church
Covington
Dying girl serenaded by Mario Lanza radio hero
Newark news reports a 10 year old Hodgkins disease patient Raphaela Fasano received a 11 minute telephone serenade from Mario Lanza in Hollywood. He sang Silent Night and promised a future Christmas party with his daughters. The child may travel to California around December 7 for treatment if possible.
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N. J
UPJ
Mario Lanza
Hollywood
California
Raphaela
Ray
Fasano
Caruso
Lanza
Colleen
Ellissa
TWA
Ray Sinatra
Mario
Missile Test Stations Set In West Indies
Washington reports a new agreement with the Dominican Republic to double the sea range for testing U S guided missiles and pilotless bombers. The setup will place tracking and enrollment stations along the north coast of the West Indies island, extending radar and radio coverage from the Bahamas toward Puerto Rico and Cocoa, Florida.
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Washington
U. S
Dominican Republic
Ciudad Trujillo
U. S. Air Force
West Indies
Bahamas
Congress
South Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Air Force
Cocoa
Florida
Jap War Criminals Will Be Paroled
Tokyo radio reports 35 Japanese war criminals will be paroled from Sugamo Prison on December 16. Paroles raise total to 471. All had been sentenced to 120 years and had served more than four years.
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Tokyo
Om Sugamo
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Unit Praised for Holding Off Entire Chinese Army
Western Front Korea Allied infantry company earned praise from Gen. James A. Van Fleet after a 26 hour battle near Panmunjom. With limited ammunition, the unit clung to Little Gibraltar defeating what officers called an entire Chinese army equal to a UN corps.
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Western Front
Korea
Gibraltar
U.N
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
Panmunjom
St. Peter
Scout Leader Sought For Ax Murders In Detroit
Detroit police hunted 18 year old assistant Scoutmaster Kenneth Maurer in connection with the ax slayings of his mother Daisy Maurer 44 and sister Janet 11. Neighbors described Kenneth as shy but with an uncontrollable temper. A blood stained scout ax and hunting knife were found, with authorities noting the two victims died from blows and throat cuts.
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Detroe
Cece Oe
Daisy Maurer
Janet
Lawrence
Cadillac Motor Car Co
Ken
Kenneth
Walter Hansen
His Name Left Out So He Sues His Name Left Out
St Louis report says Julius L Kern sues a telephone company for 2500 damages after his name was omitted from the city directory both initially and again on a second occasion. He claims inconvenience humiliation and annoyance. His wife notes the directory delivery had never failed for DIN.
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ST. Louis (Lp
Julius L. Kern
Kern
Republicans Predict Narrow House Victory in Nebraska
In Washington Republicans forecast reducing the Democratic House majority to 32 seats with a Nebraska special election win next week. They argue this would be the smallest majority margin since Democrats reclaimed control and posted a 92 seat House majority in 1948.
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Washington
Nebraska
Congress
Scrap drives boost steel for defense and bridges in North Carolina
State officials push scrap metal collection to boost steel for bridges schools and hospitals amid expected cuts in highway steel allotments. Chairman Jordan sets simple collection and sale procedure while Civil Defense ties in local drives and civic clubs to salvage metal and direct funds to defense production.
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Washington
Highway Department
Henry Jordan
National Defense
Scott
Dr. Jordan
Jordan
Shairman
Highway Commission
Forger Turns Detective To Trap Gamblers
Six Rock Island saloonkeepers face gambling charges based on evidence gathered by Eugene Talik, a man formerly charged with writing bad checks who was freed to act as a detective for authorities. Moran seeks 12 more defendants. three others are charged with selling liquor to minors.
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Rock Island, Wl
Bernard J. Morgan
Rock Island
Moran
Rocky Island
Eugene Talik
Moline
Talik
Ice Capades to thrill Raleigh Dec 4 11 1952
Raleigh hosts Ice Capades of 1952 at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum NC State College December 4 through 11. Producer John Harris presents ten acts with about 150 skaters led by Donna Atwood and Bobby Specht. Cast includes Jeanne Look Ted Roman Jackson Ly nam Paul Castle Patti Phillippi Alan Konrad and others. Cinderella is the fourth ice production in Harris troupe history.
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Raleigh
Walt Disney
William Neal Reynolds
North Carolina State College
W. Z. Betts
Donna Atwood
Bobby Specht
John Harris
Donna Abwood
Old Smoothies
Jeanne Look
Ted Roman
Jackson
Ly‘nam
Paul Castle
Patti Phillippi
Alan Konrad
Joe Letta
Mary Lou Landreville
Trixie
Esco la Rue
Maxwells
Joe Jackson
Chicago driver fined for 15 tickets in glove compartment
Judge Oscar Caplan fined Alex Walker $90 in traffic court after hearing his explanation that he kept 15 tickets in the glove compartment. He said he thought he should wait for the police to come and arrest him.
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Chicago
Oscar Caplan
Alex Walker
Walker
State taxes and road debt in Wake County explained
The Wake county tax receipt reveals a fallacy in the belief that the state covers all road costs. Counties with larger local road debts before state assumption still carry high road debt service, while Wake allocates two cents of every tax dollar to old road debt. About twenty years ago the state assumed control of administration but not the repayment of those bills.
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North Carolina
Civil Defense
E. Z. Jones
Office of Civilian Defense
Raleigh Township
General County Fund
Health and Welfare
Wake County
North Dakota Girl Princess No More
Lois Evang Olson, 23, a North Dakota native, ended her 20 month marriage to Polish prince Prince Wladyslaw Gerzy Bogusaw Radzi. The Mexican divorce was finalized with Olson citing lack of everyday freedoms such as eating hot dogs and wearing blue jeans. Authetic royal habits and his grooming choices were noted in the filing.
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Paris
Lois Evang Olson
North Dakota
Wladyslaw Gerzy Bogusaw Radziwill
Price of Shoes to Fall by Dollar Next Year
New York scientists predicted shoe prices would drop about one dollar next year as costs of materials fall. Frank J. Schell of the National Association of Shoe Chain Stores and Frank S. Shapiro of the New England Shoe and Leather Assn. cited lower material costs as the reason.
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New York
Frank J. Schell
National Association of Shoe Chain Stores
Frank S. Shapiro
New England Shoe and Leather Assn
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