Meteorite-like blaze lights 200 mile area over Southwest
A brilliant unearthly glow lit up about 200 miles across Arizona and New Mexico tonight, described by Sheriff J. Perry Francis as a bright object moving east to west. Civil Aeronautics radiomen reported plane flashes from Long Beach to Southern California between 8:01 and 9:30 p.m. with one Navy plane sighting a whitish green light at about 8,000 feet before it faded.
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General Ridgway details Korea relief plans and limits
General Ridgway announced that many rear area troops will not be relieved before a second winter in Korea. He clarified that the promise from Anna Rosenberg applies only to frontline infantry divisions, not rear-area personnel. He stressed that rear units must serve at least 18 months and that over 50,000 troops were in Korea as of June 1. He urged continued maximum effort to relieve frontline soldiers.
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Bookies Fight New Gambling Tax Law In Courts
Bookmakers and professional gamblers challenge a Thursday enacted gambling tax law. They pursue constitutional defeat via the Supreme Court and wage a fear campaign by syndicates to deter opposition to repeal. The public may be influenced as fights continue on Page 14.
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U S frees detained war bride in New York
Ellen Knauff, German war bride held on Ellis Island for three years on suspicion of spying for Communists, was released after the immigration appeals board ruling. Atty. Gen. McGrath ordered her freed as she seeks citizenship and reunion with her husband Kurt in Germany. She vowed to work and pursue naturalization.
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