Navy Tests Delta Wing Sea Dart Seaplane
A tri angle delta shaped jet seaplane built for the Navy by Consolidated Vultee, the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart, is taxied on San Diego Bay for pre light tests. It features elevons, a triangle vertical tail, hydro skis for rough water, and dual Westinghouse jets. Pilot Sam Shannon, who previously flew the XF 92A, may guide early trials once a date is set.
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San Diego
San Diego Bay
Navy
Consolidated Vultee
Consolidated
Sam) Shannon
Mojave Desert
Westinghouse
Atomic Physicist Ordained As Episcopal Clergyman
Dr. William G. Pollard a 41 year old atomic scientist was ordained a minister in Oak Ridge Tennessee. Bishop Thomas N. Carruthers warned that scientific power demands moral responsibility as Pollard’s four sons assisted at the candle lit service reflecting a call to use science for good.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Episcopal Church
William G. Pollard
Diocese of
Tennessee
St. Stephen’s Church
St. John
Pollard
Navy Quizzes Crewmen in Ship Breakup
In Leghorn Italy an inquiry board led by Capt. Forrest Close began examining 39 civilian crewmen from the U S freighter Grom Reefer after it broke in half on rocks in a fierce gale. Navy helicopters rescued the remaining crew of 13 as high winds and waves hinder salvage efforts.
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Leghorn
Italy
U. &Navy
U. S
Leghorn Harbor
Forrest Close
U. S. Naval
Naples
Navy
Flying Tiger Boosts Pay for Office Workers
The Fly announced pay increases for Flying Tiger Line office employees including clerical staff to managers. Raises range from 5 cents an hour to 32 dollars a month, affecting about 1,506 workers in 32 cities nationwide.
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Los Angeles
Fly
Tiger Line, Inc
United States
The Indeper Long Beach Chronicle Brief Item
Local column from Long Beach lists brief society notes and notices dated Thursday December 18, 1952, with names and events sketched in terse style.
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the Indeper Long Beach
Coll
Thur
Dac
Casualty List Up 209 in Week
The Defense Department reports 127,867 American battle casualties in Korea, up 208 from last week. The weekly rise marks a lull, with 72 dead and 160 wounded, one captured, and two previously listed as missing returned to duty, offset by 86 fewer missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
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