FBI Probes Shooting Of Fireman By Sentry
FBI and Navy officials launched a thorough investigation into Sundays near fatal shooting of Long Beach fire captain Rupert Neil Maddux 40 of crash crews at the municipal airport He was shot while steering a 15 foot fishing boat near the Navy ammunition depot at Seal Beach Marine sentry Pfc James C Marshall attached to Long Beach Naval Base was on guard duty in a box under the 101 bridge See SENTRY Page 4.
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FBI
Navy
Long Beach
Rupert Neil Maddux
Veterans Administration Hospital
Seal Beach
Pfc
James C. Marshall
Long Beach Naval Base
Anaheim Bay
Maddux
Robert A. Simmons
Air Force C-54 Missing Over Ocean En Route Manila
A United States Air Force spokesman said a C-54 transport flying from Okinawa to Clark Field is overdue since 7:50 a.m. The four engine aircraft with an unknown number of passengers left Okinawa at 8:20 p.m., last contacting Clark Field at 9:15 a.m. for a weather report. Full sea air rescue and search operations have begun.
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Manila
INS
United States Air Force
Okinawa
Clark Field
Auto Workers Threat Over Escalator Clause Wage Freeze
The CIO union head Walter Heather warns the government he will tear up five year contracts if the escalator clause is nullified by a wage freeze. Details are scarce but the issue must be understood by the public. The clause has two features. if the first is invalidated it would be unfair to workers, while the second remaining intact would affect wages.
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CIO Automobile Union
Walter Heather
Truman seeks full wartime powers and fast defense contracts
President Truman asks Congress to reenact War Powers Act titles I and II to empower agency creation and defense contract negotiations. Defense Secretary Marshall orders broad use of small firms and wartime subcontracting. Officials discuss meat price ceilings not imminent as national mobilization widens.
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Ament
Defense
Marshall
Defense Chief
Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman
Barkley
Senate
House
Rayburn
Dtex
Congress
Defense Department
Michael Disalle
Struggle Nears Climax at Hungnam Beachhead
In northeast Korea near Hungnam, Chinese Communist troops launched multiple dawn assaults on the UN beachhead as American defenders fought back with heavy losses. The battleship Missouri joined cruisers and destroyers in shelling positions along the perimeter while Yonpo Air Field was knocked out.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Hungnam
Hunonam Harbor
Missouri
United States
Yonpo
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