Multistate throng attends Comanche funeral and burial
From 39 states plus Canada and Mexico 13 000 arrive in Comanche Oklahoma for a wax funeral figure. They fill the streets, filling shops, with schools sending 200 buses and an educational tag. The crowd layers flowers as organ music fills the scene and a seven hour viewing follows the service. Late night burial in Lone Elm Missouri for William E Cook age 24 tied to a mass murder.
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Canada
Mexico
Oklahoma
Comanche
Jesus
Davis Roper
Assembly of God Church
Lone Elm
Peace
William E. Cook
Truman warns against false economy amid defense cuts abroad
Amid European plans to slash NATO funding from 440 to 235 million, President Truman cautions against tax cuts financed by defense reductions. He reflects on seven years in office while the U.S. maintains a vast rearmament drive, noting the Saratoga keel is laid at Brooklyn Navy Yard as Europe shrinks defense. The piece weaves in Hollywood gossip and quirky domestic scenes, ending with Finland fencing to keep reindeer from crossing the Soviet border.
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Truman
NATO
Nature Anies
Europe
U. S
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Dan Kimball
Hollywood
Studio Yes Men
King Vidor
Mary Anderson
Esther Williams
Marlon Brando
Finland
Rudolph
Four Hunted In Arizona Two Killers Four Hunted In Arizona
In southeastern Arizona a large manhunt targets Kenneth Lee Maurer and Peter D. Saunders and two unidentified gunmen after a series of killings. Authorities broadcast warnings to locals and Mexican authorities join search with airplanes and ground teams.
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Arizona
Bisbee
Ariz
Sonora
Kenneth Lee Maurer
FBI
Detroit
Peter D. Saunders
Corona
Long Island
Arizona State Hospital
Rexford Fenton
Los Angeles
Thomas K. Wootan
Wootan
Willcox
Altar Valley
la Osa Ranch
Adlai Stevenson
Border Patrol
Weetan
Graham Mountains
Saunders
Florence State Prison
Final Parker Dam Payment Made in California
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California paid the final amount of 3,289,147.38 dollars to the U S Treasury for Parker Dam and part of the Colorado River power plant.
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Parker Dam
Los Angeles—I
Metropolitan Water District
Southern California
United States Treasury
Colorado River
Special City Election Set For April 3
The City Council approved a special municipal election for April 3 to run with the school board poll. City Clerk Margaret Heartwell and City Atty Irving M. Smith were asked to arrange authorization. Councilman Raymond C. Kealer proposed a charter amendment to create a new department for all city oil operations and to finance public improvements from oil revenue.
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Margaret Heartwell
City Atty
Irving M. Smith
Raymond C.kealer
Harbor Department
Moral: You Can't Keep Wife Still by Cutting Her Tongue
Mrs. Audrey Lee Reddington of Manhattan Beach testified in Superior Court on Tuesday that her husband Melvin Reddington injured her tongue by forcing his thumb into her mouth and choked her while also blinding her eyes. Judge George Francis granted a divorce on grounds of extreme mental and physical cruelty.
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Melvin Reddington
Superior Court
Audrey Lee Reddington
Manhattan Beach
George Francis
Deer Season Opens in New Jersey with Tragic Accident
New Jersey deer season opened and Malcolm Duffie, 36, of Kenvil was injured by a shot while hunting. Police say he paused to drink from a bottle, fell, and cut his head on a rock. He later appeared in Magistrate's Court and was fined $50 for drunk and disorderly conduct.
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Flanders
WN. J
New Jersey
Malcolm Duffie
Kenvil
Duffie
Hero's Home Ransacked While General Attends Mother’s Funeral
Brig. Gen. James R. Weaver retired hero of Bataan and Corregidor had his Menlo Park residence looted over four days as he traveled east for his mother’s funeral.
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Menlo Park
James R. Weaver
Bataan and Corregidor
Offshore drilling eyes new islands near Seal Beach
The piece describes drilling from a partially completed rock island about 7500 feet offshore with three deep wells beneath the ocean. If successful producers emerge, many more wells may follow from additional islands near Seal Beach and Belmont Shore. Land subsidence could lower lands in the harbor, prompting Long Beach and Seal Beach councils to plan protective measures and determine who pays for potential damage.
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Seal Beach
Belmont Shore
Superforts Bomb Two Red Supply Dumps In Korea Raid
United Nations B-29s flying through 100 mph winds blasted two large Communist supply depots on the Haeju Peninsula using radar aided bombing. Ground action at The Hook included a daring trench raid by Allied forces. Sabre jets claimed several MIGs in dogfights across the area with multiple aces downing enemy aircraft.
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Tokyo
Korea
Red Air Force
United Nations
Haeju
Snier Ridge
Royal N. Baker
McKinney
Texas
Jack E. Mass
Red Bank
N. J
Baker
Leonard
Lilley
Manchester
N. H
Clyde Curtain
Portland
Ore
Manuel J. Fernandez Jr
Miami
Fla
James K. Johnson
Phoeniix. Ariz
Kenneth Drucken
Ibrodt
Kalamazoo
Mich
Tra Porter
Houston
Porter
Weather high and flow temperatures from the Weather Bureau
United States Weather Bureau reports temperatures for multiple cities including Long Beach New York Los Angeles Omaha Detroit Seattle San Francisco and other locations. Readings show highs around the 50s and 60s and lows in the 20s to 40s across regions with notable exceptions in warmer Fairbanks and cooler Spokane areas.
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United States Weather Bureau
Long Beach
New York
Los Angeles
Okla
Las Vegas
Omaha
Phoenix
Pittsburg
Des Moines
St. Louie
Detroit
San Franco
Fairbanks
Goering’s armored sedan sells at auction in London
Nazi leader Hermann Goering’s bullet proof sedan sold at auction Tuesday in London for 2940 dollars. Motor dealer Raymond Way bought the car, a noted collector of famous and infamous vehicles.
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London
Mann Goering
Raymond Way
New Jersey Mayor Accused in Waterfront Racketeering Probe
State Crime Commission heard that John V. Kenny's 1949 election opened New Jersey piers to racketeers and thieves. Witnesses said Kenny could profit from a 10 percent levy on longshoreman salaries, linking him with waterfront corruption alongside Hoboken Mayor de Sapio.
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New York
James F
Happy) Keane
Kenny
New Jersey
Fred N. de Sapio
Hoboken
AFL International Longshoremer's Association
New York State Crime Commission
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Frank Hague
Ong Beach
Lee Rowan
Closet
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