Lasting Foreign Aid Editorial on Military Aid Flow
This editorial argues Marshall Plan aid to Europe and Asia will decline in civilian goods but continue in military aid. It notes a large portion of the 57 billion dollar military budget funds foreign military assistance, showing up in farms and factories worldwide as the bill is paid domestically. It questions whether food should count as military aid and emphasizes its essential role in sustaining military capability.
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Europe
Asia
Farma
Tail Gunner Posts Record Kill in Korean War Air Battle
A B 29 tail gunner from Dumont paced Allied airmen to a major victory over Communist forces in Korea. Sgt Merle A Goff of Monmouth Illinois claimed three probable and zero certain MIGs destroyed as U N airmen shot down or damaged 19 MIG fighters in nine battles involving over 200 planes from three nations. Ground fighting saw four Chinese assaults on U N lines as both sides suffered similar losses this intense week of aerial combat. Preliminary claims tallied 263 destroyed with nearly 5 000 enemy vehicles spotted during night attacks by Fifth Air Force.
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Tokyo
Dumoia
Korea
United Nations
Merle A. Goff
Monmouth
Ill
Goff
U. WN
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Player Killed In Football Game On Eastern Field
In a homecoming game at Eastern, MSM and Eastern squads played to a 7-6 score when MSM punt caused a mid-field collision. Salonen died from a probable broken neck after ambulance delay, two teams paused ten minutes, and Salonen's bride mourned at Butte.
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Tre
Eastern
MSM
Salonen
J. G. Kiser
St. Vincent's
Butte
Rosaline Dellmer
Carl Salonen
Dry Lake Elsinore Park Project Studied Hearing
Four members of the state park commission held a Lake Elsinore hearing to decide on condemnation of the lake bottom to create a state park. The commission had offered 15000 for 6600 acres, while owners asked 100000. Joseph R Knowland and Leo Carrillo spoke, stressing interest and beauty but no binding purchase commitment.
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Haverside
State Park Commission
Lake Elsinore
Elsinore
Commission
Joseph R. Knowland
The
Oakland Tribune
William Knowland
Leo Carrillo
Generals Collins and Ridgway Visit U N Korea Base
Gen J Lawton Collins and Gen Matthew Ridgway arrived at a United Nations air base in Korea for a brief visit. Collins is on a world tour surveying American foreign military operations.
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Collins
Korea
UNITED_ NATIONS
J. Lawton Collins
U.S. Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Atomic Test Warnings Over Las Vegas Flight Routes
The Civil Aeronautics Administration warned pilots to avoid two air routes between Las Vegas and Albuquerque and Las Vegas and Salt Lake City from 1:00 to 2:30 a.m. PST Sunday. The instruction, amid rising speculation of an atomic test, aimed to prevent interference with Ale Forra planes possibly involved. Weather was described as favorable for the test.
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Las Vegas
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Albuquerque
Salt Lake City
Ale Forra
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Long Beach
Pine Ave
Ocean Blvd
Flist St
Jot Neagie
Edon Drew Pearson
Ray Tucker
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