Solon to Issue Report On Resort City Gambling
Hearing reveals Keesler Air Force Base personnel lose through active gambling. Testimony cites gambling taking a share of the payroll, airmen pawning uniforms and writing bad checks. Biloxi fines on slot machines reflect a growing regional gambling for liquor zones in Harrison County.
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Solon
Papaoeter
Unitedoni States
Mate Armed Services Committee
Keesler Air Force Base
Keesler
Biloxi
Harrison County
Hunt
Keeslers
James Powell
Powell
Aasestegt & Bans
Gambs
Liqour
Eesler
Charles B. Alexander
Earl Wetzel
Liars Warm Up For Upcoming Competition
A United Press piece previews a local humor contest by the Liars Club. Entries include tall tales from Joe Rajesanyi of Columbus and Manuel Finklestorm near Council Bluffs, with humorous lies about horses, hunting misadventures, and other tall tales.
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Liars
United Press
Washington
Liars Club
O.C. Hulett
Joe Rajesanyi
Columbus
Joe
Manuel Finklestorm
Council Bluffs
Incidents Show Horrors Of Drug Use By Youths
United Press reports two cases showing youth drug addiction horrors. A 20 year old New York girl speaks of her descent from a decent boy friend to narcotics while a Chicago beauty once in Miss America finals describes starting narcotics at 16 after pregnancy and later cocaine and heroin funded by her partner.
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United Press
America
New York
Chicago
Atlantic City
N.J
Lovely P Ellsworth
Michigan
Miss Ellsworth
Detroit
MIG pilots speaking Russian over Korea report
General Vandenberg said Russian speaking pilots were heard over Korea flying MIG jets but stopped short of confirming they were Russian nationals. He noted no reports of Russians entering Korea from Soviet territory and questioned language as an indicator.
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Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Korea
Vandenberg
United Nasi
Soviet Cousty A Churia
Berg
Kremlin
Ruffin Warns Of Socialism By Stealth
Chicago report quotes William H. Ruffin president of the National Association of Manufacturers warning that socialism is advancing in America by stealth. He cites a small group of strategic government officials quietly shaping economics and social policy, describing socialism as a slow, steady erosion of capitalist society.
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Chicago
William H. Ruffin
National Association of Manufacturers
America
Ruffin
Associa
Illinois
Nam
Durham
N. C
Orison
Mild Weather Ends Indian Summer Soon in Carolinas
The Weather Bureau forecasts a cold front from the Northwest reaching Indiana and the Carolinas by Friday. Lows may drop to the forties with a first frost possible, though mountains may blunt the blast. Scattered showers occurred in South Carolina. Mt. Mitchell reported rainfall while North Carolina saw some rain in the mountains. The article also notes a strange aside about a mantis and a line about the president's semi monthly salary.
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Associated Press
Carolina
Weather Bureau
Canadian Northwest
Indiana
Carolinas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Mt. Mitchell
No End in Sight as UN Holds Ground in Korea War
The article notes UN forces gaining limited ground along the front since talks broke down on Aug 23. It reports air power shifts, with Communist jet units overextended, and cites Gen. Ridgway and Gen. Vandenberg on air superiority and training gaps, signaling sustained UN advantage though no immediate end.
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United Nations
U.N
Mana
U.S. Air Force
Korea
Hoyt Vandenberg
Matthew B. Ridgway
Fourteen Die Of Drinking Bad Whiskey In Atlanta
ATLANTA DP reports a lethal batch of illicit whisky, possibly mixed with paint remover, killed 14 Black residents and left 19 hospitalized. Grady Hospital notes three of the injured near death. detectives seized four suspects. Authorities say the deaths stem from methyl alcohol poisoning, linked to weekend moonshine events in Atlanta’s Peoples Town.
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Atlanta
Grady
Peoplestown
L. T. Bullard
Herman Jones
County Crime Labor
Inquest Delayed In Asheville Train Wreck
The Buncombe County coroner explained the inquest into the Southern Railway wreck that killed engineer Theodore Watson of Knoxville is postponed as his condition remains fair. Watson, 70, is hospitalized at Victoria Hospital in Asheville after the incident.
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Asheville
Southern Railway
Here
Terry
Buncombe County
Theodore Watson
Knoxville
Tenn
Victoria Hospital
Irish tomato shapes found in Edmonton garden
A garden find in Edmonton reveals a tomato grown in the form of a shamrock. Miss Mabel Scott reported the unusual tomato shape while locals note the Irish influence on vegetables in the area.
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Edmonton
Alta
Mabel Scott
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